After losing his card after one season on the European Tour in 2011, Woburn-based tour pro Steve Lewton turned his attentions to the fledgling Asian Tour in 2012 and has been happily plying his trade on this fast-growing circuit ever since. Golf News editor Nick Bayly caught up with the 40-year-old ahead of the Asian Tour’s two-stop swing in the UK to find out what life is like on a tour that has been thrust into the media spotlight following […]
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Reigning BMW PGA champion Shane Lowry talks about the excitement and added pressure that comes with defending his title at Wentworth, reflects on his major season, and discusses his hopes for earning a place in the European team for next month’s Ryder Cup in Italy It obviously wasn’t the end to the major season you were looking for with a missed cut at The Open, but you had decent finishes in the other three – tied 16th in the Masters, […]
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OLIVIA McMILLAN: I am delighted to be joined by our newest AIG Women’s Open Champion, Lilia Vu. Congratulations. You must be just feeling amazing. LILIA VU: Thank you, yeah, it feels surreal to have this kind of Sunday and just to come out with a win, given the past couple months, I’ve been struggling with my game and just feeling good, and yeah, I’m really happy. OLIVIA McMILLAN: Out there on the 18th green, the presentation, you had some huge […]
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Forty-one years after winning the final of his three Open Championships, 66-year-old Sir Nick Faldo looks back on his humble beginnings in the game, his playing career, his ‘after-life’ as a course designer, commentator and junior golf supporter, and gives his thoughts on the current state of the professional game ON BEING A LATE STARTER IN THE GAME… I didn’t play my first full round of golf until I was 14. I remember watching the Masters in 1971 and saying […]
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This is your first Open at Royal Liverpool. Have you had a chance to play here before as a junior oramateur or have you had the chance to practice much? What are your impressions of the course? I played 18 today and I played a Brabazon trophy here. I can’t remember the year, it was a good 11,12, 13 years ago. It’s funny because a lot of the names in that tournament on the leaderboard are names that you see […]
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