Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 6 January 2009
Popular American John Daly has claimed that the PGA Tour have suspended him for six months for “conduct unbecoming” in recent months. The 42-year-old spent a night in jail last October after being found drunk outside a Hooters restaurant, the chain whose logo can often be seen emblazoned on Daly’s shirts. The PGA Tour do not comment on disciplinary issues and they have...
Written by TG instruction Editor on Wednesday 31 December 2008
Make 2009 your best golfing year ever – it should be the new year resolution at the top of all our lists. If you’re serious about cutting your handicap next season it’s really important you start by making a list of all the areas of your game you need to attack. Has your driving been letting you down, or is it your iron play to...
Written by TG Editor on Tuesday 30 December 2008
Do you want to be at your game to be at its best when the days draw out and summer arrives? Most of us do and that’s why we’ve dedicated the new issue of Today’s Golfer Magazine to getting your game and body in shape during the winter months so you can be at your best from the very first tee shot...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 24 December 2008
Talk about celebrating golfing Christmas in style. Three golfers managed to achieve an amazing piece of golfing history, all bagging a hole-in-one in the same event at Kingsthorpe Golf Club, Northamptonshire. Amateurs Dick Spraughton (Collingtree Park) and Drew Russell (Farthingstone) and then Overstone Park pro Stuart Kier all succeeded in the deadly deed which apparently only happens once every 100 years! Competing...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 22 December 2008
As golfers we can struggle to get into the Christmas spirit – frozen greens and white fairways hardly make you feel jovial! – so we thought the team at Today’s Golfer would help by creating a useful golf tips advent calendar! Every day in the run up to Christmas we will be revealing what’s behind every one of the advent calendar...
Written by TG Editor on Friday 19 December 2008
Christmas – a time for the giving and receiving of presents – is also a period of intense frustration for many golfers as terrible TV takes the place of rounds of golf. Well fear not as here at todaysgolfer.co.uk we have a full schedule of golf tips, unmissable tips of where to play and what to buy in 2009 and lots...
Written by TG Editor on Thursday 18 December 2008
COMPETITION CLOSED Win £10,000 of golf prizes in our Christmas Mega Competition! Can you picture yourself walking away with an estimated £10,000 of golf equipment and golf holidays as the winner of one of our biggest ever golf competitions? Of course you can and in true Father Christmas style we have raided the gift cupboard to pull together what can only be described...
Written by TG Editor on Monday 15 December 2008
The Winter Fantasy Golf League Knockout Cup is well under way now and we can now reveal the Third Round Draw for those that have yet to see whether they’re still in it. You can access your Knockout Cup via your personal Fantasy League team page, using the My Knockout Cup link in the menu in the left hand side, but for...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 15 December 2008
The world’s greatest ever Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave has proved he can hold his nerve on the golf course too. The five-time gold medal-winning rower took to the fairways of Burhill, Surrey, with BBC Sport presenter John Inverdale and club member Bob Stratton. Sir Steve, who won gold in Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney and Atlanta, showed his trademark grit...
Written by Kit Alexander on Friday 12 December 2008
Doesn’t time fly when you’re counting down to Christmas and desperately trying to buy those last few presents? We’re already onto the fifth Gift of the Day, but fear not because today we bring you the Callaway Umbrella direct from TG Compare. Rihanna’s favourite accessory is a great gift for this time of year – if you play golf more than once between...
Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday 11 December 2008
Today’s gift is possibly the best of them all. Drum roll please… it’s a subscription to the greatest golfing publication on the planet, Today’s Golfer. This great subscription offer includes the next 13 issues of the magazine delivered directly to your door for as little as £39.99 – a 20% saving. Not only will you get the magazine for a knock down price, but you’ll...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday 10 December 2008
With Christmas now just 15 days away it’s time for our third Gift of the Day – Titleist Pro V1X golf balls. Everyone knows Titleist rule the roost when it comes to balls so what better way to express your love by giving the best money can buy. The Pro V1X is designed for the more serious golfer seeking long distance with...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 9 December 2008
Seve Ballesteros has been released from hospital following four seperate surgeries to remove a brain tumour. The Spanish legend had been in La Paz Hospital, Madrid, since he collapsed on 13 October, and underwent his fourth surgery to insert a valve to drain fluid from his brain just last week. “The patient Severiano Ballesteros has been discharged this morning by the Department of Neurosurgery and has already left...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday 9 December 2008
Today’s special gift is Secrets of Successful Golf: How to Break 80, a great DVD that’ll have you shooting lower numbers in time for the new season. The DVD stars AJ Bonar, a charismatic and easy-to-understand coach, who is responsible for many innovative teaching techniques. This DVD is available for just £16.28 from TG Compare and the range also features DVDs helping...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 8 December 2008
Golf Factor is a new talent contest that is hoping to uncover the next Tiger Woods in Yorkshire. The competition is the brainchild of Class AA PGA Qualified Professional John Andrew and it will reward three lucky winners with £10,000 worth of help including elite equipment, coaching, and personal development at the highest level. This will give the three lucky 8-16 year...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Friday 5 December 2008
Getting great Short Game Tuition is your short cut to better golf scores and all this week Today’s Golfer’s best golf instructors will be sharing their short game secrets with you. Over the next seven days our team of short game experts will be filming short game tuition golf video tips covering every aspect so you can get out there and...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Thursday 4 December 2008
Drives are for show putts are for dough – it’s a saying we are all aware of but few take much attention of how important short game is in becoming a quality golfer. Once you can hit a straightish drive and five iron the real difference to your scoring comes only from your golfing ability from 100 yards and in –...
Written by TG Editor on Monday 1 December 2008
It may only have been up and running for a few weeks but we already have our first winner in the Winter Fantasy League. Gloucestershire team manager James Jenkins has claimed our first Monthly Prize of the winter-long competition, picking up a new -for-2009 Callaway FT-iQ driver. And what a club it is. (Check out our Callaway FT-iQ story to find out...
Written by Instruction Editor on Monday 1 December 2008
Hoop, hoop, Hooray! Want to make your practise sessions a bit more fun? Just grab a hula hoop and watch these Adrian Fryer hula hoop golf tips to help improve a few areas of your golf game… Chip balls into the hula hoop golf tip Punch low shots through the hoop golf tip Practise long sloping putts golf tip Improve your swing plane golf...
Written by TG Editor on Monday 1 December 2008
Do you struggle to get that buttery soft feeling at impact every time you hit your irons? Most of us do and that’s why we’ve dedicated the new issue of Today’s Golfer Magazine to improving your golf swing at impact (the only bit that really matters!). Inside the new issue, which goes on sale on Thursday December 4th, we’ve pulled together...