Tuesday 28 July 2015
This weekend sees an all-new matchplay event debut on the European Tour – hosted by former Open champion Paul Lawrie. It will see 64 players, including John Daly, Richie Ramsay, Nicholas Colsaerts and Lawrie himself, take each other on over four days at the beautiful Murcar Links GC, near Aberdeen for the first ever Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play. “It’s a...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Monday 27 July 2015
American Marco Dawson silenced big guns Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer to emerge a shock winner of the British Senior Open at Sunningdale yesterday. But full credit to the little known American who fired a sparkling closing 64 to win the title by one shot from German Langer. Thanks to a pair of eagles, Dawson edged out Langer, twice US Masters champion,...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Monday 27 July 2015
It was again a case of so-near-but-so-far at the St Andrews Open, but Australian Jason Day made no mistakes to clinch the Canadian Open. So Day, who agonisingly missed the three-way play-off at St Andrews, will head to next month’s PGA Championship with renewed belief he can finally break his major duck. Bouncing back in emphatic fashion from his St Andrews heartache,...
Written by Courses & travel editor Kevin Brown on Sunday 26 July 2015
Danny Willett emerged the king of the mountains following his third European Tour victory in the prestigious European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland. Tied 6th after an impressive Open showing at St Andrews, Willett continued where he left off at the Home of Golf by holding off the determined challenges of fellow Englishmen Matt Fitzpatrick and Tyrell Hatton. Willett kept his cool...
Written by Joe Downes on Wednesday 22 July 2015
A Monday finish followed by a three-man four-hole play-off – it was the Open that refused to finish. One man who will be savouring the events of St Andrews is weekly winner Ron McKinley. His ‘Athenaeum’ team comprised Claret Jug winner Zach Johnson, play-off man Marc Leishman and top-tenners Danny Willett and Sergio Garcia. We stay in Europe for another prestigious...
Tuesday 21 July 2015
At its recent meeting at The 144th Open the Governing Board of the Official World Golf Ranking approved the inclusion of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour into the OWGR system. The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour, along with the other three third-tier satellite tours in Europe, will enter the OWGR system from this week, with a minimum level of four points awarded...
Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 15 July 2015
Remember when Facebook used to be about staying in touch with friends, organising social events and maybe the occasional ‘poke’? Nowadays it’s just full of angry rants from people disappointed with the tardiness of South Eastern Railways or their overripe avocados from M&S. Lee Westwood took to his Facebook page yesterday for a rant of his own, but he may actually have...
Monday 13 July 2015
Rickie Fowler had us all on the edge of our seats last Sunday as he played the final four holes in three-under par to edge out compatriot Matt Kuchar and claim Scottish Open victory by a single stroke. One person who was sitting pretty, though, was Philip Brand. His ‘BrandX’ team included both of the Americans and fellow top-tenners Warren...
Written by Staff writer on Wednesday 8 July 2015
Rory Mclroy has ruled himself out of next week’s Open Championship at St Andrews. The world No1 took to social media to confirm his decision, after seriously injuring his ankle playing football at the weekend. The 26-year-old said on Monday he had ruptured an ankle ligament playing a game with friends in Ireland. It caused him to pull ouf of this week’s Scottish...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
The disappointment teetered on the edge of humiliation three weeks ago for Bernd Wiesberger. An opening round 79 saw him crash out of his home tournament in Austria, making his victory at last week’s French Open all the more impressive. Equally eyebrow-raising was Dawn Sherwood’s triumph in our Fantasy Game. As well as the Austrian, every member of her ‘Hawthorn’...
Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 6 July 2015
Rory McIlroy isn’t the first golfer to be injured doing anther sport. The game is full of stories of players who’ve been forced off the course through sporting mishaps… Paul Casey The Brit was flying high in the world rankings and contending every week on the PGA Tour when a snowboarding crash really knocked him for six. He dislocated his right...
Monday 6 July 2015
Less than two weeks before he was due to mount a defence of his Open crown, world number one Rory McIlroy has picked up an injury that looks almost certain to force him to miss the tournament. 26-year-old McIlroy posted this to his 577,000 Instagram followers: Total rupture of left ATFL (ankle ligament) and associated joint capsule damage in a soccer kickabout...
Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 6 July 2015
1 – Lee books Open spot Danny Lee won the Greenbrier Classic after a four-man play-off. The former US Amateur champion was playing in his 27th event this season, including his eighth in nine weeks. His victory got him into next week’s Open at St Andrews, and he’s trying to qualify for the international team for the Presidents Cup in...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Sunday 5 July 2015
Austrian Bernd Wiesberger captured his third European Tour title in impressive fashion, claiming the French Open in style at Le Golf National near Paris. Three behind overnight leader Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa) at the start of the day, Wiesberger burst into life after lightning briefly delayed the final round. The 29-year-old made four birdies in succession from the 4th before nearly...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Thursday 2 July 2015
The opening round of the French Open at Le Golf National in Paris was abruptly halted by morning thunderstorms which caused a 2hour 30mins delay. When play resumes, Graeme McDowell will be looking to become the first player for 77 years to win the title for the third year running. “Having a chance to win a tournament three times in a row...
Written by Joe Downes on Tuesday 30 June 2015
Pablo Larrazabal staged a stunning final day charge to pip the field by one at last week’s BMW International Open and it was similarly close at the top of our Fantasy Golf leaderboard. Alexander Mackie posted 119 points to take the win by just four, his ‘Under Par’ team containing the Spanish winner, runner-up Henrik Stenson and top-11 finishers David...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Monday 29 June 2015
It was a case of so-near-but-so-far for Brits Paul Casey and Colin Montgomerie at the weekend. Englishman Casey just missed out on the US Tour’s Travelers Championhip in Connecticut, coming up short in a sudden-death play-off against defending champion Bubba Watson. And Monty made a brave defence of his US Senior Open title at Del Paso CC, Sacremento, eventually having to settle for...
Written by Courses & Travel Editor Kevin Brown on Sunday 28 June 2015
Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal enjoyed a super Sunday to clinch his fourth European Tour title by capturing the BMW International Open in Munich. Larrazabal shot a final round six under 66 to win by one stroke, having started the day five shots off the pace. But he produced a magical run on the front nine, carding five birdies without dropping a shot. Larrazabal then bagged...
Written by Today's Golfer on Thursday 25 June 2015
Bradley Neil, one of Britain’s top amateurs, has turned professional and makes his debut this week. After a glittering amateur career which included appearances at The Open, US Open and the Masters, Brdley Neil will play his first event as a pro at this week’s SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts on the Challenge Tour. Having used TaylorMade...
Written by Joe Downes on Monday 22 June 2015
It was a remarkable week in every sense at Chambers Bay as Jordan Spieth sealed a dramatic triumph (with a little help from Dustin Johnson) to reward all of us who remained glued to our televisions long into the night. If Spieth’s victory was last-gasp, that of weekly winner Jeremy Mathers was anything but. His ‘Villans’ team of Spieth, Oosthuizen,...