Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 10 January 2020
Celebs, football legends, Senior Tour stars and TG’s Courses Editor reveal the highs and lows, the pluses and minuses of playing in golf’s nerve-jangling warm-up act… Pro-Ams are like a certain savoury snack – you either love them or loathe them, with no in-between. You can certainly put a lot of the professionals in the latter camp and at certain times, especially...
Written by TG Features Writer on Wednesday 2 December 2009
Buying a car is never easy. As well as working out if there’s enough room in the boot for your clubs and trolley, you’ve also got to worry about getting a good price. Now this is easier than ever before with the new Parker’s iPhone application, which supplies you with details about how much the vehicle is worth. All you have to do...
Wednesday 15 January 2020
What you need to know about the latest issue of TG A note from the Editor I’m sure you’ve already had your fill of the decade in review, but please just humour me for one more look back before we dive head-first into the 2020s. I think golf is in an exciting place – challenged, certainly, but exciting nevertheless, with lots of...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 9 January 2020
Foresight Sports is revolutionising the gameplay experience for golfers in Asia It almost looks too good to be true – and the best news is we’re about to get something similar in Europe later this year! This ‘Total Range’ solution has just been installed by Foresight Sports at Marina Bay, the first and only 18-hole golf course in Singapore. With an outfield...
Wednesday 18 December 2019
What you need to know about the latest issue of TG One of the best things about this time of year is the raft of new gear that’s unveiled by golf’s biggest brands. It’s not that I’m going to buy it all. It’s not that it’ll add yards to my drives, or help me hit more greens (though if you’re current...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Get involved with Toptracer’s first ever global Nine-Shot Range Challenge from December 5-8 For the first time ever, Toptracer Range has designed an entirely skills-based competition featuring a nine-shot challenge that tests shot-making ability between 55 and 160 yards. And you can take part! The inaugural challenge will start on Thursday 5th December at 12am (local time) and run until Sunday 8th...
Monday 9 December 2019
The R&A and the USGA are conducting a review of the Rules of Amateur Status to make them easier to understand and apply. The comprehensive evaluation is part of the continued joint effort to modernise the Rules by reducing complexity and ensuring the Rules effectively guide how the game is played today. As part of a review process that began earlier this...
Sunday 1 December 2019
Celebrate Christmas in style with the Today’s Golfer Advent Calendar! Open the door to our calendar every day up until Christmas Day and enter our prize draws to win great prizes. Each day, a new prize draw opens, and will be open for entries until December 31st. You can enter each draw once per day, so plenty of opportunity to win...
Thursday 21 November 2019
What you need to know about the latest issue of TG A note from the editor One of my (publishable) nicknames in the TG office is “caveman”. More than one of my colleagues says I hit the ball with all the finesse of a Neanderthal attacking a woolly mammoth, and I’d probably agree. My driver is by far the most used club...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Wednesday 30 October 2019
Dubai Hills – the most recent course created by Berkshire-based European Golf Design – has been named the ‘World’s Best New Golf Course’ at the prestigious World Golf Awards. Dubai Hills was chosen ahead of seven other nominees from around the world to land the title at the annual awards, with contenders including Jack Nicklaus’ Michlifen in Morocco, spectacular Hoiana Shores...
Wednesday 23 October 2019
10 Reasons to buy the latest issue of Today’s Golfer A note from the Editor Do you take your course for granted? Many of us do. We rock up first thing on a Sunday morning, expecting leaves and dew to have been brushed off greens, flags moved, bunkers and fairways immaculately presented. We don’t want muddy paths, or scruffy traps, or divots,...
Wednesday 9 October 2019
The European Tour’s Innovation Hub wants YOU to pitch ideas that could be tested at an event next year! Fancy yourself as a golf entrepreneur? The European Tour wants to hear from you. They’ve teamed up with Tata Communications to launch a global competition to find the best concept to help enhance the game of golf. And the best bit is...
Tuesday 8 October 2019
All change: Some big rise and falls and five new entries feature in Golf World’s New Top 100 European Golf Courses Ranking Our sister magazine, Golf World, has just released its latest Top 100 Golf Courses: Continental Europe ranking – and golf course aficionados will notice some very surprising and significant changes since the list was last published in 2017. For...
Monday 30 September 2019
Calling all readers: Interview Matt Wallace and attend his golf clinic at Centurion Club this Wednesday! • Where: Centurion Club, St Albans • When: October 2nd • Time: 10am-2pm (including lunch) We’re offering three TG Readers the chance to join us at Centurion Club this Wednesday (October 2nd) from 10am – 2pm to meet Matt Wallace, interview him and attend a golf...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
The Par 3 Issue: 10 Reasons to buy the new issue of Today’s Golfer • ISSUE out THURSDAY • CLICK HERE for our latest Subscription offer A note from the editor It’s no coincidence that many of the most famous golf holes in the world are par 3s. From the 17th at Sawgrass to the 12th at Augusta, the 8th at Royal Troon...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
Aged 20, Lucas Valde Marciano De Oliveira had just started making a living as a pizza delivery guy in São Paulo when he took eight gun shots to his back in an unprovoked attack by two men, who stole the equivalent of £400, his watch and tennis shoes. In a matter of seconds, Lucas was rendered a paraplegic. In a...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
On the 8th May this year, Sweden’s Caroline Mohr was one of the players chosen to launch the EDGA/European Tour Golfers with Disability Programme in the British Masters Pro-Am at Hillside. Along with her two fellow EDGA players, Caroline wowed the watching public with her excellent golf, and also the assembled world media as, in a press conference, she outlined...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
The great Brazilian Ronaldo may have had the beating of number 4 Jes Høgh (below), but you can bet he did not relish for a moment facing this powerful and gritty Danish defender on the field. In fact, it is those qualities which helped Jes forge a successful career, and saw Chelsea sign him from Fenerbahçe in 1999. Like many,...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
Dennis Walters’ amateur career was still in its infancy when he started being groomed for the PGA Tour. His love affair with the game had begun when he was just eight years old and after mixing it with the very best in US college golf, the expectation was that he could make a lucrative and exciting career for himself. That...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
Ashley Harris has coped with some really rough times. A very keen golfer as a boy, he developed Rheumatoid Arthritis as a student, followed by depression and a disastrous gambling addiction. In his early 20s, with a young family, his life slipped into free-fall in front of his eyes. A failed suicide attempt led him to being helped by the...