With a late burst, Thomas Bjorn polished off his 11th career victory on the European Tour at the Qatar Masters with a bogey-free, 3-under-par 36-33=69, four strokes clear of runner-up, Alvaro Quiros. After an opening 74, the Dane positioned himself for a run at the title with field-lows of 65 and 66 in the second [...]
Lee Westwood missed his first cut in over a year on Friday after crashing out of the Qatar Masters at the halfway stage in Doha. A 18th hole birdie, when the Briton desperately needed an eagle, was little comfort in a round of 75 that saw Westwood miss the halfway cut by a stroke at [...]
Francesco Molinari won golf’s HSBC Champions tournament by one shot today over new world No. 1 Lee Westwood. Molinari clinched his second European Tour title after scoring 67 in his final two rounds in Shanghai, a feat matched by the Englishman. The winner ended on 19-under par. England’s Luke Donald and Richie Ramsay of Scotland [...]
Francesco Molinari ran off four straight birdies toward the end of his round Thursday for a 7-under 65 to grab the lead in the HSBC Champions and take some of the spotlight off the battle for No. 1 in the world. Lee Westwood, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were all in the mix, though. In [...]
The Ryder Cup captains Corey Pavin and Colin Montgomery have recently announced the pairings for the matches between the United States and European teams which will begin in Wales this Friday: 7:45 a.m. (2:45 a.m. EDT; U.S. players listed first): Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson vs. Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer; 8 a.m.: Stewart Cink [...]