Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 15 May 2013
European Tour players David Horsey and Scott Drummond will be among the field in The Astbury Hall Classic this week as the 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour arrives in Shropshire. The tour is making its debut at Astbury Hall in Bridgnorth, a top-class championship course designed by Judas Priest lead guitarist KK Downing. The 54-hole event begins on Wednesday, May 15th and...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 17 May 2013
In search of his third consecutive win at next week’s BMW PGA Championship, Luke Donald took a break from his preparations today to visit Buckingham Palace and meet the Queen. The former world number one was collecting an MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his work both on and off the golf course. He was commended for having held the top spot...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 20 May 2013
Graeme McDowell has moved to the top of the Race to Dubai standings by winning the Volvo World Matchplay Championship in Bulgaria. Last year’s runner up came from behind to defeat Thongchai Jaidee 2&1 in a closely contested final at the Gary Player designed Thracian Cliffs Golf & Beach resort. McDowell’s opponent in the quarter-final was Nicolas Colsaerts, to whom he lost...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 21 May 2013
Golf’s governing bodies have today announced the adoption of Rule 14-1b – that prohibits anchoring the club in making a stroke – will take effect on January 1, 2016. Rule 14-1b was given the final approval by the USGA and The R&A following an extensive review by both organisations, after a comprehensive process in which comments and suggestions from across the golf community...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 21 May 2013
Europe captain Paul McGinley will have three wildcard picks for the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. It means there will be nine automatic qualifying places for the 12-man team, which will aim to defend the title they won during a dramatic final day at Medinah in 2012. It means the Irishman will have an extra pick from Jose Maria Olazabal, who led Europe to victory...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 21 May 2013
In contrast to years gone by, the European Tour makes just one visit to English soil in 2013 with the flagship BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. The event has thrown up a list of prestigious winners down the years, including a four-year winning streak for Englishman thanks to Luke Donald (2012 and 2011), Simon Khan (2010) and Paul Casey (2009). With three of the top four...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 22 May 2013
Sergio Garcia’s ongoing row with Tiger Woods took a turn for the worst on Tuesday night at The European Tour’s Players’ Awards dinner when the Spaniard made a remark with racial connotations when questioned about the world number one. Garcia was asked in jest if he would have the American round for dinner one night during the upcoming US Open and replied: “We will have...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 22 May 2013
The BMW PGA Championship will see 11 of the twelve victorious Ryder Cup stars tee-up at Wentworth tomorrow and online bookmaker 888sport.com is offering an industry best price of 7/1 that all 11 will make the cut. The bookies are also offering an industry leading price of 11/2 that the 2013 BMW PGA Championship winner will do so with an anchored putter, following this...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 22 May 2013
David Wood will never forget the way he won the recent Foremost Championship, after he saw his overhit approach at the 18th hit a scoreboard and bounce straight into the hole for an eagle, to help him win by one! Playing at the MacDonald Portal Hotel and Golf Club in Cheshire, Wood’s victory was so bizarre that it might have come straight out of the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 28 May 2013
Tiger Woods has confirmed he will play the Turkish Open, a new event on the European Tour, in November this year. The 78-man tournament will be played over the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course in Belek and will form the third leg of the Final Series on The Race to Dubai. Woods also played in Turkey last year, at the eight-man Turkish Airlines World Golf...
Written by Kit Alexander, Instruction Editor on Tuesday 28 May 2013
The 2013 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game is back on the PGA Tour this week for the prestigious Memorial Tournament, hosted by Jack Nicklaus at Muirfield Village. This event always attracts one of the strongest fields of the year outside the Majors and eight of the world’s top 10 will be playing this week. Muirfield Village, which is also hosting the Presidents...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 29 May 2013
John Letters staffer Paul Wesselingh has teed it up in the first Senior Major Championship of the 2013 Season, the Senior PGA Championship. The 2012 European Senior Tour Rookie of the Year competed in his first Senior Major Championship at Bellerive Golf Club, St Louis last week, but rounds of 72 and 77 meant he narrowly miss the cut by two shots. The 51-year-old lined up...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 3 June 2013
Richard Wallis shot a final-round 65 to win the PGA EuroPro Tour’s Kerry London Championship by seven strokes from Nick McCarthy. Wallis – from Walmer & Kingsdown Golf Club – began the last day at Burhill Golf Club’s New Course as joint leader with McCarthy, but his seven-under-par final round took him to 15-under for the tournament, earning him the £10,000 winner’s cheque, a brand new...
Written by Kit Alexander, TG Instruction Editor on Tuesday 4 June 2013
The 2013 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game stays in America this week for the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. The 7,239-yard layout was the toughest of the 13 par-70s in non-Majors on the PGA Tour last season so it should provide a good test in preparation for next week’s US Open. Finding fairways and greens has proven very difficult...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 6 June 2013
The ISPS HANDA PGA Seniors Championship was launched in style last night at De Vere Mottram Hall when former Ryder Cup Captain Mark James, defending tournament champion Paul Wesselingh and former European Senior Tour Order of Merit winner Peter Fowler, were joined by Manchester City legend Paul Dickov, former England cricket stars Darren Gough and Steve Harmison, as well as...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 7 June 2013
Las Colinas Golf & Country Club, one of Continental Europe’s Top-100 golf courses, will be under the international golfing spotlight once again when the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 2 returns to the Spanish resort later this year. From 2-5th November, golf’s rising superstars will descend upon the secluded Troon-managed venue to battle it out for full exemption to the main...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 10 June 2013
John Letters is celebrating after staff player Paul Wesselingh won the Handa PGA Seniors Championship at De Vere Mottram Hall, ending the brand’s 40 years of hurt. The 2012 European Senior Tour Rookie of the Year handed the famous Scottish brand their first win on a main tour since the golden days of the early 70’s with a 20-under-par total of 272...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 10 June 2013
Srixon staffer Inbee Park secured her third major and the seventh win of her career at the third sudden death playoff hole with an 18-foot birdie putt at the Wegmans LPGA Championship. The world number one who has won the first two majors of the 2013 LPGA season, said: “It was tough to win the second one – Evian, after four years...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 11 June 2013
In the decades since the East Course at Merion Golf Club hosted its last major championship – the 1981 U.S. Open – the general thought was that golf at its highest level had outgrown the now-100-year-old venue. Indeed, at 6,996 yards the par-70 layout is the first US Open venue to measure under 7,000-yards since Shinnecock Hills in 2004. However, contours on fairways and greens...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 12 June 2013
Golf’s four major championships always draw out golf fans looking to make the tournament that bit more interesting by placing a few quid on their favourites, or perhaps somebody that’s been tipped. Well with the US Open at Merion getting underway tomorrow, you’ve not got long left to back your man. Tiger Woods is the headline favourite across all bookmakers, with 888sport...