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Penina Championship Fri, 1st Sep 2006 The biggest date in golf coming up soon is Penina's 40th anniversary. As most of the golfing cognoscenti know, the Penina Championship course is the Algarve's pioneering golf venue and idealised by the legendary Sir Henry Cotton in the late 1960s. The official date of this anniversary and of the famous Penina Hotel is the 5th of November. This date will be preceded by a 36-hole 4-player team tournament, for the 'Henry Cotton Team Trophy' on 27th and 28th of October. |
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Alamos Fri, 1st Sep 2006 On 6th and 7th of November, some local preparatory competitions are being held for the grand final on the 8th to decide the winners of the '2006 Douglas Bader Cup'. This tournament is being held under the auspices of the 'Douglas Bader Foundation' for the 20th successive year. Regional qualifying events were held throughout the UK, and the winning mixed greensome pairs in each of twelve UK regional finals during the summer earned places in the Algarve Grand Final on the Alamos course. Lady Bader OBE, widow of the famous and legendary ace pilot, attended this event last year and it is hoped she will be able to grace the event with her presence once more. |
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Fri, 1st Sep 2006 Tiger Woods shot a final round of 63 at the Deutsche Bank Championship, surpassing Vijay Singh in the final round to collect his fifth title in as many starts. Woods has had 6 consecutive PGA TOUR wins in 1999/2000. This is the first time he has won five consecutive OWGR events in his career. Adam Scott won the Barclays Singapore Open on the Asian Tour in a three hole play-off with Ernie Els after the fourth round was cancelled late in the afternoon following two weather suspensions. Adam Scott climbed one place to Nº 5. Martin Kaymer won at the Open de Volcans - Challenge de France on the European Challenge Tour. |
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Fri, 1st Sep 2006 Marc Warren - (Scotland) Scandinavian Masters Barseback - Malmo - Sweden - 3rd to 6th August, 2006 Marc Warren, winner of the 2005 Challenge Tour Rankings, won the Entercard Scandinavian Masters at Barseback Golf and Country Club. This was his maiden European Tour title with a play-off with Sweden's Robert Karlsson. Marc Warren improved his position in the by 170 places to Nº 185 with the close field behind him was led by Richard Sterne from South Africa. |
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Fri, 1st Sep 2006 Simon Dyson - (England) The KLM Open Kennemer - Zandvoort - The Netherlands - 10th to 13th August, 2006 England's Simon Dyson claimed his second title of the season when he beat Australian Richard Green at the first extra hole of a sudden-death playoff in The KLM Open at the Kennemer Golf & Country Club. Dyson improved his ranking by 33 positions to Nº 77. The final day ended in a playoff between Simon Dyson from England and Richard Green from Australia. One stroke further back was Damien McGrane from Ireland. |
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Fri, 1st Sep 2006 Tiger Woods - (USA) US PGA Championship Medinah - Illinois - USA - 17th to 20th August, 2006 Tiger Woods, who started the final round of the 88th US PGA Championship tied with England's Luke Donald, closed with a 68 for an 18 under par total of 270 and a five stroke victory over Shaun Micheel with Donald, Sergio Garcia and Adam Scott, all sharing third place. His second Major Championship win of 2006 and his twelfth overall saw Tiger Woods extend his lead over Phil Mickelson to more than twelve average points. |
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Fri, 1st Sep 2006 Alejandro Canizares - (Spain) The Imperial Collection Russian Open Moscow - Russia - 17th to 20th August, 2006 Alejandro Canizares of Spain produced a magnificent final round performance at the Imperial Collection Russian Open in Moscow to win in just his third European Tour event as a professional with a five stroke lead over Davis Drysdale from Scotland. A further stroke back were Mikael Lundburg from Sweden and Gary Murphy from Ireland. He climbed to Nº 238 in the Ranking. |
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Fri, 1st Sep 2006 Tiger Woods - (USA) WGC - Bridgestone Invitational Firestone - Akron - Ohio - USA - 24th to 27th August, 2006 This time Tiger Woods from the USA was forced into a playoff with fellow American Stewart Cink before carrying off the Trophy in the Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio. Hot on their heels was another American Jim Furyk just the one stroke further back. |
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