Thursday 29 March 2018
15 of the 16 teams for Golf Sixes have been confirmed, as Eddie Pepperell and Matt Wallace team up for England for the pairs competition in May Englishmen Matt Wallace and Eddie Pepperell, both European Tour winners in 2018, will represent the home side when the innovative GolfSixes returns for its second edition to the Centurion Club in St Albans, near...
Wednesday 28 March 2018
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Tuesday 27 March 2018
The Houston Open is the last event before the Masters, and the last chance for players to secure that final invite with a victory. Russell Henley was the lucky player whose victory last year booked his spot in the first major of the year, and while he’s back to defend his title, he’s already going to be appearing at Augusta next...
Monday 26 March 2018
Bubba Watson overpowered the competiton, cruising to a 7&6 victory over Kevin Kisner in the final of the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play to win his 11th PGA Tour title. It was the largest margin of victory in the championship final since 2008, and with it Bubba Watson became just the fifth player in history to become both a multiple major...
Monday 26 March 2018
Bubba Watson picked up his second win in just six events with a convincing 7&6 victory over Kevin Kisner in the final of the WGC Dell Match Play Bubba Watson ended a two year wait for his 10th PGA Tour title at the Genesis Open in February, but he only had to wait five weeks for his 11th Tour victory –...
Thursday 22 March 2018
WGC Dell Match Play: Group Standings and match results The first two days of the WGC Dell Match Play has been full of shock surprises, with both 2017 finalists Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm being eliminated after just two matches in their groups. World No.1 Dustin Johnson, who didn’t trail in a single match last year, struggled on both days, being bested...
Wednesday 21 March 2018
Brooks Koepka is set to miss the first major of the year as he continues to recover from an ongoing wrist injury, according to reports from media in the United States. The 2017 US Open Champion, who has been out since January after partially tearing a tendon in his left wrist, has indicated that he has ruled himself out of the...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
The WGC Dell Match Play groups have been set for the round-robin matches, where 16 group winners will advance on to the weekend’s sudden-death single elimination. The WGC Dell Match Play groups are already providing storylines a plenty before the matches have even begun, as Austin Country Club hosts the tournament for the third year running. Ryder Cup teammates Jordan Spieth...
Monday 19 March 2018
Rory McIlroy put on a thrilling spectacle of golf to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational, birdieing five of his last six holes for his first victory in 18 months. If there were any concerns about the state of Rory McIlroy’s game, those were to put to bed at Bay Hill on Sunday. With five birdies in his last six holes that...
Monday 19 March 2018
The Arnold Palmer Invitational was the second Sunday in a row where Tiger Woods was in contention to win a tournament. And now, his focus is purely on the Masters. Woods, whose chances disappeared after he sailed a driver OB on the left of the 16th at the API, ended up in a tie for 5th as Rory McIlroy charged to...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
The PGA Tour heads to Bay Hill for the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week, and all eyes are on the eight time champion as he returns for the first time since 2013. Here’s who to watch, and how to watch this week. After Tiger was pipped to his 80th PGA Tour title at last week’s Valspar Championship by Paul Casey, all...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Tiger Woods and Ernie Els have been named as the USA and International Presidents Cup captains for the 2019 contest in Australia. Both Woods and Els will be first-time captains at the 2019 contest, but have both played significant roles for their sides as players in eight appearances a piece. A notable moment between the pair came in 2003 where Woods...
Monday 12 March 2018
How is Tiger’s coming back going? He finished 2nd at the Valspar Championship, and now he’s had enough rounds for us to be able to look at the key stats from his return. So far, he’s already jumped from World No. 666th in December to 149th in just five events, posting results of T9-T23-MC-T12-T2 (including the unofficial Hero World Challenge event)...
Monday 12 March 2018
Matt Wallace won his second European Tour title with a dramatic play-off victory over Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston at the Hero Indian Open. The Englishman entered the day at DLF Golf and Country Club with a share of the lead and a closing 68 got him to 11 under, a total matched by compatriot Johnston after a 66. It was an emphatic...
Monday 12 March 2018
Paul Casey lifted his second PGA Tour trophy, and first in nine years, at the Valspar Championship, defeating a resurgent Tiger Woods by a single shot at Innisbrook. It was a day to remember for English golf. It’s certainly not often there’s been two English winners lift trophies on both the European and PGA Tour’s on the same day, but Sunday...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
The LPGA has announced an increase in prize money and change of date for the 2019 Evian Championship, set to move from September to July in 2019. The purse for the 2019 Evian Championship, the fifth major of the year, has been raised to $4.1 million, reaffirming it as the second-largest purse on Tour. Along with the purse increase, the LPGA...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Tiger Woods is back in action this week for his Valspar Championship debut. Here’s how to watch, and who to back at Innisbrook this week. From the Bear Trap of the Honda Classic to the Snake Pit at Innisbrook, the Florida Swing resumes with the Valspar Championship and another devilish trio of holes to navigate on the back-nine. Last year, Adam Hadwin...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Shubhankar Sharman has accepted a ‘special invitation’ to the 2018 Masters, becoming the fourth player from India to compete at Augusta National The 21-year-old, who led for two rounds of his first WGC event in Mexico last week, accepted the invitation to play in the first major championship of his career in April after being granted a special invitation from Augusta...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 5 March 2018
Weren’t able to catch up with everything that happened at the weekend?From mexican commentators to Michelle Wie’s huge putt for victory, we’ve got it covered. There’s plenty that’s happened in the last week, headlined by a confident and impressive Phil Mickelson who is playing as well as he ever has – just in time for the first major of the year.
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 5 March 2018
The R&A and USGA have released their 2017 Distance Report on hitting distances in the game, acknowledging the level of increase across the tours “is unusual and concerning”. Ever read War and Peace? If you haven’t, the Rules on Golf will serve as a good starter pack. It’s long. Very long. Not to mention it takes an age to digest. So,...