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FIVE THINGS: Lara's conniving caddie
Observations from the weekend in golf
Lara's caddie woes
Welcome back, Bubba
Emotional win for Reid
Dunbar wins the Amateur
Willett a winner at last
Lara's conniving caddy
The weekend's most interesting story is arguably this.Spain's Jose
Manuel Lara was disqualified following the first round of the BMW
International Open in Germany after his caddie sneakily tried to hide a
15th club that would have cost his employer four penalty shots.
The panic-stricken bagman was spotted heading into the bushes with clubs
on his back by Lara's playing partners Damien McGrane and Peter
Hedblom.
Head referee John Paramor told Sky Sports: "They went and asked the chap
'What are you doing?' and he sort of fumbled out an answer saying 'I've
got this wrong - I've done something bad. I wish it hadn't happened'."
"It was clear the club was out of the bag and in the bush at the time. He admitted it straight away and regretted his action."
The pair were disqualified for the 'serious incident' and Paramor said the caddie has "kind of been asked not to come back."
Danny Willett finally breaks through
As an amateur, Sheffield's Danny Willett was tipped for greatness.A former World No 1 known for his sheer power and plus-five handicap, he burst onto the pro scene in 2008. However, he failed to live up to his potential, recording just 16 top-10s in four years.
That all ended at the weekend, though, as the 25-year-old overcame Australia's Marcus Fraser in a bit of a boring four-hole play-off, not helped by the weather or the endless playing of the 18th, at the BMW International Open in Germany.
The players took on the incredibly tough par-4 18th four times before Fraser made bogey and gave Willett his first pro title.
This raises two questions: 1) is this the first of many titles for Danny Willett? And 2) is there anything more tedious than seeing players tackle the same hole over and over again in a play-off?
Bubba's back
When I interviewed Bubba Watson back in 2010, he told me that the day he won a Major would be his last as a professional golfer.Although he didn't follow through with that promise after winning the green jacket, he certainly took his foot off the gas a bit.
However, following missed cuts at the Memorial Tournament and the US Open, the big-hitting left-hander is back.
A final-round 65 at the Travelers Championship - an event he won two years ago - could have been so much better, had it not been for a visit to the water on 14 and a missed makable birdie on 18. Bubba finished in a tie for second, one back of eventual winner Australian Marc Leishman, who had dinner with national cricket captain Ricky Ponting the night before his win.
"[I] Just didn't finish it off on the back," Watson said. "I made my run and just didn't kind of really have anything after that."
The pair were disqualified for the 'serious incident' and Paramor said the caddie has "kind of been asked not to come back."
Emotional win for Melissa
Almost exactly a month after the untimely death of her mother in a Germany car crash, Solheim Cup star Melissa Reid secured her fourth Ladies European Tour (LET) title.
Tied for the lead with Italy's Diana Luna through 16 holes, Reid pulled
away with a birdie on the 17th before making a gutsy up-and-down par on
the last for an understandably emotional victory.
Reid said: “Obviously it’s very special with what the family and stuff
has been through the last four weeks, so you know, hopefully, obviously
it is good news to the family and will bring a smile on our faces at
such a horrible time, so it means a lot.”
Dunbar Northern Ireland's latest superstar
A fourth Major trophy in two years is being taken over the Northern Ireland border - and it has nothing to do with Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell or Darren Clarke.
The hero this time is 23-year-old Alan Dunbar, who won the prestigious Amateur Championship at Royal Troon.
The Portrush native defeated Austrian teenager Matthias Schwab by one
hole in the final thanks to fantastic putting that saved him from a bad
case of the hooks.
The Walker Cup player is the third Northern Irish winner of the event,
following in the footsteps of Michael Hoey (2001) and Garth McGimpsey
(1985), and has earned invites to this year's Open, and next year's
Masters and US Open.
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