Wednesday 20 September 2017
Mind control advice on the course: How to let your performance matter… but don’t make it matter too much This piece is written for Today’s Golfer by Karl Morris, who has worked with major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Graeme McDowell. For more about him, go to http://www.themindfactor.com/ Golfing legend Sam Snead once said: “Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a...
Wednesday 20 September 2017
Mark Twain once said: “You get the idea that Mauritius was made first and then heaven, and that heaven was copied after Mauritius.” The famous writer visited this Indian Ocean jewel some six years before golf arrived here – 1902’s Gymkhana GC layout is the oldest in the Southern Hemisphere, and the island now boasts nine 18-hole courses. But given the utter...
Written by Tom Goodlad on Wednesday 20 September 2017
Want to cut a dash in the golf club car park? If you have cash to splash and are in the market for a new upmarket motor, our colleagues at Parkers.co.uk have named the best luxury vehicles on sale in their New Car of the Year Awards 2018. Today’s Golfer has teamed up with Parkers to name the Best Luxury Car...
Tuesday 19 September 2017
After 25 years of pounding the fairways alongside Phil Mickelson, the world’s most recognisable caddie decided to hang up his bag and become an on-course commentator. Here he tells our sister magazine Golf World about his new venture, about the perils of chewing gum, and why he fully expects his old boss to keep on winning well into his 50s. Obvious opener,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 19 September 2017
The former England and Newcastle legend on pro-am nerves, his annual trip to Augusta and playing with the ‘angry’ Ian Wright Alan Shearer is one of the best strikers this country has ever produced. He scored 283 league goals in a glittering career that included a record 260 in the Premier League, a record 11 top- flight hat- tricks and a...
Thursday 7 September 2017
Watch as Luke Donald and Alex Levy surprise two young golf fans at the Omega European Masters! To celebrate the future of golf, the tournament invited talented young golfers Elliott Andrews, 7, from Northern Ireland and Amelia Wan, 10, from England, over to Crans-Montana for a tour of the golf-club and to watch some of the action. Little did they know...
Written by Camilla Tait on Wednesday 6 September 2017
Speed Golf: What happened when our digital editor tried one of the latest forms of golf Thanks to Golf Sixes, the Zurich Classic and Super Sixes events on the European and PGA Tours this year, it’s clear there’s been a considerable shift away from golf’s originally purposed form in a bid to increase participation. Speedgolf is the latest version of golf to...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
You don’t see this every day! The Volvik World Long Drive finals are currently underway in Oaklahoma, but while everyone was expecting some super-human drives – they weren’t expecting competitor Wes Pettersen SNAP his driver and send it flying in to the crowd. Pettersen may be down a driver, but he IS through the quarter-finals against Mitch Grassing from Canada later this...
Written by Andrew Cotter on Wednesday 6 September 2017
“Golf is more than a game. It creates lifelong bonds and special memories” Who was it that first got you into golf? For me, there were a number of family members involved since, when I first played, I was three years old and work associates were thin on the ground. There were my parents, of course, and also my grandfather. But...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
A faster clubhead means longer shots. But you don’t need bulging muscles – just a better technique We don’t need a launch monitor to tell us that if we move the ball faster we increase our potential for hitting the ball further. Boosting your speed, though, is not quite as simple as it sounds. Increased speed cannot come at the expense...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 1 September 2017
An exciting new course has just opened at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire in the form of a unique synthetic artificial grass layout. The Yellow Course sits alongside Frilford Heath’s three existing championship courses but what sets it apart is that it has been created using Huxley Golf all-weather surfaces. The course is divided into two accessible loops of three holes each with...
Thursday 31 August 2017
Prince’s Golf Club, in Sandwich Bay, Kent and host of the 1932 Open Championship, has announced extensive and ambitious plans to redevelop the Himalayas nine. Prince’s Golf Club, in Sandwich Bay, Kent and host of the 1932 Open Championship, has announced extensive and ambitious plans to redevelop the Himalayas nine. The club has hired renowned international golf course architects Mackenzie & Ebert...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
The accuracy issue: Whether it’s getting fitted for the right clubs, practicing the perfect drills or taking tips from legends of the game – it’s all right here in the latest issue of TG Lets face it, every single one of us would love to be more accurate. Whether it’s hitting more fairways, boosting that greens in regulation percentage or being...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
Golf, more than anything, is meant to be enjoyable, so we’ve put together a list of 50 fun golf courses in the UK that will make you forget about your scorecard It’s supposed to be fun from the moment you tee it up to the time you walk off the final green. Whether you’ve played well or, for that matter, been...
Friday 25 August 2017
American Golf have crowned their 2017 Junior Champions after a day of excellent competition in all categories The fourth annual American Golf Junior Championship in association with PING came to its climax as the regional winners headed to Gainsborough Golf Club to compete for the coveted championship titles. Despite the hot competition, the American Golf Junior Championship is renowned for its relaxed,...
Friday 25 August 2017
Wondering when distance measuring devices will make it to the big leagues? It could be sooner than you think, as it’s already happening on the EuroPro Tour… Where would we be without range nders, GPS watches and smartphones? Probably still hacking around in the woods, lamenting poor club choice as our score nears double gures. Before 2014, it was a common...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 25 August 2017
Hollywood superstar Andy Garcia loves golf. Here he talks about teeing it up with Jack Nicholson and Joe Pesci, accepting what he’s got and his victory on the PGA Tour. The Godfather III, Oceans 11, Internal Affairs… Andy Garcia has starred in some of Hollywood’s biggest movies over the past three decades. But the 64-year-old loves golf as much as acting...
Friday 25 August 2017
It’s no secret that golf can be an expensive game when you factor in the cost of clubs, green fees and golf balls. But for one player, his biggest expense is dog biscuits! Barry Gell, of Dunfermline, Fife, rewards his collie Jess with a treat every time she finds a golf ball. That may not seem like much, but she’s fetched...
Monday 21 August 2017
European Tour Pro Paul Waring talks through how he warms up before a round of golf – and what his favourite drill is to practice to get course-ready If you just go to the range before you head to the tee and hit as many golf balls as you feel like with no real goal in mind – it’s well documented...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
We’ve teamed up with our good friends at Parkers to bring you their round up of the best estate cars for keen golfers. If you’re a golfer, the size of your car’s boot is vital if you want to fit your golf clubs, bags, trolley and everything else in for an 18-hole round. Standing out in the car park of your club...