Adrien Saddier races ahead at Dimension Data Pro-Am in South Africa
Adrien Saddier was eager to return to competition. After several busy months off the fairways – he has just become a father for the first time – the Frenchman is playing flawless golf for the first round of the Challenge Tour this year. In South Africa, Saddier has so far conceded only one bogey (at […]
Victor Perez after his 3rd round at Saudi International: “It’s going in the right direction”
How do you stay motivated when you’re no longer playing for the win?This is something that I find very important. We all have the same goals on the first day, but as the week goes on, you have to know how to reassess where you are. I was at +4 this morning, 14 shots behind […]
Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry attempt the hole-in-one challenge in Dubai
The chances of hitting a hole in one on the DP World Tour, the European tour, are very exactly 1/2500… Yet Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry were challenged to pull off the feat with only 50 tries and a par 3 of just over 134m in front of them. Will the former European No. 1 […]
Lydia Ko leads the Gainbridge LPGA, Perrine Delacour 25th
Lydia Ko returns the best card of the first regular tournament of the year 2022 on the LPGA. The former world No. 1 posted 63 on the course of the Boca Rio Golf Club (Florida). A -9 virgin of the slightest hitch which allows him to point in the lead with two strokes ahead of […]
JB Hansen leads the Dubai Desert Classic, Romain Langasque 27th
Joachim B Hansen is in good shape. Or rather in great shape for a few tournaments. Winner of the Aviv Championship in Dubai last November and author of a Top 10 in the final of the DP world Tour the following week, the Dane continues his momentum. Here he is again in command of a […]
Scott Jamieson clings to the lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship
It was a day of carnage in Abu Dhabi. The local weather was right, the wind was in the game throughout this second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship. And the gusts sometimes exceeding 50km/h reshuffled the cards of the tournament. If Scott Jamieson, a good Scottish connoisseur of this kind of very airy games, […]
Céline Boutier was “not serene” before the Tournament of Champions
“How do you judge this first part completed at 2 under par?It feels good to resume with a good part. Sure, I put some stupid bogeys on the map, but overall my game was fine. I admit, I was not totally serene before starting this week. I didn’t really know if I was going to […]
Scott Jamieson in the lead in Abu Dhabi, Victor Perez 4th by three strokes
A Scot is leading the Abu Dhabi Championship after the first round. Almost logical, since it is on the Yas Links that the event takes place. And on this real false links with very distant British hints, Jamieson offered himself nine birdies without the slightest error. At 38, the 108th in the 2021 Race has […]
Victor Perez after his first lap in Abu Dhabi: “Everything went well”
With five birdies and an eagle on his first seven holes of 2022, Victor Perez started the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in attack mode. A go cleared in 29 shots and a birdie on 14 even placed him in the lead of the tournament for a time. But two bogeys on the delicate 15 and […]
Romain Langasque: “I can’t wait to resume the tournaments”
How do you judge this new Yas Links route? It is a very pleasant course to play. It is rather wide from the start overall and the real difficulty will come from the flag positions. Some areas are very well defended and some positions will be really tricky on these curved greens. Maintenance level we […]