Written by Ian Hudson on Monday 30 September 2013
The team representing Continental Europe have the form and experience to win the Seve Trophy for just the second time, which will be helped by the fact the opposing team from Great Britain and Ireland are considerably weaker due to the absence of many players who have qualified for the matches. Away from the main event, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Stephen Gallacher...
Written by Ian Hudson on Monday 30 September 2013
The teams representing the United States in the Presidents Cup have never lost the contest and all the form guidelines suggest another win against the best players from the rest of the world (other than Europe). Away from the showpiece team event, Steve Stricker and Jason Day look to have decent opportunities to be the top point’s scorers for their respective...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Monday 30 September 2013
The relief and joy on David Howell’s face spoke volumes as he celebrated reaching the end of a “long, long road from the depths of despair,” after claiming his first European Tour title in seven years by beating American Peter Uihlein in a sudden-death play-off at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Howell played superbly in his final round at the Home...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Friday 27 September 2013
Tiger Woods has won the 2013 PGA Tour Player of the Year Award over Henrik Stenson, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar and Adam Scott. Woods won five of the 16 tournaments he played this season and finished in the top 10 in three others. His wins included the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Farmers Insurance Open, Players Championship, Cadillac Championship and Bridgestone Invitational. This is the...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 24 September 2013
After an exciting conclusion to the FedEx Cup, the Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game now switches focus to the closing weeks of the European Tour season; starting with this week’s Dunhill Links Championship, on the east coast of Scotland. The tournament is played over three fabulous links courses – St Andrews Old, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns – with the cut falling after three rounds,...
Written by Ian Hudson on Tuesday 24 September 2013
Charl Schwartzel is the only player in the field for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship who played in the Tour Championship on the PGA Tour last week. The possibility of jet lag and mental tiredness undermining his prospects is offset by a game suited to the host courses and his propensity for maintaining his focus during long rounds. The South African...
Written by Chris Jones on Monday 23 September 2013
Henrik Stenson put a torrid few seasons behind him last night to win the biggest cash prize in golf. Outside the top 200 players in the world two years ago, the Swede capped off the best three months of his career with victory in the Tour Championship. He walked away with $11.44 million — $10 million for the FedEx Cup ($9 million...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 23 September 2013
A brilliant back nine 31 saw Julien Quesne snatch the Italian Open in Torino and claim his second European Tour title. The Frenchman began the day four shots off the lead and looked out of contention when he ran up a double-bogey six on the second, but birdied the 4th and 6th and then stormed home in 31 thanks to birdies...
Written by Ian Hudson on Tuesday 17 September 2013
Steve Stricker probably doesn’t need the money, but he is well placed to pick up more than $11m this weekend by winning the Tour Championship and consequently the FedEx Cup. Only those players in the top five in the standings have things totally in their own hands and at number six Stricker needs other players to falter in order to win...
Written by Ian Hudson on Tuesday 17 September 2013
Francesco Molinari is the only Italian to win the national Open of Italy since 1985. Matteo Manassero is the youngest player in the history of the European Tour to win four tournaments. Both players will have huge local support in Turin this week, but Simon Dyson has the profile to spoil the party by winning the Italian Open. The event is...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 17 September 2013
East Lake Golf Club, site of this week’s Tour Championship and final event of the FedExCup Playoffs, is largely known as the home course of Bobby Jones. Another Jones of no relation, Rees, oversaw the renovation following the conclusion of the inaugural FedExCup in 2007 won by Tiger Woods with a tournament-record 23-under 257. Miniverde Bermudagrass replaced Bentgrass greens. Since, the lowest...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 16 September 2013
Joost Luiten won his native Dutch Open with victory over veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez in a playoff. With the 49-year-old Spaniard looking to become the oldest ever Tour winner, the pair finished on 12-under-par after rounds of 68 and 67 respectively, before Luiten won with a par at the first extra hole at Kennemer. Luiten – who is 22 years Jimenez’s junior –...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 11 September 2013
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game heads back to America this week for the resumption of the FedEx Cup Play-offs; the BMW Championship at Conway Farms GC, Chicago. The top 70 players of the FedEx Cup arrive at a course hosting its first PGA Tour event. There is no cut but only the top 30 in the standings after the tournament will advance...
Written by Ian Hudson on Tuesday 10 September 2013
For the first time on any Tour there will be a second Major Championship in one season in Europe as the Evian Championship in France is played for the first time as a major this year. Suzann Pettersen has the best chance to win the title for Europe but she will face tough competition from the best players from the...
Written by Ian Hudson on Tuesday 10 September 2013
Henrik Stenson is looking to emulate Rory McIlroy from last season by winning two FedEx Cup playoff events, and if he outscores his opponents in the BMW Championship he will be in a strong position to become the first European to win the FedEx Cup and 10 million dollar bonus. Jim Furyk won that huge prize in 2010 and could figure...
Written by Ian Hudson on Tuesday 10 September 2013
No Dutch player has ever won the KLM Open but Joost Luiten has the proven form and ability to win the national Open of the Netherlands. Simon Dyson is a three times former winner and is now back to the level of form that saw him last win this tournament in 2011. Alex Noren has also contended several times this...
Written by Chris Jones on Monday 9 September 2013
Thomas Björn was crowned King of the Mountains for the second time in three years after defeating Scotland’s Craig Lee in a play-off in the Omega European Masters in Switzerland. The Dane holed a 12ft birdie putt on the first extra hole after Lee had earlier agonisingly lipped out with a birdie chance on the same hole in regulation play. Lee’s miss...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 4 September 2013
The TG Fantasy Golf game is back on the European Tour this week with the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland. The course is perched high in the Swiss Alps and offers one of the most spectacular backdrops on the European Tour. The par-71 layout measures 6,881 yards but it plays quite short as the ball travels further at altitude. The 10th, 12th,...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Monday 19 August 2013
Matt Fitzpatrick became the first Englishman to win the US Amateur Championship title since 1911 after beating Australia’s Oliver Goss 4&3 in the final at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. The 18-year-old led for the majority of the 36-hole play-off to earn himself a slice of history and a pathway into next season’s majors. Fitzpatrick had already earned an exemption into...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 2 September 2013
Gregory Bourdy birdied his final three holes to win the Wales Open at Celtic Manor at put himself atop the list for the 2014 Ryder Cup spots. The world number 173 overhauled American Peter Uihlein by two shots to take his fourth European Tour title on a total of eight-under-par. The Frenchman said: “It was an amazing round. I’m going to remember this finish for a...