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ON THE EUROPEAN TO UR
EUROPEAN TOUR
AND BIRDIETIME.
TV LAUNCH GAME
IMPROVEMENT
PLATFORM
he European Tour and Birdietime.
tv have launched a new online
game improvement platform that
connects fans to some of the worldÊs best
coaches.
Birdietime.tv offers diverse set of
coaching videos from the gameÊs leading
coaches including Tour professional Robert
Rock, putting guru Phil Kenyon, Hugh
Marr, Lee Cromblehome, Rob Goldup and
3D biomechanics champion Dr. Mark Bull.
The latest addition to the coaching team is
the recent Porsche European Open winner
and Ryder Cup player Paul Casey and his
coach, Peter Kostis.
Instructional content will be regularly
updated to ensure fans have access to the
latest tips and techniques to help them
with their own games. Fans can either pay
a monthly or yearly subscription to access
the content or pay on demand per each
video series they access.
Mikko Back, CEO of Birdietime.tv, said:
„We are a platform for true golfers made
by tour golfers – be it coaches or players.
We are not just another video library, but
a way to connect the best teachers to the
most eager improvers and we want the
listen to the users on how to improve the
platform as well.
28 G o l f P l u s
NOVEMBER
EMILIO CUARTERO
Tournament: Stone Irish Challenge
Venue: Headfort Golf Club, Ireland
milio Cuartero Blanco secured an
emotional maiden victory on the
European Challenge Tour after
defeating Oscar Lengden on the third
play-off hole of the Stone Irish Challenge.
The fi nal round of the tournament, which
was being played at Headfort Golf Club,
was cancelled as heavy rains water-logged
the course, rendering it unplayable. With
Cuartero Blanco and Lengden sharing the
54-hole lead on 11 under par, a play-off
— held on the par three 17th hole — was
required to determine a winner.
Both players carded two-putt pars on
the fi rst extra hole, and on the second,
both nearly chipped in after missing the
green. The third time around, Cuartero
Blanco holed a birdie putt from 12 feet,
and when Lengden’s birdie effort from
ten feet burned the edge, the Spaniard
secured his fi rst victory in fi ve seasons
on the Challenge Tour. “I remember the
fi rst year I got onto the Challenge Tour
fi ve years ago, I thought I was going to
win a couple, maybe three and get to
the European Tour,” he said “Then I got
shocked with reality. I’ve been close
before, but now, it’s just one of those feelings I
can’t describe.
BERND WIESBERGER
Tournament: Italian Open
Venue: Olgiata Golf Club
ernd Wiesberger claimed his
second Rolex Series title of 2019
and third European Tour victory
of the season with a hard-fought victory
in the Italian Open. The Austrian started
the day three shots behind overnight
leader Matthew Fitzpatrick, but carded
a bogey free fi nal round of 65 to fi nish
one shot clear of the Englishman on
16 under par. Wiesberger posted three
consecutive birdies from the fi fth hole
followed by a further gain on the ninth
and he went to the top of the leaderboard
when Fitzpatrick, who had birdied the
second, hit it out of bounds on the ninth
leading to a double bogey. He looked
comfortably in control on the back nine
with birdies on the 14th and 16th holes, but Fitzpatrick staged an impressive fi ghtback with
three birdies in his fi nal six holes, however the former Ryder Cup player could not fi nd
another on the last as he came up one stroke short.
2019