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Newsweek
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Former Ryder Cup Star 'Going Through Hell,' Breaks Down Emotionally
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The golf world has just witnessed another example of how it is possible to overcome adversity, no matter how extraordinary it may seem. Former DP World Tour and Ryder Cup star Chris Wood finished in a tie for seventh place at the Turkish Airlines Open this weekend, shooting a final-round 64. That's no small feat, considering it's his first top-10 finish on the European Tour since 2018. Wood isn't even on the DP World Tour right now, and played in the Regnum Carya course thanks to special invitations from sponsors. That hasn't always been the Englishman's status in Europe. Between 2013 and 2018, he won three tournaments and finished in the top 10 a whopping 25 times. His victories included the 2016 BMW PGA Championship, the DP World Tour's flagship event. Those results put him on the European team for the 2016 Ryder Cup, where he earned one point in two matches. European team members look on at the first tee during morning foursome matches of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club on September 30, 2016 in Chaska, Minnesota. European team members look on at the first tee during morning foursome matches of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club on September 30, 2016 in Chaska, his mental health began to deteriorate, and in 2019 he was diagnosed with chronic anxiety and burnout. His results began to decline to the point that he fell to 851st in the world rankings. "It's been horrendous to be honest," Woods said after his performance in the Turkish Airlines Open. "Yeah, it's been, well, since 2019 really. I just feel like I've been going through hell, so yeah, to put a score together today is obviously great, but I want to feel like I know my game is there, not just put a score on one day, and I genuinely feel like I'm starting to do that now." For the 2022 season, his results were so poor (only six cuts in 22 tournaments played) that he decided to take a sabbatical in 2023 to work on his mental health. Wood returned in 2024, but only had the opportunity to play on the HotelPlanner Tour (DP World Tour's feeder circuit), where he managed to make eight cuts in 13 tournaments. The 37-year-old also described how he dealt with a period of so much adversity: "I've been working so hard at home just quietly and with a great team and yeah, it's been a long old road to be honest, but never lost belief in myself. You obviously have days where it feels harder than some, but the fire in my belly has always been there. So, you know, I'm relying on invites this year." Wood also dedicated words of thanks to the DP World Tour: "The Tour have been good, the medical team have really helped me, so hopefully this is the first little step forward." The Englishman finished the Turkish Airlines Open with a 72-hole score of 11-under 273. He carded scores of 71, 67 and 71 before closing with the second-best score of the final day (64) to move up 32 places on the leaderboard and finish T7. More Golf: Tiger Woods' Mother, Kultida, Honored by Foundation on Mother's Day
The Independent
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Brandon Robinson Thompson surges into Turkish Open lead ahead of final round
England's Brandon Robinson Thompson equalled the Regnum Carya course record to surge into a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Turkish Open. Robinson Thompson's nine-under-par 62 saw him reach 14 under for the week, three clear of Spain's Jorge Campillo, China's Haotong Li and South African Robin Williams. Starting the day five shots off the lead, Robinson Thompson burst out of the blocks with three birdies in his first five holes. Another fine approach to six feet at the ninth saw him turn in 30 and he chipped in for eagle at the 12th, before birdieing three of the last four holes. "I've just got notified of that (the course record) and I'm a bit bummed I didn't break it," said the 32-year-old. "I'm super excited to have a nice round and the scary part was I probably could have had a few more but beggars can't be choosers. "I'm here with my wife, we're staying in a beautiful hotel, the course is amazing. "It's hard not to enjoy yourself this week - the facilities are so good. I'm here with my wife, its such an incredible place, if you're not having a good time this week win, lose or draw, there's something wrong."
RTÉ News
10-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
England's Brandon Robinson Thompson surges into three-shot lead in Turkey
England's Brandon Robinson Thompson equalled the Regnum Carya course record to surge into a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Turkish Airlines Open. Robinson Thompson's nine-under-par 62 saw him reach 14 under for the week, three clear of Spain's Jorge Campillo, China's Haotong Li and South African Robin Williams. Starting the day five shots off the lead, Robinson Thompson burst out of the blocks with three birdies in his first five holes. Another fine approach to six feet at the ninth saw him turn in 30 and he chipped in for eagle at the 12th, before birdieing three of the last four holes. "I've just got notified of that (the course record) and I'm a bit bummed I didn't break it," said the 32-year-old. "I'm super excited to have a nice round and the scary part was I probably could have had a few more but beggars can't be choosers. "I'm here with my wife, we're staying in a beautiful hotel, the course is amazing. "It's hard not to enjoy yourself this week – the facilities are so good. I'm here with my wife, its such an incredible place, if you're not having a good time this week win, lose or draw, there's something wrong."
The South African
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The South African
Wilco Nienaber mounts charge in Turkish Airlines Open
Put a driver that works for him in Wilco Nienaber's hands, and it can turn into a magic wand. Just as it did on Friday when he shot a six-under-par 65 in the second round of the DP World Tour's Turkish Airlines Open to rocket to second place at the halfway mark in Antalya, Türkiye. 'I don't think there's a golf course where length doesn't help, but helps even more when it goes straight as well,' said Nienaber. 'We did some adjustments with Ping on Monday, and I am playing with a totally different driver. It's obviously doing the job.' The result was seven birdies and just a single bogey as he reached nine-under-par at the Regnum Carya. Nienaber will start moving day two strokes behind the leader, Martin Couvra from France, who added a five-under 66 to his opening 65 to reach 11-under. One stroke behind Nienaber in third on his own was China's Haotong Li, who also had a six-under 65 in the second round. 'Early on, I thought it was going to be pretty tricky,' said Nienaber of his round which had an early bogey on the fourth when he pushed his tee shot way right. Despite putting his second on the green, he contrived to three-putt. Perhaps that was a function of putting on afternoon greens, of which Li said, 'I think the grass grew up a little bit, felt like my hair. Sometimes it doesn't go where I want it to.' Whatever the case, for the rest of the round, Nienaber putted well. 'I guess every week if you putt well, you'll be in the mix,' he said. 'The way I play, if I have a good putting week, I know I'll be close to making a breakthrough. If I can do more of the same, it will be great.' More of the same means being able to pull driver on the tees where he should and trusting that things go the way he likes, and the way Wilco fans like even more. It all seemed to fall into place in Friday's round. 'On the mental side I've worked through a few things in the past couple of weeks,' Nienaber said. 'I'm in a better space mentally again. Sorted a lot of personal stuff out the past few weeks, and with my game back to a good level, I'm feeling good on a personal level too. I managed my game really well today, and the result was a great round.' An indication of how things fell into place was the way he handled the 10th hole, which served up 41 bogeys, 17 doubles, four triples and a quadruple – and only 14 birdies. 'Everybody struggled on the 10th hole, I birdied that,' laughed Nienaber. 'The key to that was simple, really. Just three really good shots. I hit a really good tee-shot, then a nine-iron to eight feet and holed the putt.' The man who shared the lead after the first round, Robin Williams, shared some insight into the 10th hole after his second round of one-under 70 took him to seven-under and a share of fourth with Todd Clements of England, and Germany's Yannik Paul and Tiger Christensen. 'The 10th is tough,' said Williams. 'It's over 500 yards, and the wind is usually coming a little into or off the left. 'The fairways is a max of 25 or 30 yards wide, and you've got water all down the left. I think the members play it as a par-five. Everyone is hitting it in the right trees just because they're scared of the water. The trees aren't too bad if you get lucky with a gap, but you're left with at least a six- or seven-iron in to a small, undulating green. It's just difficult. I think it's going to play over-par for the whole week. If you make pars there, you're really gaining on the field.' While he didn't gain on the field ahead of the 36-hole mark, he was not unhappy with his three birdies and two bogeys. 'Things were almost going a little too well yesterday,' he said. 'Today wasn't bad, but it wasn't the same as yesterday, so I just had to kind of keep it together and put myself in the hunt for the weekend. I tried to not make big numbers and blow myself out of it. Hopefully, the outs can drop on Saturday and Sunday. 'The putting didn't feel different from yesterday. Yesterday, they went in, and today they were just lipping out or going very close. I didn't hit it particularly close to the flag compared to yesterday, so I left myself a lot of long putts. But if today can be the worst score that I have, I think I'll be good.' He was happy to bogey the final hole of the day. 'The birdie on 18 really give me some confidence and momentum to have a crack this weekend,' said Williams. 'Luckily, the wind has been down the past two days, so I just smacked driver over the water, which I don't think most guys can do, so I had an advantage there. It was a front flag today and I had 90 yards in, left myself under the hole and made a nice putt there from seven or eight feet up the hill.' Three other South Africans made the cut: reigning South African Open champion Dylan Naidoo, Jayden Schaper and Dylan Frittelli. The trio clocked in on three-under, just eight shots off the pace. 'I played really well yesterday and just had a few hiccups coming home, but I feel my game was rounding back to what I want it to be today,' said Naidoo of his three-under 68. 'With not much between the leaders and me, I'll just go out there on Saturday and shoot a good score and see where it puts me.' Frittelli, who was runner-up in Türkiye to Justin Rose in 2017, had three birdies and a bogey on his way to a two-under-par 69, while Schaper overcame a double-bogey on the 13th after starting his round on the 10th with five birdies on his opening nine and one more on the homeward nine. 'I hit a really poor tee-shot on 13, and then hit quite a good second, but it clipped a light pole. You don't hear about that too often, as we don't play too many courses that have light poles. So that was unlucky, and I ended up making double there. 'After that, I knew I had to fire to get myself back into the tournament. I made birdies on 14 and 15, and saved par with a really good momentum-saving putt on 16. When I birdied 17 and 18, I had pretty much done what was needed to get myself back into the tournament,' he added. Jacques Kruyswijk, Justin Harding, Yurav Premlall, Casey Jarvis, Ockie Strydom, Zander Lombard, Louis Albertse, Ryan van Velzen, Justin Walters and Deon Germishuys all missed the cut. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1 Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
The Advertiser
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Li keeps the heat on leading rookie Couvra in Turkey
France's Martin Couvra will take a two-shot lead into the weekend as he looks to win his first DP World Tour title at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya. The 22-year-old rookie started the day in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard but pulled clear of the chasing pack courtesy of a five-under 66 at Regnum Carya on Friday. Couvra has impressed during his maiden campaign at this level, having already posted four top-10 finishes, including fifth at the Hainan Classic last time out. "I'm really happy about my game today - it's always good to have a bogey-free round," said world No.247 Couvra. At 11-under par, Couvra leads by two from South Africa's Wilco Nienaber (65), with Li Haotong (65) a shot further back in third. The 29-year-old from Shanghai, China remains in contention to win his fifth European tour event after claiming the Qatar Masters in Doha in February. Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald (72) missed the cut on three over par, with Todd Clements (68) leading the British challenge on seven under in a tie for fourth. The two Australians in the field both missed the weekend cut, with Daniel Gale (75) at even and Danny List (78) five-over the card. With AAP. France's Martin Couvra will take a two-shot lead into the weekend as he looks to win his first DP World Tour title at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya. The 22-year-old rookie started the day in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard but pulled clear of the chasing pack courtesy of a five-under 66 at Regnum Carya on Friday. Couvra has impressed during his maiden campaign at this level, having already posted four top-10 finishes, including fifth at the Hainan Classic last time out. "I'm really happy about my game today - it's always good to have a bogey-free round," said world No.247 Couvra. At 11-under par, Couvra leads by two from South Africa's Wilco Nienaber (65), with Li Haotong (65) a shot further back in third. The 29-year-old from Shanghai, China remains in contention to win his fifth European tour event after claiming the Qatar Masters in Doha in February. Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald (72) missed the cut on three over par, with Todd Clements (68) leading the British challenge on seven under in a tie for fourth. The two Australians in the field both missed the weekend cut, with Daniel Gale (75) at even and Danny List (78) five-over the card. With AAP. France's Martin Couvra will take a two-shot lead into the weekend as he looks to win his first DP World Tour title at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya. The 22-year-old rookie started the day in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard but pulled clear of the chasing pack courtesy of a five-under 66 at Regnum Carya on Friday. Couvra has impressed during his maiden campaign at this level, having already posted four top-10 finishes, including fifth at the Hainan Classic last time out. "I'm really happy about my game today - it's always good to have a bogey-free round," said world No.247 Couvra. At 11-under par, Couvra leads by two from South Africa's Wilco Nienaber (65), with Li Haotong (65) a shot further back in third. The 29-year-old from Shanghai, China remains in contention to win his fifth European tour event after claiming the Qatar Masters in Doha in February. Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald (72) missed the cut on three over par, with Todd Clements (68) leading the British challenge on seven under in a tie for fourth. The two Australians in the field both missed the weekend cut, with Daniel Gale (75) at even and Danny List (78) five-over the card. With AAP. France's Martin Couvra will take a two-shot lead into the weekend as he looks to win his first DP World Tour title at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya. The 22-year-old rookie started the day in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard but pulled clear of the chasing pack courtesy of a five-under 66 at Regnum Carya on Friday. Couvra has impressed during his maiden campaign at this level, having already posted four top-10 finishes, including fifth at the Hainan Classic last time out. "I'm really happy about my game today - it's always good to have a bogey-free round," said world No.247 Couvra. At 11-under par, Couvra leads by two from South Africa's Wilco Nienaber (65), with Li Haotong (65) a shot further back in third. The 29-year-old from Shanghai, China remains in contention to win his fifth European tour event after claiming the Qatar Masters in Doha in February. Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald (72) missed the cut on three over par, with Todd Clements (68) leading the British challenge on seven under in a tie for fourth. The two Australians in the field both missed the weekend cut, with Daniel Gale (75) at even and Danny List (78) five-over the card. With AAP.
