Monday 11 November 2019
Nedbank Golf Challenge: TV Times and who to back The Race to Dubai heads to Sun City this week for the penultimate Rolex Series event of the year: The Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player. Bernd Wiesberger, a three-time winner on Tour this season, currently leads nearest challenger Jon Rahm by 387 points in the Race to Dubai standings, but with an...
Monday 11 November 2019
What you missed: Hatton wins six man play-off under the lights, Bland among Challenge Tour graduates, Eddie Pepperell gets DQ’d for Tin Cup moment, Rory’s record, and Woods and Els name their Presidents Cup wildcards… Tyrrell Hatton earned his second Rolex Series win and fourth European Tour victory of his career under the floodlights on Sunday evening in Turkey, coming out...
Monday 11 November 2019
Nobody was more surprised about Tyrrell Hatton’s dramatic Turkish Airlines Open victory yesterday than the victor himself. “I actually can’t believe that I’ve won. It’s been quite a difficult year though the last month I feel like I’ve found my game again,” reflected Hatton who claimed his second Rolex Series title in spectacular, if unexpected style, as he prevailed from a...
Friday 8 November 2019
U.S. Presidents Cup Captain Tiger Woods names himself as one of four wildcard picks Tiger Woods will become the second playing captain in Presidents Cup history at Royal Melbourne next month after choosing himself as one of four wildcard picks for the United States team. Woods, who claimed last month’s ZOZO Championship, also named Tony Finau, Gary Woodland and Patrick Reed as...
Thursday 7 November 2019
Ernie Els ‘threw age out of the equation’ by adding two more rookies to his Presidents Cup side with wildcard picks Ernie Els named Jason Day, Adam Hadwin and rookies Sungjae Im and Joaquin Niemann as his four wildcard picks for this year’s Presidents Cup – taking the tally of rookies on the International team up to six (out of 12...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 4 November 2019
Work out who to back – and when to watch them – at the Turkish Airlines Open The European Tour is at The Montgomerie Maxx Royal in Turkey this week for the Turkish Airlines Open. It’s an event that could be renamed “The Justin Rose Open”. The Englishman won it in 2017 and 2018 and returns this year hoping to make it...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 4 November 2019
United States team captain Tiger Woods and International Team captain Ernie Els will make their picks later this week. 2019 Presidents Cup captains Ernie Els and Tiger Woods have a big week ahead of them. With the match set to begin in Australia in just over a month’s time, both will make their captain’s picks this week. And, for the first time...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 4 November 2019
What you may have missed from the last week in golf: – Rory McIlroy bags another 2019 victory – Why Brendon Todd’s Bermuda Championship win was a victory for us all – Phil Mickelson has finally slipped out of the top-50 in the world rankings – How Bernhard Langer’s bunker problems handed Colin Montgomerie victory in the most unlikely way possible Why Rory McIlroy just can’t...
Monday 4 November 2019
Rory McIlroy earned his fourth victory of 2019 at the WGC HSBC Champions with a birdie on the first playoff hole against Xander Schauffele. Rory McIlroy continued his winning form from last year’s PGA Tour season at Sheshan International on Sunday with victory on the first playoff hole against Xander Schauffele. Schauffele had tied the defending FedEx Cup Champion on 19-under-par with...
Friday 1 November 2019
After Rory McIlroy admitted he’ll never reach Tiger Woods’ 82 PGA Tour wins, we decided to look at five other golf records that might just be unbreakable Tiger Woods tied Sam Snead’s record when he claimed the 82nd PGA Tour title of his career at last week’s ZOZO Championship, and it’s a record we’re unlikely ever to see matched again. Woods is...
Monday 28 October 2019
Find out how to watch and who to back at this week’s WGC HSBC Champions in Shanghai. The WGC HSBC Champions marks the final stop in this season’s Asian swing, having already had PGA Tour events in both South Korea and Japan. Last year, Xander Schauffele triumphed in a playoff against Tony Finau to earn his first WGC title. He returns this...
Monday 28 October 2019
What you missed: From Tiger Woods’ 82nd PGA Tour win and Steven Brown’s impressive Portugal Masters victory to Brooks Koepka’s injury woes, Josh Hill’s record breaking win and Bio Kim’s suspension reduced from three years to one. Tiger Woods added to his numerous accolades by capturing the one total he’s been targetting for a long time: His 82nd PGA Tour victory. Woods...
Monday 28 October 2019
Find out how much money each golfer earned at the inaugural ZOZO Championship as Tiger Woods made history with the 82nd PGA Tour win of his career Tiger Woods not only tied Sam Snead’s record with his three shot victory over Hideki Matsuyama, but substantially increased his career earnings in Japan. He remains the only golfer to surpass the mark of more...
Monday 28 October 2019
Find out what clubs Tiger Woods used to win the ZOZO Championship DRIVER: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 60 TX shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade M5 (13 degrees), Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX shaft M3 2017 (19 degrees), Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX shaft IRONS: TaylorMade P-7TW (3-PW), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts WEDGES: TaylorMade Milled...
Monday 28 October 2019
Tiger Woods tied Sam Snead’s record of 82 PGA Tour wins with a three-stroke victory at the inagural ZOZO Championship in Japan Just over two months after having a fifth knee surgery, Tiger Woods played his way back in to the winner’s circle, and the history books, in a big way at the ZOZO Championship – the first PGA Tour event...
Sunday 27 October 2019
Steven Brown claimed his maiden European Tour victory during a dramatic finale at the Portugal Masters Steven Brown earned his first European Tour title with a bogey free 66 on Sunday at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, finishing one shot clear of Brandon Stone and Justin Walters on 17-under-par. Brown, who headed in to the week ranked 150th in the Race to...
Thursday 24 October 2019
Bio Kim’s three year suspension on Korean Tour for obscene gesture reduced to one year A disciplinary committee of the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association have reduced Bio Kim’s three year suspension from the Tour to one year, according to a report by the Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo. Kim, who played on the PGA Tour in 2011, was originally handed a three...
Monday 21 October 2019
Betting Tips and TV Times as the European Tour heads to Vilamoura for the Portugal Masters The European Tour heads to Vilamoura for the 13th edition of the Portugal Masters this week, and there’s a lot at stake for plenty of players in the field. With just four events left on the European Tour schedule before the season ending DP World Tour...
Monday 21 October 2019
Betting Tips and how to watch the inaugural ZOZO Championship this week in Japan The PGA Tour heads to Chiba, Japan this week for the second event of the Asia Swing, marking a big moment as the ZOZO Championship becomes the first ever tournament sanctioned by the PGA Tour in Japan. MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins on Monday marked the introduction...
Monday 21 October 2019
Rory McIlroy said Brooks ‘wasn’t wrong’ about the dismissive comments Koepka made last week about a rivalry between the pair Rory McIlroy took time out mid-round during the MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins to address the dismissive comments World No.1 Brooks Koepka made last week about a rivalry between the two players. Prior to his injury and withdrawl at last week’s...