Hamilton gearing up for golf
Lewis Hamilton is to swap the race circuit for the golf course to help launch this week’s European Open.
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton is to swap the race circuit for the golf course on Wednesday afternoon to help launch this week’s European Open at the London Club near Brands Hatch.
The Formula One world champion will tee it up alongside Sweden’s world number five Henrik Stenson at the tournament’s curtain-raising pro-am.
Sergio Garcia, Masters champion Angel Cabrera and 20-year-old Rory McIlroy also feature in an event which will mark the professional debut of Ireland’s Shane Lowry just two weeks after he captured The 3 Irish Open at County Louth as an amateur.
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