Thursday 6 August 2015
Sometimes the good guys do win, and that’s what happened in March at the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic. At PGA National in Palm Beach, triple Major champion Padraig Harrington ended a seven-year wait for a victory. The 43-year-old’s play-off success in Florida over American Daniel Berger – and ahead of a GB&I-themed chasing pack of Paul Casey, Ian Poulter, Russell Knox, Jamie...
Written by Joe Downes on Monday 3 August 2015
Hats off to Troy Merritt. The American went a combined 14-under par over the weekend to leave an illustrious chasing pack in his wake and lift his maiden PGA Tour title. We extend similar cap-doffing to Alex Carter who took the weekly spoils in our Fantasy Golf game. His ‘ForeLeeeft’ team included Merritt and four others who were no worse...
Written by Courses & editor Kevin Brown on Sunday 2 August 2015
No. 4 seed Kiradech Aphibarnrat – Asia’s answer to John Daly – scored a thrilling one hole victory over Swede Robert Karlsson in the final of the inaugural Paul Lawrie Matchplay at Murcar, Aberdeen. Thailand’s in-form star secured his second European Tour title of the year, reaching the decider after disposing of home favourite Marc Warren 3&2 in the semis. But the...
Written by Courses & travel editor Kevin Brown on Monday 3 August 2015
The fields are so deep that just anybody can win on the US PGA Tour these days. This week it was the turn of world no. 180 Troy Merritt – the 10th first-time winner already this season – who celebrated his first Tour win at the Quicken Loans National in Virginia. American Merritt finished -18 after carding a -4 67 in...
Written by Courses & travel editor Kevin Brown on Sunday 2 August 2015
Korea’s Inbee Park has become just the seventh woman golfer to achieve the traditional career Grand Slam. The World No. 1 carded a superb seven under par 65 to win the Ricoh Women’s British Open at the Trump Turnberry Resort and in the process join the elite group comprising Pat Bradley, Juli Inkster, Annika Sorenstam, Louise Suggs, Karrie Webb and Mickey...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Wednesday 29 July 2015
The Ricoh Women’s British Open gets underway at Trump Turnberry Resort tomorrow with the new champion being crowned on Sunday, weather permitting of course. Here are eight good reasons why you should go along and see the action and drama unfold… *It’s being played on Turnberry’s stunning Ailsa course – one of the world’s greatest links layouts. * The event is one...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Wednesday 29 July 2015
Paul Lawrie will be aiming to triumph on home turf this week in the inaugural edition of the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play at Murcar near the 1999 Open Champion’s Aberdeen home. And the 46 year old is in good form and heart following vastly improved performances in the BMW International Open and the Scottish Open and was looking good...
Written by Today's Golfer on Wednesday 29 July 2015
Tiger Woods is in action again this weekend, hosting and playing in the Quicken Loans National in Virginia. The former world No1 – now 266 in the world – sat down with the media to discuss the event, and gave some insight into the current state of his game, playing with today’s youngsters and the changes he’s made to his...
Written by Joe Downes on Tuesday 28 July 2015
Danny Willett continued his rich vein of form last week with victory in the European Masters. Richard Green had a good week too (not that one, though the Australian did finish 10th in Switzerland) as he took the weekly honours in our Fantasy Golf game. As well as the winner, his ‘ashmac’ team included three other top-six finishers – Fitzpatrick,...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Monday 27 July 2015
American Marco Dawson silenced big guns Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer to emerge a shock winner of the British Senior Open at Sunningdale yesterday. But full credit to the little known American who fired a sparkling closing 64 to win the title by one shot from German Langer. Thanks to a pair of eagles, Dawson edged out Langer, twice US Masters champion,...
Written by Courses & travel editor Kevin Brown on Sunday 26 July 2015
Danny Willett emerged the king of the mountains following his third European Tour victory in the prestigious European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland. Tied 6th after an impressive Open showing at St Andrews, Willett continued where he left off at the Home of Golf by holding off the determined challenges of fellow Englishmen Matt Fitzpatrick and Tyrell Hatton. Willett kept his cool...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Monday 27 July 2015
It was again a case of so-near-but-so-far at the St Andrews Open, but Australian Jason Day made no mistakes to clinch the Canadian Open. So Day, who agonisingly missed the three-way play-off at St Andrews, will head to next month’s PGA Championship with renewed belief he can finally break his major duck. Bouncing back in emphatic fashion from his St Andrews heartache,...
Tuesday 21 July 2015
At its recent meeting at The 144th Open the Governing Board of the Official World Golf Ranking approved the inclusion of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour into the OWGR system. The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour, along with the other three third-tier satellite tours in Europe, will enter the OWGR system from this week, with a minimum level of four points awarded...
Tuesday 28 July 2015
This weekend sees an all-new matchplay event debut on the European Tour – hosted by former Open champion Paul Lawrie. It will see 64 players, including John Daly, Richie Ramsay, Nicholas Colsaerts and Lawrie himself, take each other on over four days at the beautiful Murcar Links GC, near Aberdeen for the first ever Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play. “It’s a...
Written by Joe Downes on Wednesday 22 July 2015
A Monday finish followed by a three-man four-hole play-off – it was the Open that refused to finish. One man who will be savouring the events of St Andrews is weekly winner Ron McKinley. His ‘Athenaeum’ team comprised Claret Jug winner Zach Johnson, play-off man Marc Leishman and top-tenners Danny Willett and Sergio Garcia. We stay in Europe for another prestigious...
Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 6 July 2015
1 – Lee books Open spot Danny Lee won the Greenbrier Classic after a four-man play-off. The former US Amateur champion was playing in his 27th event this season, including his eighth in nine weeks. His victory got him into next week’s Open at St Andrews, and he’s trying to qualify for the international team for the Presidents Cup in...
Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 15 July 2015
Remember when Facebook used to be about staying in touch with friends, organising social events and maybe the occasional ‘poke’? Nowadays it’s just full of angry rants from people disappointed with the tardiness of South Eastern Railways or their overripe avocados from M&S. Lee Westwood took to his Facebook page yesterday for a rant of his own, but he may actually have...
Monday 13 July 2015
Rickie Fowler had us all on the edge of our seats last Sunday as he played the final four holes in three-under par to edge out compatriot Matt Kuchar and claim Scottish Open victory by a single stroke. One person who was sitting pretty, though, was Philip Brand. His ‘BrandX’ team included both of the Americans and fellow top-tenners Warren...
Written by Staff writer on Wednesday 8 July 2015
Rory Mclroy has ruled himself out of next week’s Open Championship at St Andrews. The world No1 took to social media to confirm his decision, after seriously injuring his ankle playing football at the weekend. The 26-year-old said on Monday he had ruptured an ankle ligament playing a game with friends in Ireland. It caused him to pull ouf of this week’s Scottish...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
The disappointment teetered on the edge of humiliation three weeks ago for Bernd Wiesberger. An opening round 79 saw him crash out of his home tournament in Austria, making his victory at last week’s French Open all the more impressive. Equally eyebrow-raising was Dawn Sherwood’s triumph in our Fantasy Game. As well as the Austrian, every member of her ‘Hawthorn’...