Written by Michael Catling on Monday 11 November 2024
Peter Malnati is the voice of reason the PGA Tour needs right now. In this exclusive interview, he sounds off about LIV’s “irrational” business model, his unforeseen role as PGA Tour Player Director, and why he wanted out after meeting PIF Governor Yasir-Al Rumayyan for the first time. On a balmy afternoon ahead of the BMW PGA Championship, PGA Tour star...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 11 November 2024
In a fascinating interview, Soren Kjeldsen tells all about his struggles off the tee, the support he received from a Ryder Cup star, and why he’s walking away from the DP World Tour as the third-highest appearance maker of all time All good things must come to an end. After 27 years and 712 appearances on the DP World Tour, Soren...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Thursday 17 October 2024
Playing with a tour professional isn’t something you expect when you sign up to a charity golf day. Here’s Deputy Digital Editor Sarah Pyett’s experience of a day with a Dame. ‘Good morning and welcome to Foxhills. Today you’ll be playing with Dame Laura Davies.’ That’s not something you expect to hear as you check in for a round of golf. So...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 16 September 2024
After reaching a crossroads in his career, Thomas Pieters moved to LIV to be a better father. Now he wants to prove he’s still the golfer everyone thought he could be… When Thomas Pieters flew off to play in the Masters last April, he made a point of inviting his parents, girlfriend and kids just in case he never goes back.
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 13 September 2024
In an exclusive interview, Major-winner Matt Fitzpatrick sat down with Michael Catling to discuss his game, life in Florida, excitement for the upcoming TGL, and reveals his lowest handicap ever. The 2022 US Open winner has returned to action on the DP World Tour in recent weeks after narrowly missing out on securing a place in the FedEx Cup Tour Championship,...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 4 September 2024
Here’s everything you need to know about LET and LPGA tour player, Solheim Cup star and MBE, Georgia Hall. Georgia Hall is a big name in the world of women’s golf, especially in England. Born on April 12, 1996, in Bournemouth, Dorset, Hall has become one of the sport’s biggest stars. She’s known not just for her talent, but also for...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 30 July 2024
Exclusive: Sergio Garcia wants to play in the 2025 Ryder Cup – and he’s prepared to pay over $1 million to do it. It is mid-afternoon at JCB Golf & Country Club in Staffordshire and Sergio Garcia is reminiscing about some of the shots he hit when he won the Irish Open as a fresh-faced teenager. “I remember the birdie putt...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 26 July 2024
Exclusive: World Golf Hall of Famer Padraig Harrington on Tiger’s challenge, the golf book that transformed his career, and why he genuinely believes everyone is capable of playing to a single-figure handicap For 13 magical months in the late 2000s, Padraig Harrington mastered golf. Between July 2007 and August 2008, he won an Open Championship hitting a draw, defended it the...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Viktor Hovland has achieved more in five years on tour than most players manage in a lifetime. Now, as he bids to recapture the form that saw him win three times last summer, the J.Lindeberg ambassador reveals the reasons behind his coaching changes, and why he needed a Las Vegas reunion to get his confidence back. Viktor Hovland has come a...
Thursday 23 May 2024
Teenage sensation Kris Kim gets another chance to mix it with the big boys when he tees it up for the British Masters later this summer. Earlier in May, the 16-year-old from Surrey put down his GCSE revision books for a week and nipped over to Texas, taking up an invitation to compete at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on the...
Wednesday 15 May 2024
With the PGA Championship returning to Valhalla and marking 10 years since Rory McIlroy’s last Major win, all the talk is about whether the Northern Irishman can break that decade-long duck. It’s 10 years since Rory McIlroy last won a Major. This week’s PGA Championship is at Valhalla, the home of McIlroy’s last Major triumph in 2014. He’s in red-hot...
Thursday 25 April 2024
Teenage sensation Kris Kim took a GCSE revision break to put his game to the test against the world’s best, and with three rounds under par – it held up pretty well! And who would have blamed Kim for being just a little overawed at the occasion, competing in the same field as Major winners Jason Day and Jordan Spieth? It...
Monday 22 April 2024
There is no denying Scottie Scheffler’s superiority, but keeping his pedal to the metal is key to filling up the Major swag bag and joining golf’s top table. Can you have too much green in your wardrobe? Probably not if it’s of the Augusta shade. A splash of red wouldn’t go a miss though. Dwelling on a second Masters title in three...
Monday 22 April 2024
Nelly Korda is the most in-form player on the planet but back-to-back 73s on the weekend at the Cognizant Founders Cup ended her hopes of breaking the record for the most consecutive victories on the LPGA Tour Following victory at the 2024 Chevron Championship, Nelly Korda joined illustrious company as only the third golfer in the history of the LPGA...
Monday 15 April 2024
The Full Monty: Colin Montgomerie on his former agent Guy Kinnings succeeding Keith Pelley, being heckled by fans in America, and why his Ryder Cup captaincy was such a ‘nightmare’ Colin Montgomerie is speaking from his home in Berkshire, trying to tear himself away from the golf on TV. The Scot isn’t commentating today, but switching off doesn’t come easily for...
Friday 5 April 2024
A decade on from winning the Masters for a second time, Bubba Watson is happy, healthy and hungry for success again after being inspired by Phil Mickelson. Gerry Lester ‘Bubba’ Watson Jnr is sitting at his home in Bagdad, Florida, perusing the many mementos and trophies which sit proudly behind his desk. He directs our eyes towards the Masters trophy and a...
Wednesday 29 November 2023
The 47-year-old club pro on upstaging Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship, rubbing shoulders with Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Max Verstappen, and why his short game is among the best in the world. Michael Block didn’t win the PGA Championship last May, but it sure did feel like it after he was paraded as the people’s champion at Oak Hill. By...
Thursday 23 November 2023
We traveled to Manchester, England to find out how YouTube star Rick Shiels has gone from an amateur dramatics lover to one of the most successful men in golf… and why he owes a lot to a whiteboard. When a young Rick Shiels gave a sterling performance as an unlikeable bully in a school rendition of The Secret Diary of Adrian...
Wednesday 22 November 2023
Today’s Golfer speaks to Danny Maude, the YouTube coach and PGA Pro who has amassed 1.16 million subscribers Leeds-born Maude doesn’t get the attention that some other YouTubers receive, but his ability to simplify the game through understandable concepts has seen him gain more than 250,000 subscribers this year alone, cementing his position for the second year running in the top...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 13 November 2023
Welcome to The 100 Most Influential People in Golf 2022, a ranking of the men and women who made the biggest difference to the game in 2022… Check out the updated list of The Most Influential People in Golf 2023 Influence Noun; The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself. According to...