Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 29 April 2014
The fourth event in the TG Fantasy Golf is the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. Quail Hollow is a standard par 72 layout with four par 3s and four par 5s that measures 7,562 yards. The course is preparing to host the 2017 USPGA Championship and the tough set-up will give the players a Major test this...
Monday 28 April 2014
The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour returns to the east coast of Scotland this week for its second event of the season, the Eagle Orchid Scottish Masters at Montrose Links. The tournament represents the second time the Tour has visited the historic course, having made a successful debut there in September last year. Oliver Farr took the £10,000 winners’ cheque on that...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
After a thrilling finale to the RBC Heritage that saw Matt Kuchar hole a bunker shot on the 18th to seal a one-shot victory over Luke Donald, TG Fantasy Golf heads to the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana, New Orleans. Last year’s field averaged 70.75, making the course the seventh easiest par-72 of the season. After a tough winter that’s made...
Tuesday 22 April 2014
BMW, Official Partner of The Ryder Cup 2014, has launched the ‘Road to Gleneagles 2014’ – a free-to-enter competition open to UK golfers playing wherever and whenever until June 8th. Powered by social live scoring platform Golf GameBook, the competition gives all UK golfers an opportunity to win a VIP trip to Gleneagles in Scotland to experience the 40th playing of...
Tuesday 22 April 2014
William Harrold won the opening event of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour season, shooting a final-round 71 to finish four under par in the Matchroom Championship on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry. The Norfolk golfer began the day four behind 36-hole leader Jack Senior, but the former Walker Cup man shot 76 in his final round to fall from -7...
Written by Joel Tadman on Wednesday 16 April 2014
After a thrilling opening event, the triple-weighted Masters won by Bubba Watson, the TG Fantasy Golf game heads to Harbour Town Golf Links on the PGA Tour this week for the RBC Heritage. Created by Pete Dye, who updated the track in 2011, Harbour Town stretches just 7,101 yards and boasts many short-hitting shot-makers as champions, including Graeme McDowell, who defends...
Tuesday 15 April 2014
Have you downloaded Golf GameBook yet? It’s a free app that allows you to upload your golf scores live – forget paper scorecards and tiny pencils, record your scores at the touch of a finger. No more counting dots and circles – this app updates all your favourite game formats and side-bets on every hole, even from other groups on...
Friday 11 April 2014
The PGA EuroPro Tour has announced that HotelPlanner.com will be the title sponsor of Europe’s leading satellite tour in 2014. HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour players will compete for more than £700,000-worth of prize money in 2014, with the top five golfers at the end of the season awarded a category on the 2015 Challenge Tour. HotelPlanner.com will also be offering discounts...
Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday 10 April 2014
There’s still time to register for TG Fantasy Golf and pick your Masters team before the 1pm deadline today (Thursday 10th April). The game is free to play and there are more than £7,000 of prizes up for grabs, including golf holidays to La Manga in Spain, Donnafugata in Sicily, Son Caliu in Mallorca and Palmares in Portugal. Plus, a dozen...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 7 April 2014
The first event of the 2014 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game is the first Major of the season, the Masters at Augusta National, Georgia, USA. Like all Majors in the free-to-play game, this event is worth triple points so it’s important to pick your six-man team wisely within the £15m budget and make a good start. Augusta National is a par-72 course that...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Would you like the chance to win a VIP Experience at the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles – just for playing golf? We’ve teamed up with BMW – Official Partner of the Ryder Cup – and Golf GameBook to give you the chance to play in the BMW Road to Gleneagles 2014. Top prize is a trip to the big event in September,...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 1 April 2014
The 2014 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game gets underway at the Masters at 1pm on Thursday 10th April. You can sign up and pick your team here right now. This year’s game features 32 tournaments from the first Major of the season to the DP World Tour Championship on November 20th – all four Majors, two World Golf Championships, 15 PGA Tour...
Written by AP National Writer on Tuesday 8 April 2008
Prayad Marksaeng has a big group of fans this week. His entire country. Marksaeng is the third Thai-born golfer to play in the Masters, receiving one of the exemptions given to foreign players who wouldn’t otherwise qualify. Liang Wen-Chong of China and India’s Jeev Milka Singh also got exemptions, which are designed to help broaden golf’s appeal around the world. “I am representing...
Written by TG Editor on Monday 31 March 2008
Today’s Golfer’s Fantasy Golf League continues to attract some big names from the world of sport and television with just 10 days left until the start of the first Fantasy Golf League tournament. Stars such as Ex-Eastenders actor Phil Daniels, sports presenter John Inverdale, rugby stars Jason Leonard and Kenny Logan and former footy star Ray Clemence have already signed up...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Friday 27 July 2007
Last September, after rookie Eric Axley won on the PGA Tour, Andy Plummer allowed himself a little reflection. He called his teaching partner, Mike Bennett, and they talked about what to do when more players came calling. You see, Axley was the third player in six weeks to win his first event, and Plummer and Bennett were teaching all three...
Written by AP Sports Writer on Thursday 26 July 2007
Michele Wie hopes a return to the French Alps will get her game back on track. The 17-year-old Wie is back at the Evian Masters with her game, confidence and reputation in disarray. A year ago, the teenager from Hawaii closed with a 4-under 68 and finished in a tie for second. She hasn’t broken par – anywhere – since. “It’s so...
Written by Jock Howard on Monday 22 September 2008
USA 16 1/2 Europe 11 1/2 Results from Sunday’s singles Match 1: Anthony Kim beat Sergio Garcia 5&4 Anthony Kim did exactly what Faldo hoped Garcia would do and won big. The American played extraordinary golf and was 7-under-par when they shook hands on the 14th green. Match 2: Hunter Mahan halved with Paul Casey Mahan sank a bomb from 45 feet on...
Written by Staff Writer on Wednesday 9 April 2008
With just a few hours to go before the start of our 2008 Fantasy Golf competition, we thought we’d take a look at some of the good picks for the Masters if you don’t fancy blowing most of your budget on Tiger… Phil Mickelson He’ll cost you a packet, we know, but Lefty is hitting the ball beautifully right now. We...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Wednesday 17 September 2008
The Today’s Golfer Ryder Cup Fantasy League golf game is now in full swing and you can sign up right now. GREAT PRIZES UP FOR GRABS!!! It’s been a long time coming but finally Britain’s most successful golfer ever has the chance to lead Europe to victory in golf’s biggest theatre – The Ryder Cup. So how does the great man feel?...
Written by TG Tour Editor on Monday 1 September 2008
All you need to know about the thoroughbred Kentucky course where America and Europe battle it out this month including a US viewpoint from journalist Mike Bernos who recently teed it up at Valhalla Golf Course… According to Norse mythology, Valhalla was the Great Hall of Odin, where brave warriors who died in battle lived on forever. They went out to do battle...