Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 10 June 2011
For the first ever time, all four Major championships are currently held by European Tour members and 45 players will be crossing the Atlantic hoping that this remains the case after the second Major of the season at Congressional next week. Of course all six European Tour players who reside in the world’s top 10 will be teeing it up, including...
Written by Today's Golfer on Saturday 11 June 2011
Lee Westwood has been honoured by the Queen. The 38-year-old, from Worksop, is honoured for his services to the sport after becoming the world’s top-ranked golfer in October. Few could argue that Westwood does not deserve his OBE after he took over at the top of golf’s world rankings at the end of last year. Since then the likeable Englishman has been...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 13 June 2011
Andrew Oldcorn was the runaway winner at the De Vere Club PGA Seniors Championship carding an impressive final round 70 to post an11- under total and an impressive 9-shot victory. Following his win Oldcorn was full of praise for the tournament and the host venue, which once again proved a stern challenge with only Oldcorn and runner-up Gordon Brand Jnr...
Written by Golf World on Monday 13 June 2011
Tiger Woods’ caddie Steve Williams will carry the bag for Adam Scott at this week’s US Open. The Kiwi, who has been on the bag for 13 of Woods’ major championships, will help the Aussie out as injured Woods misses the event. Woods withdrew from the U.S. Open on last week because of lingering injuries to his left leg. He...
Written by Golf World on Monday 13 June 2011
Rory McIlroy warmedup for the US Open with a round at Pine Valley at the weekend. After a few mid-week practice rounds at Congressional, a course he said he liked very much, McIlroy made his way up to New York. On Friday he visited Bayonne GC for a clinic and outing hosted by Jumeirah, the Dubai-based luxury hotel and resort company...
Written by Golf World on Monday 13 June 2011
The U.S. Open is using the top of the world ranking for one of its star groups next week at Congressional. Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer will play together the first two rounds. They are the three players who have been No. 1 since Tiger Woods relinquished the top spot in November. It’s the first time the aU.S.
Written by Today's Golfer on Wednesday 15 June 2011
Colin Montgomerie is fronting a huge campaign to push golf lessons with PGA professionals. The Ryder Cup-winning captain is the star of a massive TV ad campaign which airs for the first time on Thursay, June 16 to coincidee with the start of the US open. Monty said: “Every player on the European Ryder Cup team has been coached and mentored by...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 16 June 2011
Enter the brand new Today’s Golfer Fantasy League and you stand a chance of winning one of many fantastic prizes. The winner will land a memorable golfing holiday at Spain’s luxury La Manga Resort while the player who finishes in sixth position overall win two nights and two rounds of golf for two people at Trevose G&CC on the magical Cornish coast. Set...
Written by Golf World on Friday 17 June 2011
Rory McIlroy made the toughest test in golf look like child’s play at Congressional with a 6-under 65 to build the biggest 18-hole lead at the U.S. Open in 35 years. He missed only one green. He was the only player in the 156-man field without a single bogey. And just like that, McIlroy wound up atop the leaderboard after...
Written by Golf World on Friday 17 June 2011
Robert Rock won’t forget this trip to the United States in a hurry. In a race against time and red tape, Rock barely made it to Congressional Country Club yesterday. Without ever laying eyes on the golf course, he went out and shot a 1-under-par 70 in the first round of the 111th US Open. Rock played his way into his...
Written by Golf World on Friday 17 June 2011
They arrived at Congressional carrying the torch for a wave of European success. Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer sit atop the world rankings – one, two, three – so they formed a marquee group in the opening round of this U.S. Open. But they fizzled in unison. Donald (74), Westwood (75) and Kaymer (74) collectively shot 10-over-par in benign...
Written by Golf World on Friday 17 June 2011
Rory McIlroy has eagled the eighth hole at the U.S. Open, leaving him at 10-under par and with a seven-shot lead nearly halfway through the second round. He is 4-under par for the round and has a chance Friday to set a couple of records. No player has been better than 9 under through two rounds of the U.S. Open and...
Written by TG Features Writer on Monday 20 June 2011
Just over an hour after tapping in the winning putt on the 18th green at Congressional, new US Open champion Rory McIlroy was in the media centre giving his first press conference. Q. Rory, have you had any time in the last hour or so to let it sink in that you’re the U.S. Open champion? Rory: Not really. Obviously...
Tuesday 21 June 2011
We caught up with Rory McIlroy before his US Open victory to get his views on Tiger, his critics, living in Belfast and his aspirations. Ten years ago Tiger Woods was fearsome and unplayable. Most of his rivals said so, too. And that was fine. But now it’s different. Woods is vulnerable and his aura has vaporised. But it seems his peers...
Written by Today's Golfer on Wednesday 22 June 2011
US Open champion Rory McIlroy is taking a break and won’t play competitive golf again until The Open in July. The 22-year-old’s feet have hardly touched the ground since he lifted the trophy in America on Sunday night and he has decided a break should keep him fresh for The Open at Royal St George’s, which starts on July 14. He was due...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 23 June 2011
Tiger Woods said via Twitter that he will not play in the AT&T National tournament, which begins on June 30 in Philadelphia, but he will attend the event as the tournament host. Woods, who has not played competitively since he withdrew from the Players Championship in May, said he is still recovering from an injury to his left knee and Achilles...
Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 24 June 2011
Tiger Woods announced on Wednesday that he won’t participate in next week’s AT&T National Tournament due to a chronic leg injury. Dr. Ronald Grelsamer, an expert in orthopaedic surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center, believes Woods’ absence signals a more severe injury than the golfer has let on. “My initial thought was it had to be more than a Grade I...
Written by Golf World on Sunday 26 June 2011
Pablo Larrazabal birdied the fifth playoff hole to beat fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia and win the BMW International Open on Sunday. Larrazabal made his short putt on the par-5 18th after Garcia missed from about 5 feet, giving him his first title since winning the Alstom Open de France in 2008. “I had nothing to lose,” Larrazabal said. “If you tell me...
Written by Golf World on Tuesday 28 June 2011
Northern Ireland police are reopening the unsolved murder of Rory McIlroy’s great uncle. According to the Daily Mail, the 1972 killing of Joe McIlroy is part of an extensive review of unsolved murders from the ‘troubles’. The PSNI has confirmed that it is re-investigating the sectarian murder of Rory McIlroy’s great-uncle Joseph, who was murdered for moving into a protestant area...
Written by The Open 2011 on Tuesday 28 June 2011
The Open prize fund will reach £5 million pounds for the first time in next month’s event at Sandwich. The sum is an increase of £200,000 on last year’s 150th anniversary championship at St Andrews. The 2011 champion will pick up a cheque for £900,000 , a rise of £50,000. “Each year the R&A strives to ensure the Open provides...