Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano stands on the verge of the biggest win of his career after claiming a one-shot lead to take into the final round of the three-million-pound Scottish Open. But the rising Spainish star, who fired a flawless 3rd-round 64 on Saturday, claimed he would gladly give it up for the safe return of Petra, his family's pet dog who went missing from his home in Marbella earlier this week. "I have to go and phone home now and see if there has been any news. Unfortunately they... Read Full Story
Updated: May 21, 2009, 16:00
VIRGINIA WATER, England(AP) Tour rookie David Horsey, Anthony Wall and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano shot five-under 67s to share the first-round lead in the BMW PGA Championship. Some of the top players faltered Thursday, with Masters champion Angel Cabrera and newly-elected Hall of Famer Jose Maria Olazabal each shooting 2-over 74 and John Daly at 1-over 73. Players Championsip winner Henrik Stenson shot 78. Horsey and Wall each... Read Full Story
Updated: April 26, 2009, 07:56
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea(AP) Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee won the $2.9 million Ballantine's Championship after a three-way playoff Sunday against Kang Wook-soon and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano. Thongchai closed with a 2-under 70 to finish 4-under 284 on Sunday along with first-round leader Fernandez-Castano and Kang, who carded a 68 in the final round at the jointly sanctioned Asian and European Tour event. Thongchai won the playoff... Read Full Story
Updated: April 05, 2009, 15:32
CASCAIS, Portugal(AP) Michael Hoey of Northern Ireland earned his first European Tour win by beating Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain on the third playoff hole at the Estoril Open on Sunday. Both players had finished at 7-under 277 at the Oitavos Dunes course. Hoey had four birdies in his first 10 holes on his way to a joint-best 5-under 66. Fernandez-Castano had four birdies for a 67. The players sank tricky par putts to stay... Read Full Story
Thongchai Jaidee emerged triumphant from a dramatic three-way playoff to capture the Ballantine’s Championship in Korea on Sunday. The Thai ace sank a six-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to edge out Spain’s Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño and local hero Kang Sung Hoon.
The trio had all finished on four-under-par 284 on another day of blustery conditions at Pinx Golf Club on the holiday island of Jeju. Thongchai – who claimed the fourth European Tour title of his career – was a relieved... Read Full Story
Updated: April 23, 2009, 06:20
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea(AP) Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano had an eagle and three birdies on the back nine Thursday to surge into a share of the lead with New Zealander Mark Brown after the first round of the $2.9 million Ballantine's Championship. Fernandez-Castano went out in 34, including three birdies and a bogey, and returned in 31 - starting with an eagle 3 on the 545-yard par-5 10th - for a 7-under 65. The 28-year-old Spaniard is... Read Full Story
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano had an eagle and three birdies on the back nine Thursday to surge into a share of the lead with New Zealander Mark Brown after the first round of the $2.9 million Ballantine's Championship. Fernandez-Castano went out in 34, including three birdies and a bogey, and returned in 31 — starting with an eagle 3 on the 545-yard par-5 10th — for a 7-under 65. The 28-year-old Spaniard is coming off back-to-back second-place finishes this month, at the Estoril Open in... Read Full Story
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Mark Brown held a slim lead after the first round of the Ballantine's Championship Thursday but defending champion Graeme McDowell faces a battle to make the cut. The seven-under-par 65s hit by Fernandez-Castano and Brown put them a stroke ahead of Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee, South Korea's Kang Kyung-Nam and the Netherlands' Robert-Jan Derksen at the 2.1-million-euro (2.7-million-dollar) tournament. A further three players are on five-under while three-time... Read Full Story
Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee won the Ballantine's Championship on Sunday, taming the wind to beat South Korea's Kang Sung-Hoon and Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in a play-off. Thongchai struck his second shot at the first play-off hole, the par-four 18th, to within five feet of the pin and holed for birdie to win his 12th Asian Tour event and fourth European Tour event on South Korea's Jeju island. "I like to play this course and in the first and second rounds I was putting well but in... Read Full Story
Tour rookie David Horsey, Anthony Wall and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano shot five-under 67s to share the first-round lead in the BMW PGA Championship. Some of the top players faltered Thursday, with Masters champion Angel Cabrera and newly-elected Hall of Famer Jose Maria Olazabal each shooting 2-over 74 and John Daly at 1-over 73. Players Championsip winner Henrik Stenson shot 78. Horsey and Wall each birdied four holes on the back nine; Fernandez-Castano finished birdie-eagle. Charl... Read Full Story
