Written by Matt Cooper on Friday 20 September 2024
One thing we can be sure of in this year’s Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal GC – Mike Weir’s nationality will inform and inspire his quest to guide the International team to only its second-ever victory in the competition. Put simply, it has to. The 54-year-old is just the fourth International to have had the honour of leading his team on home...
Written by Matt Cooper on Friday 20 September 2024
Two captains and 24 players will fight it out at the 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club. Let’s meet them all. Held every two years, the President’s Cup pits the United States against an international squad made up of players from outside the US and Europe. The competition spans four days and follows a matchplay format. How does the President’s...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 20 September 2024
We look back at the 14 Presidents Cups, their defining moments, and see which players hold the competition records. While the 1927-established Ryder Cup remains the fiercest rivalry in men’s professional golf, there is no doubting the competitiveness that a Presidents Cup tie draws out of the game’s top players when the American and International sides meet for the biennial bout. Created...
Written by Matt Cooper on Friday 20 September 2024
There was a sense, emphasized as much by his demeanor in defeat at the 2018 Ryder Cup rather than the actual loss itself, that Jim Furyk is a mild-mannered fellow. Any such notions have been completely blown out of the water ahead of this year’s Presidents Cup when he will lead Team USA for a second time. When Golfweek’s Adam Schupack met...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Saturday 21 September 2024
Team Europe’s hopes of retaining the Ryder Cup received a huge boost as Jon Rahm officially appealed against his DP World Tour sanctions. The two-time major winner will now tee it up at the Open de Espana this week, before making further DPWT appearances at the Dunhill Links Championship and the Andalucia Masters next month. These three starts, combined with his Olympic...
Written by Matt Cooper on Monday 23 September 2024
Today’s Golfer tour columnist Matt Cooper previews the 2024 Presidents Cup and shares three selections he thinks are worth backing this week. Ah, the Presidents Cup. The consummate golfing example of a good idea in theory and a bad idea in practice. That, at least, is the easy conclusion to draw from the first three decades of its existence. Cast your mind back...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 23 September 2024
Filming is underway for the long-awaited Happy Gilmore sequel with Adam Sandler bringing his cult golf star back to the screen almost 30 years after he beat Shooter McGavin to win the Tour Championship. Rumours about the sequel began swirling in March when Christopher McDonald, who played Gilmore’s antagonist McGavin revealed that Sandler had written a script for the follow up. “I...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 25 September 2024
Stacy Lewis might be the most revolutionary Solheim Cup captain America has ever had. What she wants to do next could change the women’s game for the better. Stacy Lewis has a lot to think about right now. Her daughter wants a swimming pool, while everyone else wants to know what’s next for America’s culture-changing captain. This is the first...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Thursday 26 September 2024
Here’s how the US and International teams will be lining up at Royal Montreal Golf Club for the Sunday singles After a US clean sweep thursday in the Presidents Cup fourball matches at Royal Montreal Golf Club, the International team have pulled off a miracle in the foursomes to match the US Team’s 5-win romp, obtained after a dominant opening day. The...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Sunday 29 September 2024
After the Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club and the Open Championship held at Troon, the DP World Tour returns to Scotland this week with the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. While conditions might be slightly different from the Scottish Open and The Open Championship, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is one of the most popular on the schedule, especially with the...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Sunday 29 September 2024
The PGA Tour is down in Mississippi for the second event of the FedEx Cup Fall Series The Sanderson Farms Championship is the second of eight events on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall series, which runs until the end of November. The event gives those who finished outside the FedEx top 50 the opportunity to win vital points between now...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Sunday 10 November 2024
The FedEx Cup Fall Series is drawing to a close and the penultimate event is the Butterfield Bermuda Championship The Butterfield Bermuda Championship is the penultimate event in the FedEx Cup Fall Series which started in September, offering golfers a chance to improve their playing privileges heading into the 2025 PGA Tour season. Debuting in 2019, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Sunday 10 November 2024
The Annika Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican is the final regular tournament on the LPGA Tour this season as the race to the CME Globe nears its conclusion. In total, 31 events were played in 2024, with tournaments held not only in the USA but also across Asia and Europe. Every point will count at the Annika driven by Gainbridge at...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Monday 30 September 2024
Here’s how the prize money was distributed at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the DP World Tour where Tyrrell Hatton made it a hatrick of wins. Englishman Tyrrell Hatton became the first player to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship three times, birdieing the final hole at St Andrews to pip Nicolas Colsaerts by a stroke. Hatton played all four days...
Written by James Hogg on Monday 30 September 2024
The stage is set for Sunday at the Alfred Dunhill Links for professionals and celebrities to battle it on the Old Course The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship will draw to a close on Sunday 6 October. The event has been played across three courses; St Andrews Old Course, Carnoustie Championship Course, and Kingsbarns. The final round will be played on the...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 30 September 2024
The race to qualify for the PGA Tour comes to an end this week as the Korn Ferry Tour Championship takes place in Indiana. With 156 players starting off at the first of the four-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals in August, the field has now been whittled down to the top 75 heading into the final tournament this week. Matt McCarty has...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 16 September 2024
After Jon Rahm wrapped up the Individual Championship in Chicago, all eyes turn to Dallas for the Team Championship season finale. A one-stroke victory over Legion XIII in Chicago ensured the Bryson DeChambeau-led Crushers GC will go into the Dallas showpiece event as No.1 seeds, and favorites to defend their 2023 Team Championship title. They receive a bye for Friday’s quarter-finals,...
Written by Rob McGarr on Friday 7 February 2025
The PGA Tour has enlisted the help of Donald Trump to aid negotiations with LIV Golf, but the public’s response has been less than positive… It’s been more than 18 months since the PGA Tour and DP World Tour reached a “framework agreement” with LIV Golf to reunite the men’s game. The end of 2023 deadline for finalizing a deal has...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 31 January 2025
Everything you need to know about the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters on the DP World Tour. The 2025 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters marks the fourth event of the DP World Tour’s ‘International Swing’, stopping for a final time in the Middle East before returning in November for the DP World Tour playoffs. The tournament boasts an impressive list of former champions including...
Written by Alex Perry on Thursday 16 January 2025
The multi-year partnership will see LIV Golf events broadcast on a major network for the first time Scott O’Neil has wasted no time in fixing one of his new employer’s biggest issues – a LIV Golf TV deal. Since its inaugural season in 2022, LIV has largely been broadcast on its own website and YouTube channel, as well as little-known station The...