Johnnie Walker Ch'ship
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Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Aug 25-28). Bjørn (Den) won a five-way playoff beating George Coetzee (RSA) at the fifth playoff hole. Bernd Weisberger (Aut) was eliminated at the first extra hole; Pablo Larrazabal (Esp) at the second and Mark Foster (Eng) at the fourth. [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
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Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Aug 4-7). Second-placed Barry Lane (Eng), Bradley Dredge (Wales), Nicolas Colsaerts (Belg) and David Lynn (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Canonica (Italy), who recorded his first win after 14 years on the European Tour. [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
Europe
Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (June 22-25). Second-placed Søren Hansen (Den) and Andrew Marshall (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Casey (Eng). [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
Played as the Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship (Aug 23-26). Second-placed Alex Čejka (Ger) finished 1 shot behind Casey (Eng). [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
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Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Aug 22-25). 22-year-old Fleetwood (Eng) beat Stephen Gallacher (Scot) and Rocardo Gonzalez (Arg) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to secure his first European Tour win. [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
Played as the Scottish PGA Championship (Aug 24-27). Second-placed Henrik Nyström (Swe) finished 2 shots behind Fulke (Swe). [Queen's course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
Europe
Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Aug 28-31). Second-placed Graeme Storm (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Havret (Fra). [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
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Diageo
Played as the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles (June 19-22). Second placed Alastair Forsyth (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Kjeldsen (Den), who recorded his first win on the European Tour. [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
Europe
Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Aug 23-26). Second-placed Brett Rumford (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Lawrie (Scot). [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
Europe
Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Aug 26-29). Second-placed Brett Rumford (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Molinari (Italy). [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
Europe
Diageo
Played as the Diageo Scottish PGA Championship (Aug 22-25). Second-placed Raymond Russell (Scot) finished 10 shots behind runaway winner Scott (Aus). [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
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Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Aug 30-Sept 2). Warren (Scot) beat Simon Wakefield (Eng) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
Europe
Johnnie Walker
Played as the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (Aug 27-30). Second-placed Martin Erlandsson (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Hedblom (Swe), who recorded his third win on the European Tour and first on European soil. [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
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Diageo
Played as the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles (June 10-13). Second-placed Graeme McDowell (N.Ire) finished 5 shots behind Tunnicliff (Eng). [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire].
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Played as the Scottish PGA Championship (Aug 27-30; first time as a European Tour event for a tournament dating back to 1907). Warren Bennett (Eng) beat Rolf Muntz (Neth) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record his only win on the European Tour. [PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire; at the time known as the Monarchs course].
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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