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...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 30 August 2013
The Deutsche Bank Championship is taking place from Friday to Monday, and we’ve teamed up with 888sport.com to offer you the industry’s best prices on some of the front runners and longer shots. So, if you fancy yourself as a bit of a golf guru, check out the below odds to win, which are all the longest odds currently on the market! Rory McIlroy to...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 28 August 2013
Last week’s event, The Barclays, had one of the most exciting finishes of the season, and round two of the FedEx Cup Playoffs could offer just as much drama. The Deutsche Bank Championship is played over the TPC Boston course, where all of the final four holes are inside the top-seven easiest on the course. This helped Webb Simpson card a field-low 65 in his final...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Tuesday 27 August 2013
A new match-play event between Europe and Asia has been added to the 2014 European Tour, bringing another team outing to the schedule to help Captain Paul McGinley’s Ryder Cup preparations for Gleneagles. Taking place at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Malaysia from March 28-30, 2014, the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM will be sanctioned by The European Tour and the Asian...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Tuesday 27 August 2013
Masters champion Adam Scott won The Barclays by one stroke in the first event of the FedExCup play-offs. Australia’s US Masters champion fired a five-under 66 to edge Tiger Woods, US Open champion Justin Rose, Gary Woodland and Graham DeLaet in New Jersey. Scott finished an hour before the final group but watched as Woods’s birdie putt fell inches short on 18,...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Tuesday 27 August 2013
Tommy Fleetwood claimed his maiden European Tour title with the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, prevailing in a play-off with home favourite Stephen Gallacher and Ricardo Gonzalez on an action packed final day in Scotland. The 18th hole at Gleneagles, which could be the decisive setting at next year’s Ryder Cup, provided plenty of drama, with Gallacher holing a 15ft eagle putt...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Friday 23 August 2013
Argentine Ricardo Gonzalez leads the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles after another brilliant 65 on day two put him -14. Joint-leader after his opening round, five birdies in a row to close out his 65 put him top of the leaderboard on Friday afternoon. But Wiesberger is still finely poised as he makes a successful return to Perthshire two years after losing to Thomas...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 14 August 2013
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game is staying in America this week for the final PGA Tour regular season event – the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, North Carolina. The top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings after this week advance to the play-offs so there’s plenty to play for and nine of the world’s top 36 players have made...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 20 August 2013
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game this week is the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays at Liberty National GC in Jersey City, New Jersey. The top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings have qualified for this week and 22 of the top 25 in the world rankings are teeing it up. The top 100 in the FedEx Cup after this...