Omega PGA Ch'ship
Asia
Omega
Played as the Omega PGA Championship (Dec 9-12; Asian Tr season-ending event). Second-placed Simon Yates (Scot) finished 3 shots behind Fran Quinn Jr (USA), who recorded his second win on the Asian Tour, coming a week after his first. [Mission Hills GC, Shenzhen/Dongguan, China].
Asia
Omega
Played as the Omega PGA Championship (Asian Tr season-ending event). Second-placed Chin-sheng Hsieh (Taiw) finished 3 shots behind Kang (S Kor), who recorded back-to-back wins having also won the 1998 Hong Kong Open. [Clearwater Bay G&CC, Hong Kong].
Asia
Omega
Played as the Omega Hong Kong PGA Championship (Asian Tr season-ending event). Second-placed Wen-teh Lu (Taiw) finished 1 shot behind Cuello (Phil). [Clearwater Bay G&CC, Hong Kong].
Asia
Omega
Played as the Omega Asian PGA Championship (Asian Tr season-ending event). Second-placed Jeff Wagner (Aus) and John Senden (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Norquist (USA). [Clearwater Bay G&CC, Hong Kong].
Asia
Omega
Played as the inaugural Omega PGA Championship (played in Jan 1996 as the Asian Tr 1995 season-ending event). Second-placed Mark Mouland (Wales) finished 5 shots behind Yeh (Taiw). [Clearwater Bay G&CC, Hong Kong].
Women’s (British) Open: the last women’s major championship of the season is hosted by Royal Porthcawl GC. It’s the first time this fabulous seaside links course has hosted the event (July 31-Aug 3).
Walker Cup: the 50th playing of this prestigious men’s amateur event sees the GB&I go head-to-head against the defending USA team at Cypress Point Club, California (Sept 6-7). After that, all eyes turn to Bethpage State Park on Long Island, NY, where the American and defending European professional teams engage in the 45th Ryder Cup (Sept 27-29).
Lottie Woad: 21-year-old Woad burst onto the professional scene in July, with wins in the Women’s Irish Open (as an amateur) and three weeks later in the Women’s Scottish Open (as a professional). She nearly picked-up a major championship, placing third in The Evian in the same month.
Pádraig Harrington: the ever-likeable Irishman added the (British) Senior Open Championship title to his stellar array of tournament successes. His win came on Sunningdale’s spectacular Old Course. Harrington had already bagged the U.S. Senior Open title in June this year.
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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