Articles, tagged with "stroke play", page 1
Shocks as Tree, Porteous go out
South African Stroke Play champion Haydn Porteous and top English amateur Toby Tree both made shock exits from the Sanlam SA Amateur in Cape Town on Wednesday.
Unheralded Harrismith golfer Louis Taylor killed off Porteous's bid to win the elusive double ...
Dylan, 16, upstages the stars
Dylan Raubenheimer struck a resounding blow for the country's junior golfers when he won the Stroke Play Qualifier at Sanlam South African Amateur Championship on Monday.
But there was a little more at stake for the 16-year-old golfer from the Western Ca...
Bolognesi hits the front in SA
Italy's Andrea Bolognesi has hit the front in Thursday's third round of the South African Amateur stroke play championship - courtesy of Brandon Stone.
The South African No 1 amateur had looked unstoppable after the second round when he led by five strok...
Homa and Lee both are busy
Two local golfers see the summer as an opportunity to ascend the rankings.
In Max Homa's case, it's the World Amateur Golf Rankings, where Homa sits at 49th. The University of California, Berkeley junior and Valencia High graduate has made significant st...
'Mr Plod' has the last laugh
Luke Donald has said he felt a little like the late Seve Ballesteros during his triumphant final round in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Sunday.
He has also made a point of saying how much becoming a fist-time father had helped him grow up and...
Dream finish at Wentworth
New world No 1 Luke Donald has claimed the BMW PGA Championship by beating Lee Westwood in a play-off.
Donald took the win on the first play-off hole after him and Westwood, the world's top two golfers, both finished on six under par to force the champi...
Donald shoots 64 to top Wentworth leaderboard
Luke Donald shot a 7-under 64 on Thursday with Titleist Studio Select Kombi Putter to take the lead in the suspended first round of the BMW PGA Championship, leaving him eight stroke ahead of No. 1 Lee Westwood in their battle for the top spot in the worl...
Why Does Titleist AP1 710 Irons Become Hotter?
Believe it or not, several of Titleist's PGA Tour staff play the titleist ap1 irons. It's tough to see in this image (below), but the shape of the short irons - traditionally the 8I, 9I, and PW - has been improved. The notching remains fairly consistent t...
TaylorMade Burner 2.0 Irons' Review
TaylorMade has attempted to more clearly define the distance gaps in this set. In other words, the wedges and short irons will fly and stop more like traditional wedges and short irons – the so-called scoring clubs – while the mid-irons and long irons wil...
Ray Eckersall
Raymond A Eckersall Charles E. "Chick" Evans, Jr. (July 18, 1890 - November 6, 1979) was a leading amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s. Evans was the 1st amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916. Evans went o...
Best Opening Batsmen In Cricket History
A solid opening batsman plays a pivotal role in any cricket team’s road to success since it is the opener that has to absorb the initial pressure on the pitch and set the tone for the batting side.
One such brilliant left handed opening batsman was Sae...
Batsmen In The T20 Cricket
With the ICC bringing in new rules to make the game of cricket ever more exciting and marketable globally, the format of T20 cricket has certainly breathed new life into the game. This has also managed to inject a sense of urgency amongst the sides to sco...
Best Captains In Cricket World History
Off all the sports, the role of a captain is most important and effective in the game of cricket undoubtedly. Not only does he have to devise a strategy off the field around which the entire match script would revolve for his team but also has to ensure t...
It Does Not Take A Math Degree To Figure Out Your Golf Handicap With An Online Tracker
If you are a new golfer, you may enjoy getting out on your favorite golf courses and hitting the golf balls, but you may now be at a point where you want to take your game to the next level and work on your golf handicap. The golf handicap represents a ...
Raymond A. Eckersall III
Upstate Eight Conference Champion Raymond A Eckersall III grew up in Roselle, IL. Raymond Eckersall attended Trinity Lutheran grade school in Roselle, Illinois. After that Raymond Eckersall III went to Lake Park High school where he played on the varsity ...