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RTÉ News
2 days ago
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- RTÉ News
Sara Kouskova hangs on to win in Teneriffe, top 20 for Lauren Walsh
Sara Kouskova hung on to win the Tenerife Women's Open by a shot, with Ireland's Lauren Walsh five adrift of the winner after a closing 72. Czech player Kouskova, after claiming the Jabra Ladies Open a fortnight ago, finished with a 71 to stand on nine under, just ahead of Germany's Helen Briem. The winner made five birdies in her round but a bogey on seven and a double-bogey six on the par-four 16th threatened to derail her quest at Abama Golf. A couple of pars to finish kept here out in front, this after Briem made birdie on 17. BACK-TO-BACK 🏆🏆 #OpenTenerife — Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) June 8, 2025 For Walsh, Sunday's round was an improvement of the horror-show of her 77 on Saturday, though dropped shots on 16 and 18 proved costly as she aimed for a higher position, settling in the end for a share of 14th on four under.
The Hindu
2 days ago
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- The Hindu
Indian sports wrap, June 8: Anirban Lahiri leads heading into final round at LIV Golf Virginia
GOLF Lahiri up 2 entering final round at LIV Golf Virginia Pursuing his first individual win with LIV Golf, Anirban Lahiri of India played a bogey-free second round at 7-under 64 on Saturday and holds a two-shot lead at LIV Golf Virginia on Saturday in Gainesville, Va. A runner-up four times with LIV Golf, Lahiri sank seven birdies and made a 39-foot par putt on No. 16, then finished strong with a par on No. 18 after landing in the rough. On the 18th, he had to get up and down from a distance of more than 100 yards. 'Yeah, those felt like birdies as well,' Lahiri said of his impressive finish to the day at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. 'I think the first 15 holes was about as solid as I could have played. I missed a few putts and I still made quite a lot of birdies. Then 16, I was trying to hit like an in-between 9-iron and I tried to compress it a little bit too much, and everyone else saw what happened. It was nice to make that putt.' Veterans Bubba Watson, Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell—who are also chasing their first individual LIV Golf win—are at 9-under par entering Sunday's final round, just two shots behind the leader. On the team front, Lahiri and Bryson DeChambeau have the Crushers GC at 21 under par, one up on McDowell's Smash GC squad and well ahead of the other foursomes. -Reuters Diksha stays within top 10 after third round Indian golfer Diksha Dagar carded an even par 72 to hold her position within the top 10 after the third round of the Tenerife Women's Open at Abama Golf. Diksha was five-under for three days and is placed sole 9th in the standings. She is three shots behind the leader Sara Kouskova (69) at eighth-under. The other Indian to make the cut in Tenerife, Avani Prashanth, played an even par third round and is now placed at 43rd on the leaderboard. Diksha started her day with a birdie on the first hole before dropping shots on the sixth and eighth holes by the time she was hallway through the round. On the back nine, Diksha picked up a shot on the 10th hole before dropping one back on the 13th and picking up one more on the 16th to make sure she is still placed in the Top-10. Avani started her round with back-to-back birdies on the 10th and 11th holes and then dropped a double bogey on the 16th. On the front nine she dropped two more shots on the first hole with another double bogey before picking them back up on the third and sixth holes. She would drop a shot immediately on the seventh and then birdie the eighth to close the day with a par score on a roller-coaster day. -PTI
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
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- Hindustan Times
Diksha stays within top 10 after third round
Tenerife , Indian golfer Diksha Dagar carded an even par 72 to hold her position within the top 10 after the third round of the Tenerife Women's Open at Abama Golf here. Diksha was five-under for three days and is placed sole 9th in the standings. She is three shots behind the leader Sara Kouskova at eighth-under. The other Indian to make the cut in Tenerife, Avani Prashanth played an even par third round and is now placed at 43rd on the leaderboard. Sara Kouskova surged ahead of the field on the third day with a round of three-under 69 and now leads by one stroke. The Czech national won the Jabra Ladies Open just last week and is in prime position to follow the title with one more this week. Diksha started her day with a birdie on the first hole before dropping shots on the sixth and eighth holes by the time she was hallway through the round. On the back nine, Diksha picked up a shot on the 10th hole before dropping one back on the 13th and picking up one more on the 16th to make sure she is still placed in the Top-10. Avani started her round with back-to-back birdies on the 10th and 11th holes and then dropped a double bogey on the 16th. On the front nine she dropped two more shots on the first hole with another double bogey before picking them back up on the third and sixth holes. She would drop a shot immediately on the seventh and then birdie the eighth to close the day with a par score on a roller-coaster day. Kouskova only dropped one shot during her third round on the 12th hole. She made birdies on the sixth, 11th, 14th and 17th holes. Shannon Tan of Singapore is in tied second place alongside Ana Pelaez Trivino of Spain and Noora Komulainen of Finland. The Singaporean national carded 72, while Ana and Noora played rounds of six-under 66 and three-under 69 respectively to place themselves one shot behind the leader. Order of merit leader Mimi Rhodes played carded three-under 69 to move into tied 10th with Patricia Isabel Schmidt and second day leader Lauren Walsh. Walsh had an abysmal third round and she shot five-over 77 to stumble down the order.
Irish Independent
3 days ago
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- Irish Independent
Rory McIlroy in Canadian Open cut battle as he beds in new driver
The Masters champion had his driver ruled non-conforming at the PGA Championship two weeks ago and after struggling with a replacement, he put a new one in the bag at TPC Toronto, where a one-over 71 left him outside the top 100 and facing a cut battle today. 'I actually felt like I played OK,' said the Co Down man, who hit just nine greens in regulation but was happy to see his left miss with the driver turn into a more manageable miss to the right. 'It was my first outing with a new driver and I felt like that went pretty well. I hit some drives that I liked and that I liked to see, so that was encouraging.' The world No 2 played the back nine blind in rainy conditions and dropped shots at the 12th and 17th before turning things around with three birdies in a row from the 18th. But while he paid for missed fairways with bogeys at the eighth and ninth, he was still upbeat despite finding himself six shots behind early leaders Taylor Pendrith, Alex Smalley and Paul Peterson. 'Overall, I'm pretty happy with how I played,' he said. 'I'm still trying to work on some things, but I'm OK with where everything is. Hopefully, that's the end of the rain and it can firm up a little bit. It's a very gettable golf course, especially with how soft it is. 'I'm going to have to do a little bit better tomorrow to be here for the weekend and give myself a chance.' As for the new driver, he said he was trying to work on his right miss. 'It's just trying to figure that out and manage it a little bit,' he explained. 'It's a nice feeling to get up the middle of the fairway and fully release it and know it's not going to go left on you. A little bit of practice this afternoon and get ready for tomorrow.' On the Ladies European Tour, Kildare's Lauren Walsh roared into contention for her maiden win when she opened with a bogey-free, five-under 67 to grab a share of the lead in the Tenerife Women's Open. ADVERTISEMENT The Castlewarden star (24) birdied the 10th and 18th at Abama Golf before making further birdies at the first, third and fifth to share top spot with Denmark's Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, one clear of England's Eleanor Givens. Anna Foster was 17th after a 71 as Canice Screene shot 75. Fellow rookies Sara Byrne and Annabel Wilson carded 77s. At the DP World Tour's KLM Open, Conor Purcell fought back from a four-over-par front nine, but his one-over 73 left him with work to do to make the cut at The International in Amsterdam, The Dubliner (27) made four bogeys on the back nine, two of them with three-putts, before following birdies at the first, third and sixth with another bogey at the par-three seventh. He ended the day tied for 74th, nine shots behind Portugal's Ricardo Gouveia, whose 64 gave him a one-shot lead over Scotland's Connor Syme. It was a better day on the HotelPlanner Tour for Ballymena's Dermot McElroy, who built on his third-place finish in Cadiz and opened with a four-under 67 in the Swiss Challenge in Lucerne. 'I've been working on the technical side of things for a while with my swing and decided a few weeks back to scrap the swing thoughts and just go out and play my usual game,' said McElroy, who was tied for 15th, four strokes behind England's David Horsey. 'I did it to be more consistent on the course, but obviously, my performances at the start of the year were poor enough. 'So I am happy to be back hitting my normal shots again and certainly more comfortable on the course as a result.' Alex Maguire was 38th after a 69 with Liam Nolan, who is eighth in the rankings, a shot further back in 54th after a 70. Level-par 71s left Jonny Caldwell and Max Kennedy joint 77th, while Mark Power's 74 left him 129th.
RTÉ News
3 days ago
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- RTÉ News
Lauren Walsh drops off the pace in Tenerife
Lauren Walsh fell four shots off the pace after a difficult third round at the Tenerife Women's Open. The Kildare golfer held a two-stroke overnight lead after rounds of 67 and 68 over the opening two days in Spain, briefly holding a four shot advantage at one stage on Friday. But Walsh endured a tough afternoon on Saturday, beginning with a dropped stroke on the first and then a sequence of bogeys around the turn at 8, 10 and 11. A double-bogey on the 14th saw her fall to three-under and flirting with the 80 mark before she salvaged something with a birdie on the penultimate hole to clamber back into the top 10. Walsh will enter the final round four strokes adrift on four-under, with Czech Republic's Sara Kouskova holding a one shot lead on eight-under after a fine round of 69. She is one clear of a trio of golfers on seven-under, comprised of Spain's Ana Pelaez Trivino, Finland's Noora Komulainen and Singapore's Shannon Tan.
