MATT COOPER IN FINLAND
29-08-2010 09:26
Hot Pace
For the third time this year the South African Lee-Anne Pace completed victory.
Two weeks ago she won on the links course at Conwy, a result that was reminiscent of Louis Oosthuizen's win at St Andrews. Today also reminded observers of Oosthuizen's Open performance but in this case it was less because of the conditions than the manner of her complete dominance of the field....
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27-08-2010 18:40
FRIDAY
Looking for another exciting Finnish
This is the sixth running of the Finnair Masters. Two years ago local girl Minea Blomqvist triumphed to send the home crowds happy and last year Beatriz Recari completed victory with arguably the shot of the season.
She began her week with rounds of 65 and 64 to take control of the event only to be caught in the final round by Denm...
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MATT IN WALES
15-08-2010 19:03
SUNDAY
Final round
The final day dawned bright and sunny. In fact by mid-afternoon it was actually so warm the galleries were craving a bit of wind to cool us down.
I wrote at the end of yesterday that my secret equation indicated that it was a two-horse race between Lee-Anne Pace (-4) and Christel Boeljon (-2). It didn't quite work out like that, but the winner did emerge f...
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MATT IN WALES
14-08-2010 18:24
SATURDAY
Sight-seeing
There is lots to see and do in this neck of the woods. On my way up here on Wednesday I popped into Portmeirion, the bizarre Italianate village that was the location for original Prisoner television series.
I thought of the catch phrase of that series today when I heard Linda Wessberg leave a green and an official ask what her number she was. She answered, "...
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MATT IN WALES
13-08-2010 19:21
FRIDAY
Pernilla Lindberg
One of the most impressive under-that-radar performances two weeks ago at the Ricoh Women's British Open was that of Pernilla Lindberg, the young Swede who turned pro at the start of the year having graduarted succesfully from both LET and LPGA Tour Q-Schools.
She has been able to split her time between the two tours easily because of the slightly fr...
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MATT IN WALES
12-08-2010 20:13
THURSDAY
Windy Wales
Twelve months ago the windy roads of north Wales were a big talking point amongst the players, especially the continental contingent who were a little flabbergasted by the tight and twisting B roads and Welsh language road signs.
They all had satnavs but that was little help as they tried to navigate from Manchester airport to Harlech via the Snowdonian...
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A MONTH OF LADIES GOLF
28-07-2010 09:10
Over the next month the Ladies European Tour is camped on British and Irish shores.
The four week period begins with the Ricoh Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale in Southport - the highlight of the LET calendar year and boosted, as always, by the presence of the finest talent from the LPGA.
But in the following three weeks you can catch the LET in every corner of our islands.
The AIB I...
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EYES TURN TO RYDER CUP
21-07-2010 07:44
The Open may have only finished on Sunday and the final major of the year, the USPGA Championship, is just a few weeks away, but attention is already turning to October's Ryder Cup.
In fairness, the Ryder Cup is never far from the thoughts of the media as soon as the qualifying period gets under way, with the biennial contest an obvious angle for a story whenever a European player wins a tourname...
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STAT'LL BE THE WINNER
18-07-2010 11:01
Louis Oosthuizen's lead is a pretty strong indicator of success but Matt Cooper takes a look at which stats point to the winner.
How many shots behind the 54-hole leader was the eventual winner?
Seven of the last 14 Open Championship winners were in the lead going into the final round. A further four were within three shots of the lead. Another two within six shots of the lead. Only Pau...
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MATT'S FACTS AND STATS
17-06-2010 10:05
Sunday:
I noted yesterday that all of the last 14 winners of the US Open were no more than two shots behind the leader after 36 holes (and all inside the top six). So what about the 54 hole position?
Well, 13 of the 14 winners were top four or better - the exception was Angel Cabrera in 2007 who dropped back to a tie for seventh.
10 of the 14 winners were first or second going into...
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