Monday 30 April 2018
Carnoustie Golf Links, the 2018 Open Championship Venue, has officially opened it’s new mulit-million pound state-of-the-art clubhouse, ‘Links House’. Carnoustie Golf Links have opened their brand new state-of-the-art clubhouse ahead of the 2018 Open, which they say will provide a world-class visitor experience to match Carnoustie’s reputation as one of the finest links courses in the world. A stone’s throw away from...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
The Get into Golf campaign has been relaunched by England Golf with a bold, modern look which is designed to be noticed and shake up ideas about the sport. Bright colours, casual clothing and the thumbs-up from social influencers will combine to show golf as fun, friendly – and welcoming to beginners and improvers. It refreshes and modernises the image of the...
Thursday 22 March 2018
How one man made a living by gambling on games with unsuspecting golfers… and beating them all: Sam Snead isn’t the only golfer who likes a bet. In fact, we’d wager (there we go again) that EVERY golfer has played for something, whether it’s £1 front, £1 back and £1 overall, the first round after a game or something more significant. One...
Thursday 22 March 2018
The American Golf Long Drive Championship is back for 2018 for its fourth year with a brand new sponsor and more chances to win! The American Golf Long Drive Championship is back for its fourth year with a brand-new sponsor – Callaway! Callaway, the #1 selling Driver company will be supporting the annual event with fantastic prizes. So, as well as...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
“Your Handicap can be an instant marker – Almost a predictor – of how well you can play” This tip comes from TG Top 50 coach Karl Morris, who has worked with three major champions. Check out his Mind Factor Podcasts for free on iTunes In Timothy Gallwey’s seminal book The Inner Game of Golf there is a terrific illustration of how...
Monday 12 March 2018
Let’s be honest, the Rules of Golf can be a bit of a nightmare. How many times to you see tour pros call over a ref to help them get a ruling? If those guys don’t know the rules – and they’re playing EVERY DAY – what hope has a 15-handicapper who plays twice a month? In order to make the Rules...
Monday 26 February 2018
The USGA has announced that the U.S. Open is abandoning it’s 18-hole playoff set up in favour of a two-hole aggregate playoff, effective immediately. There have been 33 18-hole playoffs in the history of the US Open’s 117 years, but one hasn’t been needed since Tiger Woods’ famous victory over Rocco Mediate on the first sudden-death hole in 2008. The site...
Tuesday 20 February 2018
The way golfers around the world will calculate their handicaps is set to be transformed by a new system developed by The R&A and the USGA, with key features designed to provide all golfers with a consistent measure of playing ability. The new World Handicap System, to be implemented in 2020, follows an extensive review of systems administered by six existing...
Thursday 15 February 2018
How much do you know about the golf grip? Learn from TG Top 50 Coach Ian Taylor, who talks you through the three types of golf grip, gives you advice on how hard you should grip it and the biggest issue amateurs have with their grip. How hard should I grip it? Imagine you are cradling a bird in your hand. You need...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Bill Haas was injured but is expected to make a full recovery after being involved in a fatal car crash in California on Tuesday evening which left the driver of the car Haas was in dead. The six-time PGA Tour winner was the passenger in a Ferrari that collided with a BMW in the 500 block of North Chautauqua Boulevard just...
Wednesday 3 January 2018
Justin Buckthorp, Performance consultant to Justin Rose, Chris Wood and Charley Hull, talks you through four exercises to help your game I’ve worked with European and PGA Tour pros since 2007 and in that time, there have been big improvements in the quality of care given to players. This has become even more important with the game becoming more competitive –...
Wednesday 3 January 2018
Learn from six European Tour Caddies and find out how to plot your way around the golf course We speak to Adam Marrow, Dermot Byrne, Dominic Bott, Mick Doran, Phil ‘Wobbly’ Morby, Tom Ayling – who caddie for Thomas Pieters, Shane Lowry, Thorbjorn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell, Chris Wood and Alex Levy respectively – to gain their insight and knowledge on golf. As...
Monday 12 February 2018
R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers has indicated that the governing bodies are ready to take action on hitting distances. Slumbers has consistently denied that distance in the professional game has been an issue since taking office, but has now admitted that the increases in driving distances has caused ‘serious concern’ among both governing bodies of the game. Next month, the R&A and...
Monday 12 February 2018
Andrew Cotter: I hope the obsession with the youth market doesn’t neglect older golfers. The excitement of competition is something we never lose, no matter how ancient we get. (Cotter’s latest column is taken from issue 370) Happy New Year! Yes, I am well aware that this greeting may be well out of date by the time you read this. But this...
Written by Camilla Tait on Wednesday 7 February 2018
A new report by the Climate Coalition highlights the impending threat of climate change, suggesting higher sea levels could see all of Britain’s historical links courses washed away by 2100. An increase in rainfall, coastal erosion, rising sea levels and more extreme weather leads the report to predict we will see ‘golf courses crumbling into the sea’, forecasting a turbulent future...
Written by Nick Dougherty on Monday 5 February 2018
Getting bogged down with technique is a one-way ticket to nowhere. . . Anyone who follows me on Instagram will know I kept myself busy over Christmas. Any free time I’ve had has been spent on the golf course, filming a bunch of 60 second videos as part of my ‘TeeTimeTip’ series. Ever since I retired, I’ve wanted to share my...
Written by Camilla Tait on Friday 5 January 2018
What you need to know about the new CONGU handicap changes, which came in to effect on January 1. The news was announced in October that CONGU were ending club and disability handicaps to make way for a new maximum competition handicap of 54, relaxing of supplementary scores rules and introducing 9 hole competitions to count towards handicap scores. However, now that...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
The accuracy issue: Whether it’s getting fitted for the right clubs, practicing the perfect drills or taking tips from legends of the game – it’s all right here in the latest issue of TG Lets face it, every single one of us would love to be more accurate. Whether it’s hitting more fairways, boosting that greens in regulation percentage or being...
Written by Staff writer on Friday 2 February 2018
Golf is more dangerous than rugby, according to a new survey of sports injuries. It’s not people being hit by balls or clubs, though, but lower back and joint injuries through swinging a club. Recreational sports – including golf – have an injury rate of 1.8 per 1,000 persons, higher than rugby, hockey and other team sports (1.5 per 1,000 persons) The incidence...
Friday 26 January 2018
The list of winners of the 2017 TG Fantasy Golf have finally been announced – congratulations to everyone who has won a prize! If your name is on this list, watch your inbox for your email! WINNERS 1st: Four-night break for 2 at La Manga WINNER: Stuart Wilson 2nd: Three nights and 2 rounds at Praia D’El Rey WINNER: Jordan Smith 3rd: 4 night HB for 2 at...