Monday 12 March 2018
Paul Casey lifted his second PGA Tour trophy, and first in nine years, at the Valspar Championship, defeating a resurgent Tiger Woods by a single shot at Innisbrook. It was a day to remember for English golf. It’s certainly not often there’s been two English winners lift trophies on both the European and PGA Tour’s on the same day, but Sunday...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
The LPGA has announced an increase in prize money and change of date for the 2019 Evian Championship, set to move from September to July in 2019. The purse for the 2019 Evian Championship, the fifth major of the year, has been raised to $4.1 million, reaffirming it as the second-largest purse on Tour. Along with the purse increase, the LPGA...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Tiger Woods is back in action this week for his Valspar Championship debut. Here’s how to watch, and who to back at Innisbrook this week. From the Bear Trap of the Honda Classic to the Snake Pit at Innisbrook, the Florida Swing resumes with the Valspar Championship and another devilish trio of holes to navigate on the back-nine. Last year, Adam Hadwin...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Shubhankar Sharman has accepted a ‘special invitation’ to the 2018 Masters, becoming the fourth player from India to compete at Augusta National The 21-year-old, who led for two rounds of his first WGC event in Mexico last week, accepted the invitation to play in the first major championship of his career in April after being granted a special invitation from Augusta...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 5 March 2018
Weren’t able to catch up with everything that happened at the weekend?From mexican commentators to Michelle Wie’s huge putt for victory, we’ve got it covered. There’s plenty that’s happened in the last week, headlined by a confident and impressive Phil Mickelson who is playing as well as he ever has – just in time for the first major of the year.
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 5 March 2018
The R&A and USGA have released their 2017 Distance Report on hitting distances in the game, acknowledging the level of increase across the tours “is unusual and concerning”. Ever read War and Peace? If you haven’t, the Rules on Golf will serve as a good starter pack. It’s long. Very long. Not to mention it takes an age to digest. So,...
Monday 5 March 2018
George Coetzee won his second Tshwane Open title by two shots after an impressive back-nine birdie run on his home course. The South African, who is a member at Pretoria Country Club, entered the final round with a two-shot lead but found himself two shots back after posting back-to-back bogeys on the 3rd and 4th holes. He then delivered a putting masterclass,...
Monday 5 March 2018
Phil Mickelson returned to the winners circle at the WGC Mexico Championship for the first time since winning the 2013 Open, defeating Justin Thomas on the first play-off hole. A thrilling final day that included a hole-out eagle on the 18th from Justin Thomas and several changes at the top of the leaderboard was capped off with Mickelson ending the longest...
Friday 2 March 2018
Tiger Woods has that he is will be playing at both the Valspar Championship and the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in the next two weeks. Woods announced on social media that following a week of recovery he has committed to both Valspar and the AP Invitational the next two weeks. It’s another good sign for Woods and comes a few...