Wednesday 31 July 2019
Royal Porthcawl has been confirmed as the 2021 venue for the AIG Women’s British Open The AIG Women’s British Open has announced that it will be heading to Wales for the first time in 2021. Royal Porthcawl, which hosted the 2017 Senior British Open, was announced today as the venue for 2021, following on from Royal Troon, which makes its debut on...
Tuesday 30 July 2019
Defending champion Georgia Hall revealed that the replica of her Women’s British Open trophy was stolen from her car two months ago Georgia Hall is ready to defend the Women’s British Open title she claimed in a thrilling victory last year, but revealed on Tuesday that she didn’t bring the trophy with her to Woburn. Or rather couldn’t, as she explained that...
Tuesday 30 July 2019
An honest mistake from Lexi Thompson ended up with roughly 38 players missing the first day of practice at the Women’s British Open on Monday, according to Golf Channel report Some of the World’s best female golfers were travelling from the Evian Championship to the Women’s British Open at Woburn – but over a quarter of the field ended up having...
Monday 29 July 2019
Wyndham Championship: Find out how to watch the PGA Tour this week and who to back The PGA Tour heads to Sedgefield Country Club this week for the final event of the regular season, meaning there’s plenty of meaningful points up for grabs if anyone wants to extend their year to the FedEx Cup playoffs, and for those looking to keep...
Monday 29 July 2019
The PGA TOUR have announced that they are expanding their schedule to 49 events for 2019-20 season The 2019/2020 schedule is not only bigger by three events, but features a dramatically reshuffled calendar of events at the start of the year in order to cater to next year’s Olympics in Tokyo before the Ryder Cup next September. The new season starts just...
Monday 29 July 2019
What you missed: All the winners this week have a big thing in common, Tom Watson retires at the Senior Open, and Paul Dunne has the best mistaken identity yet A big theme of this week’s winners belongs to World No.1: The current standing male World No.1 Brook Koepka earned his first WGC title in Memphis, the first ever World No.1...
Monday 29 July 2019
Collin Morikawa birdied his final three holes to earn his maiden PGA Tour title at the Barracuda Championship Morikawa was already impressing on the PGA Tour after turning professional last month, but now he has guaranteed his membership after claiming his first Tour title by three points over Troy Merritt. The Barracuda Championship was played with a modified stableford format, and a...
Monday 29 July 2019
Prize money breakdown: Find out how much each player earned at the WGC FedEx St Jude Invitational 1 Brooks Koepka (-16): $1,745,000 2 Webb Simpson (-13): $1,095,000 3 Marc Leishman (-12): $602,000 T4 Tommy Fleetwood (-11): $384,333 T4 Matthew Fitzpatrick (-11): $384,333 T4 Rory McIlroy (-11): $384,333 7 Jon Rahm (-10): $273,000 8 Ian Poulter (-9): $242,000 T9 Bubba Watson (-8): $205,000 T9 Billy Horschel (-8): $205,000 11 Justin Rose (-7): $183,000 T12 Rafael Cabrera Bello...
Monday 29 July 2019
Brooks Koepa bested Rory McIlroy with a final round 65 to ease to his first WGC title at the FedEx St Jude Invitational It wasn’t the final round battle fans were hoping for, but instead a dominant performance from the World No.1 as he cruised to a final round five-under 65 and a three stroke victory over Webb Simpson at 16-under-par. McIlroy...
Monday 29 July 2019
Jin Young Ko relcaimed her World No.1 spot after winning her second major title of the year at the Evian Championship Ko took advantage of late mistakes from leader Hyo Joo Kim on Sunday as she fired a final-round 67 in wet conditions to win by two-shots at 15-under-par. “I had really great week,” said Ko. “I played really – not perfect, but a...
Thursday 25 July 2019
Adare Manor in Ireland has been confirmed as the host course for the 2026 Ryder Cup. Adare Manor has been confirmed for the 2026 Ryder Cup venue as the biennial tournament returns to Ireland for the contest between European and the United States. Ryder Cup Europe today announced the five-star resort will follow in the footsteps of Whistling Straits in Wisconsin (2020),...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Brooks Koepka says that more equipment testing would be ‘good for the game’ to help players conform to the rules after driver testing drama at The Open Driver testing was one of the biggest topics of discussion to come out of the Open Championship last week following Xander Schauffele’s ‘run in’ with the R&A, where they tested 30 random drivers for...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Sergio Garcia was captured throwing his driver over his shoulder at his caddie after hitting a bad tee shot on the 5th hole at Royal Portrush on Sunday. Sergio Garcia was filmed by a spectator throwing his club in the direction of his caddie on Sunday at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. In this shocking video, which emerged on social media...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
This week the WGC FedEx St Jude Invitational makes its debut as a World Golf Championship event. Here’s how to watch and who to back The PGA Tour heads to TPC Southwind this week for the third WGC event of 2019, with Tiger Woods the only player in the World’s top 10 not in the field. Last week’s Open Champion Shane...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 21 July 2019
Open talking points: Is the major schedule too condensed? Was Xander right to call out R&A over driver testing? And who should take responsibility for shouting fore? We take a look at three of the biggest talking points from this year’s Open Championship – where Xander Schauffele blasted the R&A, Rose criticised the ‘too condensed’ major schedule and Robert MacIntyre slammed...
Monday 22 July 2019
Jim Herman credited Donald Trump for putting advice after claiming his second PGA Tour title at the Barbasol Championship Jim Herman earned the second PGA Tour title of his career at the Barbasol Open on Sunday with a one stroke victory over playing partner Kelly Kraft. Herman, who posted a two-under round of 70 to finish at 26-under-par, took advantage of a...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 22 July 2019
Rory McIlroy has paid tribute to Shane Lowry, and his hometown of Northern Ireland for the “overwhelming” support he received during The Open. McIlroy, who was bidding to win his fifth major title, missed the cut by just one shot at Royal Portrush to extend his winless streak in majors to 19. But the despite his own disappointment, he lavished praise on...
Written by Michael Catling on Sunday 21 July 2019
Sell-out crowds, spectacular views and a course which ‘ticked every box’. Why Royal Portrush is a new jewel in The Open’s crown. As far as second round auditons go, Royal Portrush delivered a spectacle that left Tiger Woods and many others asking why it had taken The R&A so long to bring The Open back to Northern Ireland. It was a valid...
Written by Michael Catling on Sunday 21 July 2019
All the facts, figures and record-breaking feats from the final round of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush. ONE Shane Lowry won by six shots to claim his first major win and the title of Champion Golfer of the Year. He’s the only man in history to win his first two PGA Tour titles in a major and WGC, and the...
Written by Michael Catling on Sunday 21 July 2019
Koepka misses out on history Were it not for four consecutive bogeys to start his final round, Brooks Koepka might have departed Royal Portrush as the first player in the modern era to finish third or better in all four majors in a season. Instead, he fell one shot short of history, albeit with an incredible record that now reads second, first,...