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Pablo Larrazabal flew round the London Club in 122 minutes on the final day of the European Open - but failed to take the money off South African Anton Haig.

The Spaniard, first out on his own, had bet Haig that he could get round in under two hours 15 minutes and in under 70 shots.

Larrazabal comfortably did it on time, but despite a par three on the 17th - the hole where he ran up a sextuple bogey nine in the third round - and a rare birdie on the 471-yard last he scored 71.

It meant no cash exchanged hands between the two because it was “double or quits” bet following Barcelona’s win over Manchester United in midweek.

Larrazabal, who went to school with Barca midfield star Andres Iniesta, said: “I had nothing to lose and it was fun to play that way. I was eight shots better than yesterday.”

Back in 1992 at the Players Championship John Daly and Mark Calcavecchia were fined by the US Tour for playing their last round in 123 minutes - but that was because they scored 80 and 81 respectively.

Just three weeks ago at the Italian Open England’s Benn Barham and Scot Marc Warren, keen to catch a flight home, played their final round in 141 minutes, shooting 69 and 71.

Larrazabal was so quick that when he went to hand in his scorecard he found the door locked. Nobody was expecting him back so soon.

Source - www.sportinglife.com

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Watch highlights from the third round of The Players’ Championship from Sawgrass.

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Watch highlights from the second round of The Players’ Championship from Sawgrass Here.

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Watch highlights of the first round of The Players Championship from Sawgrass Here.

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Another look into the Pro’s golf bag, This one is from Padraig, I can’t believe he uses a Ci7 iron !!! they are for choppers. Lol.

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Here is another short clip of memorable moments from the 17th home at the Players championship, I mean what is so hard about this shot ??????

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Here is a look back at some of the great memorable moments to get you in the mood for this year Players championship.

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He may not have played competitively since December, but John Daly insists he still harbours ambitions of winning at this week’s Spanish Open.

The American, who turned 43 on Tuesday, was banned by the PGA Tour for six months in November and lost his cool whilst playing in December’s Australian Open where he smashed the camera of a spectator who photographed him.

It was the latest chapter in a long list of adverse publicity to hit his ailing career with the 1995 Open champion having slumped to 788th in the world rankings.

But having secured European Tour invites for the next month, Daly has arrived in a Spain a rejuvenated and considerably slimmer figure with stomach surgery having seen him shed almost four stone in recent months.

He has also linked up with Phil Mickelson’s former coach Rick Smith and with a sports psychologist and is now determined to get his career back on track.

He acknowledges he is still “rusty” when it comes to competition golf, but claims the thrill of winning again will continue to motivate him.

“Hopefully I can win again,” he stated.

“That would be the greatest thing. Does not matter where or when. It does not matter what Tour it’s on because it’s hard to win now.

“I wanted to lose the weight to get better at golf. You get to the point when nothing goes right and you almost give up on yourself, but I love the game, I want to keep playing and no matter what it takes I will do that.

“I’m rusty. You can practise all day long, but competition is totally different.

“I’ll be nervous, but you’re always nervous. If the butterflies are not there you don’t have the desire any more - and I love the game so much.”

Source - www.skysports.com

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