The Tudor Cup

Foursomes is a difficult game, but Luke Spooner is certainly making that format look easy, after recently winning the London Foursomes with Tom Beaumont at Moor Park, he teamed up with his dad Dave, to win the Tudor Cup with an excellent nett 69. Runners up was Darren Moseley & Danny Smith with a nett 72, with Colin Taylor & Paul Greenwood taking third place with a nett 74.

Joyce Fowler Foursomes

The ladies equivalent is the Joyce Fowler Foursomes, this year's winners were Julia Wright & Tita McCart who were on top form with 39pts, with Kim Morris & Bassey Dunbar taking the runners up spot with 33 points.

It was Alex Broughton's Junior Captains Day on Monday, and James Sawkings took the top prize of a Titleist golf bag with an excellent score of 39 points.

I caught up with Ainee for a quick Q&A after her trip to West Virginia for the final of the Faldo Series, here is my attempt at being a journalist supreme!

So Ainee, how was the experience of playing in such a big event?

I had an amazing time at the Greenbrier last week, unfortunately my golf was not as good as I hoped it would be but the trip offered me great opportunities and invaluable experience.

Tell us a little of what was going on and what you got up to?

We had the benefit of top caddy Fanny Sunesson walking around the golf course during our practise round, spending six holes with just our group talking about course management, green reading and generally her experiences as a caddy and a mind coach. Keith Wood, Nick Faldo's coach, was on hand all week to help with any problems we were having before and during the tournament. Nick Faldo demonstrated on the range and watched us on the course. We were also offered physio for any concerns or injuries that were bothering us or for pre warm-up routines.

Wow, what an experience.

Yes it was great and in addition, the trip gave players of different nationalities and ages a chance to mix and form friendships. I learnt so much in just a week, it has given me a real incentive to qualify to play there again next year.

Well I am sure I speak from everyone at Sundridge Park on congratulating you on a fine year.

The European Tour's Final Series gets underway this week with the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano defends the title.

A strong field has assembled for this tournament where competitors will compete for a prize-fund of $7,000,000 (more than €5,500,000.) Over the next four tournaments on the European Tour over $30 million is up for grabs. The European Tour's Number 1 player for 2014 will be crowned after the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Rory McIlroy currently leads the Race to Dubai by some margin. But, since the Northern Irishman has withdrawn from the first two events of The Final Series, the door has been opened to his pursuers. Race to Dubai earnings have been converted to points for The Final Series so McIlroy currently has a lead of 3,125,000 points over second placed Sergio Garcia. But with 1,666,600 points going to the winner of each Final Series event, that gap is highly bridgeable. In fact, any player in the top 60 could get within striking distance of McIlroy with two victories before the World Number 1 re-enters the fray in Dubai.

The other contest to watch this week is the battle to secure a top-15 place on the Race to Dubai and a share of the $5 million bonus pool that will be paid out after the DP World Tour Championship. Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand is currently in 15th spot but he's only 13,000 points ahead of 16th placed Charl Schwartzel. With the South African not teeing it up this week and only 10 of the top-15 in the field, Jaidee will be looking to move up the standings.

This will be the third running of the BMW Masters. Sweden's Peter Hanson was the winner in 2012 and, last season, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain took the win by a single stroke from Francesco Molinari of Italy and Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand.

The Masters Course at Lake Malaren is a Jack Nicklaus designed parkland layout featuring his usual blend of extensive bunkering and large water hazards. It's a visually intimidating course and one that can be stretched to over 7,600 yards.

There could be some rain around Shanghai for the first couple of days of the tournament. It doesn't look like being thundery but there could well be a delay or two.

Player Watch:

Mikko Ilonen - The Finn won the Volvo World Matchplay two weeks ago and will look to continue in the same vein this week. He's had an excellent season with two victories and a runner's up finish. He's currently 10th on the Race to Dubai and will be aiming to consolidate his position.

Thongchai Jaidee - The experienced Thai has been on good form in recent weeks and he was tied second in this event last year. He is currently 15th on the Race to Dubai and will be keen to move up.

Rafa Cabrera-Bello - The talented Spaniard showed some good form in his last European Tour start at the Portugal Masters. He was tied eighth in this event last year.

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