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Team Cup (golf)
The Team Cup (previously known as the Hero Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a golf tournament between teams of professional male golfers; one team representing Great Britain and Ireland, the other team representing Continental Europe. The tournament was first played in 2023, but the competition is reminiscent of the Seve Trophy which was held eight times between 2000 and 2013. For the tournament's first iteration, a sponsorship deal was reached with the Indian two-wheeler manufacturers Hero MotoCorp. Members of the winning European team each earned US$125,000, with those on the losing GB&I team each receiving US$75,000. Schedule The event is an "approved special event" on the European Tour. The prize money does not count towards the Race to Dubai (previously the Order of Merit). The 2023 event was the first. After Luke Donald was appointed as Ryder Cup Captain, he was keen to reinstate a team match play contest to give playing and leadership experience to future Ryder Cup players, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most populous city, after Dubai. The city is situated on a T-shaped island, extending into the Persian Gulf from the central-western coast of the UAE. Abu Dhabi is located on an island in the Persian Gulf, off the Central West Coast. Most of the city and the Emirate reside on the mainland connected to the rest of the country. , Abu Dhabi's urban area had an estimated population of 2.5 million, out of 3.8 million in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is headquartered in the city, and was the Sovereign wealth fund#Largest sovereign wealth funds, world's 3rd largest sovereign wealth fund in 2022. Abu Dhabi itself has over a trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various List of coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewen Ferguson
Ewen Mackenzie Stewart Ferguson (born 6 July 1996) is a Scottish professional golfer. Amateur career During his amateur career, Ferguson won the Boys Amateur Championship in 2013, and is the only player to hold the British Boys title and both the Scottish Boys Matchplay and Strokeplay titles simultaneously. Ferguson was a member of the 2015 Walker Cup Great Britain and Ireland team. In August 2016, he reached the quarter-finals of The Amateur Championship. Professional career Ferguson turned professional in August 2016. In November 2017, Ferguson made the final stage of the European Tour Qualifying School and finished in 76th place. He then competed full-time on the Challenge Tour in 2018 and 2019, with a best finish of runner-up at the Euram Bank Open in 2019 and finished 25th in the 2019 Challenge Tour Rankings. In 2019 he had a best finish on the European Tour; third place in the Belgian Knockout. Returning to the Challenge Tour in 2021 he was a runner-up three times and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Waring
Paul James Waring (born 2 February 1985) is an English professional golfer. Early life and amateur career Waring was born in Birkenhead. He had a successful amateur career which included winning the English Amateur in 2005. Professional career Waring turned professional in 2007 and had almost immediate success on the second-tier Challenge Tour when he lost out in a playoff to Felipe Aguilar at the Postbank Challenge in Germany. He has since competed on the European Tour after gaining his card at that year's qualifying school. On the European Tour, Waring finished tied for third place in the 2013 Portugal Masters and the 2015 Maybank Malaysian Open. In February 2017, Waring had his highest finish on the tour when he was runner-up in the Joburg Open. This event was one of the Open Qualifying Series events for the 2017 Open Championship, gaining him an entry to The Open for the first time since 2008. Waring earned his first European Tour win in his 200th start in August 2018. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Rai
Aaron Rai (born 3 March 1995) is an English professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has won twice on the European Tour; the 2018 Honma Hong Kong Open and the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, and once on the PGA Tour at the 2024 Wyndham Championship. He is one of the few professional golfers to wear two gloves. Professional career Rai turned professional in 2012. In 2014 and 2015 he played on the PGA EuroPro Tour. He won the 2015 Glenfarclas Open after a playoff, finished 5th in the Order of Merit and was promoted to the Challenge Tour for 2016. Rai was 18th in the 2016 Challenge Tour Order of Merit and just missed out on a European Tour place. His best finish was joint runner-up in the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge, a stroke behind the winner, Alexander Björk. 2017 was a successful season for Rai, with three wins on the Challenge Tour. In March he won the Barclays Kenya Open by 3 strokes. His Kenya-born mother embraced him on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McKibbin (golfer)
Tom McKibbin (born 19 December 2002) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who currently plays on LIV Golf and the European Tour, where he has won once. He grew up playing golf at Greenisland Golf Club, Greenacres Golf Club and Holywood Golf Club, the same home club as Rory McIlroy. Amateur career In January 2020, McKibbin made it to the final of the Australian Amateur at Royal Queensland. However, he was defeated 5 and 3 by Jediah Morgan. Professional career McKibbin turned professional in April 2021 at the age of 18. He originally planned to play at the University of Florida, but his college golf plans were curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. He made his professional debut at the Tenerife Open on the European Tour where he missed the cut. McKibbin won his first professional event in January 2022 on the Minor League Golf Tour in Florida. He spent most of 2022 playing on the Challenge Tour. He was in contention to win at the Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open in February. A fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Jordan
Matthew Thomas Jordan (born 18 January 1996) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Amateur career Jordan had a successful amateur career. He won the St Andrews Links Trophy in 2017 and in 2018 he won the Lytham Trophy by 9 strokes. He represented Great Britain and Ireland in the 2017 Walker Cup, while in 2018 he played in the Bonallack Trophy, the European Amateur Team Championship, the St Andrews Trophy and the Eisenhower Trophy. Professional career Jordan turned professional in September 2018, after the Eisenhower Trophy. He finished in a tie for 7th place in the Turkish Airlines Challenge, the opening event of the 2019 Challenge Tour season. In May 2019, Jordan led the Betfred British Masters after a first round of 63. He eventually finished in a tie for 15th place. In June 2019 he won the Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil on the Challenge Tour, defeating Lorenzo Scalise at the first playoff hole. Amateur wins *2017 St Andrews Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Canter
Laurence Richard Canter (born 3 November 1989) is an English professional golfer who has been ranked inside the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has been a member of the European Tour, and also played on LIV Golf, the Asian Tour, and several lower level tours. He is a former amateur champion in both South Africa and Spain. Amateur career Canter had a successful year in 2010, winning the South African Amateur Championship and playing in the St Andrews Trophy and Eisenhower Trophy. He was also part of the England team that won the European Amateur Team Championship that year and he also qualified for the 2010 Open Championship. He won the 2011 Spanish Amateur Open Championship. Professional career Canter turned professional in 2011, after winning the Spanish Amateur Open Championship. He played on the Challenge Tour from 2011 to 2013 before dropping down to the Pro Golf Tour in 2014 and 2015. Canter has an unusual records of qualifying for the European Tour through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Wallace (golfer)
} Matthew Wallace (born 12 April 1990) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. Collegiate career After growing up in Pinner England and going to Aldenham School, Wallace attended Jacksonville State University, in Northeast Alabama, as a freshman in the 2010–11 season before turning professional. His year in Jacksonville was a successful one that saw him win twice, including the 2011 OVC Championship. He was the OVC Freshman of the Year and held the record for lowest round in school history with a 10-under 62 in the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate. Professional career In 2016 Wallace won six tournaments on the Alps Tour and won the Order of Merit. This enabled him to join the Challenge Tour in 2017. He started 2017 by finishing tied for third place in the Barclays Kenya Open and in May he won the Open de Portugal, a dual-ranking event with the main European Tour. The win gave him promotion to the European Tour. 2018: Breakout season Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Smith (golfer)
Jordan Lewis Smith (born 9 November 1992) is an English professional golfer. Professional career Smith turned professional in 2014. He played mainly on the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2015 winning twice. He also won the tour's Order of Merit which gained him a Challenge Tour card for 2016. He won two Challenge Tour events in 2016, the Red Sea Egyptian Challenge and the Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge. He finished leader of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit to earn a place on the European Tour for 2017. Smith started the 2022 European Tour season with runner-up finishes at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and the MyGolfLife Open in South Africa; where he was defeated in a playoff by Pablo Larrazábal on the second extra hole. In October, Smith claimed his second victory on the European Tour at the Portugal Masters, shooting 30-under-par for four rounds (including two rounds of 62) on way to winning by three shots ahead of Gavin Green. It was also a wire-to-wire victory. His aggregate s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callum Shinkwin
Callum Ronald Shinkwin (born 22 May 1993) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Amateur career Shinkwin was a successful amateur golfer. In 2010 he won the Carris Trophy, the English Boys' under-18 open amateur stroke play championship, at Woodhall Spa. In 2013 he won the English Amateur, beating Matt Fitzpatrick 4&3 in the final at Frilford Heath Golf Club, leading to his selection for the Walker Cup team the same year. Professional career Shinkwin turned professional in November 2013 and played on the 2014 Challenge Tour, coming second in the Challenge de Catalunya and finishing 34th in the Challenge Tour Road to Oman. He played on the Challenge Tour again in 2015. A good finish to season, with a third place in the season-ending NBO Golf Classic Grand Final, lifted him to 13th in the Road to Oman rankings and gave him his European Tour card for 2016. He earned his biggest prize to date by finishing tied for 19th in the Irish Open in May 2016 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Séamus Power (golfer)
Séamus Edmond Power (born 4 March 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. His notable achievements include winning the 2021 Barbasol Championship and the 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Early life and amateur career Power was born in Waterford, Ireland, and has two elder brothers, twins Jack and Willie. Power's mother Philomena died when he was eight years old, leaving his father Ned, a small farmer from Tooraneena, to provide for the family. Power was an ambidextrous hurler during his youth, and started playing golf at West Waterford Golf Club when he was 12. Ned later started an additional job as a welder at Boston Scientific to allow Power to travel to junior golf tournaments across Ireland. Power was recruited to play college golf at East Tennessee State University where he won five times including the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in 2007 and 2010. Professional career After graduating from ETSU, Power played on mini-tours while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mansell (golfer)
Richard Henry Mansell (born 24 April 1995) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won once at the 2025 Porsche Singapore Classic. Amateur career Mansell attended Nova Southeastern University from 2014 to 2017, having previously spent one season at Newberry College. Professional career Mansell turned professional in 2017 and began playing on the PGA EuroPro Tour. He claimed his first professional win in July 2019 at the Cobra Puma Championship and the following month began playing on the Challenge Tour via invitations. In 2020, aided by runner-up finishes at the Andalucía Challenge de España and the dual-ranking Euram Bank Open, he finished fourth on the Road to Mallorca Rankings and gained status on the European Tour for the 2021 season. Mansell qualified for the 2021 Open Championship via final qualifying at Holinwell. In October 2022, Mansell held the 54-hole lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He had a four-shot lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
