LIV Golf (UK)
Played as LIV Golf UK by JCB (Jul 26-28; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying four-player team event). [JCB G&CC, Rocester, nr Uttoxeter, Staffs].
Individual event: Joaquín Niemann (Chile), Cameron Smith (Aus) and Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Jon Rahm (Esp).
Team event: second-placed Ripper team (-23; Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones & Marc Leishman) finished 3 shots behind the Legion XII team (-26; Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Kieran Vincent & Caleb Surratt), who shared the $3 million team first priz.
Note: the eleventh of fourteen 2024 LIV Golf League events run by Greg Norman's Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company.
Europe
LIV Golf
Played as LIV Golf London (Jul 7-9; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying four-player team event). [Centurion Club, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire].
Individual event: second-placed Marc Leishman (Aus) and Patrick Reed (USA) finished 1 shot behind Cameron Smith (Aus), who pocketed the $4 million first prize.
Team event: second-placed Ripper team (-33; Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones & Jediah "Jed" Morgan) finished 1 shot behind the Four Aces team (-34; Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez & Peter Uihlein), who shared the $3 million team first prize.
Note: the ninth of fourteen 2023 LIV Golf League events run by Greg Norman's Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company.
Europe
LIV Golf
Played as the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series (London) (June 9-11; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying four-player team event). [Centurion Club, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire].
Individual event: Second-placed Hennie Du Plessis (RSA) finished 1 shot behind Charl Schwartzel (RSA). World ranked No.126 Schwartzel scooped the $4 million first prize and world No.133 Du Plessis the $2,125,000 second prize ... vast payouts for a rather modest field!
Team event: second-placed Crushers team (Peter Uihlein, Richard Bland, Phachara Khongwatmai & Travis Smyth) finished 14 shots behind the Stingers (Louis Oosthuizen, Hennie Du Plessis, Charl Schwartzel & Branden Grace), who shared the $3 million team first prize.
Note: the first of eight 2022 "Invitational Series" events run by Greg Norman's Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company ... a rival series of events to those staged by the world's established men's golf tours. LIV are the roman numerals for 54, the number of holes in each LIV Golf event).
124th US Open: the No.2 Course at Pinehurst once again plays host to this most illustrious championship (June 13-16). Wyndham Clark defends his title, having won at Los Angeles CC in 2023.
79th Women’s US Open: the second women’s major championship of the season gets underway at Lancaster CC in Pennsylvania. It’s the second time the championship has been held here.
(May 30-June 2).
Nelly Korda: won the Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19) at Liberty National GC, continuing her extraordinary form in LPGA events. This was her sixth win in seven starts in 2024.
Xander Schauffele: recorded his first major championship win, and second record-equalling low score of 62 in a major. Only he, Branden Grace, Rickie Fowler and Shane Lowry have achieved this feat in a men’s major championship.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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