Written by Michael Catling on Sunday 16 July 2017
Nick Dougherty tips home favourite Tommy Fleetwood as the man to beat at the 146th Open at Royal Birkdale Nick Dougherty is a perfect frontman for much of Sky’s Open coverage this year. He hails from Bootle, just down the coast, and has played in four Open Championships. For our Open issue of the magazine (out ) we asked him what...
Sunday 16 July 2017
How much do some of Europe’s best players know about the oldest Major? Let’s find out!...
Written by Kevin Brown on Sunday 16 July 2017
Birkdale has a devoted group of members who care for the course in return for playing rights. Meet the artisans; This is a story of the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, who are all members at Royal Birkdale. The butcher and baker (OK, there isn’t actually a candlestick maker) are joined by joiners, plumbers, electricians, a gas man, a postman...
Friday 14 July 2017
Sky Sports has lost the rights to the US PGA Championship, which takes place at Quail Hollow next month and is the fourth major of the year. The news comes just a week before The Open at Royal Birkdale, and just a day after the broadcaster announced the launch of a dedicated golf channel. Only last year, Sky became the live broadcaster...
Monday 10 July 2017
Emil Rosberg was crowned the UK Champion of the Long Drive World Series, recording a 395 yard in the final against home favourite Joe Miller. Emil Rosberg won the UK leg of the Long Drive World Series on Saturday at the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club in Windsor, narrowly edging out home favourite Joe Miller in the final to be...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
You could win a staggering $1 million in a massive new competition being staged this summer by American Golf. The retailer has teamed up with Million Dollar Hole In One (MDHIO) – the company that runs the popular par-3, hole-in-one-challenge around Europe – to give UK and Ireland golfers the chance to win the prize during American Golf’s Championship finals at The...
Monday 10 July 2017
Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa, located on the Herts/Beds border, is delighted to be the host of the European Challenge Tour’s Bridgestone Challenge between September 7-10. To mark the occasion, the hotel is offering a budding golfer a high-value competition prize which includes four 60-minute tuition sessions (July 16 and 29, and August 12 and 26) with Luton Hoo’s resident...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Most of us have come across a bandit. Players with dubious handicaps who take full advantage of their extra shots by sweeping up competition prizes – much to the despair and frustration of their bona fide opponents. Well, I’ll freely admit that’s me. My “dodgy” handicap has helped me win a whole host of stunning prizes, including trips to Florida, the...
Written by Staff writer on Thursday 6 July 2017
The latest issue of Britain’s best-selling golf magazine is out now, featuring some big savings on instruction, equipment and courses. Here are just a some of the things you’ll find inside…. 1 FREE TIPS SUPPLEMENT! Part one of three of this handy series: Off the tee. Part two: Off the fairway. Part three: Around the green 2 The Value Issue: The best used...
Sunday 25 June 2017
England’s Harry Ellis booked his spot in the Open with his win at the Amateur Championship at Sandwich on Saturday. The 21-year-old won the coveted trophy in dramatic fashion, overturning a four-hole deficit with five to play to force a sudden-death play-off against Australia’s Dylan Perry. The pair battled it out over the accustomed 36-hole match-play final, and at one point it...
Thursday 22 June 2017
The European Tour have announced that the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open will return to Gullane Golf Club next year. Three years after Rickie Fowler’s thrilling victory at the East Lothian links, Scotland’s National Open will return to Gullane for the second time from July 12-15, 2018. While it may be surprising that the tournament is reutrning to Gullane so soon,...
Written by Camilla Tait on Wednesday 8 March 2017
Amendoeira Golf Resort have is staging their 9th edition of its Oceanico World Kids Golf Championship this year from 24 – 28 July 2017. And now there is a last call for entries – which closes on the 25th June, 2017. From 24th – 28th July, 150 junior golfers will once again descend on Amendoeira Golf Resort in the Algarve for the...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
American Golf is putting golfing celebrities under the spotlight with a new charity initiative: The Pressure Putt Challenge Do you think you have what it takes to win? While celebrities take part in their own challenge, you can head to one of the American Golf stores hosting the amateur Pressure Putt Challenge. Stars taking part in the Pressure Putt Challenge have just...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 20 June 2017
Some of the greatest names in world football will swop their boots for spikes at The Belfry in a Ryder Cup-style tournament this weekend. Legendary players past and present including World Cup stars, Premier League giants and former European Cup winners will do battle from Friday to Sunday. It’s England versus Rest of the World and leading the teams will be respective...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
The PGA Tour have announced that they are changing attitudes to anti-doping policy and from next season will both add blood testing and report any suspensions for drug abuse According to the Associated Press, the PGA tour also is bringing its list of banned substances in line with the World Anti-Doping Association. The revised policy takes effect in October at the...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Tiger Woods has released a statement saying that he is ‘currently receiving professional help to manage my medicines’. The statement comes a couple of weeks after Woods was arrested for driving under the influence. He ‘blew zeroes’ for alcohol and Woods blamed “an unexpected reaction to prescribed medication”. “I want the public to know that alcohol was not involved,” Woods had said. “What...
Monday 5 June 2017
As the second Major of the year fast approaches, we’ve put together a list of things you need to know about the US Open. From its brand-new location to its staggering prize fund and the challenges players will face at Erin Hills, Wisconsin. 1. The difficulty of defending the US Open title World No.1 Dustin Johnson will defend the title from June...
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Miguel Angel Jimenez is set to design a new short game facility at Las Colinas Golf & Country Club. The 21-time European Tour winner will visit the Troon-managed venue later this year to oversee both the design and construction of one of Spain’s best golf courses, with a view to the facility opening in late 2017. Jimenez made a first visit to...