Monday 6 April 2009
Paul Casey somes into The Masters after sealing his first PGA Tour win. Casey, 31, beat JB Holmes in an epic play-off to clinch victory at the Shell Houston championship. Casey already has a pretty impressive record at The Masters – a tied sixth, a tenth and an eleventh – and now has got to be riding high. He was choking back...
Written by Golf World Editor on Wednesday 8 April 2009
This may be Gary Player’s 52nd and final Masters tournament, but The Chairman of Augusta National, Billy Payne, very much hopes he can persuade the South African some time over the summer to hit the first tee shot next year with Arnold Palmer. “I only found out a couple of days ago that this was going to be Gary’s last Masters,” he...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 19 November 2008
Luke Donald is set to make his long-awaited return from injury. Donald is set to make his comeback in the Sun City Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club in South Africa in December. “I absolutely believe I’ll be ready,” said Donald who underwent wrist surgery in the summer. After missing the cut at The Masters, Luke was just returning to form when...
Written by TG staff on Wednesday 20 November 2013
Peter Uihlein has been crowned Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year on the European Tour. The award completes a stand-out season for Uihlein which has seen him claim his maiden European Tour title and finish in the Top-10 on seven occasions on his way to finishing 14th on the final Race to Dubai rankings. Having started the season with playing rights...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 18 November 2013
Henrik Stenson sealed the Race to Dubai in emphatic fashion as he cruised to a six-shot victory at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The world number three becomes the first player to win the Race to Dubai and FedEx Cup in the same season after he clinched the PGA Tour title with victory at their Tour Championship in September. Stenson held a...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 12 November 2013
The final tournament of the 2013 TG Fantasy Golf game is the DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai. It’s the culmination of the European Tour season and 56 of the top 60 in the Race to Dubai will be teeing up this week hoping to finish their season on a high and earn a share of...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 11 November 2013
Victor Dubuisson held off a high-profile chasing pack including Tiger Woods to earn his first European Tour victory at the Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In the third of four events that make up the Final Series, culminating in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai next week, Dubuisson shot a final round of 69 to...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 11 November 2013
Here’s ample evidence that Colin Montgomerie was in top cooking form at the weekend at The Montgomerie Maxx Royal where the host course designer welcomed guests to his on course villa on the eve of the final round of the inaugural Turkish Airlines Open. Monty played the perfect host and was dressed in full Maxx Royal chef clothing as he took...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 8 November 2013
Five-time Major winner and current world number four, Phil Mickelson (pictured), has confirmed his stake in the race for glory at January’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship 2014 (16-19 January 2014). Mickelson’s return to the UAE capital ups the ante for the season-opening event which now sees three of the world’s top six players competing on Abu Dhabi Golf Club’s National...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 7 November 2013
German Ryder Cup hero Martin Kaymer faced Italian sensation Matteo Manassero in a target challenge from the balcony of Maxx Royal – one of the world’s finest hotels – in a spectacular warm-up for the The Turkish Airlines Open which started today. Over 2,000 guests gathered at The Maxx Royal Belek Golf & Spa where targets were placed in the expansive...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 6 November 2013
The penultimate tournament in the 2013 TG Fantasy Golf game is the Turkish Airlines Open at The Montgomerie Maxx course at Royal Antalya, Turkey. It’s the European Tour’s first visit to Turkey and the 7,100-yard, par 72 layout should offer up plenty of birdie opportunities – many experts are predicting the winning score to be around 20-under-par. The course is tree-lined and...
Written by Joel Tadman on Monday 4 November 2013
American Dustin Johnson brushed off a European assault to win the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai thanks to an emphatic finish. The TaylorMade-adidas staffer entered the final round three shots clear of Ian Poulter and despite an early wobble, three-putting the opening hole, Johnson rallied on the back nine to post 66 and win by three shots at 24-under par. Johnson’s eighth tournament...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 30 October 2013
After the BMW Masters threw up a surprise 70/1 winner in Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, many golf fans will be looking to find more value in the star studied World Golf Championship in Shanghai, China this week. The Sheshan International Golf Course plays host to the second event of the European Tour’s Final Series, and with FedEx Cup points also on the line, it...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 29 October 2013
It’s nearing crunch time in the TG Fantasy Golf game and this week’s WGC – HSBC Championship at Sheshan International GC in Shanghai, China, is worth double points. The tournament counts towards the European Tour’s 2013 Race to Dubai and the PGA Tour’s 2013-14 FedEx Cup standings for the first time, so there’s plenty for the 77-man field to play for. Ian Poulter...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 28 October 2013
Rory McIlroy secured his first ‘win’ of 2013 as he beat Tiger Woods by a shot in an exhibition match at Mission Hills. The Northern Irishman beat the man who replaced him as world number one in the big money match, thanks to a storming finish in China that included four birdies and an eagle in the closing seven holes. McIlroy eventually finished up with a...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 28 October 2013
Ryan Moore birdied the first playoff hole to beat Gary Woodland and capture the CIMB Classic title on Monday morning, after an overnight delay caused by storms and darkness. Moore had to fight just to get in the playoff, getting up-and-down from 60-yards on the 72nd hole to salvage a par, meaning that he and Woodland both finished level at 14-under-par. In the playoff,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 28 October 2013
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano shot a closing four-under-par 68 to win the BMW Shanghai Masters – his seventh European Tour victory. The Spaniard chipped in on 17 to lead by three shots at Lake Malaren, but a double-bogey at the last hole saw him finish just the one shot clear of Francesco Molinari and Thongchai Jaidee. Italian Molinari had held the clubhouse lead on...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 23 October 2013
The Race to Dubai’s Final Series kicks off this week with the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai, the first of four tournaments set to determine Europe’s number one for 2013. Henrik Stenson heads the betting at 6/1 with 888sport.com, while Rory McIlroy makes an appearance as second favourite at 8/1, thanks mainly to his closing 67 at the Korea...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 22 October 2013
The next tournament in the TG Fantasy Golf game is the first event of the European Tour’s inaugural Final Series, the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren GC, Shanghai, China. It’s the second year this tournament has taken place at the 7,607-yard par 72 course designed by Jack Nicklaus – the course itself has only been open just over two years. The length...
Written by Harriet Linton on Monday 21 October 2013
Ross Fisher lost out in a play-off against former world number one amateur Jin Jeong at the Perth International. The pair finished the final round tied on 10-under-par but the South Korean claimed victory at the first extra hole after . Jin Jeong recovered from a double bogey at the first to shoot a final round of 69 – one shot better...