Written by Rob McGarr on Friday 11 July 2025
General Play scores are meant to make golf handicaps more accurate, accessible, and fair. But, nearly five years after the World Handicap System was introduced, confusion still reigns – especially around how often you should be submitting them. Here’s what the rulebook and the real world say. Gone are the days when your handicap could only shift via competitions. Now, almost...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 9 July 2025
Barstool Sports have revealed the 48 players who will do battle for at least $1m in the Internet Invitational at Big Cedar Lodge in August. If you love YouTube golf and influencers, then you are not going to want to miss this. Barstool boss Dave Portnoy teased plans for a big YouTube golf event last year before announcing the Internet Invitational and...
Written by Alex Perry on Wednesday 9 July 2025
The long-putter debate is once again revving up, and this time Eddie Pepperell says it’s time the authorities did something about it… Eddie Pepperell says the “governing bodies really need to address” the ongoing debate about long putters. The last time the sport’s ruling bodies did anything about it, in 2016, they outlawed the anchoring of the putter against the body, but...
Written by Alex Perry on Wednesday 9 July 2025
It’s not often this sort of sporting memorabilia comes around. So what was the price tag on the most expensive golf ball ever sold? A century before we were arguing over Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus laying claim to being the best golfer of all time, that title belonged to Harry Vardon. Golf’s original GOAT won the Open Championship six times between...
Written by Rob McGarr on Thursday 3 July 2025
YouTube isn’t just for amateurs. Discover why top golfers are launching their own channels – and what it means for the sport. Not so long ago, the idea of a major champion launching a YouTube channel would have sounded absurd. Imagine prime Tiger Woods taking a break from dominating the PGA Tour to film himself hitting flop shots with a fishing...
Written by Rob McGarr on Thursday 26 June 2025
Rory McIlroy shares the biggest mistake he sees amateur golfers make during pro-ams – and the simple fix that could lower your scores. Tour golf can feel like a different sport compared to the game most amateurs play. Precision swings, pumped drives, immaculate fairways, zipped wedges, adoring crowds – it’s a far cry from a group of mid-handicappers scraping their way to...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 24 June 2025
Lots of golfers use a line on their ball to help aim putts – but could it actually be hurting your performance? We look at the science, psychology, and what tour pros think. For years, golfers have been encouraged to draw a line on their ball to help with alignment on the greens. It’s a trick you see on the PGA...
Written by Andrew Wright on Thursday 19 June 2025
Donald Trump’s golf empire brought in hundreds of millions again in 2024 – but filings show a sharp drop in revenue compared to previous years. From the sale of key properties to the future of Turnberry, here’s what’s really going on inside Trump’s golfing business. Donald Trump’s income from his golf empire has taken a notable dip, but don’t feel too...
Written by Andrew Wright on Tuesday 17 June 2025
Lee Westwood says he has played a lot of golf with Donald Trump. So what does the European Tour legend think of the president’s game? Donald Trump’s love of golf is no secret. From buying plots of land to develop a host of championship-calibre courses to renovating some of the most famous layouts in the world, the US president has amassed...
Written by Andrew Wright on Tuesday 17 June 2025
Torrential rain played havoc on the final round of the 125th US Open – and it was Sam Burns who came off worst. But what are the standing water rules in golf? Here’s what to do if you find yourself in that situation… The final round of the 2025 US Open wasn’t short of drama, was it? For all...
Written by Alex Perry on Monday 16 June 2025
You can now play the world’s oldest links on PGA Tour 2K25. But how did they go about making the Old Course was an exact virtual replica of the real thing? We called it the best golf video game ever made – and it’s just got even better because season 2 of PGA Tour 2K25 has arrived. And that means you...
Written by Alex Perry on Thursday 20 February 2025
We’ve played it. We love it. Read our full PGA Tour 2K25 review here… I’ve been playing golf video games since Golden Tee landed in my local arcade in the late ’80s, so you can imagine how excited I am when a new iteration drops. This time, it’s 2K who are back with a brand new version of their popular...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 21 March 2025
Some golfers who don’t use their real first name are more surprising than others… Before you start scrolling, how many golfers who don’t use their real first name do you reckon you could name? (And you can’t just say the ones in the picture above.) Let’s get into it – in absolutely no particular order other than starting with the most famous...
Written by Andrew Wright on Tuesday 10 June 2025
The economic impact of visitors travelling to St Andrews to play at the Home of Golf is equivalent to the country hosting three Opens Championships every year, according to new research. Visitors and their families coming to play on the seven courses in St Andrews is worth a massive £317 million annually in total economic impact to Scotland. This supports 4,300...
Written by Andrew Wright on Monday 9 June 2025
Tommy Fleetwood is the latest star to embrace the world of YouTube golf. Tommy Fleetwood is now a YouTube golfer. After appearing in countless YouTube videos for TaylorMade and alongside the likes of Rick Shiels and Grant Horvat, the Englishman has launched his own channel. It is a trend that is now well established in golf. In fact, some of the biggest...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 9 June 2025
A jaw-dropping 56 smashed the course record by six shots – but a stableford miracle saw him finish second. Imagine shooting a ridiculous 11-under-par 56. Breaking your home course record by six shots. And not winning the comp. That’s exactly what happened at Wolston Park Golf Club in Queensland, Australia, last week. Matthew Frohmuller, the club’s head greenkeeper and a +3 handicapper, delivered...
Friday 30 May 2025
Of all the golf-related Guinness World Records to hold, this one takes some beating… An English golfer has broken a Guinness World Record. And how! Isaac Rowlands, who is the assistant pro at The Grove, near London, is now the proud owner of the record for the world’s longest golf marathon. The 25-year-old played 182 holes and covered 53 miles –...
Written by Rob McGarr on Thursday 29 May 2025
Scheffler’s PGA Championship win is already in the history books – but one tip he shared that week flew under the radar, and it could help you shoot lower scores from now on. It’s easy to forget now, after he romped to a five-shot win, but Scottie Scheffler didn’t have it all his own way at the PGA Championship. During the opening...
Written by Rob McGarr on Thursday 29 May 2025
Many golfers think they can’t submit overseas scores – but you can, as long as you follow the correct process. Here’s how it works… As we get into summer holiday season, there’s a chance you may be lucky enough to play some golf abroad. Playing overseas often means getting to experience different course styles and conditions – which is great fun and...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 27 May 2025
Bored of the weekly Stableford with your mates? Here are 15 fun golf formats to freshen things up… For a game that is anything but predictable, it’s ironic that most golf competitions follow the stroke play, Stableford or match play formats. They may be good fun, but there are hundreds of other ways to liven things up ahead of your next...