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Reuters
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Ben Kohles withdraws ahead of 2nd round at Barracuda Championship
July 18 - Ben Kohles withdrew after the first round of the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour announced Friday. The tour did not give a reason for his withdrawal at the event, being played at the Tahoe Mountain Club in Truckee, Calif. After his Thursday round, Kohles stood at minus-4 in the event, which uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Leader Ben Martin was at plus-16 entering play Friday. Kohles, 35, has one Top 10 finish in 19 events this season, standing T8 at the ISCO Championship last week. He has four wins on the Korn Ferry Tour but still is searching for his first win on the PGA Tour after 103 events. --Field Level Media
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ben Martin scores 16 points to take the lead in the PGA Tour's Barracuda Championship
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Ben Martin scored 16 points Thursday to take a two-point lead over David Lipsky and Nick Watney after the first round of the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Players receive eight points for a double eagle, five for eagle and two for birdie. A point is deducted for bogey and three for double bogey. Martin rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 6-7 with birdies on Nos. 8-9 to close his morning round at Tahoe Mountain Club, the tree-line layout that sits at an elevation of 6,000 feet. 'To be honest, warming up on the range this morning, it's cold. I'm getting old. It's hard to keep my body moving well," said the 37-year-old Martin, whose lone PGA Tour came in Las Vegas in 2014. "I had very few expectations, but went out, was hitting the ball in front of me, kind of hitting to where I was looking and made some early putts. Saw those go in, so confident with the putter.' Played opposite the British Open, the tournament is co-sanctioned by the European tour. The winner gets into the PGA Championship but not the Masters. Lipsky scored 15 points on his first nine holes, then dropped three on the par-4 second after his approach bounced off a greenside sprinkler into trouble. 'Bounced way over the green,' Lipsky said. 'It was tough to make even bogey from there. So, a little unfortunate there, but overall a good day.' He birdied the par-5 third and parred the final six. On the opening nine, he eagled the par-5 15th and had five birdies in a 7-under 29. The 44-year-old Watney won the last of his five PGA Tour titles in 2012. Cameron Champ was three points back at 13 with Rico Hoey, Joel Dahmen, Danny Walker, Dale Whitnell and Todd Clements. Andrew Putnam, the 2018 winner, was at 12 with Jackson Suber, Yuto Katsuragawa and Vince Whaley. Max Homa lost a point, struggling alongside defending champion Nick Dunlap and NCAA champion Michael La Sasso of Mississippi in the afternoon. Dunlap lost six points, and Sasso — playing on a sponsor exemption — seven. German twins Yannik and Jeremy Paul also got off top slow starts. Yannik has zero points and Jeremy lost two. They played in college at Colorado. ___ AP golf:
Associated Press
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Ben Martin scores 16 points to take the lead in the PGA Tour's Barracuda Championship
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Ben Martin scored 16 points Thursday to take a two-point lead over David Lipsky and Nick Watney after the first round of the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Players receive eight points for a double eagle, five for eagle and two for birdie. A point is deducted for bogey and three for double bogey. Martin rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 6-7 with birdies on Nos. 8-9 to close his morning round at Tahoe Mountain Club, the tree-line layout that sits at an elevation of 6,000 feet. 'To be honest, warming up on the range this morning, it's cold. I'm getting old. It's hard to keep my body moving well,' said the 37-year-old Martin, whose lone PGA Tour came in Las Vegas in 2014. 'I had very few expectations, but went out, was hitting the ball in front of me, kind of hitting to where I was looking and made some early putts. Saw those go in, so confident with the putter.' Played opposite the British Open, the tournament is co-sanctioned by the European tour. The winner gets into the PGA Championship but not the Masters. Lipsky scored 15 points on his first nine holes, then dropped three on the par-4 second after his approach bounced off a greenside sprinkler into trouble. 'Bounced way over the green,' Lipsky said. 'It was tough to make even bogey from there. So, a little unfortunate there, but overall a good day.' He birdied the par-5 third and parred the final six. On the opening nine, he eagled the par-5 15th and had five birdies in a 7-under 29. The 44-year-old Watney won the last of his five PGA Tour titles in 2012. Cameron Champ was three points back at 13 with Rico Hoey, Joel Dahmen, Danny Walker, Dale Whitnell and Todd Clements. Andrew Putnam, the 2018 winner, was at 12 with Jackson Suber, Yuto Katsuragawa and Vince Whaley. Max Homa lost a point, struggling alongside defending champion Nick Dunlap and NCAA champion Michael La Sasso of Mississippi in the afternoon. Dunlap lost six points, and Sasso — playing on a sponsor exemption — seven. German twins Yannik and Jeremy Paul also got off top slow starts. Yannik has zero points and Jeremy lost two. They played in college at Colorado. ___ AP golf:
The Guardian
08-07-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Octopus Energy to pay out £1.5m over thousands of bill errors
The energy regulator has ordered Octopus Energy to pay £1.5m in refunds and compensation, after an investigation found thousands of errors on prepayment meter bills. An investigation by Ofgem found Octopus failed to issue final bills to 34,000 prepayment customers who transferred to another supplier or terminated their contract within the required six-week period between 2014 and October 2023. Octopus has agreed to pay £1.25m in compensation to affected customers, and refund £231,000 in credit that was remaining on accounts when they were closed. The average sum paid for each affected customer was £43, Ofgem said. Ben Martin, the director for consumer protection and competition at Ofgem, said it was important that customers receive final bills in line with its rules 'so they are aware of any credit remaining on their accounts and can reclaim it'. 'This is particularly important for prepayment meter customers who are more likely to be in financial difficulty,' he said. 'We will continue to closely monitor compliance with our billing rules, and drive improvements in the sector so customers can expect the highest standards of service from their energy supplier.' The regulator first identified the problem after another energy provider, Next, self-reported the same error to Ofgem. Octopus said the regulator had 'spent two years investigating an alleged issue with prepayment meter bills that had zero customer complaints'. The company – Britain's largest household energy supplier – disputed the idea that prepayment customers must receive a final bill when moving out, arguing it is 'impossible to implement in most cases'. Octopus said 60% of its prepayment customers do not notify the company when they move and many energy suppliers 'rely on slow and unreliable traditional prepayment industry systems for final billing'. Octopus added that it only has bank account details for 10% of prepay customers, while 70% of refund cheques go uncashed because of a lack of forwarding addresses. Octopus said that instead of following Ofgem's final bill mandate, it charges its prepay customers about £70 below the price cap. Sign up to Business Today Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning after newsletter promotion The energy provider claimed that under Ofgem's rules, only about 16% of prepay customers would actually receive a final statement and any due credit refund. Rachel Fletcher, the director of economics and regulation at Octopus Energy, said: 'Octopus has always been focused on doing the right thing for customers and thinking outside the box to deliver good outcomes for customers despite imperfect industry systems and data. 'With energy costs soaring, we'd like to see Ofgem put people over policies. People want lower bills. We'd like to see Ofgem focusing its efforts on delivering that.'
Irish Independent
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Leinster announce Ben Martin as new head coach of women's team
Ben Martin will take over as head coach of the Leinster women's senior team ahead of this summer's Interprovincial Championship, replacing the outgoing Tania Rosser.
