Friday 30 November 2007
For our first golf tuition presentation we were honoured to have Ron and Ben Cuthbert share their thoughts with our lucky Today’s Golfer readers. Ron has been coaching physical and mental fitness techniques for the past 12 years and has mentored some of the best pros on the European tour including Michael Campbell, Steve Webster, Nick Dougherty and Paul Casey. Ron’s background...
Friday 30 November 2007
For our second Today’s Golfer Challenge day treat we were mentored by the South Essex Golf Centre resident professional Kevin Merry. Kevin has over 20 years experience in the business and spent many years coaching individual Men’s and Ladies European Tour players and England Amateur Internationals through a process of physical performance screenings and diagnostic evaluation. Kevin gave a fantastic demonstration on...
Written by Golf Digest on Friday 16 November 2007
In part three of Tiger Wood’s golf lesson series we look at how the world’s best golfer hits one of his favourite golf shots: the short iron cutter. This style of golf shot keeps the golf ball low and imparts lots of spin so it hits the green and very quickly comes toa stop. Here is how Tiger Woods hits such a...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 14 November 2007
Some of London’s biggest corporate names dusted off their putters for the 5th annual City Golf Challenge, in aid of The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign, raising £60,000 in a day. Fourteen teams from some of the City’s top financial institutions as well as a Special Guest team made up of former rugby internationals Michael Lynagh, Will Greenwood, Zinzan Brooke and Sean...
Written by TG instruction editor on Wednesday 7 November 2007
Odyssey’s new Marxman X-Act chipping putter has been demonstrated by Tour pro Oli Wilson. While warming up for last week’s Volvo masters the Tour star finally got a chance to review the lofted putter and see how the Odyssey Marxman X-Act 37 degree lofted putter fared Scroll below and you can see our exclusive video of Oliver Wilson trying the new Odyssey Marxman X-Act out and...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 23 October 2007
The Belfry recently proved their cuisine is the best on the greens, beating stiff golf club competition to the coveted title of Catering Club of the Year. Highly-acclaimed clubs such as Gleneagles and The London Golf Club in Kent were left bunkered by The Belfry’s fantastic catering credentials at the annual industry awards, organised by Club House magazine. The prestigious accolade...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 8 October 2007
If you think you can do better than any of these funny video golf clips below please email your video to jonathan.allen@emap.com Other Funny Golf Clips: You’ve played well all day round the golf course, you approach the 18th green and hit the perfect putt. To celebrate you throw your golf club in the air and it all goes pear shaped...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Friday 5 October 2007
We’ve teamed-up with top coach Robert Baker, who worked with Ernie Els for three years and in fact helped him become World number one, to give you some great tips sure to boost your game and set you on the road to better scores. Robert will be giving you one top tip per day, starting from today when he shows you...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 2 October 2007
Golf nut? Dreaming about holing out at one of the best courses in Europe even though you’re sat at your desk? If we’re honest we’re all in the same boat so to help fill in the time between playing golf (a time called ‘work’ apparently) we’ve invented a few little games to help feed your habit. Click on the games below to...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Staff Writer on Monday 20 August 2007
It’s not often that you get to meet (and play golf) with a footballing cult hero but on a recent trip to Spain, staff writer Jon Greathead did just that. He met up with former West Ham and Liverpool (not to mention Canvey Island) left-back Julian Dicks for a round at the Hacienda del Alamo club just outside Murcia. The 39-year-old is now...
Written by TG teaching professional Scott Cranfield on Wednesday 8 August 2007
If you’re ever played links golf you’ve probably experienced the difficulty of your ball oscillating on the green as you try to address the putt. Making a smooth putting stroke in strong winds is difficult, but there is one little tip that can make it easier, simply widen your stance. Spread the feet to shoulder width, or just beyond, apart.
Written by TG Staff Writer on Wednesday 8 August 2007
ON-COURSE INCOME Includes all money earned on the PGA Tour and the five international tours (Japan PGA, PGA European, Australasian, Southern Africa, Asian), as well as the Championship Tour, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour and the Japan LPGA. It also includes unofficial money won through Dec. 3 in non-tour events. OFF-COURSE INCOME Includes estimates of all money earned from endorsements, bonuses,...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Wednesday 8 August 2007
The table below contains a list of the top 100 golfers in music. Everyone from Smokey Robinson to Snoop Dogg is on there so see how you fare against the stars… RANK MUSICIAN HANDICAP COMMENT 1 Kenny G 0.6 Grammy Award-winning saxophonist an AT&T fixture 2 Vince Gill 0 Country star won PGA’s Distinguished Service Award in 2003 3 Marty Roe 0.8 Lead singer/guitarist for country group Diamond Rio 4 Steve Azar 0.9 John Daly appears in country singer’s latest...
Written by Courses editor Kevin Brown on Thursday 26 July 2007
TV’s man-of-the-moment Vernon Kay fell in love with golf the first time he picked up a club a couple of years back and he hasn’t looked back. Not since crushing former colleague Toby Keel in a TG Tenner encounter within weeks of taking up the game in fact! Whenever he’s not on the box – which is not very often these...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Staff Writer on Wednesday 25 July 2007
Fancy seeing a whole host of celebrities, including Sir Alex Ferguson and Dennis Taylor, try their luck on the golf course for charity? The Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic, sponsored by Qire, takes place at Mere Golf and Country Club on Sunday, September 16, and you can lend your support as the event aims to reach its target of £50,000 for...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Friday 13 July 2007
Golfing aches and pains could be a thing of the past with a new proPerskindol. And you can try it for yourself – with teamed up with the makers to offer 1,000 FREE samples. The product offes a unique dual action, plant based formulation. It goes on cool for immediate relief and is quickly replaced by a soothing heat – activating peripheral circulation...
Written by Courses editor Kevin Brown on Friday 6 July 2007
Leading independent golf and activity holiday operator, Pure Vacations, have come up with a novel way of attracting customers by…promising to plant a tree for EVERY booking In what is believed to be a unique initiative, a tree will be planted by Pure Vacations, every time a holiday is booked with them at no cost to the holidaymaker. This rather strange bonus scheme...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Monday 25 June 2007
Eight advanced fitness tests In the August issue of Today’s Golfer Paul Casey’s peronal trainer Darren Roberts shows you how to test your golf fitness ability – skills like balance, flexibility, strength and agility come under scrutiny. If you’ve already mastered the eight simple exercises then now’s the time to push yourself one step further. Roberts has prepared eight advanced tests to...
Written by Chris Jones on Wednesday 20 June 2007
A West Sussex golfer will be living up to his name and living the life of Riley after winning the Ultimate Golf Prize – a competition run by Today’s Golfer and the London Golf Show. When his name was pulled out of the hat, Mike Riley, 48, from East Grinstead, became the lucky winner of a year’s free golf membership, courtesy...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Tuesday 12 June 2007
Change your putting grip If you’re struggling on the greens then a change of putting grip could be just what the doctor ordered. Try one of these popular styles – we’ve even included a few quirky ones that some Tour pros are testing too! GETTING STARTED The first thing you need to learn is how to hold the putter correctly in the...