Written by 2013 US Open on Sunday 16 June 2013
It is a great story. Phil Mickelson, who has five times been the runner-up in his national championship makes it sixth time lucky. And he does it on Father’s Day, after getting a red-eye jet in, from California a couple of hours before his tee time on Thursday, because he wanted to go to the 7th grade graduation of his...
Written by 2013 US Open on Monday 17 June 2013
Justin Rose spoilt the party in Philidelphia, just as he had done in Chicago, nine months ago at the Ryder Cup. And, just as in Chicago, the man left trailing in his wake was the crowd favourite in America, Phil Mickelson. At the Ryder Cup, it was the Englishman’s snaky, long putt on the 17th hole which broke the American’s heart...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
Mark Fulcher has been a vital cog in Justin Rose’s rise to world beater. As part of our special 25th anniversary issue, he told TG how it’s happened. Justin’s work ethic is extraordinary and has been ever since I started working with him. He’s an easy guy to work for. He works hard and there’s some long hours every now and then,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
“Five years ago I couldn’t have done what I did in the Ryder Cup at Medinah,” says Justin Rose. It’s a frank admission from the Englishman, but also an indicator of how he has taken his game to the next level and truly become one of the world’s best players. Only he’s not resting on his laurels. Not by a long...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
We recently caught up with the newly crowned US Open champion Justin Rose, who gave us his tips to help improve your wedge play. With wedge play, it’s all about face control. What TrackMan has taught me is that with your wedge swing path, because of spin loft, you can have a much bigger range of how you can swing the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
We recently caught up with the new US Open champion, Justin Rose, to get his tips on how to hole more putts. There were times in the past when I’ve got frustrated with myself and started doubting myself as a putter, but I wouldn’t have won big events if I wasn’t a good one. But one thing David Orr has stressed to...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
Justin Rose’s US Open win has cost Ladbrokes a cool £2 million in payouts to winning punters. The Englishman was heavily backed before the tournament started, seeing him tee off at Merion as a 25/1 shot, however in-play punters also had the opportunity to back Rose as big as 66/1. Going into the late hours of Sunday evening Rose was as short as...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 18 June 2013
Unlike last week’s test for the US. Open, TPC River Highlands is anything but a grind. The host of the Travelers Championship is a pa- 70 like Merion Golf Club, but that’s where the similarities end. While Justin Rose won with a one-over-par total last week, that score wouldn’t have even made the weekend at TPC River Highlands in 2012. At 6,841-yards, it’s...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 21 June 2013
Marriott has signed English European Tour player Tom Lewis as a Brand Ambassador. Under the terms of the arrangement the former Walker Cup player and Tour winner will wear the Marriott logo on his sleeve and will represent the renowned hotel group on his travels around the world. The agreement further underlines Marriott’s commitment to the game of golf, and on Tour,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 21 June 2013
Justin Rose has joined the management company that represents Tiger Woods, parting company with British based 4Sports & Entertainment AG to join the growing golf empire run by Mark Steinberg on behalf of Excel Sports. The move is a coup for Steinberg, who adds the new US Open champion to a list that also includes Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland. The Independant reported that Rose had been in...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 21 June 2013
Alex Belt shot a final-round 70 to win the PDC & World Snooker Open by one and claim his first PGA EuroPro Tour £10,000 winner’s cheque. The 27-year-old finished 11-under-par, with Chesterfield’s George Woolgar and Simon Lilly sharing second place on 10-under. Belt has come close to winning on the PGA EuroPro Tour several times in the past, and admitted he was relieved to finally get that...
Written by Kit Alexander, TG Instruction Editor on Monday 24 June 2013
The 2013 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game heads back to the European Tour this week for the Irish Open at Carton House GC, County Kildare. The 7,301-yard layout is par 72 that features 130 strategically-placed bunkers, narrow fairways and fast and undulating greens. It may be long but there is a premium on good strategy and straight hitting. Scrambling will come into...
Written by TG staff writer on Saturday 11 July 2009
Padraig Harrington bids for three successive Open titles at Turnberry next week. Here he gives an intriguing insight into golf’s greatest tournament, the course, major championships…and his recent poor form. Q (What do you think of Turnberry?) Padraig Harrington: It looks like a very good golf course to go and play, and if you can stay out of the bunkers on the...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Equipment Editor on Monday 13 July 2009
Open champion Padraig Harrington will start his defence of the Claret Jug on Thursday alongside American Jim Furyk and Australian Geoff Ogilvy. Harrington backed up his maiden Major success at Carnoustie with a stunning victory at Birkdale last year, and starts at 1420 on Thursday ahead of a 0909 tee-time on Friday. World number one Tiger Woods will kick-off his campaign at 0909 on Thursday morning...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 13 July 2009
Scotland’s Saltman brothers, Elliot and Lloyd, will be creating a slice of Open history at Turnberry this week. The East Lothian duo are the first brothers to contest The Open since Japan’s Ozaki brothers nearly two decades ago. And TG received an intriguing insight into what makes the two Saltmans tick…from younger brother Zack who just failed to qualify for Turnberry and...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 13 July 2009
Most golfers would gve their right arm to contest this week’s British Open at Turnberry but American player Brett Quigley is clearly not among them. Quigley booked his Open berth after finishing runner-up in yesterday’s John Deere Classic US Tour event but later revealed he wouldn’t be travelling to Scotland. Said Quigley, the latest in a long line of Americans to give The Open a miss...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 14 July 2009
Lucas Glover is looking to read his way to the Claret Jug at Turnberry this week. The American is bidding for his second successive major title after emerging a shock winner of the recent US Open at Bethpage Black. Glover reckoned a key aspect of his unexpected first major success was chilling out with a good read – he actually read four...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 14 July 2009
You would think Ian Poulter is among the most recognisable personalities in golf, wouldn’t you? Wrong. Poults got his first look at the Turnberry course when he arrived late on Sunday night but it proved a shortlived one as the colourful star was pretty swiftly escorted from the premises! He revealed: “I turned up at 10 on Sunday night and had a little look...
Written by Golf World on Tuesday 14 July 2009
This is the full list of players competing at Turnberry this week, with details of how they got here: Top 10 players and ties for the 2008 British Open: Padraig Harrington, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Greg Norman, Jim Furyk, Chris Wood, David Howell, Ernie Els, Paul Casey, Stephen Ames, Steve Stricker, Robert Allenby, Anthony Kim, Ben Curtis. Open champions under age...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 14 July 2009
The Tiger is back and raring to go again in The Open… After missing last year’s championship at Birkdale after undergoing knee surgery, Tiger reports that he’s fit and well and looking to claim his first Claret Jug since Hoylake 2006 and his 15th major full stop. In his packed-to-the-rafters press conference in the Media Centre, the world no. 1 re-iterated his...