Fightback to make the weekend
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Trav made the cut at the Classic Golf and Country Club Championship going into the weke end at 5 under par and tied 20th.
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Tester in Taipei
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Trav missed the cut in the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Taipei by 5 shots.
Read MoreSarah backs up after Canadian Open
/Sarah made the cut on the number at the Cambia Portland Classic with opening rounds of 70 and 71.
Read MoreSuccessful tilt in Asia
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Darren carded rounds of 69,71,71 and 73 for a 4 under par total to finish T48 at the Bank BRI Indonesian Open.
Read MoreA Miss at the BRI Indonesian Open
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Carding rounds of 70 and 75 for a 1 over par total Trav missed the cut by just two shots at the Indonesian Open held last week.
Read MoreSolid four rounds in Canada
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At the Canadian Open Sarah carded rounds of 69,73,71 and 74 finish T64 at 1 under the card.
Read MoreNT PGA Championship
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Darren failed to make the cut at Palmerston GC after giving the field a 7 shot start. No this wasn’t some cruel version of the scoring system at the Fedex Cup. Simply put Becky managed to go out of bounds on the 1st hole to be 7 over through 3 holes. He played the balance of the first two rounds at 1 over.
Read MoreMoving on from the Top End
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Trav left the Top End empty handed after carding a pair of 72s to be two over par at the NT PGA Championships at Palmerston GC. He missed the cut by two shots.
Read MoreTop 20 finish in Sarawak
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Trav finished the Sarawak Championship T16 after carding rounds of 71,66,66 and 69.
Read MoreInto the weekend at Sarawak
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After a steady first round 1 under par 71 Trav got moving on day two at the Damai Golf and Country Club to go 6 under and be T25 on 7 under and well inside the 4 under cut line.
Read MoreSchedule Cranks Up
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After a bit of a lull in the tour schedule Trav tees off in the Sarawak Championship in Malaysia on Thursday 15th August.. Its a full field Asian Tour Event with a purse of US$300k and a good opportunity to advance on the OOM.
Read MoreASI Scottish Open
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After a disappointing close out to the British Open, where Sarah was unable to climb the leader board on the final day, she headed just north of the border to North Berwick to play the ASI Scottish Open.
Read MoreAIG Women's British Open
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Sarah continued her good form from the Evian Championship to comfortably make the cut at the AIG Women’s British Open at Woburn Golf Club near Milton Keynes. It’s the richest tournament in Europe with a purse of US$4.5m.
Read MorePodium Finish at Mercedes Benz Gold Coast Sanctuary Cove Professional Shoot Out
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Travis teed up at the Mercedes Benz Sanctuary Cove Shoot out over the week end and finished 3rd. He was runner up in 2018.
Read MoreAnd it Rained in Dongguan
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Continuous rain delays and altered fairways and ultimately just a 36-hole tournament at the Dongguan Open at Mission Hills made for a frustrating time. Being well off the cut line after round one James got a bit aggressive in round two.
Read MoreEvian Championship
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Sarah finished T62 in the Evian Championship at the Evian Resort near Lake Geneva in France.
Read MoreKempy Gets Year Back on Track
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Sarah started 2019 on a high on the Australian Tour with her finishes at the Vic Open and the Australian Open vaulting her to the top of the OOM.
Read MoreProgress on PGA China Tour
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At the halfway point of 2019 James has played 4 events on the PGA Tour China Series’ 14 tournament season.
Read MoreWelcome to our new website
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Hi Followers,
We have now launched a new website contendersportsmgt.com
The new site provides information about golfers represented by Contender Sports; Darren Beck, James Grierson, Sarah kemp and Travis Smyth
This site combines all the blogs, information and images that were previously on a number of individual sites. Useful links are provided to all the golf tour websites so you can easily keep abreast of tournament progress.
We want to encourage all followers to sign up to receive blogs from the website. The sign up can be for all blogs (sign up on the landing page) or simply to the one golfer you are following by signing up on their individual page. The blogs will continue to be shared with the individual Facebook pages for each golfer and to a new Facebook page for Contender Sports.
As followers of these great athletes we share the emotional roller coaster of their careers. Your support is tremendously important so let’s hear from you!
Read MoreJames Grierson: The Story So Far
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After gaining status on the PGA China Tour, albeit not the top Q School category, James decided it was now or never to turn Pro. He had to simply take his chances at teeing up professionally wherever he could.
He had three opportunities in May to tee up as a Pro. First opportunity arose in Papua New Guinea where he made the cut and finished and finished T22 on 7 under. He then got his first start on the PGA Tour of China at the Qinhuangdao Championship where he finished T48 at 1 under par.
The following week he played in the Meriton Sydney Invitational. This is th biggest pro-am in australia and whilst not an official order of merit event attracts a good strength filed of pros who play three courses over three days.
James had a podium 3rd place finish at 6 under par to round out an excellent first month on tour.
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