Kazakhstan Open
Amateur golf, Challenge Tour, Web.com TourBrian KeoghEvian Championship, Leona Maguire, Kazakhstan Open, Chris Selfridge, Ruaidhri McGee, Gareth ShawComment

Round-up: Leona starts well; Power struggle; Kazakhstan gold

Evian Championship — World Amateur No 1 Leona Maguire got off to a positive start in the Evian Championship in France as she bids to maintain her Olympic Games ranking and gain valuable experience against the professionals.

Amateur golf, Challenge Tour, Web.com TourBrian KeoghEvian Championship, Leona Maguire, Kazakhstan Open, Chris Selfridge, Ruaidhri McGee, Gareth ShawComment
Round-up: Leona starts well; Power struggle; Kazakhstan gold
Amateur golf, Challenge Tour, LPGA, Staysure TourBrian KeoghPhilip Walton, Denis O'Sullivan, Des Smyth, Gary Emerson, Sam Hutsby, Gareth Shaw, Niall Kearney, Women's Home Internationals, Kazakhstan Open, WINSTONgolf Senior OpenComment

Round-up: England win Women's Home Internationals

England won the Ladies Home International matches at Aberdovey in Wales. The Irish Ladies Team defeated  England on the opening day and Scotland on Friday but were beaten by Wales on Thursday to finish second in the three-day tournament. 

Amateur golf, Challenge Tour, LPGA, Staysure TourBrian KeoghPhilip Walton, Denis O'Sullivan, Des Smyth, Gary Emerson, Sam Hutsby, Gareth Shaw, Niall Kearney, Women's Home Internationals, Kazakhstan Open, WINSTONgolf Senior OpenComment
Round-up: England win Women's Home Internationals
Challenge TourBrian KeoghColm Moriarty, Kazakhstan Open, Niall Kearney, Simon Thornton, Tommy FleetwoodComment

Closing birdie eases Thornton's Kazakhstan pain

Tommy Fleetwood with the Kazakhstan Open trophy. Picture by Phil Inglis.Simon Thornton was rocked by a double bogey at the first but hopes that the closing birdie that gave him a share of third in the Kazakhstan Open could prove to be priceless at the end of the season.
Challenge TourBrian KeoghColm Moriarty, Kazakhstan Open, Niall Kearney, Simon Thornton, Tommy FleetwoodComment
Challenge TourBrian KeoghColm Moriarty, Kazakhstan Open, NNiall Kearney, Simon Thornton, Tommy FleetwoodComment

Thornton stalking young gun Fleetwood in Kazakhstan

Simon Thornton is looking to get back to the European Tour with victory in Kazakhstan. Picture by Phil Inglis.Simon Thornton believes it’s time to break his duck and win on tour after falling two strokes behind English starlet Tommy Fleetwood entering the final round of the Kazakhstan Open.
Challenge TourBrian KeoghColm Moriarty, Kazakhstan Open, NNiall Kearney, Simon Thornton, Tommy FleetwoodComment
Challenge TourBrian KeoghColm Moriarty, Kazakhstan Open, Niall Kearney, Simon ThorntonComment

Thornton moves two clear in Almaty

Simon Thornton shot a 66 to move two strokes clear of the field in the Kazakhstan Open. Picture by Phil Inglis.Simon Thornton built on a hot start to fire a superb 66 and open up a two-shot lead in €400,000 Kazakhstan Open on the European Challenge Tour.
Challenge TourBrian KeoghColm Moriarty, Kazakhstan Open, Niall Kearney, Simon ThorntonComment
Challenge TourBrian KeoghColm Moriarty, Kazakhstan Open, Niall Kearney, Simon ThorntonComment

Thornton and Moriarty start well in Kazakhstan

Simon Thornton made an excellent start in the Kazakhstan Open. Picture by Phil Inglis.Simon Thornton and Colm Moriarty were the only two players in the field to fire bogey-free rounds as they kept their tour dreams alive in the Challenge Tour’s Kazakhstan Open.
Challenge TourBrian KeoghColm Moriarty, Kazakhstan Open, Niall Kearney, Simon ThorntonComment
Challenge TourBrian KeoghKazakhstan OpenComment

Kazakhstan wants more birdies than Borats

Professional golf is often a suffocating world of pampered and petulant stars with its prawn sandwich brigade of blue riband sponsors and elitist venues.

But that world is blown to smithereens when the European Challenge Tour’s twenty-somethings with their iPods, PSPs, Nike caps and insatiable desire to take their game to the next level collide with the youthful enthusiasm of exotic Kazakhstan.

Challenge TourBrian KeoghKazakhstan OpenComment