Written by TG Editor on Friday 19 December 2008
Christmas – a time for the giving and receiving of presents – is also a period of intense frustration for many golfers as terrible TV takes the place of rounds of golf. Well fear not as here at todaysgolfer.co.uk we have a full schedule of golf tips, unmissable tips of where to play and what to buy in 2009 and lots...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Friday 24 October 2008
Oliver Wilson golf tips coming soon…...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 24 December 2008
Talk about celebrating golfing Christmas in style. Three golfers managed to achieve an amazing piece of golfing history, all bagging a hole-in-one in the same event at Kingsthorpe Golf Club, Northamptonshire. Amateurs Dick Spraughton (Collingtree Park) and Drew Russell (Farthingstone) and then Overstone Park pro Stuart Kier all succeeded in the deadly deed which apparently only happens once every 100 years! Competing...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 6 January 2009
Popular American John Daly has claimed that the PGA Tour have suspended him for six months for “conduct unbecoming” in recent months. The 42-year-old spent a night in jail last October after being found drunk outside a Hooters restaurant, the chain whose logo can often be seen emblazoned on Daly’s shirts. The PGA Tour do not comment on disciplinary issues and they have...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 6 January 2009
The notorious 16th hole at the TPC Scottsdale, Arizona, will become the USPGA Tour’s first-ever true Stadium Golf Hole when the FBR Open tees off there on January 26th. Golf’s loudest golf hole – players are vehemently ‘booed’ if they fail to get anywhere near the flag – has just got louder. Tournament hosts The Thunderbirds have added close to 3,000 new general...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 14 January 2009
The Berks Bucks and Oxon (BB&O) Golf Partnership has teamed up with Buckinghamshire New University to launch a unique Golf Ambassadors Programme. The aims of the programme are to provide students with real hands-on experience in the golf industry and to provide the BB&O Golf Partnership with high quality sports management volunteers. Four second year BA (Hons) Sports Management & Golf Studies...
Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday 15 January 2009
The London Golf Show will be taking place at London Docklands’ ExCeL Centre for its fifth outing from May 1-3 2009. The change of date is a result of maintenance works on the Docklands Light Railway that would have made it very difficult to reach on the original dates. The golfing bonanza will offer big brands, custom-fitting, a huge indoor driving range, a massive american golf store, celebrity...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 27 January 2009
Padraig Harrington has become the first professional golfer to conquer the world’s most amazing par three. The three-times major winner took the helicopter to the top of Hanglip Mountain at the Legend Golf & Safari Resort on the Big 5 Entabeni Safari Conservancy in Limpopo Province in South Africa for the challenge of the Extreme 19th. There he hit driver to the...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 28 January 2009
The Butch Harmon School of Golf has been opened at The Els Club in Dubai Sports City. A host of VIPs and special guests attended the opening of the school that will be run by Butch’s son Claude, one of the world’s leading golf coaches in his own right. “Today’s launch of The Butch Harmon School of Golf here in Dubai –...
Written by TG staff writer on Friday 30 January 2009
A new golfing holiday specialist has been launched, having secured exclusive rights to market holidays worldwide under the golf retail giant Nevada Bobs’ brand. Nevada Bob’s Golf Holidays is offering a concierge service, providing tailor-made itineraries based on high quality hotel, resort and privately-owned accommodation that has been carefully chosen for its proximity to golf courses. The tour operator has...
Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday 29 January 2009
Dubai will host the inaugural International Golf Festival from 27-29 September this year. The three-day event will be help at the Dubai World Trade Centre and will include an exhibition that is open to the public. George Betz, International Sales Director at Worldwide Conferences and Events, said: “We see the International Golf Festival filling a gap in the market and unlike other...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 4 February 2009
Britain has been hit with Siberia-like snow stroms over the last few days, with some parts of the country seeing their greatest snowfall for 18 years. It’s not great weather for golf but it certainly makes courses look beautiful, and with more snow forecast overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday we want to see any winter golf pictures you’ve taken. From snow to frost...
Written by TG staff writer on Friday 6 February 2009
Titleist is to continue its support of leading golf charity the Golf Foundation in its growing role of making the sport more accessible for young people. Titleist will provide the Golf Foundation with golf balls for use in its events and for promotional activities. The Golf Foundation and Titleist have put pen to paper on an agreement that makes the...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 9 February 2009
The target may be a snowman, the greens are white and the ball lacks a little roll, but there is snow doubt about it, pupils at Rednal Hill School in Birmingham love their golf…whatever the playing conditions. The youngsters were taking part in an after-school club led by Abbey Golf Club PGA professional Dean Lake. This kind of after-school activity (usually...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 9 February 2009
Tiger and Elin Woods are today celebrating the birth of their second child, Charlie Axel Woods. Woods confirmed that his wife Elin had given birth to their first son on his website on Monday morning. Charlie is the couple’s second child following the birth of daughter Sam Alexis the day after the U.S. Open in June 2007. “Elin and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son,...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Tuesday 10 February 2009
Fans of Seve, Mickelson and Tiger are in luck. Next week on www.todays-golfer.com we are being treated to a brand new golf lesson series designed to turn you into a creative golfer bursting with different golf shots to improve your rescue and scoring games. Starting Monday February 16th TG’s Top 12 golf instructors will be publishing some of their best tips...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 18 February 2009
It’s got to be the golfing trip of a lifetime – a chance to watch the first major action of the season…the US Masters at Augusta National. Provided you’ve got over a grand to spare you can do just that with an exclusive trip to The Masters with Your Golf Travel.com – and get a free golf break to boot. With Tiger’s...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 18 February 2009
The draw for the last 32 of the TG Fantasy League Knockout Cup to be played this week’s Northern Trust Open has been made. The remaining 32 managers must be starting to dream of the week-long stay with unlimited golf at Arcos Gardens, Spain, that’s on offer for the winner. The draw is as follows… Oli’s Winter Wallies !!!!! V shankaholics Cockroaches V Mike J DRAKES...
Written by Golf World staff writer on Friday 20 February 2009
It’s the news the golf world has been waiting for – Tiger Woods will return to the game of golf at next week’s WGC-Accenture Matchplay Championship in Arizona. In a statement on his website, Woods said: “I’m now ready to play again.” In the past couple of weeks, the world No 1 has witnessed the birth of his second child...
Written by TG staff writer on Thursday 19 February 2009
World no. 1 Tiger Woods is a dad again… The latest addition to the Woods family came last week with the arrival at their Orlando, Florida, home of first son Charlie. Woods and Swedish wife Elin were already the proud parents of 20-month-old daughter Sam. Said Tiger, poised to make an eagerly-awaited return to the game after underdoing knee surgery following last...