Day 2 at the PGA Championship was as surreal as it comes. At 0500 (local time), John Mills, confirmed by the PGA of America as “a worker" at the tournament, was fatally hit by a shuttle bus at the front of the club. Roughly an hour later, Scottie Scheffler was detained for reckless driving and disregarding the signals of an officer while trying to make his tee time.
On Sunday, Viktor Hovland defended his title at the Mayakoba Championship in Mexico to claim his third PGA Tour title. The 24-year-old Norwegian shot a final-round four-under-par 67 at El Camaleon Golf Course to set a tournament record twenty-three-under-par total.
Phillip Price and Chris Williams remain in a share of the lead at the end of the second round in the Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship hosted by Ian Woosnam at Trevose Golf & Country Club followed by Legend Tour debutant Thomas Bjørn.
Ally McDonald shot a four-under-par 68 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Lake - Reynolds Oconee. Danielle Kang sits in second alongside Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines on nine-under-par. "I’m trying to just execute and stick to my game plan,” McDonald said. “I think I’m in a pretty good position for the weekend,” Kang said.
Former Masters champion Danny Willett will enjoy two new experiences when he makes his European Tour return in the 2020 ISPS HANDA UK Championship at The Belfry.
As expected, the LPGA has confirmed that they have cancelled two more events in Asia. The Honda LPGA Thailand in Pattaya, Thailand that was scheduled to be played between 20th and 23rd February and the HSBC Women's World Championship in Singapore the following week are both casualties of the Coronavirus scare.
English prodigy Josh Hill warmed up for his European Tour debut in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Thursday by taking on world No 1 Brooks Koepka in a friendly match – a match the youngster won!
The Tour Championship is looking like it will provide a thrilling finale to the men’s season on Sunday as at the halfway point as Brooks Koepke leads Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas by one stroke, with Xander Schauffele and Paul Casey still very much in contention.
Bespoke golf holiday company Gastro Golf added two new European destinations to its already impressive list of golf holiday venues – the island of Mallorca and Bulgaria.
World number one Dustin Johnson is out of the World Golf Championships with a game to play after a second straight defeat in Austin, Texas.
Major works are underway at La Reserva Club, Sotogrande, to construct a state-of-the-art leisure development called ‘The Beach’, set to be opened in summer this year.
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