Written by Michael Catling on Monday 15 July 2019
Graeme McDowell previews The Open Championship at Royal Portrush and walks us through all 18 holes on the Dunluce course. Few know Royal Portrush better than Graeme McDowell. He grew up playing the course, his brother works there as a greenkeeper and most of his family still live in the town. “Having grown up in the town and lived there for most of...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 21 July 2019
Shane Lowry has been crowned the 2019 Champion Golfer of the Year in front of home crowds after winning the claret jug at Royal Portrush. Shane Lowry expertly navigated an afternoon of brutal scoring conditions to claim his maiden major title by six shots as the Open Championship returned to Ireland for the first time in 68 years. With huge crowds lining...
Sunday 21 July 2019
Find out what clubs Shane Lowry used to win The Open Championship at Royal Portrush Driver: Srixon Z 585 (9.5 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana White 70X 3-wood: TaylorMade M4 (15 degrees) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI-8X Related: Shane Lowry “Winning The Open hasn’t changed me” Irons: Srixon Z U85 (2, 3), Srixon Z 575 (4, 5), Srixon Z 785 (6-PW) Shafts: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White...
Sunday 4 August 2019
Hinako Shibuno wins the Women’s British Open at Woburn by one shot on her major championship debut It was a fairytale ending for 20-year-old Hinako Shibuno as she rolled in a final hole birdie putt to beat Lizette Salas by a single shot at Woburn Golf Club with a score of 18-under-par. Shibuno, nicknamed the ‘Smiling Cinderella’, had never played outside of...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Royal Porthcawl has been confirmed as the 2021 venue for the AIG Women’s British Open The AIG Women’s British Open has announced that it will be heading to Wales for the first time in 2021. Royal Porthcawl, which hosted the 2017 Senior British Open, was announced today as the venue for 2021, following on from Royal Troon, which makes its debut on...
Tuesday 30 July 2019
Defending champion Georgia Hall revealed that the replica of her Women’s British Open trophy was stolen from her car two months ago Georgia Hall is ready to defend the Women’s British Open title she claimed in a thrilling victory last year, but revealed on Tuesday that she didn’t bring the trophy with her to Woburn. Or rather couldn’t, as she explained that...
Tuesday 30 July 2019
An honest mistake from Lexi Thompson ended up with roughly 38 players missing the first day of practice at the Women’s British Open on Monday, according to Golf Channel report Some of the World’s best female golfers were travelling from the Evian Championship to the Women’s British Open at Woburn – but over a quarter of the field ended up having...
Monday 29 July 2019
Wyndham Championship: Find out how to watch the PGA Tour this week and who to back The PGA Tour heads to Sedgefield Country Club this week for the final event of the regular season, meaning there’s plenty of meaningful points up for grabs if anyone wants to extend their year to the FedEx Cup playoffs, and for those looking to keep...
Monday 29 July 2019
The PGA TOUR have announced that they are expanding their schedule to 49 events for 2019-20 season The 2019/2020 schedule is not only bigger by three events, but features a dramatically reshuffled calendar of events at the start of the year in order to cater to next year’s Olympics in Tokyo before the Ryder Cup next September. The new season starts just...
Monday 29 July 2019
What you missed: All the winners this week have a big thing in common, Tom Watson retires at the Senior Open, and Paul Dunne has the best mistaken identity yet A big theme of this week’s winners belongs to World No.1: The current standing male World No.1 Brook Koepka earned his first WGC title in Memphis, the first ever World No.1...
Monday 29 July 2019
Collin Morikawa birdied his final three holes to earn his maiden PGA Tour title at the Barracuda Championship Morikawa was already impressing on the PGA Tour after turning professional last month, but now he has guaranteed his membership after claiming his first Tour title by three points over Troy Merritt. The Barracuda Championship was played with a modified stableford format, and a...
Monday 29 July 2019
Prize money breakdown: Find out how much each player earned at the WGC FedEx St Jude Invitational 1 Brooks Koepka (-16): $1,745,000 2 Webb Simpson (-13): $1,095,000 3 Marc Leishman (-12): $602,000 T4 Tommy Fleetwood (-11): $384,333 T4 Matthew Fitzpatrick (-11): $384,333 T4 Rory McIlroy (-11): $384,333 7 Jon Rahm (-10): $273,000 8 Ian Poulter (-9): $242,000 T9 Bubba Watson (-8): $205,000 T9 Billy Horschel (-8): $205,000 11 Justin Rose (-7): $183,000 T12 Rafael Cabrera Bello...
Monday 29 July 2019
Brooks Koepa bested Rory McIlroy with a final round 65 to ease to his first WGC title at the FedEx St Jude Invitational It wasn’t the final round battle fans were hoping for, but instead a dominant performance from the World No.1 as he cruised to a final round five-under 65 and a three stroke victory over Webb Simpson at 16-under-par. McIlroy...
Monday 29 July 2019
Jin Young Ko relcaimed her World No.1 spot after winning her second major title of the year at the Evian Championship Ko took advantage of late mistakes from leader Hyo Joo Kim on Sunday as she fired a final-round 67 in wet conditions to win by two-shots at 15-under-par. “I had really great week,” said Ko. “I played really – not perfect, but a...
Thursday 25 July 2019
Adare Manor in Ireland has been confirmed as the host course for the 2026 Ryder Cup. Adare Manor has been confirmed for the 2026 Ryder Cup venue as the biennial tournament returns to Ireland for the contest between European and the United States. Ryder Cup Europe today announced the five-star resort will follow in the footsteps of Whistling Straits in Wisconsin (2020),...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Brooks Koepka says that more equipment testing would be ‘good for the game’ to help players conform to the rules after driver testing drama at The Open Driver testing was one of the biggest topics of discussion to come out of the Open Championship last week following Xander Schauffele’s ‘run in’ with the R&A, where they tested 30 random drivers for...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Sergio Garcia was captured throwing his driver over his shoulder at his caddie after hitting a bad tee shot on the 5th hole at Royal Portrush on Sunday. Sergio Garcia was filmed by a spectator throwing his club in the direction of his caddie on Sunday at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. In this shocking video, which emerged on social media...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
This week the WGC FedEx St Jude Invitational makes its debut as a World Golf Championship event. Here’s how to watch and who to back The PGA Tour heads to TPC Southwind this week for the third WGC event of 2019, with Tiger Woods the only player in the World’s top 10 not in the field. Last week’s Open Champion Shane...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 21 July 2019
Open talking points: Is the major schedule too condensed? Was Xander right to call out R&A over driver testing? And who should take responsibility for shouting fore? We take a look at three of the biggest talking points from this year’s Open Championship – where Xander Schauffele blasted the R&A, Rose criticised the ‘too condensed’ major schedule and Robert MacIntyre slammed...
Monday 22 July 2019
Jim Herman credited Donald Trump for putting advice after claiming his second PGA Tour title at the Barbasol Championship Jim Herman earned the second PGA Tour title of his career at the Barbasol Open on Sunday with a one stroke victory over playing partner Kelly Kraft. Herman, who posted a two-under round of 70 to finish at 26-under-par, took advantage of a...