Posts by: Daniel Mitchell

South Africa’s Jbe Kruger broke through for his first European Tour win, claiming a two-shot victory at the Avantha Masters in New Delhi, India.

With many of the tour’s top players taking the week off or playing in the U.S., Kruger entered as one of the top picks on 25/1 odds. The 25-year-old proved […]

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A couple of familiar patterns held form Sunday at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am: Tiger Woods continues to struggle when contending in the final round, and Phil Mickelson still has Tiger’s number in head-to-head matchups.

Playing alongside Woods, Mickelson routed his one-time nemesis – and the rest of the field – with a […]

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Rafael Cabrera-Bello upstaged Lee Westwood to win the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, closing with a 68 to beat Westwood and Stephen Gallacher by a stroke.

The victory was Cabrera-Bello’s second overall and first since 2009. And Westwood wasn’t the only star he knocked off en route to the title. Rory McIlroy entered as a […]

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Scotland’s Paul Lawrie won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters for a second time Sunday, firing a 65 to outpace Australia’s Jason Day and Sweden’s Peter Hanson by four shots.

Lawrie previously won in Qatar in 1999, the same year he claimed the Claret Jug as Open Champion. His latest victory was an emotional one, […]

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Some golfers shake off heartbreak better than others. Kyle Stanley proved his resiliency with a shocking, come-from-behind win at the Waste Management Phoenix Open just one week after a last-hole collapse cost him dearly in San Diego.

Stanley began Sunday’s final round eight shots off the pace set by Spencer Levin, who was six […]

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Few gave Robert Rock a chance to outlast Tiger Woods in the final round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, let alone beat challengers including Rory McIlroy. But the unsung pro did just that Sunday, claiming the biggest win of his career with a 2-under 70 and one-shot victory.

Paired with Woods in […]

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Kyle Stanley’s epic 18th-hole meltdown at the Farmers Insurance Open landed him in a playoff with Brandt Snedeker, who benefited from another huge break to claim victory in sudden death.

Stanley, a second-year pro from Washington state, nursed a seven-shot lead early in the fourth round and led by four as he played the […]

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They say winning breeds winning, and Branden Grace is proving it’s true. The young South African defeated a pair of his vaunted countrymen to claim the Volvo Golf Champions and open 2012 with back-to-back victories.

Grace, 23, became the first player to begin a European Tour season with consecutive wins since Fred Couples in […]

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A rare wind delay couldn’t blow Mark Wilson off course. The veteran pro won the Humana Challenge with a steady 69 on Sunday, holding off Robert Garrigus for his fifth career victory.

Wilson led at the halfway mark on the strength of a 66-62 start. He held a three-shot lead on finishing a third-round […]

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South Africa’s Branden Grace thrilled the home crowd – and himself – with a one-shot victory in the Joburg Open in Johannesburg. It was the 23-year-old’s first career win and earned him €206,050.

On the strength of rounds of 67-66-65, Grace held a three-stroke lead on -17 entering the finale. His closest challengers, George […]

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