Tag Archives: Matteo Manassero

Open Championship: 1st round notes

Posted on Friday, July 18, 2014 12:39 am by Bill Rand

The 2014 Open Championship began Thursday at Royal Liverpool. For all the understandable trepidation about the weather, the day turned out to be glorious. The wind was a modest factor in shot selections and the sun never stopped shining. Friday, … Continue reading →

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Robert Garrigus: Scratch Bass Fisherman

Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:00 am by Bill Rand

Robert Garrigus had another fine round Friday at the Valspar Championship on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor (Tampa), Florida, adding a 66 to his first round 69. At 7-under, that gave him a 3-shot lead over Kevin … Continue reading →

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Matteo Manassero: A Stepping Stone Win

Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 10:18 am by Bill Rand

Matteo Manassero manhandled the weather and a strong European Tour field to win one of their biggest tournaments of the year, the BMW PGA Championship at the venerable Wentworth Club just outside of London, England. To revisit just how bad … Continue reading →

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European Tour Update

Posted on Monday, November 12, 2012 11:34 pm by Bill Rand

With the high drama of the end of the PGA Tour season, we haven’t stopped to look around at what’s happening on the other major tours especially the European Tour: The tour just finished the Barclay’s Singapore Open at the … Continue reading →

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The Big Story

Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 11:33 pm by Bill Rand

There’s supposed to be one big story that’s the lede for any post. Well here’s the lede for this one about the first round of the PGA Championship: there is no one big story. There are at least three, four … Continue reading →

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What and Why to Watch Today

Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:14 am by Bill Rand

Today is unusual because the finish of the tournaments on all four of the major tours have tightly-packed leaderboards and compelling reasons to watch the finishes. The European Tour The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth offers a classic, 3-way race. … Continue reading →

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Fragility

Posted on Friday, May 27, 2011 9:12 am by Bill Rand

I was looking over the first round leaderboard for this week’s European Tour event, the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club, in Surrey, England. This tournament is a big deal. At €4.5 million ($6.4 million), it has the biggest purse … Continue reading →

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