Tuesday 25 April 2017
This week, the European Tour travels to Topwin Golf and Country Club for the Volvo China Open – as Li Haotong hopes to become the first person to successfully defend their title at the event. Last week’s champion Bernd Wiesberger heads up the field as the highest ranked player, and with a string of good results its no surprise he’s near the top...
Written by Camilla Tait on Thursday 27 April 2017
Golf Sixes is coming to the Centurion Club on the 6th-7th May and will showcase the latest innovative golf format pioneered by the European Tour. The traditional 72 hole set-up has been replaced as two-man teams from 16 nations are set to compete in a greensomes knock-out format over six holes, substituting the standard match-play format with a football scoring system. Each...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 1 May 2017
Cameron Smith knocked in a three-foot birdie putt on the fourth play-off hole to win the Zurich Classic with playing partner Jonas Blixt. Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown pushed Smith and Blixt all the way as six-hours of weather delays forced the tournament in to a Monday finish for the second year in a row. Neither pair were able to reproduce the...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 2 May 2017
Dustin Johnson returns from injury this week as the Wells Fargo Championship moves away from Quail Hollow for the first time since 2003. It’s regular North Carolina spot is playing host to the US PGA Championship this year, so players will instead be heading further inland of NC to Eagle Point Golf Course. Last year’s champion James Hahn overcame Roberto Castro on...
Written by Camilla Tait on Wednesday 3 May 2017
Golf Sixes comes to the Centurion Club in St Albans this week, representing the latest innovative golf format from the European Tour. Ryder Cup Players and European Tour champions a plenty occupy the field, where golfers from 16 different nations will compete in two-man teams to be crowned the champion duo on the final day. Playing a six-hole course with themed...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 10 April 2017
Sergio Garcia ended his long-overdue quest for a major title with victory at the Masters over Justin Rose, rolling in a birdie putt on the first play-off hole to clinch a major at the 74th time of asking. To win on what would have been Seve’s 60th birthday was a fitting way to end to the 81st Masters, and Garcia took...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 10 April 2017
Sergio Garcia rolled in a birdie-putt on the first play-off hole to end his long-overdue wait for a major title with a victory over Justin Rose at the Masters. The final enthralling battle was not just a spectacle for viewers, but a wonderful advert for TaylorMade’s golf clubs – which are used by both of the Europeans. It was Garcia’s second...
Monday 10 April 2017
The best shot of the Masters? It’s a difficult one to call with so many to choose from, but it seems only fitting to credit several of Sergio’s final round as he won his first major – at a course he once said didn’t suit him. It was a case of overcoming past heartache in major championships, and Garcia did it...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 11 April 2017
It’s the week immediately after the Masters, so it’s no surprise that Sergio Garcia has opted to take his green jacket on a trip to the Empire State Building rather than teeing it up at the RBC Heritage this week. In fact, if you’ve got any of the World’s top 10 players in your fantasy golf game, you can be sure...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 11 April 2017
The European Tour gets back underway this week with the Trophee Hassan II, which returns to Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco for the second season in a row. Last year the course was the scene of Jeunghun Wang’s break-through victory at just 20 years old to become the youngest winner of the event in history – and this...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 17 April 2017
Wesley Bryan claimed his maiden PGA Tour title at the RBC Heritage with a one-shot victory over five-time tournament runner-up Luke Donald. Bryan shot a final-round 67 that included six birdies and two bogeys on his way to becoming the first South Carolina native to win the tartan jacket in his home state. With his win, Bryan has earned exemption through the 2018-19...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 18 April 2017
It’s two weeks after the Masters and most of the World’s top 50 are still taking time off, but Augusta’s first and second round leader Charley Hoffman will be teeing it up as defending champion this week. Wesley Bryan picked up his first PGA Tour title last week at the RBC Heritage in his home state of South Carolina, but won’t...
Written by Jacob Colley on Tuesday 18 April 2017
Tom Watson will renew his love affair with links golf when he takes to a course he has branded “the complete package” ahead of the Senior Open Championship this summer. Royal Porthcawl has been chosen to host the event for a second time from July 27-30 and the eight-time Major champion is full of admiration for the Welsh course. “I think it’s...
Written by Jacob Colley on Wednesday 19 April 2017
World No.1 Dustin Johnson has revealed that he is nearing full fitness and has pencilled in his return to action at the Wells Fargo Championship next month. Johnson suffered a back injury when he fell down a flight of stairs at his Augusta rental home, which forced the World No.1 to pull out of the first Major of the year. He had...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 23 April 2017
Bernd Wiesberger birdied the first play-off hole to win the Shenzhen International against Tommy Fleetwood, who had set the Sunday pace with an nine-under-par 63. Wiesberger, who had held a three-shot lead overnight on 15-under at the Genzon Golf Club, shot a one-under-par round of 71 to force the play-off with the World No.33. It looked likely Wiesberger would surrender his chance...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 24 April 2017
Kevin Chappell ended the long wait for his first PGA Tour victory with a birdie on the 72nd hole to win the Texas Valero Open. It’s been a struggle for Chappell to get the job done in his career, but after six years and 180 starts it came down to an eight foot putt on the 18th green at TPC San...
Thursday 6 April 2017
It’s finally time for the first major of the year, and as things kick-off on Masters Thursday, Golf Care have taken an indepth look at how viewers in the UK are watching the Masters -and their favourite moments from years gone by. The 2017 Masters is the 81st edition of the tournament, and marks the first of four main golf...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 10 April 2017
Sergio Garcia outlasted Justin Rose on the 1st play-off hole to win his first major title in one of the most dramatic back-nine Sunday battles in the history of the Masters. There was a feeling it had been predestined as Garcia rolled in his birdie putt on the 18th hole to ensure victory for the 37-year-old on what would have been...
Friday 7 April 2017
William McGirt heads in to the second-round of his first ever trip to the Masters four-behind leader Charley Hoffman and in solo second. The American qualified for Augusta National by winning the 2016 Memorial tournament, and he was determined to make sure he was prepared. We spoke to him ahead of first appearance, where he said his goal was to make the...
Written by Camilla Tait on Friday 7 April 2017
Rickie Fowler and Thomas Pieters led the late surge during the second day of the Masters to join Sergio Garcia and Charley Hoffman at the top of the leaderboard on four-under-par. All four players at the top are searching for their first major title, while former major Champions sit within touching distance in a much more tightly packed field than after...