May9 Brand’srecordbid

Former Ryder Cupper Gordon J Brand will be aiming to shoot himself into the European Seniors Tour record books in Turkey this week.

Brand tees up in the €325,000 Gloria Classic on Friday and is in the middle of a remarkable run of form that has seen him win three of the last four events -another success at the Gloria Golf Resort in Belek would put him alongside Tommy Horton as the only other golfer to have triumphed in three consecutive European Seniors Tour tournaments.

Horton, the most successful player in the history of the Tour, won the final three events of the 1997 season and now, a decade later, Brand is threatening to match that achievement after capturing the last tournament of 2006 – the Arcapita Seniors Tour Championship – and the first one of 2007 (the DGM Barbados Open). 

But it won’t be easy for Brand: 29 of the leading 30 players on the 2006 Order of Merit will be in action, led by reigning no. 1  Sam Torrance and England’s Carl Mason of England.

 

 

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