Sunday 13 May 2018
Joakim Lagergren defeated Mike Lorenzo-Vera in a play-off to win his maiden European Tour title at the Rocco Forte Sicilian Open. Despite starting the day two shots behind Lorenzo-Vera, the 26-year-old made four birdies in his opening nine holes at the Verdura Golf Club to take a two shot lead at the turn. An error at the 14th from Lagergren opened the...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Fourteen time major champion Tiger Woods has confirmed his entry for The 147th Open at Carnoustie in July Woods, who is playing at The Players Championship this week, has officially committed to playing in The Open at Carnoustie this July. “I won two of my Open Championships in Scotland and the other one in England, so let’s try and add another one...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Thursday Tee Times: Round 1 Tee Times for The Players Championships *Indicates teeing off from No 10 Tee All times are in BST. 12:10 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Chad Campbell, Dominic Bozzelli 12:10 p.m. — John Huh, Blayne Barber, Kiradech Aphibarnrat* 12:21 p.m. — Ryan Palmer, Bud Cauley, Harold Varner III 12:21 p.m. — Scott Stallings, Kevin Na, Richy Werenski* 12:32 p.m. — Scott Brown,...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Prize Money Breakdown: Record $11m purse for 2018 Players Championship matches the same purse as The Masters The record purse, up from $10.5 million last year, guarantees that the winner of this week’s Players Championship is set to bring home $1.98 million – the same amount Patrick Reed received for winning The Masters. It marks an increase for the winner of $110,000, after both the...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Prize Money Breakdown: Record $11m purse for 2018 Players Championship matches the same purse as The Masters The record purse, up from $10.5 million last year, guarantees that the winner of this week’s Players Championship is set to bring home $1.98 million – the same amount Patrick Reed received for winning The Masters. It marks an increase for the winner of $110,000, after both the...
Monday 7 May 2018
The Players Championship: Everything you need to know about the key storylines, the course, and who to watch this week. This year’s contest marks the final time players will be teeing up at TPC Sawgrass for the Players Championship in May, before it moves back to its original March date in 2019. With Tiger’s return, a big battle for World No.1, several...
Sunday 6 May 2018
Jason Day picked up his second PGA Tour title of the year, holding on for a two-shot victory at the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday It wasn’t an easy victory by any means, but Jason Day battled against his swing at Quail Hollow and put together a late birdie run on The Green Mile to claim his 12th PGA Tour victory. Day,...
Sunday 6 May 2018
Ireland’s Paul Dunne and Gavin Moynihan overcame strong competition and combined to win the second edition of GolfSixes with a 2-0 victory over France. Meanwhile, ladies golf proved the big winner at GolfSixes as Mel Reid declares it a huge success for women’s golf… Once again the European Tour’s GolfSixes proved to be a success in it’s second outing, with crowds dominated...
Tuesday 1 May 2018
The second edition of GolfSixes is back for 2018 at Centurian Golf Club in St Albans: Here’s everything you need to know about the pairs format, the teams, and how to watch. With the addition of female teams and the retention of themed golf holes that include holes with a shot clock or nearest the pin contest, Golf Sixes returns for...
Tuesday 1 May 2018
This week the PGA Tour returns to Quail Hollow for the Wells Fargo Championship. Here’s how to watch, and who to watch this week. After last week’s pairs-event Zurich Classic, the PGA Tour resumes it’s 72 hole strokeplay format on its final stop before the Players Championship next week, with 15 of the World’s top 25 players heading to Quail Hollow. The...
Monday 30 April 2018
Back in the winners circle: Lydia Ko eagled the first playoff hole to win her first event on the LPGA Tour since 2016 at the LPGA Mediheal Championship At the site where she had already won two LPGA titles, Lydia Ko returned to San Francisco to make it a hat-trick of victories in the week of her 21st birthday. After holding the 54-hole...
Monday 30 April 2018
Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy carded a final round 67 to secure a one-shot victory at the second edition of the Zurich Classic Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy signed off with a par on the par-five 18th to finish the tournament at TPC Lousiana on 22-under-par, guaranteeing a one-shot victory over playing partners Jason Dufner and Pat Perez. Perez and Dufner needed...
Monday 23 April 2018
For the second year in a row, the Zurich Classic returns as a pairs contest to TPC Louisiana from the 26-29th April. The two-man duo of Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt triumphed in a playoff against Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown during the first edition of the Zurich Classic, and will be back to defend their title this year. Of the 80...
Monday 23 April 2018
Andrew Landry became the second player in a row to win their maiden PGA Tour title at the Valero Texas Open with a two-shot victory on Sunday. Landry’s first PGA Tour victory comes in just his 32nd career start on Tour, having held his nerve on the back-nine to beat Trey Mullinax and Sean O’Hair by two shots. The 30-year-old began the...
Sunday 22 April 2018
Alex Levy lifted his fifth European Tour trophy at the Trophee Hassan II on Sunday, but remains cautious about his chance to play in the Ryder Cup. The Frenchman birdied the penultimate hole to finish one shot clear of overnight leader Alvaro Quiros on the final day at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. Levy, who began the day one shot behind, overtook...
Sunday 15 April 2018
Satoshi Kodaira claimed his maiden PGA Tour victory in a playoff at the RBC Heritage, draining a 25-footer for birdie on the third extra hole to defeat Si Woo Kim. The Japanese player found himself six shots adrift of the leaders early on Sunday’s final round, but posted an impressive five-under-par 66 in windy conditions at Harbour Town to set the...
Sunday 15 April 2018
Jon Rahm said he came through the hardest Sunday of tournament golf in his life to win on home soil at the Open De Espana on Sunday The 23-year-old Spaniard headed from a 4th place finish at The Masters to play in front of home support at the Centro Nacional de Golf, a decision he said he made with the sole focus...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 9 April 2018
Rory McIlroy reflects on another missed chance to win The Masters and become the sixth player to win the grand slam: “I just haven’t played it (Augusta) well enough at the right time.” Rory McIlroy was full of high hopes and expectations as he teed off on Sunday with an oppportunity to make history – but was left instead to rue...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 9 April 2018
Patrick Reed has broken his major drought with the prize of a green jacket, but what else can we takeaway from the year’s first major? ➤ The Players Stats: Who performed the best 22 players had eagles during the first major of the year, but it was amateur Doug Ghim who topped the table with three, while Phil Mickelson, Webb Simpson, Jon Rahm...
Monday 9 April 2018
With plenty of storylines came plenty of outrageously good shots at the 82nd edition of the masters: Watch below for the round up of the top 10 shots of the 2018 Masters ➤ Charley Hoffman stole a brief bit of the Sunday limelight on the 16th hole of Augusta as he made the only hole in one of the tournament –...