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  • Final round tee times as Rory McIlroy chases Wentworth win at the BMW PGA Championship

    Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 17 September 2024

    McIlroy three back from Manassero going into Sunday’s final round at the BMW PGA Championship. Despite carding a six-under 66 on Saturday, a blemish-free nine-under from Italian comeback kid Matteo Manassero has left McIlroy with an uphill battle if he’s to get across the line and register a first individual victory since January. Also in contention is runner up from...

  • LIV Golf Individual Champion Jon Rahm reveals how a change of driver shaft turned his season around

    Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 17 September 2024

    Jon Rahm reflects on his triumphant first season on LIV Golf, discusses whether he’ll play in the next Ryder Cup, and reveals how a mid-season driver shaft switch transformed his fortunes. Spain’s Jon Rahm was crowned 2024 LIV Golf individual champion after his victory at LIV Golf Chicago. Rahm carded a final-round 66 to finish on 11 under par and beat...

  • How does the Presidents Cup work?

    Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 17 September 2024

    Everything you need to know about how the Presidents Cup works and how it differs from the Ryder Cup format. Played every two years, the Presidents Cup sees the United States take on an international team comprised of players outside the US and Europe, over four days of matchplay competition. The tie consists of 30 matches, two more than the Ryder...

  • Presidents Cup 2024: Royal Montreal Golf Club hole-by-hole course guide

    Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 17 September 2024

    Everything you need to know about Royal Montreal Golf Club, home of the 2024 Presidents Cup. Royal Montreal, the oldest golf club in North America, will host the Presidents Cup in 2024 for the second time in history. The Presidents Cup’s previous visit to Royal Montreal was in 2007, when the United States and captain Jack Nicklaus defeated Gary Player and his...

  • BMW PGA Championship 2024: Wentworth set to welcome another stellar DP World Tour field

    Written by Ross Kilvington on Saturday 14 September 2024

    The BMW PGA Championship is one of the most hotly anticipated events on the calendar and this year is no different for the flagship tournament on the DP World Tour. Last year, all 12 of Luke Donald’s Ryder Cup team arrived at Wentworth for the BMW PGA Championship hoping to fine-tune their preparations ahead of the biennial competition in Rome against...

  • BMW PGA Championship 2024: Purse and prize money payout as Horschel wins again at Wentworth

    Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 16 September 2024

    How the $9 million prize fund was distributed among the players at Wentworth where Billy Horschel secured his second BMW PGA Championship title after a dramatic playoff win. The American star birdied the 72nd hole to make his way into a playoff with Thriston Lawrence and Rory McIlroy after the three finished at 20-under to outlast the rest of the stellar...

  • Presidents Cup 2024: How to watch the action from The Royal Montreal Golf Club

    Written by Ross Tugwood on Thursday 19 September 2024

    Everything you need to know about how to watch the 15th Presidents Cup from September 24-29. The Americans improved their dominant Presidents Cup record in the biennial competition to 12-1-1 by defeating the International Team 17.5 – 12.5 when the sides last met in 2022 at Quail Hollow. The 15th edition sees a return to Canada’s Royal Montreal Club – the...

  • Insane 36 hours sees golf star almost miss the BMW PGA before making the cut in darkness!

    Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 20 September 2024

    After sharing his disappointment at not being in the field for the 2024 tournament, we follow Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston’s sensational BMW PGA Championship story. In the half-light at 7.15am on Thursday, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston was woken by his phone ringing to tell him he was in the field for the BMW PGA Championship, if he could be at Wentworth for a...

  • Mike Weir: “We are the underdog and we will relish that role”

    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...

  • Who is playing in the 2024 President’s Cup? Let’s meet the teams

    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...

  • A 30 year history of the Presidents Cup

    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...

  • “Go f–k yourself”: Jim Furyk opens fire on reporter after Presidents Cup question

    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...

  • Open de Espana 2024 preview: Jon Rahm returns to European Tour action in Ryder Cup push

    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...

  • I’m a tour golf expert and here are the three bets I’m placing on the Presidents Cup

    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...

  • Is this the proof that Rory McIlroy is going to be in Happy Gilmore 2?

    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...

  • EXCLUSIVE: Stacy Lewis wants to lead USA’s Solheim Cup defence and front a new era for women’s golf

    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...

  • Presidents Cup 2024: Sunday singles tee times and matches

    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...

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