Francesco Molinari, of Italy, won the 147th British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland on Sunday. Molinari, 35, certainly earned his Claret Jug, playing almost flawless golf on a gusty day off the eastern Scottish coast. As superstars like Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy all lurked around the leaderboard, Molinari refused to wilt. He didn’t…
Francesco Molinari admitted seeing his name on the Claret Jug will take time to sink in after he claimed The Open title at Carnoustie on Sunday. The Italian was the epitome of calm on an action-packed final round, starting his day with 13 successive pars – his putter working superbly on the green. A birdie…
By Andrew Both CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) – Defending champion Jordan Spieth never looked back after making a “dream start” eagle at the first to vault into a tie for the third-round lead with Xander Schauffele and Kevin Kisner at the British Open on Saturday. In Carnoustie conditions that were perfect for low scoring until a…
The ongoing KCB Karen Masters is agog with intense golfing exploits among the many golfers who have thronged the beautiful Karen Country Club. By close of the second round, D Van Tonder leads the leaderboard on 11-under 133. M Bremner follows in second place on 10-under 134 while J. Ritchier occupies the third spot on…
First things first: Tiger Woods is going to make the weekend at the British Open. For a guy who’s missed four of his last five major cuts, that counts as an accomplishment; let’s not think about what used to be. In wet conditions, Woods played some reasonably solid, if not spectacular, golf on Friday at…
If there’s anything that’s savaged Tiger Woods’ chances at majors of late, it’s been his terrible opening rounds. Woods hasn’t broken par in the opening round of a major in four years — or, in his terms, eight majors. He puts himself out of contention long before the weekend even approaches. Not this time, though.…
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — Through 14 holes, Jordan Spieth was challenging for the lead in the British Open and making it look easy. “Just a clean round of golf,” he said. And then it got messy in a hurry. Spieth came undone on the tough closing stretch at Carnoustie, dropping four shots over the final…
TheGolfer Online Correspondent in East Africa, Peter Martins Munyuah reports from the KCB Karen Masters Sunshine tour that Ryan Cairns from Zimbabwe hit a 6 iron on hole number 5, the 204 metres and got a Hole in One. He has won the prize of a brand new Toyota Prado. Such prizes are given even…
George Felix won this year’s Barry Cup hosted by Kenya Railway Golf Club after beating former champion Mathew Wahome of Nyali in the second hole of a sudden death play-off. George emerged winner in the 99th edition of the annual Coast Open (Barry Cup) in a dramatic finish at the par 71 Mombasa Golf Club…
The second edition of the Karen Masters Golf Tournament will take place on the 19th to 22nd July 2018, in partnership with KCB Bank and Sunshine Tour. Experience World Class Golf right here in Kenya! With lots of fun activities for the spectators all weekend. Buy your ticket on https://www.ticketsasa.com/events/eventdetail/view/2561/kcb_karen_masters_2018_ for only Kes. 500. The…
