Golf-Bulgaria first as Thracian Cliffs to host World Match Play (Reuters)

22 Oct
2012
Oct 22 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will host a European Tour event for the first time when the 2013 World Match Play Championship is staged at the Black Sea resort of Thracian Cliffs. Organisers said in a statement on Monday that the move from Andalucia in Spain, where the tournament has been staged for the last three years, to Bulgaria was part of a plan to rotate the venue of the championship that has been in operation since 1964. ...
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Woods looks at new criteria for European Tour (The Associated Press)

10 Oct
2012
BELEK, Turkey (AP) -- Tiger Woods will consider the possibility of joining the European Tour after changes are made to membership qualification.
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Woods will consider joining European Tour (The Associated Press)

10 Oct
2012
BELEK, Turkey (AP) -- Tiger Woods will consider joining the European Tour after changes are made to membership qualification.
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Grace shrugs off "Carnasty" fears to lead by four shots (Reuters)

06 Oct
2012

Branden Grace of South Africa drops his club while teeing off on the second hole during the first round for the 2012 U.S. Open golf tournament on the Lake Course at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California June 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - South Africa's Branden Grace overcame a mental obstacle at the Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday to take a giant stride towards securing his fourth European Tour win of the season. The 24-year-old feared for his overnight five-shot lead going into the third round at Carnoustie, the toughest of the three courses being used in this week's $5 million tournament. Grace, however, fired a three-under-par 69 to finish on 20-under 196, four strokes clear of Dane Thorbjorn Olesen (68) ahead of Sunday's final round at St Andrews. ...


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Golf-Grace shrugs off "Carnasty" fears to lead by four shots (Reuters)

06 Oct
2012
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct 6 (Reuters) - South Africa's Branden Grace overcame a mental obstacle at the Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday to take a giant stride towards securing his fourth European Tour win of the season. The 24-year-old feared for his overnight five-shot lead going into the third round at Carnoustie, the toughest of the three courses being used in this week's $5 million tournament. Grace, however, fired a three-under-par 69 to finish on 20-under 196, four strokes clear of Dane Thorbjorn Olesen (68) ahead of Sunday's final round at St Andrews. ...
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UPDATE 1-Golf-Amazing Grace equals European Tour record of 60 (Reuters)

04 Oct
2012
* South African goes low at Kingsbarns * Dubuisson also breaks St Andrews record (Adds quotes) ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct 4 (Reuters) - South African Branden Grace equalled the European Tour record when he shot a blistering 12-under-par 60 midway through the first round of the Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday. Grace, a triple winner on the tour in 2012, clipped two strokes off Lee Westwood's previous Kingsbarns record of 62 set in 2003 after finishing with five straight birdies. ...
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Golf-Amazing Grace equals European Tour record of 60 (Reuters)

04 Oct
2012
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct 4 (Reuters) - South African Branden Grace equalled the European Tour record when he shot a blistering 12-under-par 60 midway through the first round of the Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday. Grace, a triple winner on the tour in 2012, clipped two strokes off Lee Westwood's previous Kingsbarns record of 62 set in 2003 after finishing with five straight birdies. Frenchman Victor Dubuisson was two shots off the lead on 62 after breaking the course record at St Andrews, one of three layouts being used this week. ...
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(Reuters) - Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano won his sixth European Tour title at the Italian Open on Sunday in good scoring conditions which boosted the confidence of the three Ryder Cup players in the field. Fernandez-Castano produced his lowest round of the tournament at Royal Park in Turin with an eight-under-par 64 to finish on 24 under and beat South African Garth Mulroy (67) by two shots. ...
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UPDATE 1-Golf-Ryder Cup trio in form, Fernandez-Castano triumphs (Reuters)

16 Sep
2012
(Adds quotes) Sept 16 (Reuters) - Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano won his sixth European Tour title at the Italian Open on Sunday in good scoring conditions which boosted the confidence of the three Ryder Cup players in the field. Fernandez-Castano produced his lowest round of the tournament at Royal Park in Turin with an eight-under-par 64 to finish on 24 under and beat South African Garth Mulroy (67) by two shots. ...
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European Tour disappointed over Andalucia cancellation (Reuters)

12 Sep
2012
MADRID (Reuters) - The European Tour is "extremely disappointed" with the Andalucia regional government's decision to withdraw its funding for this year's Masters event, forcing its cancellation, chief executive George O'Grady said on Wednesday. On Monday, The Junta de Andalucia's tourism office said it was pulling its sponsorship as it tries to push through sweeping budget cuts for Spain's heavily indebted regions imposed by the central government. It had agreed to provide 3 million euros ($3. ...
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