Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Olympic golf gets underway on 1st August 2024 at 8am BST, and here’s how you can watch the action. Memories of the London Olympics – and ‘Queen Elizabeth II’ parachuting from a helicopter – will live long in our memory. But as much as we like to think we delivered the greatest show on earth, organizers in Paris are promising to...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Golf was missing from the Olympics from 1904 to 2016, but it also came back much sooner, at the world’s most famous golf course. Golf was absent from the Olympics for 112 years – between the 1904 Games and the 2016 Olympics – but its return almost happened far sooner and at a very special venue. With the 1996 Olympic Games being...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Justin Rose was golf’s first Olympic Champion in 112 years, and he rates his gold medal up there with his US Open win. The Englishman, whose stellar performance at the 2024 Open Championship left him tied for second place, will be absent from the Paris games, but he has already etched his name into the record books by becoming golf ’s...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
In the build-up to Paris 2024, Xander Schauffele spoke exclusively to Today’s Golfer about his Olympic preparations, and why winning gold again would mean so much to him and his father After several hours of media interviews, Xander Schauffele is done talking about the PGA Championship and The Open Championship. The Olympics has been on his radar for several months now...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Those playing golf at the Paris 2024 Olympics are competing for more than just a medal, with prize money and world ranking points on the line too. Professional golfers have differing opinions when it comes to the Olympics. Some view it as a huge honor to represent their country alongside elite athletes from other disciplines. Wyndham Clark even said it’s bigger...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 24 July 2024
This August, Le Golf National will become the first course to have hosted both the Ryder Cup and the Olympics, and whoever tames the Albatros course will be a worthy golf medallist. Four decades ago it was pan-flat cornfields, but now Le Golf National’s Albatros is a course built for strokeplay and its nerve-shredding, lake-strewn final four holes reflect that. Dubbed...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 23 July 2024
Today’s Golfer spoke to major champion and local hero, Celine Boutier, to talk all things Olympic Golf ahead of Paris 2024. Celine Boutier is a five-time LPGA Tour winner, including one Major Championship, and she also has five LET wins to her name. Boutier will be representing France at the Paris Olympics in August, alongside fellow LPGA tour player Perrine Delacour.
Written by Sarah Pyett on Tuesday 23 July 2024
How will the Olympic golf tournament work at Le Golf National, and how will the gold medal winner be decided? Unlike most team tournaments, such as the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup which are matchplay showdowns, the 2024 Olympic Golf contenders will play a stroke-play format as they are technically competing for an individual prize. Since golf was reintroduced into the...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 23 July 2024
Team GB will be represented by Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Charley Hull, and Georgia Hall in the golf events at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Great Britain’s hopes of Olympic glory in golf rest on the shoulders of Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood in the men’s event, and Charley Hull and Georgia Hall in the women’s golf. The four will be seeking...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 22 July 2024
Here’s where 2025’s golf majors be played – plus information on how to get tickets and whether you can play the host courses. Xander Schauffele’s victory at Royal Troon marked the end of the men’s golf majors for 2024. We still have the AIG Women’s Open at St Andrews to look forward to from 21-25 August, but then we’ll be done...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 22 July 2024
Everything you need to know about the UK’s only LIV Golf event in 2024. The LIV Golf Series returns this week for the 11th event of the season as the United Kingdom plays host for the first and only time in 2024. In June 2022, the inaugural tournament was held at Centurian Club, just 24 miles north-west of London as the Greg...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 22 July 2024
After Xander Schauffele’s victory at Royal Troon, PGA Tour action recommences with the PGA Tour’s 3M Open. The men’s major season is officially over. Following trips to Augusta, Valhalla, Pinehurst No.2, and Royal Troon, there is now an agonizing nine-month wait until the 2025 Masters. Xander Schauffele became the first man to win two major titles in the same year since...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Tuesday 16 July 2024
The 15-time Major champion explains why he rejected the chance to captain Team USA in the Ryder Cup captain at Bethpage in 2025 and hopes to take the role in the future. With last week’s announcement that Keegan Bradley would be taking the reins of the 2025 US Ryder Cup team, Tiger Woods explained why he decided to turn down the...
Written by James Hogg on Monday 15 July 2024
Former World No.1 Lee Westwood has hit out at the R&A and Senior Open for denying him and fellow LIV Golf star Richard Bland the chance to tee it up in the Major later this month. DP World Tour restrictions mean two Englishmen playing on LIV Golf, who would be among the biggest draws for home fans, won’t be in the...
Written by James Hogg on Monday 15 July 2024
Majesticks GC co-captains, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter feel as though LIV Golf is becoming “more accepted” and is helping to “grow the game.” From the moment that LIV Golf hosted its first tournament in June 2022, it has been completely scrutinized, and many of the players who deferred from the PGA Tour and DP World Tour faced a stiff...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 8 July 2024
For months we have been waiting for Tiger Woods to be announced as Team USA’s Ryder Cup captain for 2025, but the 15-time Major champion has shocked the world by turning down the role. With the captain for Team USA due to be announced on Tuesday, Woods was the odds-on favorite to be given the role. However, as the Telegraph reported...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 6 July 2024
Sergio Garcia claimed victory on home soil at LIV Golf Andalucia for a maiden title and a $4 million payday. The Spaniard bounced back from the disappointment of not qualifying for The Open at Royal Troon in the best way possible by earning himself a first professional win on the breakaway tour at LIV Golf Andalucia. Garcia and Anirban Lahiri both bogeyed...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 6 July 2024
Robert MacIntyre secured a $1.62 million payday after playing the final five holes in four-under to win the Genesis Scottish Open. After being usurped by a moment of Rory McIlroy brilliance on the 72nd hole last year, Robert MacIntyre produced a sensational finish of his own at the Genesis Scottish Open to edge out Adam Scott by a shot. MacIntyre took full...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 6 July 2024
Rory McIlroy fronts up for a potentially career-defining fortnight in Scotland at the Genesis Scottish Open following US Open heartbreak. The relevance to elite golf of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’, will be put to the test during a fascinating fortnight of links golf starting with the Genesis Scottish Open and culminating with the 152nd Open Championship. Rory McIlroy’s...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 6 July 2024
16 Troon-bound stars complete their Open preparations at LIV Golf Andalucia where the breakaway tour makes its first appearance of the season in Europe. While the likes of McIlroy, Schauffele, and Aberg fine-tune their links games at this week’s Genesis Scottish Open in North Berwick, LIV Golf’s next platoon of Major hopefuls will have to settle for the consolation prize of...