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  • Bubba Watson beat Louis Oosthuizen in a sudden-death play-off to win the 2012 Masters.

    Bubba Watson exclusive: The maverick master of Augusta on luck, LIV and the lies players tell

    Written by Michael Catling on Friday 5 April 2024

    A decade on from winning the Masters for a second time, Bubba Watson is happy, healthy and hungry for success again after being inspired by Phil Mickelson. Gerry Lester ‘Bubba’ Watson Jnr is sitting at his home in Bagdad, Florida, perusing the many mementos and trophies which sit proudly behind his desk. He directs our eyes towards the Masters trophy and a...

  • Colin Montgomerie wants a final crack at The Open at Royal Troon, where he is an honorary member.

    Colin Montgomerie exclusive: ‘I’d love to qualify for The Open Championship at Royal Troon’

    Written by Michael Catling on Monday 15 April 2024

    The Full Monty: Colin Montgomerie on his former agent Guy Kinnings succeeding Keith Pelley, being heckled by fans in America, and why his Ryder Cup captaincy was such a ‘nightmare’ Colin Montgomerie is speaking from his home in Berkshire, trying to tear himself away from the golf on TV. The Scot isn’t commentating today, but switching off doesn’t come easily for...

  • Nelly Korda has won five consecutive tournaments

    The domination of Nelly Korda on the LPGA Tour has come to an end!

    Written by James Hogg on Monday 22 April 2024

    Nelly Korda is the most in-form player on the planet but back-to-back 73s on the weekend at the Cognizant Founders Cup ended her hopes of breaking the record for the most consecutive victories on the LPGA Tour Following victory at the 2024 Chevron Championship, Nelly Korda joined illustrious company as only the third golfer in the history of the LPGA...

  • Scottie Scheffler is playing in a league of his own right now.

    Scheffler and the pursuit of satisfaction: The window to greatness is open…but for how long?

    Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 22 April 2024

    There is no denying Scottie Scheffler’s superiority, but keeping his pedal to the metal is key to filling up the Major swag bag and joining golf’s top table. Can you have too much green in your wardrobe? Probably not if it’s of the Augusta shade. A splash of red wouldn’t go a miss though. Dwelling on a second Masters title in three...

  • Michael Block was the story of the 2023 PGA Championship.

    Michael Block: “People have offered to fly from England for a lesson with me”

    Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 29 November 2023

    The 47-year-old club pro on upstaging Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship, rubbing shoulders with Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Max Verstappen, and why his short game is among the best in the world. Michael Block didn’t win the PGA Championship last May, but it sure did feel like it after he was paraded as the people’s champion at Oak Hill. By...

  • Kris Kim starred at the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup for Team Europe.

    Kris Kim: Junior Ryder Cup star becomes the youngest player to make a PGA Tour cut since 2015

    Written by Ross Tugwood on Thursday 25 April 2024

    Teenage sensation Kris Kim took a GCSE revision break to put his game to the test against the world’s best, and with three rounds under par – it held up pretty well! And who would have blamed Kim for being just a little overawed at the occasion, competing in the same field as Major winners Jason Day and Jordan Spieth? It...

  • Rory McIlroy is one of the most influential people in golf

    Will Rory McIlroy ever win another Major?

    Written by Rob McGarr and Rob Jerram on Wednesday 15 May 2024

    With the PGA Championship returning to Valhalla and marking 10 years since Rory McIlroy’s last Major win, all the talk is about whether the Northern Irishman can break that decade-long duck. It’s 10 years since Rory McIlroy last won a Major. This week’s PGA Championship is at Valhalla, the home of McIlroy’s last Major triumph in 2014. He’s in red-hot...

  • Viktor Hovland is forever striving to improve.

    The 18 lessons driving FedExCup Champion Viktor Hovland’s bid for Major glory

    Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024

    Viktor Hovland has achieved more in five years on tour than most players manage in a lifetime. Now, as he bids to recapture the form that saw him win three times last summer, the J.Lindeberg ambassador reveals the reasons behind his coaching changes, and why he needed a Las Vegas reunion to get his confidence back. Viktor Hovland has come a...

  • Padraig Harrington has amassed over 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

    Padraig Harrington: ‘Tiger Woods says he can’t wait to beat me on the Champions Tour’

    Written by Michael Catling on Friday 26 July 2024

    Exclusive: World Golf Hall of Famer Padraig Harrington on Tiger’s challenge, the golf book that transformed his career, and why he genuinely believes everyone is capable of playing to a single-figure handicap For 13 magical months in the late 2000s, Padraig Harrington mastered golf. Between July 2007 and August 2008, he won an Open Championship hitting a draw, defended it the...

  • Get to know LPGA and LET player, major champion Georgia Hall

    Everything you need to know about LPGA player and major champion Georgia Hall

    Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 4 September 2024

    Here’s everything you need to know about LET and LPGA tour player, Solheim Cup star and MBE, Georgia Hall. Georgia Hall is a big name in the world of women’s golf, especially in England. Born on April 12, 1996, in Bournemouth, Dorset, Hall has become one of the sport’s biggest stars. She’s known not just for her talent, but also for...

  • Matt Fitzpatrick talks exclusively to Today's Golfer.

    Matt Fitzpatrick reveals his golf handicap… and the crazy number of shots he has to give his friends

    Written by Michael Catling on Friday 13 September 2024

    In an exclusive interview, Major-winner Matt Fitzpatrick sat down with Michael Catling to discuss his game, life in Florida, excitement for the upcoming TGL, and reveals his lowest handicap ever. The 2022 US Open winner has returned to action on the DP World Tour in recent weeks after narrowly missing out on securing a place in the FedEx Cup Tour Championship,...

  • Peter Malnati has a big voice as a PGA Tour Player Director.

    PGA Tour star: “There’s one big reason I don’t envy Rory McIlroy”

    Written by Michael Catling on Monday 11 November 2024

    Peter Malnati is the voice of reason the PGA Tour needs right now. In this exclusive interview, he sounds off about LIV’s “irrational” business model, his unforeseen role as PGA Tour Player Director, and why he wanted out after meeting PIF Governor Yasir-Al Rumayyan for the first time. On a balmy afternoon ahead of the BMW PGA Championship, PGA Tour star...

  • Soren Kjeldsen has battled through the driver yips for the last 15 years.

    Struck by the yips, this DP World Tour player feels “scared” he’s going to miss the ball

    Written by Michael Catling on Monday 11 November 2024

    In a fascinating interview, Soren Kjeldsen tells all about his struggles off the tee, the support he received from a Ryder Cup star, and why he’s walking away from the DP World Tour as the third-highest appearance maker of all time All good things must come to an end. After 27 years and 712 appearances on the DP World Tour, Soren...

  • The most influential people in golf 2022.

    The 100 Most Influential People In Golf 2022

    Written by Michael Catling on Monday 13 November 2023

    Welcome to The 100 Most Influential People in Golf 2022, a ranking of the men and women who made the biggest difference to the game in 2022… Check out the updated list of The Most Influential People in Golf 2023 Influence Noun; The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself. According to...

  • The Top 100 Most Influential People in Golf

    The 100 Most Influential People in Golf 2022: 100th-76th

    Written by Michael Catling on Monday 28 November 2022

    We begin our countdown of the 100 Most Influential People in Golf 2022, a brand-new ranking of the men and women who have made the biggest difference in the game in the last year. These are the people we ranked 100th-76th Influence Noun; The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the...

  • Maurice Flitcroft looks at the Claret Jug.

    Maurice Flitcroft: The story of the ‘World’s Worst Golfer’

    Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 10 March 2022

    Maurice Flitcroft was not a golfer. But that didn’t stop him making multiple disatrous attempts to qualify for The Open. Now the ‘world’s worst golfer’ is the subject of a star-studded movie. 15 years after Maurice Flitcroft’s passing, a new British film will tell the extraordinary true story of how the chain-smoking crane driver from Barrow-on-Furness, attempted to qualify for The...

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