Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 19 March 2017
Marc Leishman snatched a thrilling one-shot victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a late surge up the leaderboard on Sunday. Leishman came from behind to lead the field with an enormous 50 foot eagle-putt on the 16th hole, finishing the tournament one-shot clear of third round leaders Kevin Kisner and Charley Hoffman. His second PGA Tour victory ended a five year...
Written by Camilla Tait on Wednesday 15 March 2017
Rickie Fowler, Graeme McDowell and Justin Rose have taken to social media to lead the tributes at the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week. Along with several other Tour professionals such as Rory McIlroy and Danny Willett, players have taken to put his umbrella logo upon their bags and clothing. While much of the talk surrounding the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill...
Written by Camilla Tait on Thursday 16 March 2017
In this exclusive guide, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnson teaches you how to improve your game from tee to green with advice he’s given all of his golfer friends. DRIVING I’ve learned over the last couple of years that you don’t have to rip everything for four rounds. Sometimes you’ve got to respect the course and understand how well you are playing and swinging...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 13 March 2017
In the week of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge, there is notable longing in the air for the namesake of the event, who passed away from heart complications in September at 87-years-old. It comes as little surprise that there have already been numerous tributes not just in words from players attending the tournament but...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 13 March 2017
Seven weeks after he shot a 59, Adam Hadwin claimed his first PGA Tour title after a tense battle with Patrick Cantlay at the Valspar Championship in Flordia. Hadwin threw away a two-shot advantage by finding the water with his drive on the 16th, gifting Cantlay a share of the lead with two to play. They remained on level footing with...
Friday 10 March 2017
Tiger Woods has announced that he will not be playing at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill next week and has no current timetable to return to competitive golf. Many had thought that he would make his appearance in this year’s Masters at Augusta National in just under a month, but that has now seriously been put in to question. This...
Written by Camilla Tait on Wednesday 8 March 2017
Jim Furyk and Mike Weir have been named as the fourth Captain’s assistants for this year’s Presidents Cup, taking place at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey from September 26 – October 1. The rest of Nick Price’s International team is made up of Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy and Tony Johnstone, while Steve Stricker’s USA team consists of Tiger Woods,...
Monday 6 March 2017
The European Senior Tour will make history this month as they become the first European Tour-sanctioned event to ever stage a tournament on a nine-hole golf course. The Sharjah Senior Golf Masters presented by Shurooq will played at Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club in the United Arab Emirates and will become the first European Tour, European Challenge Tour or Senior Tour...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 6 March 2017
Zimbabwean Dean Burmester is one of the biggest hitters in world golf and that hugely valuable asset helped him register an impressive victory in the European Tour’s Tshwane Open in South Africa yesterday. Here, Burmester reveals how he achieves reaching prodigious distances off the tee as well as giving some useful driving tips for average club golfers seeking extra driving length…. How...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 6 March 2017
Dustin Johnson became the fifth player in history to win his first tournament appearance as World No.1 following his victory at the WGC Mexico. He joins Ian Woosnam, David Duval, Vijay Singh and Adam Scott to that accolade, in addition to securing his fourth World Golf Championship title. The 32-year-old overcame difficulty with the putter throughout the tournament to finish one shot...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 28 February 2017
With the exception of Jason Day, all of the world’s top 50 players will be present at the WGC Mexico Championship this week, with the event moving away from Florida for the first time since 2007. Rory McIlroy returns from injury to start his first PGA tournament of the year at Club de Golf Chapultepec, and the 27-year-old has a huge...