16 November 2011
GOLF LINKS SPAIN attended the final leg of the Banesto Golf Tour held at the Villaitana Golf Resort just outside Benidorm on the Costa Blanca in SE Spain in the first week of November. The Banesto Golf Tour attracts lady professional golfers from all over Europe and began back in March at the Novo Sancti [...]
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06 September 2011
Is it just me or is it that the US PGA’s year-end finale is the most boring, over-rated, overpaid piece of golfing crap that only the American’s could have come up with? This is not to take anything away from a fine and well-respected international company in FedEx, it’s just that I find the entire [...]
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17 July 2011
Unbeeleevable! Fred Daly – Open Champion in 1947; Graeme McDowell – US Open Champion in 2010; Rory McIlroy – US Open Champion 2011; DARREN CLARKE – OPEN CHAMPION IN 2011! As Rory has apparently Tweeted immediately following his win – Northern Ireland, Golfing Capital of the World! As a fellow Ulsterman I am so proud [...]
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16 July 2011
Well there is an Ulsterman at the top of the leaderboard of the 104th Open Championship, it just doesn’t happen to be the one we all wished for and expected. 42 year old Darren Clarke, who hails from Dungannon but who now lives close by the magnificent links of Royal Portrush, goes into the final [...]
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16 July 2011
Just back from the pub so a little bit the worse for wear! As it turned out, those at 4-over par didn’t make it so bye-bye Padraig and Lee and several others to boot! This leaves just 70 players all within seven shots of the lead vying for the coveted Claret Jug come Sunday. They [...]
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15 July 2011
As we begin our second day of coverage of this year’s Open Championship, pre-tournament favourite, Rory McIlroy has just commenced his round with a cracking shot into the first hole but it was fellow Ulsterman, Darren Clarke who stole the headlines with his morning round of a second 68 to finish on 4 under par [...]
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14 July 2011
ROUND-UP Despite the benign conditions for the afternoon starters that should have produced a real charge from some of the big names, few of them were able to make a significant dent in Thomas Bjorn’s early lead. However, there were a couple of notable exceptions. 2009 Us Open Champion, Lucas Glover equalled MAJ’s 66. Northern [...]
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01 July 2011
GOLF LINKS SPAIN recently travelled to Morocco courtesy of the Moroccan National Tourist Office along with a number of journalists from the European Golf and Tourism Media Association who together represent more than 15 countries around the world. Whilst the main body of the group were based in Agadir for the first part of the [...]
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