Kazakhstan Open
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.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.
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.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.