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Travis Smyth
Travis Smyth (born 29 December 1994) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour. He won the 2017 Northern Territory PGA Championship and the 2022 Yeangder TPC, as well as recording a runner-up finish at the 2022 International Series England. He played in the first three LIV Golf events in 2022, having gained access through the Asian Tour qualification process. Early life and amateur career Smyth grew up in Shellharbour, New South Wales, a small beach town about an hour and a half south of Sydney. He didn’t start to play golf until the age of 12, but he enjoyed a strong amateur career representing Australia on several occasions, and quickly rose through the amateur ranks. He won the 2015 Riversdale Cup and was runner-up at the 2016 Australian Amateur, and rose to 11th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2017. Still an amateur, Smyth was runner-up at the 2016 Western Australian Open two strokes behind Curtis Luck, and won his first professional event du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shellharbour, New South Wales
Shellharbour (also known as Shellharbour Village) is a suburb located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour, and its central business district, Shellharbour City Centre. The suburb is centred on the small recreational harbour named Shell Harbour. It has two main beaches: Shellharbour Beach, which runs to Barrack Point and Shellharbour South Beach, which runs toward Bass Point. Shellharbour hosts Harbourside Markets on the fourth Sunday of the month, in Little Park. History and culture The area was inhabited by indigenous Australians for thousands of years. European habitation began from about 1817 onwards. Shellharbour was originally known as ''Yerrowah'' and later as ''Peterborough''. Shellharbour's coastline is littered with 9 shipwrecks, and other historical sites like Bass Point which is home to various Aboriginal archaeological evidence. The shipwrecks date back to 1851, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Redman
Doc Hudspeth Redman (born December 27, 1997) is an American professional golfer. High school career Redman was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Leesville Road High School where he was the North Carolina AAAA state champion as a senior and all-state four years in high school. College career Competing for the Clemson Tigers, where he studied actuarial math. Redman won both the Jackrabbit and the Ka'anapali Classic in the fall of his freshman year. Amateur career Redman won the 2017 U.S. Amateur, after finishing 62nd out of 64 in the stroke play qualifier. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Western Amateur, losing in a playoff. Redman competed in the 2017 Walker Cup. Professional career Redman turned professional following the 2018 NCAA Golf Championship and made his professional debut at the Memorial Tournament. By turning pro, he forfeited his exemptions into the 2018 U.S. Open and 2018 Open Championship which he earned via his U.S. Amateur win. In June 2019, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Open Championship
The 2023 Open Championship, officially the 151st Open Championship, was a golf tournament played from 20–23 July 2023 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, England. This was the 13th time that The Open was played at Royal Liverpool. Brian Harman won his first career Open Championship by six shots over Jason Day, Tom Kim, Jon Rahm, and Sepp Straka. It was Harman's first career major championship and his first PGA Tour win in six years. Organisation The 2023 Open Championship was organized by the R&A, and was included in the PGA Tour, European Tour, and Japan Golf Tour calendars under the major championships category. The tournament was a 72-hole (4 rounds) stroke play competition held over 4 days, with 18 holes played each day. Play was in groups of three for the first two days, and groups of two in the final two days. Groupings for the first two days were decided by the organizers, with each group having one morning and one afternoon tee time. On the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Golf Club
The Hong Kong Golf Club is a private golf club. It is home to the Hong Kong Open, a tournament co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours. Founded in 1889 as the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, the Club originally played in Happy Valley, a location shared with many other activities. As the Club expanded, the need for a more permanent home was addressed with the building of a small 9-hole course at Deep Water Bay, before the Club eventually moved to its current location in Fanling, most of which is leased from the Hong Kong government.Agence France-Presse (7 August 2013)"Elite Hong Kong golf club could be bulldozed for flats" ''Bangkok Post''. According to the Club annals, the Deep Water Bay location opened in 1898; and the 18-hole Old Course was completed in 1911. To expand the facility, in 1968, the Club negotiated the lease of around 30 acres of land at Beas River with which it expanded the Eden Course into a full 18-hole championship course. The 'Royal' was dropped from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World City Championship
The World City Championship is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour held at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Hong Kong. The inaugural tournament served as one of 11 events around the world in the Open Qualifying Series (OQS) for the 2023 Open Championship. Kho Taichi, Kim Bi-o and Travis Smyth qualified, after Michael Hendry Michael Hendry (born 15 October 1979) is a professional golfer from New Zealand. Since 2013 he has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour where he won the 2015 Token Homemate Cup. He won the 2013 New Zealand PGA Championship and the 2017 New Z ... withdrew for medical reasons. Winners See also * Hong Kong Open Notes References External linksCoverage on the Asian Tour's official site {{coord, 22.492, 114.115, type:event, display=title Asian Tour events Golf tournaments in Hong Kong Recurring sporting events established in 2023 2023 establishments in Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PIF Saudi International
The Saudi International, branded as the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament that is held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2019 as an event on the European Tour, in 2022, it became the flagship event on the Asian Tour with a new title sponsor, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), a Saudi government sovereign wealth fund. History Established in 2019 as a European Tour event, it was the first European Tour event to be played in Saudi Arabia and was one of six European Tour events staged in the countries on the Arabian Peninsula. The event has drawn criticism due to the involvement of Saudi Arabia's government in the event, based on their record of human rights within the country and their ventures of sportswashing. This included paying large appearance fees to some of the world's top players. The tournament ceased to be a European Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series
The 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series was the first season of the LIV Golf Invitational Series. The season consisted of seven 54-hole tournaments, featuring 48 players and no cut, and a team championship event at the season end. Development On 17 March 2022, the first eight tournament schedule with prize money of $255 million was announced by Greg Norman. The 54-hole tournaments will have no cut and will feature 48 players drafted into 12 four-man teams, with shotgun starts. The first seven events will have $20 million purses with an additional $5 million split among the top three teams each week; a team championship concludes the schedule with a $30 million on offer to the top three players and an additional $50 million in team prizes. Broadcasting Currently LIV Golf broadcasts events on its website and on its own YouTube and Facebook pages. Arlo White serves as lead broadcaster with pundits Jerry Foltz and Dom Boulet. Su-Ann Heng serves as an on-course reporter and Troy Mull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phachara Khongwatmai
Phachara Khongwatmai (born 3 May 1999) is a Thai professional golfer. Khongwatmai became the youngest winner of a professional tournament when he won the Singha Hua Hin Open on the All Thailand Golf Tour in July 2013 at the age of 14. Khongwatmai played on the Asian Tour and Asian Development Tour in 2015. On the Asian Tour, he finished 64th on the Order of Merit, missing a 2016 Asian Tour card by one spot. On the Asian Development Tour, he won the PGM CCM Rahman Putra Championship in March at the age of 15, becoming the youngest winner on that tour. He also won the final tournament of the year, the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship to finish fifth on the ADT Order of Merit and earn his 2016 Asian Tour card. He also qualified for the 2016 Open Championship by finishing sixth at the 2015 Thailand Golf Championship. Amateur wins *2012 TGA-CAT Junior Championship Professional wins (10) Asian Tour wins (1) Asian Tour playoff record (0–1) Asian Development Tour wins (2) 1Co-san ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bland (golfer)
Richard Bland (born 3 February 1973) is an English professional golfer. Career Bland was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. He turned professional in 1996 and reached the final stage of the European Tour's qualifying school in 1997 to gain his card on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour for 1998. In 2001 he won for the first time, at the season ending Challenge Tour Grand Final. The win elevated him in the rankings sufficiently to gain a place on the European Tour for 2002. During his first season on the European Tour, Bland’s best tournament finish was a tie for 2nd place at the Murphy's Irish Open, losing in a playoff, and ended the year in 73rd place on the Order of Merit. In subsequent seasons, he failed to win enough money to maintain his card on the European Tour several times but regained his playing status each time, via the Challenge Tour rankings in 2004, 2008, and 2019, and via qualifying school in 2007 and 2011. In May 2021, in his 478th start on the Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Uihlein
Peter Uihlein ( ; born August 29, 1989) is an American professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour and the European Tour and now plays LIV Golf. He was a member of the victorious U.S. team at the 2009 Walker Cup, where he compiled a 4–0 match record. Uihlein won the 2010 U.S. Amateur and is a former number one ranked amateur golfer in the world. Amateur career Uihlein was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts to Wally and Tina Uihlein, and grew up in Mattapoisett. Wally Uihlein is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of the Acushnet Company, a golf equipment manufacturer which comprises Titleist and other brands. At age 13, Uihlein moved to Bradenton, Florida to attend the David Leadbetter Golf program, part of IMG Academy's Pendleton School. He was named Player of the Year by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) in 2005 and again in 2007, becoming the fifth boy in the award's history to win more than once, joining a list that includes Phil Mickels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LIV Golf Invitational London
The LIV Golf Invitational London is a golf tournament that is held at the Centurion Club near Hemel Hempstead, England. The inaugural tournament was held in June 2022 as part of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a golf series led by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. The 2022 48-player field included Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio García, and Kevin Na. Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural event, finishing one shot ahead of Hennie du Plessis. Format The tournament was a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams were selected via a draft by their designated team captains, with a set number of their total scores counting for the team on each day. Each round commenced with a shotgun start, with the leaders beginning on the first hole for the final round, in order to finish on the eighteenth. Inaugural field 48 golfers participated in the inaugural LIV London event. 43 players were invited, with the remaining five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Vincent (golfer)
Scott Nicholas Vincent (born 20 May 1992) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour, Asian Tour and LIV Golf. He has won three times on the Japan Golf Tour. In 2022 he won the International Series England on the Asian Tour, as well as the International Series Order of Merit. He represented Zimbabwe in the 2018 World Cup of Golf and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, being the first Zimbabwean golfer to do so. Professional career Vincent turned professional in 2015. After five runner-up finishes on the Asian Tour between 2016–2018, he finally got his first major tour victory at the 2021 Sansan KBC Augusta on the Japan Golf Tour. He also won the ANA Open three weeks later. In May 2022, Vincent won the Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open, beating Anthony Quayle in a playoff. The win also gained him an exemption into the 2022 Open Championship. A week later, Vincent won the International Series England at Slaley Hall in Northumberland, England. He carded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
