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  • Should AimPoint be banned? One PGA Tour star and Major champion thinks so.

    Major champ hits out at AimPoint: “It takes forever and should be banned!”

    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...

  • Laurie Canter won the 2025 Bahrain Championship on the DP World Tour.

    Bahrain Championship 2025: Purse and prize money payout as Canter wins

    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...

  • LIV Golf will make its Riyadh debut under the lights from February 6th.

    LIV Golf Riyadh 2025: Season 4 tees off under the lights in Saudi capital

    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...

  • Shane Lowry has had holes-in-one at Augusta National, TPC Sawgrass, and now Pebble Beach

    Shane Lowry aces another iconic hole! Is his hole-in-one record the best ever?

    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...

  • The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is one of the most iconic events on the PGA Tour.

    AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2025: Everything you need to know about the PGA Tour Signature Event

    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...

  • Greg Norman will be on the Brisbane Organizing Committee for the 2032 Olympic Games

    Greg Norman reveals new job after leaving LIV Golf

    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...

  • The Bahrain Championship returns to the DP World Tour for its second edition.

    Bahrain Championship 2025: Everything you need to know about the DP World Tour event

    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...

  • Rory McIlroy says smaller fields will solve the PGA Tour's slow play issue

    Rory McIlroy and the PGA Tour have slow play solutions – but they continue to avoid the obvious fix

    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...

  • Tom McKibbin ignored Rory McIlroy's advice to join LIV Golf

    DP World Tour star ignores Rory McIlroy’s advice to join LIV Golf

    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...

  • The European Tour Group made an operating loss of almost £19.8 million in 2023.

    Loss-making European Tour Group bailed out by PGA Tour loan

    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...

  • The new DP World Tour schedule for 2025 features some big changes.

    DP World Tour unveils 2025 schedule with some major changes

    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...

  • Tee times and groups for round one of the Women's Scottish Open

    Women’s Scottish Open 2024: Tee times and groups for round one at Dundonald Links

    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...

  • The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool

    How to watch The Open for free

    Written by Jack Barrell on Monday 12 June 2023

    The Open returns to Royal Troon for the 10th time, and a first since Henrik Stenson’s 2016 victory. It’s shaping up to be a cracking week in Scotland, but how can you watch the action for free? With one of the best VPNs, you can stream The Open for free with no problem. A Virtual Private Network like ExpressVPN will grant...

  • Tiger Woods was invited to a special dinner during the 2022 Open... Phil Mickelson was not

    Why the R&A had to choose between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson

    Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 6 December 2023

    In an exclusive extract from his new book, LIV and Let Die, Alan Shipnuck reveals the drama that went on behind the scenes at the 2022 Open in St Andrews. A consensus began to build among the Tour’s leading men: They needed more money, of course, but the product would have to be refreshed. A bedrock principle in the Premier Golf...

  • Patrick Reed was not picked for the 2025 Ryder Cup

    Patrick Reed “The PGA Tour discouraged me from doing a lot of things”

    Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 6 December 2023

    In an exclusive extract from his new book, LIV and Let Die, Alan Shipnuck explains why LIV Golf players don’t appear on the Golf Channel and why Patrick Reed only started filing lawsuits once he’d left the PGA Tour. During these tumultuous times, no member of the media has provoked stronger feelings than Chamblee, the Golf Channel analyst. “He has to...

  • Was Tiger Woods' near-fatal crash an accident?

    EXCLUSIVE: Shipnuck questions whether Tiger Woods’ car crash was an accident

    Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 6 December 2023

    In an explosive and exclusive interview about his new book, LIV and Let Die, author Alan Shipnuck talks about Tiger Woods’ car crash, the future of tour golf, player greed, beef with Justin Thomas, and much more. When Alan Shipnuck filed the final copy of his latest book, LIV And Let Die, on June 5, he was a relieved man. He’d...

  • Phil Mickelson has gambled huge amounts during his career

    Phil Mickelson’s gambling and why the PGA Tour had to intervene

    Sunday 19 June 2022

    In an excerpt from his controversial and highly anticipated biography on Phil Mickelson, author Alan Shipnuck details how Mickelson’s gambling habit got out of control and why the PGA Tour were forced to step in. This story is adapted from “Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar. ‘Phil was so invested with bets he was listening to games...

  • Phil Mickelson had a bombshell phone call with writer Alan Shipnuck

    What Phil Mickelson said in THAT phone call to Alan Shipnuck

    Sunday 19 June 2022

    In an excerpt from his controversial and highly anticipated biography on Phil Mickelson, author Alan Shipnuck details what was said in the blockbuster phone call that incurred the wrath of the Saudis and led to Mickelson’s exile from the sport. This story is adapted from “Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar. ‘Phil admitted the SGL was nothing more...

  • Why did Phil Mickelson split with long-term caddie Jim Mackay?

    The 900,000 reasons Phil Mickelson’s caddie sacked him

    Sunday 19 June 2022

    In an excerpt from his controversial and highly anticipated biography on Phil Mickelson, author Alan Shipnuck reveals the backstory to his bust-up with Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay and the staggering debt he owed his former caddie. This story is adapted from “Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar. ‘Bones actually fired Phil. He was owed $900,000’ “After 25 very rewarding...

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