TOM Lewis, who was part of the winning GB&I Walker Cup team and winner of the Silver Medal at this year’s Open Championship has turned pro.
Lewis was first seen on the world stage at this year’s Open, where he scored a 65 in the first round, which gave him the lead at the end of Thursday with Thomas Bjorn. He had qualified through Local Final Qualifying at Rye.
His round was the lowest by an amateur in the history of The Open Championship. He was also the first amateur since Michael Bonallack to lead The Open. Bonallack had led in 1968.
Lewis was placed 30th and took the Silver Medal for being the best finished amateur.
The golfer has had a good amateur career and had wins at the 2009 Boys Amateur Championship and the 2011 St Andrews Links Trophy.
Lewis will make his professional debut at the Austrian Golf Open and will also play in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Tom explained: “I am very excited to get out there and see how I measure up. The Open Championship was fantastic for me and I learnt a lot from the occasion. All the experiences gleaned from my amateur career, along with the help and support I have received from the R&A, EGU and my family and friends, will hopefully stand me in good stead as I try to earn my European Tour card for next year.
“I am very grateful to the tournament promoters who have generously offered me invitations, particularly the Austrian Golf Open presented by Lyoness and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. I hope I will perform at my best to thank them for the opportunity.”
He has signed with International Marketing Group (IMG).
Sunday 18 September 2011
Monday 12 September 2011
Andy Murray misses out on a Major for another year
ANDY Murray will have to wait another year to see if he can win a Grand Slam tournament.
He lost in the semi-final to Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Rafael Nadal will now face Novak Djokovic in the men’s final of the last Major of the year.
Djokovic was 2-0 down in sets at one point and also had to save two match points to beat Roger Federer.
It is another frustrating year for Andy Murray who lost in the final of the Australian Open, reached the semi-final of Wimbledon (before losing to Nadal) and also was beaten by Nadal again here.
Let’s hope Murray can break his duck in the Majors next year and clinch one of the big four, perhaps it will be at the Australian Open.
The final of this year’s US Open will start at 9pm tonight (Monday).
Meanwhile Downton Abbey is to start again next Sunday (September 18).
This year there is to be eight new episodes plus a Christmas special.
Over ten million people in England watched the first series of the programme, which was written by Julian Fellowes who won an Oscar for Gosford Park in 2002.
Many of the characters from the first series return, such as Violet Dowager Countess of Grantham, Lady Mary Crawley and John Bates, the Valet.
The second series follows on from the first which ended in 1914 with Lord Grantham announcing that England was at war with Germany.
The new series will highlight the social changes that took place during the first half of the 1900s.
He lost in the semi-final to Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Rafael Nadal will now face Novak Djokovic in the men’s final of the last Major of the year.
Djokovic was 2-0 down in sets at one point and also had to save two match points to beat Roger Federer.
It is another frustrating year for Andy Murray who lost in the final of the Australian Open, reached the semi-final of Wimbledon (before losing to Nadal) and also was beaten by Nadal again here.
Let’s hope Murray can break his duck in the Majors next year and clinch one of the big four, perhaps it will be at the Australian Open.
The final of this year’s US Open will start at 9pm tonight (Monday).
Meanwhile Downton Abbey is to start again next Sunday (September 18).
This year there is to be eight new episodes plus a Christmas special.
Over ten million people in England watched the first series of the programme, which was written by Julian Fellowes who won an Oscar for Gosford Park in 2002.
Many of the characters from the first series return, such as Violet Dowager Countess of Grantham, Lady Mary Crawley and John Bates, the Valet.
The second series follows on from the first which ended in 1914 with Lord Grantham announcing that England was at war with Germany.
The new series will highlight the social changes that took place during the first half of the 1900s.
Monday 5 September 2011
Music helps depression
IN a study published this year it has been stated that music therapy may help depression.
The study was carried out in Finland, and printed in this country in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
The project included 79 people and subjects who listened to music scored better than those who had not and had only received the normal treatment for depression.
All the people in the study, who were all suffering from depression, were given the normal treatment of counselling and appropriate medication.
But 33 of them received 20 classes with a trained music therapist and took part in drum workshops.
Anxiety and depression were measured after three months in the patients and those who had been given the music therapy were less anxious and depressed than those that hadn't.
But after six months there was no improvements.
It is believed music can help people engage in a way that words can't.
Meanwhile Andy Murray is through to the last 16 of the US Open after beating Feliciano Lopez.
In the second round he was taken to five sets by the Dutchman Robin Haase. He had been two sets down in that match, but managed to fight his way back.
And in the first round he beat Somdev Devvarman from India in three sets, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.
The best Andy Murray has done in this competition was in 2008 when he reached the final, losing to Roger Federer 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.
Murray has also been in the Australian Open final for the last two years. In 2010 he lost to Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 and this year he was beaten by Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.
The study was carried out in Finland, and printed in this country in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
The project included 79 people and subjects who listened to music scored better than those who had not and had only received the normal treatment for depression.
All the people in the study, who were all suffering from depression, were given the normal treatment of counselling and appropriate medication.
But 33 of them received 20 classes with a trained music therapist and took part in drum workshops.
Anxiety and depression were measured after three months in the patients and those who had been given the music therapy were less anxious and depressed than those that hadn't.
But after six months there was no improvements.
It is believed music can help people engage in a way that words can't.
Meanwhile Andy Murray is through to the last 16 of the US Open after beating Feliciano Lopez.
In the second round he was taken to five sets by the Dutchman Robin Haase. He had been two sets down in that match, but managed to fight his way back.
And in the first round he beat Somdev Devvarman from India in three sets, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.
The best Andy Murray has done in this competition was in 2008 when he reached the final, losing to Roger Federer 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.
Murray has also been in the Australian Open final for the last two years. In 2010 he lost to Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 and this year he was beaten by Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.
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