Singaporean Mardan Mamat held his nerve to complete a wire-to-wire victory at the inaugural Bangladesh Open on Saturday for his fifth Asian Tour title. The 47-year-old posted a final round two-under-par 69 for a tournament total of 14-under 270 and finished two shots ahead of South Korea’s Lee Soo-min (67) and India’s Khalin Joshi (68). Mardan saw his overnight three-shot lead reduced to one after a bogey on the third
Singaporean Mardan Mamat held his nerve to complete a wire-to-wire victory at the inaugural Bangladesh Open on Saturday for his fifth Asian Tour title. The 47-year-old posted a final round two-under-par 69 for a tournament total of 14-under 270 and finished two shots ahead of South Korea’s Lee Soo-min (67) and India’s Khalin Joshi (68). Mardan saw his overnight three-shot lead reduced to one after a bogey on the third
Australia’s Steven Bowditch birdied three of his last five holes to claim a share of the lead when play was suspended at the rain-soaked US PGA Byron Nelson tournament. Bowditch, who led for the first time after 18 holes in a tour event, started on the back nine and mixed four birdies and four bogeys in his first eight holes. “I didn’t putt anywhere near as well as I did
Australia’s Steven Bowditch birdied three of his last five holes to claim a share of the lead when play was suspended at the rain-soaked US PGA Byron Nelson tournament. Bowditch, who led for the first time after 18 holes in a tour event, started on the back nine and mixed four birdies and four bogeys in his first eight holes. “I didn’t putt anywhere near as well as I did
American Morgan Pressel fired a five-under par 66 to seize a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Shoprite LPGA Classic. “I didn’t honestly know where it was,” Pressel said. One stroke off the pace entering Saturday’s second round of the 54-hole event were Canada’s Alena Sharp, Taiwan’s Min Lee, Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist and American Ryann O’Toole.
(Reuters) – Josh Hamilton has returned to Texas with a bang, hitting two home runs in his second game in front of the Arlington crowd as he led the Rangers to a 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday. One night earlier, Hamilton went 2-for-4 in his first game back in Arlington as a Texas Ranger since 2012. Receiving welcoming ovations from a partisan crowd, Hamilton blasted a
(Reuters) – Josh Hamilton has returned to Texas with a bang, hitting two home runs in his second game in front of the Arlington crowd as he led the Rangers to a 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday. One night earlier, Hamilton went 2-for-4 in his first game back in Arlington as a Texas Ranger since 2012. Receiving welcoming ovations from a partisan crowd, Hamilton blasted a
(Reuters) – PGA Tour rookie Jon Curran capitalized on a fast start and some pinpoint iron shots to surge into a three-way tie for the lead in the weather-disrupted second round of the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas on Friday. While Masters champion Jordan Spieth also charged into contention after struggling on the greens in his opening round, Curran set the early pace by firing a six-under-par 63 at
(Reuters) – PGA Tour rookie Jon Curran capitalized on a fast start and some pinpoint iron shots to surge into a three-way tie for the lead in the weather-disrupted second round of the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas on Friday. While Masters champion Jordan Spieth also charged into contention after struggling on the greens in his opening round, Curran set the early pace by firing a six-under-par 63 at
-We spend an awful lot of our energy analyzing and quantifying speed. Entire stories are centered around straight-line acceleration, the effects of different tires on 707-hp muscle cars at the drag strip (okay, one 707-hp muscle car), and even prodding rental cars to their top speeds—in reverse. We interrupt that programming to present a test of something decidedly not all that fast: the three-cylinder 2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost sedan. READ