Stanley's heartbreak: video

If you're a little sadistic or don't mind a little schadenfreude from time to time, check out the highlights of the final round from the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open that finished up this morning.

Kyle Stanley was looking for his maiden tour victory and had a three shot lead going into the final hole. But he recorded a snowman which stretched the tournament where he lost to Brandt Snedeker. It's heartbreaking, and Snedeker agreed despite grabbing the winner's cheque.

McDowell's lucky bounce off the grandstand

From the department of "why professional golf is easier than amateur golf", we see Graeme McDowell use the grandstand as a back board.

Robert Rock managed to hold off a fairly tame Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy to record a career changing Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship yesterday.

Possibly the shot of the round went to Graeme McDowell though. He successfully used the grandstand behind the 18th green as a back board to get his golf ball next to the hole and record a birdie to finish. This came on the back of a hole-in-one earlier in the round and propelled him to a share of third place.

We should all aspire to be professional golfers. We can then use spectator facilities to get your way around a golf course.

Women's NSW Open: final round highlights

See how 14-year-old Lydia Ko became the youngest ever winner of a golf tournament in the video highlights from today's final round at the Women's NSW Open.


Make sure you see Ko's tee shot to the final hole too at around the 2 minute mark of the video. She nearly nails it and gets an unlucky bounce off the pin. Impressive.

Ko becomes youngest winner of a golf tournament

New Zealander Lydia Ko today made history by becoming the youngest ever winner of a professional golf tournament.

History has today been made at the Samsung/Bing Lee Women's NSW Open. Amateur golfer Lydia Ko has become the youngest ever winner of a recognised professional golf tournament by winning at only 14 years of age.

14-year-old poised to make history at NSW Open

A 14-year old amateur golfer could make history by winning the Samsung/Bing Lee Women's NSW Open tomorrow.

Lydia Ko is the world's number one ranked female amateur golfer, and at only 14-years of age she is set to become the youngest female to win a tournament on one of the five recognised women's professional tours.

This time last year, Ko had a putt on the final hole to win the same tournament but ended up three putting, gifting the tournament to Sweden's Caroline Hedwall.

The New Zeakland teenager is on target to erase the memory of last year. She posted a remarkable 8-under par 64 at Oatlands Golf Course today to lead the Samsung/Bing Lee Women's NSW Open. Lindsey Wright leads the chasing pack, four shots back at 7-under for the tournament.

Women's NSW Open Round 2: video highlights

Women's NSW Open Round 1: video highlights

Rachel Bailey and Karen Lunn lead the Samsung/Bing Lee Women's NSW Open after the first round. Here are the opening round highlights from a blustery Oatlands golf course in Sydney.

Lunn and Bailey share lead at Women's NSW Open

New South Wales’ Karen Lunn has continued on her great start to the year with a four-under par 68 today to share the lead with Sydney’s Rachel Bailey after the opening round of the Bing Lee / Samsung Women’s NSW Open being played at Oatlands Golf Club.

Both Lunn and Bailey sit atop of a jam packed leaderboard, with 21 players under within three of the co-leaders.

The morning players had to contend with persistent showers, while the afternoon players played in overcast and blustery conditions .

Lunn said after her round “I’ve been playing well for a while, I’m hitting the ball well, my short game is pretty sound.”

Laid back Laura Davies looking for another major

We featured a video interview with Katherine Hull earlier in the lead up to the Women's NSW Open that begins today, but there have been a few other very interesting interviews. None more so than Laura Davies.

She's no stranger to Australian shores and much like the Foo Fighters, Arj Barker and a whole host of other international entertainers, she seems to spend as much time here as she does in other countries.

Always entertaining, this is a great insight into Laura Davies. She mentions he battles with the putter and he desire to grab another major victory or two despite being a veteran on the tour.

Katherine Hull starting afresh in 2012

Katherine Hull is looking to regain form, starting with this week's Samsung/Bing Lee Women's NSW Open at Oatlands Golf Club in Sydney.

Australia's Katherine Hull was dominating world golf in 2008. She recorded her first ever LPGA Tour victory at the Candian Open and recorded eight Top-10s for the year.

Her 2009 season was also pretty good but she has struggled to regain the form that saw her climb into the world's Top-20 female golfers.

She's playing in this week's Samsung/Bing Lee Women's NSW Open and was interviewed in the lead up to the tournament about past success and what she's looking to achieve over the coming four weeks of tournament golf.