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Brain cancer sufferer Brian Morris will make his debut on the PGA Tour tomorrow in the opening round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course in familiar company.
The 54-year-old Ocean View Golf Club head professional, who ha...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021
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Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Lanto Griffin became the latest high-profile name to withdraw from the Butterfield Bermuda Championship before the field was finalised last night.
Griffin, joint eighteenth in the inaugural championship in 2019 before skipping the tournament last yea...
DATE: Oct 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
The Butterfield Bermuda Championship has suffered its first casualty with the withdrawal of Brendon Todd, the inaugural winner in 2019.
Todd, who so delighted the Bermudian gallery with a stunning final round of 62 to beat third-round leader Harry H...
DATE: Oct 25, 2021
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Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
The Butterfield Bermuda Championship has announced today it has extended the tournament’s first sponsor exemption to Brian Morris, who will make his first professional start at Port Royal Golf Course this month.
Morris will realise his dream to compe...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
The PGA Tour has announced that Butterfield Bank will join the Bermuda Tourism Authority as sponsor of the annual FedExCup event held at Port Royal Golf Course.
Renamed the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the tournament made its debut in 2019 as th...
DATE: Sep 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Jevon Roberts’s defence of his title in the Bermuda Match Play Championships came to an abrupt halt when he was stunned in the first round at Port Royal Golf Course on Saturday.
Roberts, who memorably defeated Matt Gorrell by 1 hole in the final last...
DATE: Sep 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
The Bermuda Championship was confirmed yesterday as a stand-alone event for 2021 with prize money increased significantly from $4 million to $6.5 million.
It is to be hoped the enticement, along with the field growing from 120 to 132, will attract mo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
The emotional attempt of cancer sufferer Brian Morris to qualify for the US Senior Open ended in disappointment yesterday.
The Ocean View Golf Club professional, who is battling Stage 4 brain cancer, carded an 11-over-par round of 83 at the Crown Col...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
There will a new champion crowned in the men’s division of the Bermuda Match Play Championships after Jarryd Dillas was spectacularly eliminated in the quarter-finals today.
Dillas had a huge four-hole lead late in his match with Bryce Gorrell, who i...
DATE: Nov 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
The Bermuda Match Play Championships begin this morning at Port Royal Golf Course with defending champion Jarryd Dillas sitting out the medal round.
As title-holder, Dillas exercised his right to miss the medal round but this year he will be joined b...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Golf
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport