Golfing News

The European Tour returns this week after last weeks British Open at Royal Birkdale. The European PGA Tour returns to the Le Meridien Moscow CC Golf Course for the Russian Open 2008.
Per-Ulrik Johansson will be looking to defend his title this week, and has been quoted as saying putting will be the key to who takes the title this year.
Per-Ulrik Johansson really tamed the Le Meridien course last year, carding the lowest 72 hole total in the events history with a 265 which was a full -23 under par.

Top players to be playing this week include crowd puller John Daly, European Tour winners in past 2 years who are playing include José Manuel LARA Markus BRIER Fontana Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO Per-Ulrik JOHANSSON Mads VIBE-HASTRUP and S S P CHOWRASIA.
Many of the top players are taking a weekend off following the British Open so this weeks tournament is a chance for a player to win their first European tour event.

Russian Open Golf TV Coverage

You can catch live coverage of the Russian Open on Sky Sports this weekend along with the Senior Open

Thu 24 Russian Open – Day One 9.00am/2.00pm SKY SPORTS 1 SKY SPORTS HD
Fri 25 Russian Open – Day Two 9.00am/2.00pm SKY SPORTS 1 SKY SPORTS HD
Sat 26 Russian Open – Day Three 11.00am SKY SPORTS 3 SKY SPORTS HD
Sun 27 Russian Open – Day Four SKY SPORTS 1 SKY SPORTS HD SKY SPORTS 1 SKY SPORTS HD

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Thu 24 Senior Open Championship – Day One 11.00am/4.00pm SKY SPORTS 1 SKY SPORTS HD
Sat 26 Senior Open Championship – Day Three 2.00pm 11.00am SKY SPORTS 1 SKY SPORTS HD
Sun 27 Senior Open Championship – Day Four 2.00pm SKY SPORTS 3 SKY SPORTS HD
Sat 26 Senior Open Championship – Day Three 2.00pm SKY SPORTS 1 SKY SPORTS HD

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Russian Open Records

Lowest 18 hole score: 62 (-10), Iain Pyman, 2002; David Drysdale, 2006, Per-Ulrik Johansson, 2007.
Lowest first 36 hole score: 129 (-15), Iain Pyman, 2002
Lowest under par winning score: 265 (-23), Per-Ulrik Johnasson, 2007
Lowest final round by a winner: 64 (-8), Warren Bennett, 1998
Wire-to-wire-winners: None
Holes-in-one:
Arnaud Langenaeken, hole 11, round 1, 1997
Niels Kraay, hole 8, round 4, 1999
David Salisbury, hole 4, round 1, 2002
Adam Crawford, hole 16, round 1, 2002
Roger Chapman, hole 4, round 3, 2005
Mikael Lundberg, hole 8, round 4, 2006
Low cut:141 (-3), 2001
High cut:153 (+9), 1996

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