BlackStar Golf News

Stuart Manley heads up to Crans sur sierre GC in Switzerland this week for the 80th edition of the Omega European Masters. The course is set high up in the mountains of the Crans Montana region and boasts some of the most impressive views in golf. Rory McLLroy heads up a quality field following his victory at the Fed Ex play-offs on the PGA Tour last week in Atlanta. 

David Boote, Jordan Wrosdale and Jamie Abbott are all playing in the KPMG Trophy In Belgium. The Challenge Tour has now got just 9 events left, at the end of the season the top 15 players earn full playing staus on the PGA European Tour.

Stuart Manley heads to Gothenburg in Sweden this week for the Scandinavian Invitation at the Hills Golf & Sports Club.The field is headed by former Open Champion Henrik Stenson. Manley comes of finishing on 3 under par last week at the Czech Masters and a T64 position.

Jordan Wrisdale finished T14 and David Boote T37 at the World Invitational in Northern Ireland on the Challenge Tour, the event was won in a play-off by Jack Senior from England.

Stuart Manley heads in to the second part of the 2019 season starting with the D+D Czech Masters after a 3 week summer break with a new sponsor, Hytte Blinds Ltd have become an official partner of Stuart's for the remainder of the 2019 season.The Worcestershire based company, who specialisebin the supply of Window Blinds for the static caravans and lodges, will have their comapny logo displayed on Stuart's aparell. Stuart said " I would like to very much thank Hytte Blinds for their support, I have just had a 3 week break as there have been no regular scheduled events on the European Tour so I am obviuosly very much looking forward to getting out on tour again "

Stuart has at least 9 events left in 2019, with the season officially ending in Dubai in November at the DP World Championship.

Follow Stuart's progress over the next few months  through @blackstarsports on twitter or via the live scoring facility at www.europeantour.com 

Further information on Hytte Blinds can be found at www.hytteblinds.com or by calling 0808 196 1550

The PGA Challenge Tour moves to Scandanavia for 2 weeks, with the Finish Challenge this week and then the Danish Challenge the following week. David Boote, who represents Walton Heath GC plays this week in Finland.

Stuart manley shot 67, 69, 69 and a final round of 69 to finsih on 10 under par at the Scottish Open. The event was won by Bernd Wiesberger  after defeating Benjamin Herbert from France in a tense 3 hole play-off.

This week David Boote, Jordan Wrisdale and Jamie Rutherford are all playing on the Challenge Tour in Austria.

Stuart manley heads to Scotland with the European Tour for the Scottish Open, while Jordan Wrisdale, David Boote and Jamie Abbott are in France for the 10th event on the Challenge Tour at the La Vaudreuil Golf Challenge

Jordan Wrisdale and Jamie Rutherford both progressed through the Regional Qualifying for the Open Championship. Jordan came through at Northamptonshire County GC with a 1 under par round, and Jamie shot 3 under par at Frilford Heath. The Final Qualifying event is over 36 holes and takes place at 4 different sites across the UK on Tuesday July 2nd.

Blackstar will be represented by Stuart Manley at the BMW Open in Gernany and David Boote, Jordan Wrisdale and Jamie Abbott will be playing on the Challenge Tour in Spain

Stuart Manley goes to Belgium this week for the Belgium Knockout event follwoing on from his 40th place position in Denmark. Follow  the scores on www.europeantour.com or via @blackstarsports on twitter.

Stuart Manley returns to action this week at the Made In Denmark at the Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort. Last year the event was won by Matt Wallace in a 4 man play-off , having birdied 5 of his final 6 holes in the final round to make the play-off.

David Boote, Jamie Abbott and Jordan Wrisdale make the trip to the Czech Republic for the D + D Real Czech Challenge at the Kaskáda Golf Resort.

Jamie Rutherford and Ben Robinson are both playing at the magnificient Brocket Hall in the first event of the 2019 PGA Europro Tour which starts on Wednesday, the other two events are both Thursday starts.

Jordan Wrisdale continued his steady start to the 2019 season with a 21st place finish in the Prague Golf Challenge, Jordan finished on 6 under par with rounds of 73,68,69 and 72. Jordan curretnly is placed 42 on the latest Challenge Tour rankings. David Boote also played in the event finishing 45th on 1 under par with rounds of 69,73,70 and a final round of 75.

Stuart Manley finished on 2 under par and 56th place at the Betfred British Masters at the superb Hillside GC in Southport. The event was won by Sweden's Marcus Kinhult who made a brilliant birdie on the final hole to win by 1 shot from the defending champion Eddie Pepperell overnight leader Matt Wallace.

Jordan Wrisdale returned to the UK on Monday having played in the Challenge Tour event in Tuirkey and then won the latest jamega Tour event at the Seve designed Shire Golf Club in North London. Two rounds of 67 for a 10 under par total was enough to give Jordan a one shot victory and the £3500 first prize.

Jamie Abbott and Jordan Wrisdale both finished on 13 under par and T29 in the opening event on the 2019 Challenge Tour schedule. Low scoring dominated the week with Scotland's Conor Syme winning in a play-off on 23 under par. Jordan had rounds of 70,67,68 and 70 while Jamie shot 68,68,69 70. Jamie Rutherford and david Boote both missed the 36 hole cut.

Stuart Manley who missed the cut at the European Tour event in Morocco last week this week moves to China for the Volvo China Open, while David Boote goes to the Challenge Tour event in Spain.

Stuart Manley returns to action on the PGA European Tour this week at the Trophee Hassan 11 in Morocco at the superb Royal Golf Dar Es Salem. 

In 2018 Alexander Levy held his nerve brilliantly down the stretch to win  his fifth European Tour title at the Trophée Hassan II.

The Frenchman entered the final day at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam one shot off the lead but hit the front on the third and never looked back, signing for a 70 and finishing the week at eight under.

The 2019 PGA Challenge Tour  finally starts this week with the Turkish Airlines Challenge at Samsun GC. David Boote, Jamie Abbott, Jordan Wrisdale and Jamie Rurtherford all play in the first of a 22 event season, with the top 15 players at the end of the year graduatiing on to the 2020 European Tour.

Jamie Rutherford

The Euroepan Tour moves back to Africa this week with a visit to Nairobi for the Kenya Open. First played in 1967, the historic event will host a European Tour tournament for the first time this year, having formed part of the Challenge Tour’s International Schedule since 1991.

David Boote and Jamie Abbott are playing on the Euroepan Tour for the first time in 2019, they are joined by Stuart Manley who finished tied 62 last week in the Qatar Masters

The event starts on Thuirsday and the you can follow the action via www.euroepantour.com or on twitter  @blackstarsports

Stuart Manley and the PGA  European Tour return to the Middle East for 2 weeks, the first event was the Oman Open which was played at the stunning Al Mouj Golf Club in Muscat. The tour now moves on to Qatar for the Qatar Masters.

Follow the action via twitter @blackstarsports or via www.euroepantour.com 

Stuart Manley heads to Perth this week for the  for the ISPS Handa World Super 6 at Lake Karrinyup CC. This will be Stuart's second co-snactioned event in Australia having finished T37 last week at the Vic Open

 The World Super 6 Perth will combine 54 holes of traditional stroke play across the first three days, with an exciting six-hole knockout match play format for the fourth and final round. 

A standard cut to the leading 65 professionals and ties will be implemented after the second round (36 holes). 

The field will be further reduced with a second cut being made after the third round (54 holes) to the leading 24 players who will battle it out over six-hole matches until one man is left standing. 

Live scoring can be found on the European Tour website and App

The first event of 2019 on the Race To Dubai for Stuart Manley starts next Wednesday in Abu Dhabi at the HSBC Championship. Manley who graduated from the Challenge Tour last season, currently sits 70 on the 2019 Race To Dubai, after the pre Christmas events kicked of the 2019 season in Hong Kong last November. The field is headlined in Abu Dhabi by Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson.

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2018 has now come to end. On behalf of Blackstar Golf and our players we would just like to thank all our partners and everyone else who has been involved with Blackstar this year. We wish you all a Happy Christmas and a successful and prosperous 2019

Stuart Manley and Rhys Enoch are both playing this week at Leopard Creek in South Africa in the Alfred  Dunhill Championship, which is a co-sanctioned event between the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour, although this event is part of the 2019 season this is the last event of 2018 for both players.