Written by Jacob Colley on Wednesday 19 April 2017
There are currently six different handicap systems in the world, with 15 million golfers across the globe possessing a handicap. The aim of the new system is to make your handicap applicable wherever you are the world, a move that will be heralded by travellers of the game. A review into the six handicap systems, including Golf Australia and the European Golf...
Written by Jacob Colley on Wednesday 19 April 2017
Tiger Woods hit his first public shots in over two months last night, at an event in Missouri to launch his first public course. The former world number one refused to be drawn into a return date though. The 14-time major champion has not played since pulling out of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic event two months ago because...
Written by Jacob Colley on Wednesday 19 April 2017
Tiger Woods hit his first public shots in over two months at an event in Missouri to launch his first public golf course, which honours the late Payne Stewart. The 14-time major champion has not played since pulling out of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic event two months ago because of back spasms, but hit two shots in front of crowds...
Wednesday 19 April 2017
Ever since they began crafting golf clothing in 1891, Glenmuir has been at the heart of the game of golf. Glenmuir place a great amount of skill, passion and heritage into each and every one of their products made from expertise passed down through the generations over their 125 year history. To celebrate their 125 years of golfing heritage and...
Thursday 13 April 2017
FootJoy have added four new models to their 2017 men’s performance spikeless footwear range, which come with a breadth of significant improvements aimed to benefit the golfer. The newest launch from FootJoy follows the success of the Pro/SL, and FJ’s new performance-driven spikeless shoes offer Tour-calibre performance with a variety of styles from lightweight and waterproof to shoes with off-course styling in mind. Having...
Thursday 13 April 2017
The latest issue of Britain’s best-selling golf magazine has hit the shelves, and there’s plenty of reasons you should be buying it. Here’s a preview to what is in this issue, which features our big equipment test and a brand new columnist… 1. TOP GEAR: Our test verdict on the 110 best clubs of 2017. We rate 20 new drives, 20 fairways &...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 12 April 2017
Sky Sports presenter and three-time European Tour winner Nick Dougherty has joined the Today’s Golfer team as a new columnist. The popular golfer-turned broadcaster has been a regular presence on our TV screens since calling time on his 15-year playing career at the Dunhill Links Championship last October. The 34-year-old has now agreed to write for Britain’s best-selling golf magazine on a...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 11 April 2017
Rory McIlroy was looking to complete the career grand-slam when he teed up at Augusta National, but instead had to settle with his fourth top 10 finish in a row. A disappointed McIlroy has admitted that his game simply wasn’t good enough to win, as moments of brilliance were cancelled out by periods of play to forget. The conditions during the first...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 10 April 2017
Sergio Garcia is a major champion. It seems this should have been written not long after he finished second in the PGA Championship way back in 1999, but Garcia’s career has been strewn with a heartbreaking series of missed chances and final-round collapses. Until now. With a fierce back-nine comeback Garcia propelled himself in to a tie for the lead with...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 10 April 2017
Justin Rose led the charge in a bid to become the first European to win both the US Open and the Masters, but it was not to be. Rose led the field at one point by three-shots, but a fierce come-back from eventual winner Sergio Garcia saw Rose lose his chance to get back-to-back English Masters victories on the first...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 7 April 2017
Augusta, Cypress Point, Royal Melbourne… Alister MacKenzie was responsible for designing them all, as well as many less famous venues closer to home. Now, some of them have joined forces to create the new MacKenzie Trail. There’s nine venues on the Trail, all within 60 miles of each other. And, as MacKenzie himself would have approved, they are all accessible and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 6 April 2017
It may look like a scene from Augusta National but this particular band of greenkeeping brothers belong to a major venue thousands of miles away just off the M4 near Cardiff. The Vale Resort in south Wales has invested more than £400,000 in state-of-the-art golf course and greens equipment as the new golf season gets off into full swing. The resort, home...
Thursday 6 April 2017
Lee Westwood is hoping to win his first ever major title at the Masters this week, and last year’s runner-up is set to win more than a green jacket if he does. Flannels, the luxury fashion retailer, who recently announced Westwood as an ambassador, have put a £2 million price tag on the tournament’s famous green jacket if he clinches the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 6 April 2017
Two lucky golfers are in Augusta and set to watch the Masters after winning a dream trip thanks to Million Dollar Hole in One. MDHIO, working in partnership with YourGolfTravel, offered players the chance to enter a prize draw to win an all-expenses paid trip to watch the first major of the year. Golfers pay €10 each to enter a par-3 hole-in-one...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 5 April 2017
Sky Sports’ coverage of the 2017 Masters begins tomorrow so book the afternoon off work and get ready to enjoy over 10 hours of golf. Featured groups, Amen Corner and holes 15 and 16 will be broadcast on the red button, online and on the go from 14.15 on Thursday and Friday. Full coverage begins at 19:00 for the first three...
Written by Kevin Brown, Today's Golfer on Wednesday 5 April 2017
Sir Nick Faldo knows a thing or two about Augusta. He’s played there since 1979, winning three times – more than any other European. “I love Augusta, just love being there,” he told us as we sat down in the clubhouse at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona, where he’s working for US TV. In 1997, he had a grandstand seat for Tiger’s...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 4 April 2017
Fancy playing somewhere new, different, fun and quirky….courses guaranteed to provide an unusual golfing challenge and experience. Well, the 22 UK courses listed below will definitely fulfill all those requirements as well as providing a round to remember. Forever….. *Bala, Gwynedd, Wales This ten-holer is short but exceptionally sweet. But the hilltop layout can turn sour from the word go – the...
Written by Staff Writer, Today's Golfer on Saturday 1 April 2017
Construction workers at the first of two new courses in the Algarve region of Dia das Mentiras have been the first to experience what is believed to be the world’s deepest bunker. Taking advantage of the small but impressively tall range of sand dunes, known locally as the Cresce o Nariz, up-and-coming German course designer Walther Mittë has fulfilled the brief...
Written by Staff Writer on Friday 31 March 2017
We sat down with Tyrrell Hatton to talk Masters memories, Augusta excitement and the holes he’s already thinking about ahead of his first trip down Magnolia Lane. TG began our interview with Hatton by suggesting we’d like to kick off with some questions “about a tournament in April”. The event isn’t named, but Hatton’s grin stretches across his face as he...
Friday 31 March 2017
The Masters is held every April at Augusta National in Georgia – and yet every year the same questions seem to pop up about the first major. As a result, we decided to tackle one of the most common questions there is…. How hard IS Augusta National? Last April, 89 of the world’s best golfers arrived at Augusta with high hopes of taming the...