30/09/2024 5-Minute World Tour
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League results, USA win President’s Cup and 61 beats 60 on LPGA Tour.
Amateur Golf
Premier League Round 2: Westlake thump KDM, wins for Atlantic Beach and Milnerton
King David Mowbray Golf Club couldn’t replicate their Premier League Round 1 heroics, slumping to a 2-10 defeat to Westlake Golf Club while Atlantic Beach beat Bellville GC 6.5/5.5 and Milnerton earned a 9-3 triumph over Durbanville at Kuils River Golf Club on Sunday.
KDM began the day brightly as Anthony Hobson & Elton James beat Paul Bezuidenhout and Gabriel Firer 2&1 in the top match before Riaan Lewis and Thabang Kutumane accounted for Shaun Le Roux and Christian Helmbold by the same margin. Westlake ensured it was honour’s even at the end of the session, Dan Copeman and Zach Miller trouncing Edmund Francis and Ethan Chetty 7&6 while Pietie Loubser and Idrees Saban pipped Craig Poulton and Kyran Hawkins 1-Up.
1-Down was as close as KDM came to victory in the afternoon, losing all eight singles though Lewis and Hobson ran Loubser and Bezuidenhout close.
Defeated by KDM in Round 1, Bellville GC were edged out by Atlantic Beach 6.5-5.5 after a 2-2 foursomes tie with Chris Strydom’s 4&3 win over Gerlou Roux the most comprehensive singles result. Karl Osche (8&7 v Mike Knoetze) and Hannes Conradie (5&3 v Mitch Phigeland) earned consolation wins for Bellville but ultimately they will head into round 3 still searching for a first win of the season.
Father and son Cameron and Adam Johnston were at the forefront of Milnerton’s win versus Durbanville as Adam beat Clive Galline 7&5 in the top match before Cameron swatted aside Elias Steenkamp 8&7 during an afternoon session Milnerton won 6.5-1.5.ย
Cape Town Junior Open: De Bruin leads through two rounds at KDM
Fancourt Country Club’s Dewan De Bruin shot a fabulous four-under 68 in trying conditions before backing it up with a second-round level-par 72 to open up a two-stroke lead over Oliver Scriven and Johndre Ludick in the Cape Town Junior Open at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Sunday.
De Bruin made a terrific start in the worst of the weather, carding birdies at the 2nd and 3rd before responding to a dropped shot at the par-3 4th with a third birdie of the day two holes later. A second bogey of the day at the 7th again yielded a positive response from the Southern Cape player who proceeded to make back-to-back birdie-4s at the 9th and 10th.
De Bruin’s red numbers at the 12th and 14th, either side of a bogey-4, moved his score to 4-under for the morning where he remained after navigating the tricky closing stretch in even-par.
“My tee shots on the par-5s helped a lot and on the greens my putting was excellent,” De Bruin reflected.
“I knew everyone was playing in this weather, anything close to level-par was a good score so 68 was an excellent round.”
After the fast start De Bruin enjoyed in round one, round two was comparatively sedate, with 16 consecutive pars to begin proceedings. After picking up a shot at the par-4 17th, De Bruin gave the shot back at the last to sign for a 72.
Second-placed Ludick improved by six shots between rounds one and two after carding 74-68 while Scriven followed an opening 72 with an afternoon two-under 70. Both will pose a threat to De Bruin in the final round of the GolfRSA-sanctioned event.
Harry Clayton and Santiago Dos Santos round out the top-5 after playing the first 36 holes in one-under par.
Professional Golf
Presidents Cup: USA ease to 18.5-11.5 win over the Internationals
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The United States won one of the weirder Presidents Cups in recent memory 18.5-11.5 in Montreal Canada as their strangehold on the biennial team event continued.
The US raced to a 5-0 lead after the day 1 Fourball session before the hoasts roared back on Friday with a 5-0 session of their own in alternate-shot to tie things up heading into the weekend.
The to-and-fro theme continued during the two sessions of play on Saturday but the US took a four-point lead into Sunday Singles via 3-1 session wins in both Fourball and Foursomes play.
Canadian Corey Conners gave the home crowd reason to cheer when he dispatched Tony Finau 5&3 while there also wins for Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2&1 v Brian Harman) and Hideki Matsuyama (1Up v Scottie Scheffler)
Six Singles wins for the USA though highlighted by a 4&3 Xander Schauffele win over Jason Day in the top match and a further three halved matches meant the result was never really in doubt.
The USA’s victory was spearheaded by Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Sam Burns who each won four full-points for the USA.
DP World Tour: Hildalgo pips Rahm to Open de Espana title
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Angel Hidalgo’s birdie at the second-playoff hole was enough to see off the challenge of countryman Jon Rahm and see the 26-year-old win a maiden DP World Tour title at the Open De Espana.
Hidalgo led by two through three rounds but David Puig’s front-9 three-under 33 thrust him into title contention. The wheels came off on the back-9 however as he dropped four shots in 8 holes but a consolation birdie at 18 ensured he finished in a six-way tie for 3rd-place.
Hidalgo shot an eventful one-under 70 which featured three dropped shots in his first six holes but four birdies on the day ensured he ended regulation tied with Rahm who overcame a double-bogey 6 at 13 by notching birdies at 14, 17 and 18 in a round of 68.
The pair halved the first playoff hole, the par-4 18th, in birdies. Hidalgo repeated the feat a second time and with Rahm unable to score better than 4, victory belonged to Hidalgo in his 27th DP World Tour start.
LPGA: Suwannapura’s Sunday 61 capped by playoff victory
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Lucy Li carded a stunning 11-under par 60 in the final round of the Arkansas Championship before being stunned by an eagle at the second-playoff hole against 61-shooting Jasmine Suwanannapura who claimed an incredible first LPGA title.
Remarkably, Li’s round featured two bogeys in the first four holes but three eagles and a further seven birdies helped her complement a front-9 four-under 32 with a back-nine 28 to shoot up the leaderboard.
Suwannapura meanwhile dealt in pars and birdies for much of the day, registering three red-numbers and a further four on the back before finishing off a back-9 28 of her own with an eagle-3 at 18.
Tied on 17-under at the end of regulation, the pair maintained their respective heads of steam in the playoff by matching each other’s birdies at the first playoff hole.
In scenarios such as these, it’s always better when a player wins it rather than the other losing it and win it Suwannapura certainly did, eagling the 18th for a second time on Sunday to eclipse Li’s birdie to end a memorable marathon Sunday.
Challenge Tour: Walker wins rain-reduced Swiss Challenge
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Euan Walker won the second Challenge Tour title of his career, winning the rain-reduced Swiss Challenge by three shots from Bradley Bawden and Kristoffer Reitan after a second-round six-under 66.
Torrential rain in the early part of the week saw the event shortened to 36 holes and become something of a sprint to the finish.
Walker’s opening 69 placed him four behind Quim Vidal. The pair had contrasting fortunes in round two: Vidal crashed to a five-over 77 after carding a triple-bogey and four further drops against just two birdies, tumbling down the leaderboard into a share of 12th.
Walker on the other hand was blemish-free, complementing four front-9 birdies with two more on the back which ensured the Scot eased to victory.
Fun Facts & Scary Stats
- Presidents Cup captains Jim Furyk (USA) and Mike Weir (International) were born on the same day (12 May 1970), both won their only Majors in 2003 (Weir Masters, Furyk US Open) and captained their first President Cup teams in 2024.
- Scottie Scheffler had more wins in 2024 (8) than the other 23 Presidents Cup Players combined (7).
- 2024 marks the largest away-team win in Presidents Cup history.
- Lucy Li became the seventh player in LPGA history to card three eagles in a single round.ย
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