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European Tour cancels Hong Kong Open

The European Tour has decided to postpone next week’s Hong Kong Open in light of the on-going social unrest in the city.... The post European Tour cancels Hong Kong Open appeared first on Golf News.

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European Tour unveils plan to reduce slow play and punish offenders

The European Tour has announced a four-point plan aimed at tackling the issue of slow play in professional golf. The plan, which will be implemented at the start of the 2020 season, was approved by the European Tour’s Tournament Committee in July and fine-tuned over the past month. It will focus on four key areas: regulation, education, innovation and field sizes. Key to the regulation changes will be a player only having to breach the time allowances twice in a […] The post European Tour unveils plan to reduce slow play and punish offenders appeared first on Golf News.

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Challenge Tour player disqualified after running out of balls

Challenge Tour player Clement Berardo suffered the ultimate ignominy of being disqualified from a tournament after he ran out of golf balls. The 32-year-old Frenchman was unable to complete his first round after losing the last ball in his bag on the 16th hole at the Andalucia-Costa del Sol Match Play 9 event. Berardo began with a quadruple-bogey nine on the first hole at Valle Romano, before bogeying the sixth and eighth to hit the turn in 41. He then […] The post Challenge Tour player disqualified after running out of balls appeared first on Golf News.

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