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Ypsilon Golf Challenge by Alex Cejka

A late show from the in-form Rafael Cabrera Bello saw the Spaniard join Portugal’s Ricardo Santos at the top of the leaderboard on day two of the Ypsilon Golf Challenge by Alex Cejka.
With his country in a state of mourning – Cabrera Bello hails from the Canary Islands, the intended destination of the plane which [...]

Members club together to keep the Rolex running

When the title sponsors ended their association with the Rolex Trophy, the members of Golf Club de Genève – where the event had been held for nearly 30 years – came up with a simple solution: they would club together and take over the running of the tournament themselves.
And so the Trophée du Golf Club [...]

Ramsay breaks his duck at the Vodafone Challenge

An astonishing comeback at the Vodafone Challenge saw Scotland’s Richie Ramsay claim his first Challenge Tour title at the expense of his close friend and compatriot George Murray.
Murray’s missed putt from eight feet on the last hole at G&CC An der Elfrather Muhlein Germany effectively handed the title to Ramsay, who had looked dead and [...]

Del Moral and Ramsay answer Vodafone call

Carlos del Moral Spain and Scotland’s Richie Ramsay produced a pair of seven under par 65s to take the first round lead of the Vodafone Challenge at the G&CC An der Elfrather Mühle.
Both men kept mistakes to a minimum as they shot to the top of the leaderboard, two strokes clear of another Scotsman, George [...]

Huldahl claims maiden victory in Norway

Dane Jeppe Huldahl won his maiden professional title with a comfortable two stroke victory over Scot Steven O’Hara in the Lexus Open in Norway.
Five birdies in a sublime opening 15 holes at Moss & Rygge GK took the 26 year old out of reach and allowed him the luxury of two dropped shots in his [...]

Birdie blitz gives Bland share of the lead in Norway

England’s Richard Bland birdied six of the last seven holes to move into a share of the lead with Denmark’s Jeppe Huldahl going into the final round of the Lexus Open in Norway.
Bland, joint runner-up in last week’s Challenge of Ireland presented by Glasson, continued his good form with an eight under par 64 at [...]

Scandinavian pair lead in Norway

Home favourite Lars Brovold shot a second successive flawless 67 to share the lead with fellow Scandinavian Jeppe Huldahl at the halfway mark of the Lexus Open on the European Challenge Tour.
Norwegian Brovold and Dane Huldahl are locked on 10 under par, a shot clear of three players, after a low scoring day at the [...]

Stewart, O’Hara head Scots challenge as Gee leads

Adam Gee stormed into the lead after the first round of the Challenge Tour’s Lexus Open in Norway yesterday.
The 27-year-old Londoner fired a course record of eight-under-par 64 at the Moss and Rygge club, Dilling, to take a two-shot lead over Oskar Henningson, of Sweden, Denmark’s Jeppe Huldahl, Finland’s Antti Ahokas and Norwegian amateurs Anders [...]

Tampion clinches maiden win in Ireland

Australian Andrew Tampion claimed his maiden European Challenge Tour win at the Challenge of Ireland presented by Glasson after four consecutive birdies before the turn sent him surging through the field.
Tampion holed a 12ft birdie putt on the last hole for an impressive final round 67 to finish a stroke clear of Richard Bland and [...]

Aberdeen’s Ramsay takes lead into the weekend in Irish Challenge

ROYAL Aberdeen’s Richie Ramsay leads Richard Bland and home favourite Colm Moriarty by one stroke at the halfway mark of the Challenge of Ireland in Athlone.
Ramsay ironed out his problematic putting after taking 38 putts in his second round en route to missing the cut in Wales last week – a performance on the greens [...]