Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 7 August 2017
A Scottish hotel has introduced a new quick golf competition and a free post-round beer, or soft drink, is up for grabs for all competitors. And to encourage quick play, anybody completing their round in under an hour-and-a-half at the Westerwood Hotel & Golf Resort, near Glasgow.is rewarded with a bonus Stableford point. Westerwood’s ‘Evening Eights’ competition is open to both...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 27 July 2017
Steven Cafferty edged out Emil Nielsen in a play-off to win the first ever bronze medal for golf at the Deaflympics, describing his feat as ‘a dream come true’ Steven Cafferty seems just like any other golf nut. Turn up at the Playsport complex in East Kilbride and you can bet he’ll be playing or talking golf. The latter he does for...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 25 July 2017
A host of major champions and some of the biggest names in golf turned out in the latest Gary Player Invitational at Wentworth yesterday. The likes of Tom Watson, Fred Couples and Tom Lehman all prepared for their tilt at this week’s British Senior Open at Royal Porthcawl by competing in the star-spangled charity event played over the Player-designed Edinburgh course. And...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 25 July 2017
Back from the brink: The inspirational stories of four courses – including one backed by a major champion – that have bounced back from the depths of despair Running a golf club isn’t easy work. You’ve got to look after members, but also accommodate visitors. You’ve got to find different revenue streams for the days when it’s raining, or snowing, or...
Friday 21 July 2017
Defending Open Champion Henrik Stenson’s rental house was burgled while he played his first round at Royal Birkdale on Thursday. After Stenson finished his one-under-par round yesterday he was informed that while he had been on the course, someone had broken in to the house and stolen a number of his things. The 40-year-old Swede said that some valuable personal items and...
Wednesday 19 July 2017
It’s Open season and this week the Golfing universe descends on the Royal Birkdale. The Open — British Open or The Open Championship depending on who you are — begins on Thursday. The practice rounds have begun, the rules are being stretched, and Mickelson is making some interesting club choices. Last year brought us an epic duel between Mickelson and Stenson, with...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 18 July 2017
The wait is nearly over. The 146th Open at Royal Birkdale kicks off on Thursday and you can watch every shot live on Sky Sports. Full coverage starts on their new dedicated channel – Sky Sports The Open – at 6.30am on Thursday and will span more than 50 hours until the final putt is hit on Sunday. New for this...
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...