Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 6 July 2015
Rory McIlroy isn’t the first golfer to be injured doing anther sport. The game is full of stories of players who’ve been forced off the course through sporting mishaps… Paul Casey The Brit was flying high in the world rankings and contending every week on the PGA Tour when a snowboarding crash really knocked him for six. He dislocated his right...
Monday 6 July 2015
Less than two weeks before he was due to mount a defence of his Open crown, world number one Rory McIlroy has picked up an injury that looks almost certain to force him to miss the tournament. 26-year-old McIlroy posted this to his 577,000 Instagram followers: Total rupture of left ATFL (ankle ligament) and associated joint capsule damage in a soccer kickabout...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Sunday 5 July 2015
Austrian Bernd Wiesberger captured his third European Tour title in impressive fashion, claiming the French Open in style at Le Golf National near Paris. Three behind overnight leader Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa) at the start of the day, Wiesberger burst into life after lightning briefly delayed the final round. The 29-year-old made four birdies in succession from the 4th before nearly...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Thursday 2 July 2015
The opening round of the French Open at Le Golf National in Paris was abruptly halted by morning thunderstorms which caused a 2hour 30mins delay. When play resumes, Graeme McDowell will be looking to become the first player for 77 years to win the title for the third year running. “Having a chance to win a tournament three times in a row...
Written by Joe Downes on Tuesday 30 June 2015
Pablo Larrazabal staged a stunning final day charge to pip the field by one at last week’s BMW International Open and it was similarly close at the top of our Fantasy Golf leaderboard. Alexander Mackie posted 119 points to take the win by just four, his ‘Under Par’ team containing the Spanish winner, runner-up Henrik Stenson and top-11 finishers David...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Sunday 28 June 2015
Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal enjoyed a super Sunday to clinch his fourth European Tour title by capturing the BMW International Open in Munich. Larrazabal shot a final round six under 66 to win by one stroke, having started the day five shots off the pace. But he produced a magical run on the front nine, carding five birdies without dropping a shot. Larrazabal then bagged...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Monday 29 June 2015
It was a case of so-near-but-so-far for Brits Paul Casey and Colin Montgomerie at the weekend. Englishman Casey just missed out on the US Tour’s Travelers Championhip in Connecticut, coming up short in a sudden-death play-off against defending champion Bubba Watson. And Monty made a brave defence of his US Senior Open title at Del Paso CC, Sacremento, eventually having to settle for...
Written by Today's Golfer on Thursday 25 June 2015
Bradley Neil, one of Britain’s top amateurs, has turned professional and makes his debut this week. After a glittering amateur career which included appearances at The Open, US Open and the Masters, Brdley Neil will play his first event as a pro at this week’s SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts on the Challenge Tour. Having used TaylorMade...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Monday 22 June 2015
Jordan Spieth is in dreamland…. Most golfers dream of winning a major championship at some stage in their careers, but the 21-years-old Texan is now dreaming of winning four – in a single season! After his dramatic US Open victory at Chambers Bay yesterday, the Grand Slam is well and truly on. Spieth arrived at Chambers Bay with the US Masters and the...
Written by Joe Downes on Monday 22 June 2015
It was a remarkable week in every sense at Chambers Bay as Jordan Spieth sealed a dramatic triumph (with a little help from Dustin Johnson) to reward all of us who remained glued to our televisions long into the night. If Spieth’s victory was last-gasp, that of weekly winner Jeremy Mathers was anything but. His ‘Villans’ team of Spieth, Oosthuizen,...
Written by Chris Jones on Friday 19 June 2015
Did you go to bed before the final group had finished? Didn’t manage to stay up to see Tiger post an 80? Or Rickie’s 81? With the final groups not finishing the US Open until 4am GMT, here’s our recap of the highs and lows from an interesting first round at Chambers Bay in the US Open… THE HIGHS Dustin Johnson DJ...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Fabian Gomez collected his first PGA Tour title at the FedEx St Jude and, though he failed to select the Argentine, it was also a great week for weekly winner Martin Sherriffs. Dustin Johnson aside, every one of his ‘Puttfordough’ team finished inside the top eight with Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson the stand-out performers. The latter’s final round 65 bodes...
Written by Today's Golfer on Friday 12 June 2015
Ian Poulter is refusing to talk about next week’s US Open venue Chambers Bay – after labelling it a ‘complete farce’ earlier in the year. The Englishman took to Twitter to reveal he’d be making no further comment on the layout until after the event. He started by claiming his views on the course “are yet to happen” and that he won’t...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 15 June 2015
South Korean Inbee Park has become only the second player to win three straight Women’s PGA Championships, following in the footsteps of Swedish legend Annika Sorenstam. Park returned to World no. 1 after clinching her third consecutive victory at the Westchester Country Club in New York. She shot a final round of 68 (-5) to finish -19, handsomely beating compatriot Sei Young Kim...
Written by Golf World on Friday 12 June 2015
Built alongside the beautiful Puget Sound in Washington, Chambers Bay is visually spectacular. But at only eight years old, Tony Dear finds out if this controversial public golf course is really ready to host a major championship. John Ladenburg’s fellow council members didn’t much care for the County Executive’s (head of the county government) proposal to build a golf course on...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 15 June 2015
It was a sorry Sunday for England’s Greg Owen who failed to win his first US Tour victory after being outgunned in the final round of the St Jude Classic by Argentine Fabian Gomez. Seasoned campaigner Owen was the overnight leader alongside Gomez and carded a level-par 70 in the final round at TPC Southwind. But he finished four shots adrift after...
Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 15 June 2015
Jordan Spieth’s quest for the 2015 calendar year Grand Slam begins on Thursday at 2:17pm PT (10:17 p.m. GMT) at Chambers Bay. The reigning Masters champion will play the first two rounds of the U.S. Open with Jason Day and Justin Rose, who won the season’s second major in 2013. The threesome tees off the first hole. (See our guide to...
Monday 15 June 2015
ARCHITECT Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., Chambers Bay opened in 2007. The course is built on the site of a former sand and gravel quarry adjacent to Puget Sound. The course is the centerpiece of a 930-acre county park. Pierce County acquired the land in 1992. PAR AND YARDAGE Chambers Bay will play to a par of 36-34-70...
Written by TG staff writer on Sunday 14 June 2015
Chris Wood produced a flawless final round to claim his second European Tour title with a two shot victory at the Lyoness Open at Diamond Country Club near Vienna. Wood started five shots off the pace, but carded an immaculate 67 to secure his first success since winning the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in 2013. He collected five birdies to finish ahead...
Written by Golf World on Friday 12 June 2015
Jordan Spieth’s caddie Michael Greller has caddied at Chambers Bay more than 50 times. Here are his thoughts on how it might play during US Open week. Chambers Bay is a beast. Like any good US Open venue, it’s going to test your patience and your abilities to the fullest. It requires good imagination and a good feel because there will...