Last week's inspiration was definitely England's Oliver Wilson who jumped 636 places to 156th in the world rankings after his win in the Dunhill Cup. That’s huge!
European Tour - Portuguese Masters
PGA Tour Frys.com Open
Korean Sang-Moon Bae held on to win at Silverado, California this week by 2 shots from Steven Bowditch of Australia in this first tournament of the 2015 FedEx Cup series. Martin Laird of Scotland was one of 5 players who finished joint third alongside Bryce Molder (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (JAP), Retief Goosen (RSA), and Hunter Mahan (USA). Lee Westwood (ENG) tied 12th at 5 shots adrift.
A win for Sang-Moon Bae puts him firmly in the running to be part of the International President’s Cup team to be held in his home country of South Korea in 2015. Jay Haas (USA) and Nick Price (ZWE) are confirmed as captains of their teams.
European Ladies Tour
The next tournament for the European Ladies Tour starts on the 16th October (that’s this Thursday!) at Hibiscus Coast, South Africa. It’s the much anticipated Cell C South African Women's Open.
The current order of merit is 1st: Suzann Pettersen (NOR) on €315,867; 2nd: Shanshan Feng (CHN) on €236,277 and 3rd: Charley Hull (ENG) on €207,180.
LPGA Tour
The LPGA tour is currently in Asia. Last week’s tournament was the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur. The winner was Shanshan Feng of China who shot a final round of 63 to win. She takes her LPGA Tour earnings for the year to over $1 million. (Is it just me or does everyone else have to say that figure in the voice of Dr Evil with the necessary pinky to the side of the mouth? Just me?) Stacy Lewis leads the money list with $2.3 million.
Champions Tour
The winner of the SAS Championship on the Champions Tour was Kirk Triplett (USA) by 3 shots from Tom Lehman (USA).
The tour leader, Bernard Langer (GER) was 4th while Colin Montgomerie of Scotland, who is 2nd in the tour rankings, was 19th.
One Asia Tour
The Nanshan China Masters was won by Li Haotong of China with an impressive 9 under score. At 19 years old, this win makes him the youngest winner of an Asia-Pacific OneAsia tournament even with the 40mph gusts of winds on the course. Very impressed.
Amateur Rankings
Scotland's Bradley Neil (18), from Blairgowrie is first in the European Amateur Rankings and 4th in the World Amateur Ranks. This is someone to watch out for - he’s good!
Ashley Chesters of England is 2nd in the European Rankings (15th in the world) with Gary Hurley of Ireland 4th. Another great slew of players coming through the ranks - Ryder Cup stars of the future, perhaps?
Oliver Schniederjans of the USA leads the World Rankings with Jan Rahman-Rodrigues (ESP) 2nd and Robby Shelton (USA) 3rd. Schniederjans deserves a special mention (not because he’ll likely have to spell out his surname to every. single. person. for the rest of his life) but because the boy young man has been a force to be reckoned with on the Amateur Golf Rankings over the last couple of years. This is one player to watch out for in the future.
World Pro Rankings
Top Scots: Stephen Gallagher (35) Catriona Matthew (26)
This week, huge congrats to Jarod Lyle who finished at 5 under in the Fry's.com Open. This is his returning event on the PGA tour after overcoming leukaemia for a second time. Almost unbelievable and definitely a huge lesson to never give up.
Read this positive story here.
As for what’s been going on around the world - here’s my round-up.
Frenchman Alexander Levy won the Portuguese Masters at Vilamoura by three shots from Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL).
PGA Tour Frys.com Open
Korean Sang-Moon Bae held on to win at Silverado, California this week by 2 shots from Steven Bowditch of Australia in this first tournament of the 2015 FedEx Cup series. Martin Laird of Scotland was one of 5 players who finished joint third alongside Bryce Molder (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (JAP), Retief Goosen (RSA), and Hunter Mahan (USA). Lee Westwood (ENG) tied 12th at 5 shots adrift.A win for Sang-Moon Bae puts him firmly in the running to be part of the International President’s Cup team to be held in his home country of South Korea in 2015. Jay Haas (USA) and Nick Price (ZWE) are confirmed as captains of their teams.
European Ladies Tour
The next tournament for the European Ladies Tour starts on the 16th October (that’s this Thursday!) at Hibiscus Coast, South Africa. It’s the much anticipated Cell C South African Women's Open.The current order of merit is 1st: Suzann Pettersen (NOR) on €315,867; 2nd: Shanshan Feng (CHN) on €236,277 and 3rd: Charley Hull (ENG) on €207,180.
LPGA Tour
The LPGA tour is currently in Asia. Last week’s tournament was the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur. The winner was Shanshan Feng of China who shot a final round of 63 to win. She takes her LPGA Tour earnings for the year to over $1 million. (Is it just me or does everyone else have to say that figure in the voice of Dr Evil with the necessary pinky to the side of the mouth? Just me?) Stacy Lewis leads the money list with $2.3 million.Champions Tour
The winner of the SAS Championship on the Champions Tour was Kirk Triplett (USA) by 3 shots from Tom Lehman (USA).The tour leader, Bernard Langer (GER) was 4th while Colin Montgomerie of Scotland, who is 2nd in the tour rankings, was 19th.
One Asia Tour
The Nanshan China Masters was won by Li Haotong of China with an impressive 9 under score. At 19 years old, this win makes him the youngest winner of an Asia-Pacific OneAsia tournament even with the 40mph gusts of winds on the course. Very impressed.
Amateur Rankings
Scotland's Bradley Neil (18), from Blairgowrie is first in the European Amateur Rankings and 4th in the World Amateur Ranks. This is someone to watch out for - he’s good!
Ashley Chesters of England is 2nd in the European Rankings (15th in the world) with Gary Hurley of Ireland 4th. Another great slew of players coming through the ranks - Ryder Cup stars of the future, perhaps?
Oliver Schniederjans of the USA leads the World Rankings with Jan Rahman-Rodrigues (ESP) 2nd and Robby Shelton (USA) 3rd. Schniederjans deserves a special mention (not because he’ll likely have to spell out his surname to every. single. person. for the rest of his life) but because the boy young man has been a force to be reckoned with on the Amateur Golf Rankings over the last couple of years. This is one player to watch out for in the future.
World Pro Rankings
Men
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Ladies
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1
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Rory McIlroy (NIR) | Stacy Lewis (USA) |
2
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Adam Scott (AUS) | Inbee Park (KOR) |
3
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Sergio Garcia (ESP) | Lydia Ko (NZL) |
4
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Jim Furyk (USA) | Suzann Pettersen (SWE) |
5
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Henrik Stenson (SWE) | Shanshan Feng (CHN) |
6
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Justin Rose (ENG) | Karrie Webb (AUS) |
7
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Bubba Watson (USA) | So Yeon Ryu (KOR) |
8
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Jason Day (AUS) | Michelle Wie (USA) |
9
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Matt Kuchar (USA) | Lexi Thompson (USA) |
10
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Rickie Fowler (USA) | Hyo-Joo Kim (KOR) |
Top Scots: Stephen Gallagher (35) Catriona Matthew (26)
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