Thursday 11 December 2014
Rory McIlroy remains the odds-on favourite with the firm at 4/9 following his triumphant summer, winning both The Open and PGA Championship, however a late gamble is developing on Lewis Hamilton who is now just a 13/8 shot. One punter who was that confident in the Irishman’s chances of landing the elusive prize placed a wager of £10,000 on him doing...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Jamie Donaldson made his European Tour debut in 2001. Ten years later, plagued by back issues, he seemed destined for nothing more than journeyman status. Then, in 2012, he won the Irish Open. It heralded a dramatic upturn that would see him win again in 2013 and 2014, amass some £5m in tournament winnings, make the Ryder Cup team and...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
If Paul McGinley is in any doubt as to the effect a successful Ryder Cup captaincy would have on his life, they are surely dispelled as he drives a golf cart across the 18th fairway of the North course at Quinta do Lago in the Algarve. As he negotiates a route a five-year-old could have managed, spontaneous applause breaks out...
Written by James Henderson on Monday 8 December 2014
As crowds lining Tower Bridge watched on, and the River Thames glistened underfoot, a hapless Boris Johnson swung aimlessly into the water. Standing alongside him was a smiling Ulsterman, partaking in promotional duty in London, looking every inch the global icon. Rory McIlroy, the Lionel Messi of golf? “I don’t need another year like this one,” laughed the four-time Major...
Monday 1 December 2014
Standing on the small street leading to Lee Trevino’s expansive and expensive Dallas home, it’s nearly impossible to see the size of the lodging from outside the front gate. There is a long, winding concrete driveway, a large creek on the right side and towering trees overshadowing the house. Not until you’re almost touching the window-paned front doors do you...
Written by Golf World staff writer on Monday 27 October 2008
Sergio Garcia dedicated his first European Tour win since 2005 to Seve Ballesteros after victory in the Castello Masters on the course he played as a boy. The 28 year old, hosting the inaugural event at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo where his father is still the host professional, closed with a four under par 67 to finish three shots ahead...
Monday 24 November 2014
Henrik Stenson is eyeing a first Major Championship in 2015 after defending a title for the first time in his career at the DP World Tour Championship. The Swede carded a closing 70 at Jumeirah Golf Estates to finish 16-under-par, two shots ahead of World Number One Rory McIlroy and fellow Ryder Cuppers Justin Rose and Victor Dubuisson. Victory also assured...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Time, tide and the Ryder Cup wait for no man. So while we mortals may still be raving about three days of glorious golf at Gleneagles, Ryder Cup Europe has shifted its focus to selecting the host nation for the 2022 matches. At present, seven countries have expressed an interest in holding the event. TG assesses their chances in the...
Written by Today's Golfer on Wednesday 19 November 2014
Rickie Fowler has accepted his mate Rory McIlroy’s invitation to play in the Irish Open at Royal County Down. The pair formed a bond as amateurs at the Co. Down links when they were on opposing sides in the 2007 Walker Cup, which Fowler’s United States team edged by 12½-11½ in McIlroy’s last appearance before he joined the professional ranks. Since then,...
Written by Today's Golfer on Wednesday 19 November 2014
Tiger Woods has issued an angry response to a ‘fake’ interview published in US magazine Golf Digest, calling it ‘not true, not funny’. The 84-year-old Hall of Fame golf writer Dan Jenkins wrote the fake Q&A in the magazine’s December issue. Jenkins already had a frosty relationship with Woods after having interview requests turned down. The column prompted Woods to pen his...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
It’s the end of the road for the European Tour and TG Fantasy Golf seasons this week as the Race to Dubai comes to an end. Built in 2008, the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates laid dormant for more than 18 months before its curtain call at the inaugural staging of this event in 2009. Greg Norman’s design features wide...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
‘Rory could be the favourite in every Major for 15 years’ Sir Nick Faldo opens up about the state of the game, technology, Tiger… and the young player who might soon replace him as Britain’s greatest ever golfer Pop quiz, readers. Who was the last golfer to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year? Too slow. The answer is Sir Nick...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
‘Tiger and Phil will win again’ Hunter Mahan talks desire, Ryder Cup and why driving is so important The Ryder Cup When you lose it takes a lot out of you because you get two years off from it. It’s such a passionate and emotional event, unlike any other event in golf, but that’s what’s great about it and makes it so...
Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 17 November 2014
European Tour rookie Brooks Koepka bagged his first tour victory at the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday – crowning Rory McIlroy Race to Dubai winner in the process. The 24-year-old Floridian’s win means McIlroy was confirmed as Europe’s 2013-14 money-list winner ahead of this week’s DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Koepka fought all day with Ian Poulter when the American struck...
Friday 14 November 2014
Ahead of the Turkish Airlines Open, Victor Dubuisson and Martin Kaymer ignited proceedings in a spectacular target challenge from the balcony of the Maxx Royal Belek Golf Resort, official hotel partner of the Turkish Airlines Open. Following his maiden European Tour win at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal 12 months ago, it was an enjoyable return to Belek for Victor Dubuisson, who...
Written by Today's Golfer on Thursday 13 November 2014
Colin Montgomerie is celebrating his 600th European Tour start in Turkey today. The 51-year-old Scot became only the seventh man to play in 600 European Tour events when he teed off in the £4.4million Turkish Airlines Open. Monty reached the landmark at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal in Antalya, a course he designed. The eight-time European Order of Merit winner said: “It’s a fantastic...
Written by Stuart Hood on Tuesday 11 November 2014
How do you follow a captain like Paul McGinley? That’s the question a newly created selection panel will ask itself next year. The last eight European Ryder Cup captains have been awarded the position after being nominated by the European Tour’s Tournament Committee and approved by the Ryder Cup Board. But from now on Europe’s captain will be selected by...
Tuesday 11 November 2014
The European Tour heads to Turkey for the penultimate event in this year’s Race to Dubai Final Series. Opened in 2008, the Montgomerie Maxx Royal lies 30km east of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast. Designed by the eight-time European Order of Merit winner, the 7,132-yard layout features pine forest, undulating fairways and eight lakes. Strangely for a par 72, there are five...
Monday 3 November 2014
Following the recent video of Mercedes-Benz brand ambassadors Martin Kaymer, Bernhard Langer and Louis Oosthuizen attempting the 25-second bucket challenge, to see who could chip the most balls into a bucket in the time limit, Team TG has also undertaken this difficult task. Equipment Editor Joel Tadman, Features Editor Rob McGarr, Staff Writer Joe Downes, and work experience Ben Scott took part...
Monday 3 November 2014
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday, November 4, 2014) for the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews, where Rory McIlroy will defend his title. The 144th Open Championship will be played from 12-19 July 2015 over the Old Course and world number one McIlroy will return to St Andrews as defending Champion after his two-shot victory over Sergio Garcia and Rickie...