BMW International Open: Olesen a good each-way shout

BMW International Open: Olesen a good each-way shout

After last week’s major madness in the US Open, where Brooks Koepka gave us a highly profitable winner for the second year running, it’s back to business as usual in the BMW International Open, Phil Casey writes. Henrik Stenson was the winner here in 2016 just a few weeks before lifting the Claret Jug at Royal Troon and although the former Open champion has not made the trip after a tie for sixth at Shinnecock Hills, runner-up Tommy Fleetwood has.

Shot Clock Masters: Bourdy has good course form

Shot Clock Masters: Bourdy has good course form

Another week, another gimmick on the European Tour, but given the soporific pace of play these days the Shot Clock Masters is a gimmick worth supporting. While a shot clock was in play on one hole during Golf Sixes, this week’s event at Diamond Country Club near Vienna is the first in professional golf to use one on every shot.

Rocco Forte Open: Heisele can continue good form

Rocco Forte Open: Heisele can continue good form

After tipping the winner of GolfSixes for the second year running, attention switches to an event which provided our biggest success to date, Phil Casey writes. Ireland beat another of our tips, the 50/1 England Women’s team of Charley Hull and Georgia Hall in the quarter-finals, another selection South Korea … Read more

GolfSixes: Danish delight for Olesen and Bjerregaard

GolfSixes: Danish delight for Olesen and Bjerregaard

Last year’s inaugural GolfSixes event gave us a 9/1 winner and was largely deemed a success, but that has not stopped the European Tour from making some further innovations, Phil Casey writes. Sixteen teams will again compete over six holes of greensomes match play, where both players tee off on each … Read more

Zurich Classic: Thomas and Cauley tipped to shine

Zurich Classic: Thomas and Cauley tipped to shine

There’s a welcome change of pace this week with the Zurich Classic of New Orleans employing a team format for the second year running, Phil Casey writes. Eighty two-man teams will compete for a first prize of just over $1million (US dollars) each, with fourballs played in the first and … Read more

Volvo China Open: Fox in the hunt

Volvo China Open: Fox in the hunt

After Alexander Levy gave us a 25/1 winner in Morocco, the European Tour makes the long journey east for the Volvo China Open, Phil Casey writes. And with the Frenchman being the defending champion at Topwin Golf and Country Club, which enjoys spectacular views of the Great Wall of China, it is … Read more

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