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Multi-tasking at the Open
created on : 11th Jul 2012
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| In the normal course of events, you would expect to head in three different directions to watch an Open championship at Lytham, to access some money from an HSBC ATM and to experience St Andrews' infamous Road Hole Bunker.
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Kaymer's quiet confidence
created on : 16th Jul 2012
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| The last 15 majors have been won by 15 different players, with as many as nine of that number first-time winners. As you would expect, each of the nine now has his heart set on standing out from that illustrious little crowd by capturing the Claret Jug.
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Players and fans in it together
created on : 19th Jul 2012
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| One by one, the world's greatest players have been talking about Lytham's 206 bunkers and how important it will be to steer clear of these well-placed hazards over the next four days.
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Snedeker has the half-way lead
created on : 22nd Jul 2012
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| A cough and a cracked rib kept him out of the US Open but the 31-year-old Brandt Snedeker is going into the last two rounds of this Open championship with a record half-way tally of ten-under par and a one-shot lead over Adam Scott.
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Scott keeps his cool
created on : 22nd Jul 2012
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| Where so many of those on the leader-board had an up-and-down third day, Adam Scott remained on an even keel throughout. After tacking a 68 to opening rounds of 64 and 67, he goes into the fourth round four ahead of Brandt Snedeker and Graeme McDowell - and five clear of that man of 14 ma... More > |
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Els Wins a Second Open
created on : 23rd Jul 2012
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| Though not too many had expected such a result, Ernie Els emerged as the 2012 Open champion as he handed in a closing 68 to finish on a seven-under-par tally which was good enough to defeat Adam Scott by one. The 42-year-old South African will now be the defending champion at Muirfield, the course w... More > |
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| 2011 News |
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Road Hole Bunker an Open winner
created on : 9th Aug 2011
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| There were 107 bunkers at Royal St George's in the week Darren Clarke won the Open Championship. Now, their number is down to 106 after the replica of St Andrews' famous Road Hole Bunker in the HSBC Golf Zone has - quite literally - disappeared from the face of the Earth.
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Clarke turns back the years with his first Major title
created on : 18th Jul 2011
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| Darren Clarke won his first Major title at the 54th time of asking when he closed with a battling level par 70 to claim a three shot victory over Americans, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, at the 140th Open Championship over a windswept Royal St George's.
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Clarke to the fore
created on : 17th Jul 2011
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| What a roar for the 42-year-old Darren Clarke as he signed off from his third round in this week's Open with a one shot lead over America's Dustin Johnson. The Ulsterman has been serving as something of a mentor to Rory McIlroy for the last few years but, over the last three days, he has been ... More > |
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Watson weathers the storm
created on : 17th Jul 2011
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| Though plenty of people his age were seeking refuge in the HSBC Golf Zone, the 61-year-old Tom Watson was battling the elements and returning a 72 which might well go down as the round of the championship. This winner of five Opens, who so nearly made it six at Turnberry in 2009, was out in 34 and h... More > |
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Clarke hopes for windy weekend
created on : 15th Jul 2011
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| No-one knew what to expect in terms of weather or scores for today's second round but the championship would seem to be getting the best of both. There is sunshine a light breeze and a second successive 68 from Darren Clarke to take him to four under par at as Thomas Bjorn stepped on to the first te... More > |
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Thousands of golf fans queue up for bunker torment
created on : 15th Jul 2011
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| It's most golfers' worst nightmare but fans, course officials and even players at The Open have been queuing up to get stuck in golf's most notorious bunker. As the 140th Open Championship swings into life more than 3,000 enthusiasts chose to take on the fearsome St Andrews Road Hole bunker which ha... More > |
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Thomas ignores 'Bjorn's Bunker'
created on : 14th Jul 2011
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| While the Road Hole Bunker in the HSBC Golf Zone was continuing to do a roaring trade, "Bjorn's Bunker", as the R&A's Peter Dawson labelled the trap on the right-hand side of Royal St George's short 16th, was having a quiet time of it.
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Stephen Gallacher listens to Jack
created on : 14th Jul 2011
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| One good turn deserves another...After 10-year-old Jack Gallacher had advised his father, Stephen, on which putter he should use for this week's Open, Stephen took time out to advise Jack on how to escape the Road Hole Bunker in the HSBC Golf Zone.
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Monty claims certificate
created on : 13th Jul 2011
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| Never can so many people have been so desperate to go in a bunker - and they have included none other than last year's Ryder Cup captain, Colin Montgomerie. While Open contestants were making their final plans as to how to keep out of the hazards when play begins tomorrow, Monty and the thousands of... More > |
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HSBC team up with the R&A to support 'HSBC Golf Roots'
created on : 12th Jul 2011
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HSBC has joined the drive to get more youngsters interested in golf through the Golf Foundation's 'HSBC Golf Roots' programme and through a long term relationship with The R&A.
Linked to its support of The Open Championship, HSBC's quest to contribute to the world of golf at a local level wil... More > |
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Rory look-alikes line up at the HSBC Golf Zone
created on : 12th Jul 2011
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This Open will see the 250,000th Under 16-year-old coming in free (if
accompanied by a parent) since this junior-friendly approach started 15
years ago. The HSBC Golf Zone is very much a family area and, in among the more
active pursuits, everyone can test his or her hand-eye coordination on
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Road to recovery
created on : 11th Jul 2011
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| Padraig Harrington gives an up-to-the-minute tip on how to exit the
Road Hole Bunker. Before you try your hand at the Road Hole Bunker in HSBC Golf Zone,
there are a few things you might like to know, starting with Padraig
Harrington's suggestion as to how you can escape - and maybe even win a
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HSBC Stirs up Open debate on Championship links
created on : 4th Jul 2011
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| Which is the greatest opening hole in golf's Open Championship, or the best around the turn, or indeed the finest finishing hole? These are questions golfers ask and debate up and down the land. HSBC, celebrating its first year as Patron of the Open Championship, decided to take that debate a step f... More > |
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Spectators call the shots
created on : 13th Apr 2011
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| Visitors to the 140th Open at Royal St George's will be able to regale friends and family with experiences of more than the on course heroics of Lee Westwood; Martin Kaymer and Tiger Woods, as the R&A and HSBC introduce a new and exciting element to the tented village - The HSBC Open Championshi... More > |
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HSBC & Golf - Championing Golf Worldwide
created on : 19th Apr 2011
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| HSBC's involvement as a Patron and the Official Banking Partner of the Open Championship is both a return full-circle to the origins and roots of the great sport of golf and, at the same time, an extension of its pioneering work spearheading the growth of the game into new, emerging markets globally... More > |
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Three days in June - the 1904 and 1911 Opens
created on : 12th Apr 2011
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| With the entry for the 1904 Open at Royal St George's
reaching a new record-level of 144, it was decided to stretch the
Championship to three days. The first two rounds were played on
Wednesday and Thursday, 8 & 9 June, with the final two rounds on
the Friday after the 36-hole cut had re... More > |
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Stars of Sandwich - Walter Hagen
created on : 12th Apr 2011
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| ACM Croome, a noted British golf writer once said of Walter Hagen: "He
makes more bad shots in a single season than Harry Vardon did from 1890
to 1914, but he beats more immaculate golfers because 'three of those
and one of them' counts four and he knows it." ... More > |
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Links golf - the ultimate test
created on : 12th Apr 2011
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| "Where is the golf course?" Seve Ballesteros asked his brother Manuel as
he looked in bewilderment at the swaying grasses and rising sandhills
of Royal St George's. It was his first experience of links golf. "I saw
nothing," he remembers.
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It Started at St. George's: JH Taylor
created on : 11th Apr 2011
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| Royal St George's was the launch-pad for the astounding career of John
Henry Taylor. The short, stocky son of a Devonshire labourer was 23
years old when he won the first of five Open Championship titles over
the Kent links in 1894 - the first time The Open had been played outside
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'By George, what a place for a golf course'
created on : 11th Apr 2011
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| Perhaps unsurprisingly, the course which would be the first host of The
Open Championship outside Scotland was discovered by a Scotsman. Dr
Laidlaw Purves, an eminent surgeon, who had been born in Edinburgh and
learnt to play golf on Bruntsfield Links, is said to have stood atop St
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HSBC announced as new patron of the Open Championship
created on : 11th Apr 2011
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| HSBC was today named as a Patron of the Open Championship for the next five years. The partnership means that HSBC will become the 'Official Banking
Partner' of The Open Championship, which next year will return to Royal
St George's (14-17 July, 2011), Sandwich, Kent.
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