Som Teetime.dk skriver i en artikel, så virker det unægtelig pudsigt, at Danmarks næststørste idrætsgren i form af golfsporten, slet ikke blev nævnt i forbindelse med det stort opsatte “Sport 2008″ show på DR 1. Jeg er i hvert fald enig i Teetime.dk’s betragtning.

Vi havde trods alt en dansk deltager i Ryder Cup 2008, som er en af verdens største sportsbegivenheder. Og så var det vel også værd at nævne, at Søren Kjeldsen faktisk vandt 2008-udgaven af Volvo Masters, der er Europa Tour’en flagskibsturnering.

Men trods over 150.000 aktive medlemmer i Dansk Golf Union, kunne landets næststørste idrætsgren altså ikke tilkæmpe sig lidt opmærksomhed fra DR’s side. Det er trist, for hvis der var sted, hvor det havde været fortjent at fejre flotte danske golfresultater sidste år, så var det da i forbindelse med “Sport 2008″.

PS: Fik jeg sagt, at jeg er vild med golf?

Soren Kjeldsen, winner of the 2008 Volvo Masters

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Scandinavian succes at the final Volvo Masters

02/11/08
It was a great day for Scandinavian golf at the 21^st and final Volvo Masters as first Dane Søren Kjeldsen won the biggest tournament title of his career to date with Swede Robert Karlsson clinching the European Tour Order of Merit.

The sun finally shone on the 21^st and final Volvo Masters and taking his place in the sun was Dane Søren Kjeldsen, who claimed the biggest title of his career to date and the €708,330 first prize.The 33-year-old from Aalborg became the first Dane ever to win the Volvo Masters title and the 20^th player to have his name on the iconic trophy.

“I’m thrilled, really pleased,” he said afterwards, explaining, “It was a slightly different kind of challenge from last year when I picked-up seven shots over the final round to force myself into a play-off as I had a lead to defend and [martin [Kaymer] started to put a bit of pressure on me.

”He continued, “I birdied 11 and 12 and they were key as it puts some daylight between me and the field but you just never know at Valderrama as there is trouble around every corner.”

Young German Martin Kaymer improved on his sixth place last year to win €369,000 for his joint second place with Englishman Anthony Wall, whilst Spain’s Sergio García continued a great record in the Volvo masters without winning it, his tie for fourth place his seventh top-10 finish in 10 Volvo Masters starts.

Meanwhile, the second part of the Scandinavian success story, Swede Robert Karlsson became the first player form Sweden to win the European Tour Order of Merit, edging-out double ‘Major’ champion Padraig Harrington by €273,639.

“Interest in golf in Sweden is huge so it’s great and I’ve won this, so it’s great and having Søren [Kjeldsen] winning the Volvo Masters makes it a great weekend for Scandinavian golf.”

All eyes now look east to China, not only for the start of the Race to Dubai, which begins in Shanghai next week and to Beijing in April and the 2009 Volvo China Open.Then it’s back to Andalucia next autumn for the first Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesín but it’s over-and-out for the Volvo Masters, 21 great years of golf on Andalucia.

Trendygolf would like to congratulate, Peak Performance Tour Player, Soren Kjeldsen, for winning the Curtain Closer on the European Tour Calendar, the Volvo Masters, after a final round of 71 around the tough Club de Golf Valderrama, in San Roque, Spain.

Soren explained;

“Winning is not easy. There’s a lot of good players out here – apart from Tiger Woods, there’s not a lot of people that seem to win a lot. I think that’s the way this game is. A lot of things have to go right for you, and one win like this in a year, I’ll take that”.

Congratulations Soren!

Jeg har netop set Søren Kjeldsen hole sit put for sejren i dette års udgave af Volvo Masters. Hvor er det bare vildt med en dansk sejr i lige netop European Tour’s flagskibsturnering! Sejren kommer til at få stor betydning for Søren, som dermed rykker ind i top-50 på verdensranglisten og nu kan se frem til at spille i de prestigefyldte Major-turneringer i 2009.

Jeg har personligt haft fornøjelsen af, at spille indtil flere gange med Søren i forbindelse med min virksomheds deltagelse i golfarrangementer, hvor de danske golfproer deltager. I den sammenhæng har jeg lært Søren at kende som en sympatisk og helt-nede-på-jorden-fyr med en dejlig humor og en frisk tilgang til livet. Det gør bare, at jeg synes, det er endnu mere fedt, at lige netop han vinder den fineste golfturnering på European Tour )

Faktisk skulle jeg selv have været i Spanien fra fredag til tirsdag for dels at spille et par runder golf og dels for at overvære søndagens finalerunde af Volvo Masters. Men desværre blev turen aflyst med meget kort varsel som følge af flyselskabet Sterlings konkurs ( Ganske vist var vejret alligevel ikke noget at råbe hurra for som følge af massive regnbyger i området i løbet af de seneste par dage. Men jeg tror nu, vi havde kunne leve med regnen, hvis vi havde været der og overværet Søren vinde den største sejr indtil nu )

Mange gange tillykke til Søren med den flotte sejr – hvor er det bare for vildt )

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take the tournament to even greater heights over the next three years.”

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This year’s Volvo Masters, the end-of-season flagship of the European Tour has double cause to celebrate as the countdown begins towards the Valderrama showpiece from 1st – 4th November 2007.

Club de Golf Valderrama will celebrate in style this year as the Volvo Masters commemorates its 20th anniversary, the longest-running single sponsorship in European golf.

Indian Jeev Milkha Singh has confirmed that he will defend the title he won in such style last year, with only the top 60 on the European Tour eligible to play the event that traditionally decides not only who is the Volvo Masters champion but also the winner of the Order of Merit. A programme of special 20th anniversary celebrations will be announced closer to the event, which is being staged at Valderrama, mainland Europe’s finest golf course for the 15th time. And, the Volvo Masters / Valderrama / European Tour success story is set to run and run with the recent announcement between the parties that the Volvo Masters will continue to be played over the universally-acclaimed course at least until 2010.

Commented Mel Pyatt, President & CEO of Volvo Event Management, who was with the then Valderrama president Don Jaime Ortiz-Patiño and European Tour Chief Executive George O’Grady in establishing the Volvo Masters in 1988, “The Volvo Masters, Valderrama and the PGA European Tour have been inexorably linked over a rich and exciting period for European golf and I am delighted that we are celebrating both the 20th anniversary of the Volvo Masters and the fact that this year’s event presents a platform from which to take the tournament to even greater heights over the next three years.”

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(Agencias) Álvaro Quirós, miembro de la dinastía golfística de Guadiaro, San Roque, ganó el Masters de Portugal en el Club Oceánico Victoria de Vilamoura en una batalla épica que le catapulta directamente al Volvo Masters que se jugará la semana próxima (30 de octubre a 2 de noviembre) en Valderrama, a pasos de su casa natal. Quirós entró con 68 golpes en la última ronda, a 4 bajo par, que le dió un total acumulado de 19 bajo par. Esta victoria es quizás más importante al tomar en cuenta que Álvaro solo sacó su carnet del Tour Europeo el año pasado. Al mismo tiempo, el guadariense se posiciona de un solo salto desde la posición 105a en el Orden de Mérito a la 24a.

(Agencies) Álvaro Quirós, a member of the family golfing dynasty from Guadiaro in San Roque, won the Portugal Masters tournament at Club Oceánico Victoria in Vilamoura in an epic battle that catapults him directly to the Volvo Masters to be played next week (Oct. 30th to Nov. 2nd) at Valderrama, only a few minutes’ walk from his home. He came in at 68 strokes in the last round (4 below par), which gave him an accumulated total of 19 below. This victory is astounding as Álvaro only got his European Tour card last year. Quirós also jumps from 105th on the Order of Merit leaders board to 24th.

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Vea los momentos más emocionantes del primer día del Volvo Masters 2007, comentados en inglés, aquí.

Los resultados oficiales de la primera vuelta del Volvo Masters 2007, según la página oficial del Tour Europeo. Haga clic en la imagen para leer.

Mads Vibe-Hastrup sluttede desværre på en skuffende delt 34. plads efter at have spillet to skuffende finalerunder af årets sidste “ordinære” European Tour turnering, Mallorca Classic, der blev spillet på… nå ja, Mallorca ) Grunden til, at jeg skriver, at det var en skuffende placering, skyldes at en 12. plads ville have give Mads adgang til årets sidste og meget prestigefyldte Volvo Masters turnering, der spilles i næste uge på Club de Golf Valderrama i Spanien. Her spiller de 60 bedste europæiske golfspillere og da Mads desværre sluttede på en 61. plads på European Order of Merit, er det selvfølgelig ekstra ærgerligt, at han ikke formåede at holde fast i det flotte spil fra de første to dage af turneringen.

Anyway, Mads kan stadig se tilbage på en yderst tilfredsstillende 2007-sæson med mange gode placeringer og ikke mindst hans første sejr på European Tour i form af Open de Madrid-sejren for cirka to uger siden. Kan Mads formå at videreføre det solide spil i den kommende sæsonen, ser det yderst lovende ud for den unge spiller )

Søren Kjeldsen, der også deltog i Mallorca Classic, sluttede side om side med Mads Vibe-Hastrup på en delt 34. plads, hvorimod at Thomas Bjørn trods alt sluttede på en mere respektabel delt 11. plads. Dermed ser det ud til, at Thomas bliver ved med at gøre en indsats for at kæmpe sig tilbage blandt verdens 50 bedste golfspillere.