Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 6 January 2025
Everything you need to know about TGL’s debut match between New York and The Bay Golf Club. After a deflating first attempt to kick off 12 months ago, the tech-infused SoFi Center is finally plugged in and ready for lights, cameras, and action. Matchday 1 of golf’s eagerly anticipated foray into the digital unknown features New York GG take on The...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 6 January 2025
All you need to know about The Sony Open in Hawaii as the 2025 PGA Tour season tees off for round two in Honolulu. It’s set to be an emotional week in Hawaii as the PGA Tour and wider golf community remember the tragic passing of last year’s champion – Grayson Murray. The American won the second of his two PGA...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 6 January 2025
Great Britain & Ireland take on Continental Europe for the Team Cup in Abu Dhabi as Ryder Cup preparations begin to take shape in the Middle East. Two teams of 10 players will compete for the 2025 Team Cup as Luke Donald gets an early dress rehearsal nine months ahead of September’s showdown against the United States. The Ryder Cup-style event...
Written by Alex Perry on Wednesday 5 February 2025
The US Open has offered a direct pathway for LIV golfers to play in the third men’s major of the season. It’s taken three years, but LIV Golf’s players finally have a direct route into one of the four major championships. While Augusta National has extended an invite to Joaquin Niemann for the past two Masters, and the PGA of America has...
Written by Alex Perry on Thursday 16 January 2025
There’s a new CEO in place at LIV Golf – and outgoing Greg Norman has had his say. As has Rory McIlroy… “LONG LIV GOLF!” Those were the three words Greg Norman exclaimed after his replacement as CEO and commissioner of the Saudi-backed league was confirmed. It’s been one of golf’s worst-kept secrets in recent months, with LIV Golf actively –...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 30 December 2024
The World No.1’s absence leaves the PGA Tour’s opening event wide open. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of The Sentry. After undergoing hand surgery following a freak Christmas dinner injury, Scottie Scheffler misses the chance to start the new year where he left off in 2024 by adding another title to his rapidly lengthening resume. The Sentry is the first...
Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 5 February 2025
LIV Golf’s new format promises more drama and volatility as action gets underway this week. Season 4 of LIV Golf gets underway this week and with it comes a new format designed to make the team element more dramatic and interesting to watch. For the first time in LIV Golf’s history, every player’s score in every round will count toward his team’s...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 5 February 2025
The LPGA have announced new slow play rules will come into play in March as the tour makes a strong bid to tackle the issue. It’s no secret that slow play is a huge issue in the world of golf, we’ve all had five or six hour rounds out on the course. But it’s not just the amateur game that experiences...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 4 February 2025
Should AimPoint be banned? One PGA Tour star and major champion certainly thinks so… AimPoint tends to be one of the most divisive things in golf. Proponents swear it makes green-reading much easier and helps you hole more putts, while detractors say it looks ridiculous, takes forever, and doesn’t work anyway. It’s the “takes forever” part that makes AimPoint so controversial. At...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday 29 January 2025
How was the prize money distributed at the 2025 Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship on the DP World Tour? Englishman Laurie Canter secured his second DP World Tour victory at the Bahrain Championship, edging out Dan Brown and Pablo Larrazabal in a playoff. Canter birdied the first extra hole to become just the second player to etch his name into the tournament’s...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 31 January 2025
Riyadh Golf Club will host LIV Golf’s inaugural night tournament as the breakaway tour returns for its season-opening event. LIV Golf will make its debut under the lights in the Saudi capital after three successive seasons at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on the outskirts of Jeddah. But that’s not the only shake-up to proceedings as LIV Golf prepares...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 31 January 2025
Surely no one can boast a better hole-in-one list than Shane Lowry Some people will play golf every week for their entire life and not have a hole-in-one. Some people will have one or two or eight. Then there’s Shane Lowry. The Irishman holed out for a one on the picturesque 7th hole at Pebble Beach to take his PGA Tour tally...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 25 January 2025
Rory McIlroy headlines at the iconic AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as the PGA Tour takes to the Californian Links. A world-class field will descend on two of the world’s best golf courses for the uniquely formatted AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am that sees them paired with an amateur partner for the first two days of action. Historically, the tournament hasn’t always attracted the...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 31 January 2025
Former LIV CEO Greg Norman won’t be out of work for long when his contract with the Saudi-funded league is up Greg Norman has wasted no time in finding himself a new job when his time at LIV Golf comes to an end. The Australian was replaced by Scott O’Neil as the league’s CEO and commissioner last month, a position he held...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 25 January 2025
The DP World Tour ‘International Swing’ continues at the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship. The Bahrain Championship is the third event of the DP World Tour’s ‘International Swing’ and is the penultimate stop on the Persian Gulf before the Tour heads to Qatar for the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Last year’s inaugural edition, won by South African Dylan Frittelli, was the first elite...
Written by Alex Perry on Thursday 30 January 2025
As the topic of slow play rears its ugly head again, Rory McIlroy believes there’s the simple fix. The PGA Tour, though, want to go another way. Both are wrong. The American Express overran its scheduled broadcast slot by 45 minutes, while the Farmers Insurance Open saw stars clocking close to six-hour rounds. The slow play row is well and truly...
Written by Alex Perry on Thursday 30 January 2025
The worst-kept secret in golf has been confirmed: Tom McKibbin is a LIV player Tom McKibbin has been tipped for big things in golf. The Northern Irishman, still only 22, already has a DP World Tour title on his CV and last season was so solid he not only moved into the world’s top 100 but earned a PGA Tour card...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 13 November 2024
The PGA Tour paid almost £20 million to help the European Tour Group break even in 2023. In case you haven’t realized by now, there’s a lot more to the DP World Tour’s strategic alliance with the PGA Tour than co-sanctioned events and giving away 10 cards to the best performers in the Race to Dubai every season. A look at...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 12 November 2024
The return of the Austrian and Turkish Opens, as well as the Nedbank Golf Challenge, headline a bumper DP World Tour global schedule for 2025. As the PIF-PGA Tour merger talks continue to drag on, the DP World Tour has finally released its 2025 schedule with a record prize fund, three old favorites returning, and one notable absentee. A minimum of 42...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 14 August 2024
Tee times and groups for Thursday’s first round as Dundonald Links prepares to host the Women’s Scottish Open. With only a week to go until the AIG Women’s Open Championship, the world’s best lady golfers are already in Scotland for the 2024 Women’s Scottish Open. Céline Boutier aims to defend her title after her Olympic performance and 2023 win, and making her...