Written by Chris Jones on Thursday 24 June 2010
Seve Ballesteros will not be making an emotional return to St Andrews next month after all, his doctors advising him against playing in the eve-of-Open four-hole Champions Challenge. The three-time champion, who retired from competition in 2007, underwent repeated brain surgery after collapsing with a tumour two years ago, but had hoped to revisit the scene of his 1984 triumph. He has...
Written by TG Courses editor Kevin Brown on Wednesday 23 June 2010
Graeme McDowell today admitted he is still “on cloud nine” after clinching a memorable US Open victory at Pebble Beach at the weekend. The Northern Ireland star pitched up at main sponsors Callaway’s Surrey HQ – with the prized silverware of course – still in a state of shock after his dramatic, unexpected triumph which saw him become the first Brit...
Written by Today's Golfer on Wednesday 23 June 2010
Don’t miss Today’s Golfer’s exclusive interview with newly-crowned US Open champion Graeme McDowell later today. The Northern Irishman has only just stepped off the plane after his epic victory in the year’s second Major at Pebble Beach but he’s keen to address his UK fans. McDowell battled hard to overturn a three-shot lead on Sunday and the victory also offers him the...
Written by Jock Howard on Monday 21 June 2010
The men who helped make the US Open Champion: Coach Clive Tucker. I met him through David Howell and we got together at the end of 2006. He is a calm, collected sort of guy and I trust him implicitly. He is very analytical and a deep thinker; a bit like me. He comes to tournaments with me once every...
Written by Jock Howard on Monday 21 June 2010
Graeme McDowell may have just lifted one of the hottest titles in golf – The US Open – but not so long ago he was doing battle with none other than Golf World’s Jock Howard! This how the round unfolded… It is one of those cold, crisp, blue-sky mornings when all is still, except for a couple of sky larks out...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 June 2010
Tee times and pairings for the first two rounds at Pebble Beach. Thursday: first hole; Friday: 10th hole 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. — Deane Pappas, South Africa; Gary Woodland, Topeka, Kan.; Paul Sheehan, Australia. 10:11 a.m.-3:41 p.m. — Steve Marino, Tequesta, Fla.; Gregory Havret, France; Charles Warren, Greenville, S.C. 10:22 a.m.-3:52 p.m. — Toru Taniguchi, Japan; Soren Hansen, Denmark; Edoardo Molinari, Italy. 10:33 a.m.-4:03 p.m. —...
Written by Chris Jones on Wednesday 16 June 2010
With the US Open looming on the horizon there is one man that will be forever remembered for his victory at Hazeltine in 1970. Tony Jacklin CBE will be arriving in England in early August to compete in the 2010 Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship being held at Nailcote Hall, Warwickshire. Jacklin is the last Englishman to have won the event...
Written by Golf World staff on Wednesday 16 June 2010
The first round of the US Open at Pebble Beach gets underway at 7.00 a.m. local time tomorrow (Thursday) (that’s 3.00 p.m. British time) and for the first time in over a decade, Tiger Woods is in the field but not the favourite. That honour goes to Phil Mickelson (10-1) while Tiger is second favourite (11-1) and Lee Westwood, who...
Written by Golf World staff on Monday 14 June 2010
In a remarkable turnaround, Lee Westwood won his second tournament on the PGA Tour, some 12 years after his first. In Memphis, Tennessee, he won the St Jude Classic, despite the fact that Robert Garrilus, a little known American pro, came to the final hole with a three-shot lead. Garrigus, who had never won on Tour, then went into a Jean...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 8 June 2010
The Volvo World Match Play Championship is set for a new date in 2011 and will be held 19th to 22nd May, 2011 at Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf and Spa on the magnificent Andalucian coast in Southern Spain. The 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship was hailed a huge success as changes in qualification and format were widely acclaimed and the...
Written by Chris Jones on Monday 7 June 2010
Justin Rose joined the English revival in golf on Sunday, rallying from a four-shot deficit to win the Memorial with a flawless final round for his first victory in seven years on the PGA Tour. It was the second straight year the Memorial winner came from four shots behind. Tiger Woods did it a year ago, and the 29-year-old Rose was...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 25 May 2010
Sir Nick Faldo, the six-time Major Champion, has confirmed he will be part of the world class line-up for this year’s Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard from July 22-25. Europe’s last Ryder Cup Captain follows the current United States Captain Corey Pavin in entering the field for the 24th edition of the Championship, which will be played over the famous...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 14 May 2010
Corey Pavin will become the first presiding Ryder Cup Captain to play in The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard when he takes his place in the world class field at Carnoustie from July 22-25, 2010. The 50 year old will makes his debut in the Championship just 11 weeks before he Captains the United States against Colin Montgomerie’s European Team...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 13 May 2010
Scotland’s Bill Longmuir is a hot favourite to clinch the Handa Senior Masters at Stapleford Park, Leicestershire, today (fri). Longmuir goes into today’s third and final round four shots clear of the field after carding superb rounds of 64 and 69. Tied 2nd going into the deciding round are Thailand’s in-form Boonchu Ruangit and England’s John Harrison though pre-tourney favourites Sam Torrance...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 3 May 2010
Italian teenage golfing sensation Matteo Manassero announced today that he has turned professional and signed with IMG, the world’s leading sports, entertainment and media company. Manassero, who turned 17 on April 19th, will play in this week’s BMW Italian Open in his first start as a professional. His debut marks an end to his amateur career, during which he rose to...
Written by Golf World Staff Writer on Monday 19 April 2010
England’s Brian Davis came as near as you can to winning a PGA Tour event, without actually doing so. In the end, he lost the Verizon Heritage Classic to Jim Furyk, at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, when he called a two-shot penalty on himself after moving a reed on his backswing. There was minimal movement, only really detectable on...
Written by Golf World staff writer on Tuesday 30 March 2010
Ernie Els survived a few nervous moments by making two clutch par putts to win the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Monday finish for his second PGA Tour victory in a row after a two-year drought. Coming off a four-shot victory in the World Golf Championship at Doral two weeks ago, Els closed with a 1-under 71 at Bay...
Written by Golf World staff writer on Tuesday 30 March 2010
Ernie Els survived a few nervous moments by making two clutch par putts to win the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Monday finish for his second PGA Tour victory in a row after a two-year drought. Coming off a four-shot victory in the World Golf Championship at Doral two weeks ago, Els closed with a 1-under 71 at Bay Hill...
Written by Golf World staff writer on Tuesday 30 March 2010
Ernie Els survived a few nervous moments by making two clutch par putts to win the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Monday finish for his second PGA Tour victory in a row after a two-year drought. Coming off a four-shot victory in the World Golf Championship at Doral two weeks ago, Els closed with a 1-under 71 at Bay Hill...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 23 March 2010
Tiger Woods is 5/1 to be booed on the first tee at Augusta after admitting to nerves before his much-anticipated return to golf. The world number one is 25/1 to kiss an anonymous blonde and 500/1 to fight a fan at The Masters next month. Ladbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg, said: “The eyes of the world will be on Tiger and...