Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston

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  • Tiger Woods is one of many golfers to be caught swearing on camera.

    Tour pro says Tiger Woods does this bad habit more than any other golfer

    Written by Andrew (Beef) Johnston on Monday 16 December 2024

    Tour pro and TG columnist Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston talks about golfers being caught swearing on the course. Potty-mouthed tour golfers have made plenty of headlines recently, with Tyrrell Hatton and Bob MacIntyre drawing ire for their repeated profanities at the Dunhill Links Championship. The presence of hot mics at every tour event means most golfers have been captured cursing on the course...

  • Beef's season has been prematurely ended by injury and now he's calling on the DP World Tour to improve the schedule.

    Golf star urges tour bosses to fix “schedule overload” amid anxious wait over season-ending injury

    Written by Andrew (Beef) Johnston on Wednesday 16 October 2024

    Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston is anxiously awaiting a scan on the injury that ended his DP World Tour season prematurely and has called on golf’s powers to create a more balanced schedule. The Englishman was forced to withdraw from the French Open in Paris after feeling soreness in the same thumb that ruled him out of golf for much of the last...

  • Andrew 'Beef' Johnston reveals how anxiety and pressure impacts his golf

    DP World Tour winner reveals anxiety as he battles to secure his future at golf’s top table

    Written by Andrew (Beef) Johnston on Wednesday 28 August 2024

    In a revealing column, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston delves into the highs, lows and anxiety a professional golfer can face across four rounds at a tournament when your battling for your future. I set the course record, had my best finish since coming back from injury and there were so many positives. Yet when I walked off the 72nd hole at the...

  • Rory McIlroy is being backed to win a Major in 2024 by Andrew 'Beef' Johnston.

    Beef: “Rory McIlroy has freed himself of the stress and 2024 will be his year!”

    Tuesday 6 February 2024

    As we count down to the year’s first golf Major, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston predicts who will lift the year’s biggest trophies, whether Tiger will win again, and who will be the breakout star. Two of the things I get asked the most are “Who’s going to win the Majors this year?” and “Who’s the next breakthrough star?”. So, to save me...

  • Beef says its time golf tours started putting the fans first.

    Beef: “Golf is a mess. We need transparency before it’s too late!”

    Thursday 21 December 2023

    In his latest column for Today’s Golfer, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston argues why golf needs more honesty from those in charge for the sake of the most important thing of all…the fans. I love golf, but the men’s professional game is in a f*cking mess. No one knows what’s going on and no one is being honest. I’m not blaming everything on LIV...

  • Beef: “I’m all for the golf ball rollback – it will save some classic courses”

    Wednesday 6 December 2023

    Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston weighs in on the golf ball rollback debate and wants to see more strategy and control back in the game with greater risk-reward for pulling out the driver. Any professional complaining about the golf ball rollback should’ve played my comeback event in South Africa. My caddie and I barely had to speak on the tees… the course was...

  • Is Jon Rahm on the verge of joining LIV Golf in 2024.

    Beef: “The PGA Tour only has itself to blame for Rahm joining LIV”

    Wednesday 6 December 2023

    Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston says the PGA Tour went behind players’ backs, he’s not surprised to see the likes of Jon Rahm ending his loyalty. Jon Rahm has joined LIV Golf after weeks of rumors and social media chat, and it’s be a huge coup for Greg Norman and the Saudis. Jon has previously been vocal in saying that he wouldn’t join LIV,...

  • Beef returned to action at the 2023 Investec South African Open.

    Beef: “I took being a golfer for granted, but I’m so glad to be back”

    Wednesday 6 December 2023

    Returning to competitive action on the DP World Tour, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston is thankful for another shot on the game’s biggest stage and is determined to do more than ‘make up the numbers’. It was so good to finally tee it up on Tour again. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had a great time doing the podcast and getting my broadcasting...

  • Beef describes how he would solve the merger issue in the men's professional game.

    Beef: “Put me in charge of the merger and everyone will be happy”

    Tuesday 14 November 2023

    As he prepares to return to DP World Tour action this week in South Africa, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston explains how he’d take men’s professional golf forwards if he was in charge of the proposed merger. With the merger of the men’s professional game seemingly up in the air, I’m putting myself in charge of the situation because I’ve had the perfect...

  • Andrew 'Beef' Johnston tells us about his journey back from injury and when he'll be making his return to the DP World Tour.

    Beef: “I didn’t know if I’d ever play golf again”

    Wednesday 11 October 2023

    In the first of his guest columns, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston tells us the impact of his long-term hand injury, how he feared for his career, and how he’ll be changing his approach when he returns to the DP World Tour in November. When John Robins beat me in a match on his YouTube channel last year, he and TG’s digital editor...