Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 12 August 2014
Top golfers will be taking to Rockliffe Hall’s stunning course (pictured) just outside Darlington this coming August Bank Holiday weekend, competing in the European Senior Tour English Senior Open. The event will see former Ryder Cup captains Ian Woosnam OBE (pictured), Sam Torrance OBE and Mark James go head to head, alongside Carl Mason, Costantino Rocca, Barry Lane, Des Smyth, Peter...
Monday 11 August 2014
The 2014 Fantasy Golf game returns this week for the Wyndham Championship at Sedgfield Country Club, North Carolina. The Wyndham Championship marks its 75th anniversary this week and is a tournament that has a rich history that includes former winners such as San Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Seve Ballesteros. In fact, 17 former winners are members of the...
Monday 11 August 2014
World number one Rory McIlroy claimed his fourth Major in the dark at Valhalla to become the first British player to win back-to-back Majors. A thrilling battle on the back nine saw four different players sharing the lead at some stage. But as Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson fell away with bogies, McIlroy followed his Open victory with a...
Friday 8 August 2014
Billy Hemstock has won the Clipper Logistics Championship at Moor Allerton Golf Club in Leeds for the second year running. The Teignmouth golfer birdied the last two holes to become the first player to successfully defend a title on the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour, and did so with a 54-hole score of nine under par to win by one from Richard...
Friday 8 August 2014
Luke Jackson, Stiggy Hodgson and defending champion Billy Hemstock share a one-stroke lead on six under par ahead of today’s final round of the Clipper Logistics Championship at Moor Allerton Golf Club in Leeds. With bad weather forecast for this afternoon the final round was moved forward to start at 7am off two tees, with the 52 players who have made...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Watch Adam Scott explain why everyone is keen to win at Valhalla this weekend, what his chances are, and what he thinks of the course at the US PGA. Video courtesy of Mercedes-Benz...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Talking about his upcoming performance at Valhalla, Martin Kaymer discusses why he believes the US PGA and Open are very similar tournaments, why he was inspired by the Ryder Cup in 2008, and why it will be difficult to win this week. Video courtesy of Merceds-Benz...
Thursday 7 August 2014
In this video, this year’s US Open Champion Martin Kaymer talks us through his favourite hole at Valhalla, home to the 2014 US PGA. What is it about the par-5 18th that he enjoys so much? Video courtesy of Mercedes-Benz...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
The 2014 Fantasy Golf game returns this week for the US PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club. From August 7-10 the last Major tournament of the season, the US PGA will be one of the final stages for players to show their stuff for a Ryder Cup spot. At 7,458 yards, the par 71 course designed by Jack Nicklaus was...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Thirteen Nike Golf athletes will compete at the 2014 PGA Championship and will try to stay cool as they battle the Louisville heat. Wearing Nike Dri-FIT fabrics that promote cooling, the Fall 2014 Nike Golf Collection will help keep the athletes cool in a colour palette of hyper brights. Rory McIlroy The Northern Irishman will stay cool in his classic Lightweight Innovation...
Monday 4 August 2014
20 things you need to know about the US PGA, which takes place at Valhalla in Kentucky from August 7-10, 2014. 1 Opened in 1986 and designed by legend Jack Nicklaus, Valhalla Golf Club is ranked as one of “America’s 100 Greatest Courses”. It was the site of the 1996 and 2000 PGAs, plus the 2008 Ryder Cup. 2 In Norse mythology, Valhalla...
Monday 4 August 2014
Rory McIlroy is just one person. There are more than seven billion people in the world. (No one knows exactly how many, because every time someone dies or a baby is born, which is quite often, you have to start counting all over again – it’s a right ball ache.) Imagine being the absolute best at something, out of all seven...
Monday 4 August 2014
Who’s going to win the US PGA 2014? By studying recent US PGA Championships, it’s possible to pinpoint the golfers most likely to get their hands on the Wanamaker Trophy at Valhalla. 1. Accurate iron play is key at the US PGA – nine of the last 10 champions have hit more than 64 per cent of the greens they’ve aimed at...
Monday 4 August 2014
Although Tiger Woods’ return from injury hasn’t exactly set the world alight – he missed the cut by four shots at the Quicken Loans National, his first tournament back, and only just made it to the weekend at The Open – it’s been good to have him back out there. The increased crowds and television audiences Tiger attracts have been...
Monday 4 August 2014
Even as he tapped in the winning putt, Jason Dufner’s facial expression never wavered. As hundreds of people around the green jumped up and cheered, the unassuming American’s only reaction to winning his first major championship at Oak Hill was an understated fist pump. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t care. Behind his almost vacant exterior lies a driven and...
Sunday 3 August 2014
Sometime in 1984, course designer Jack Nicklaus asked course owner Dwight Gahm, a man who made his fortune from kitchen cabinet-making, for his thoughts on one particular green. “If you don’t tell me how to design kitchen cabinets, I won’t tell you how to design golf holes,” Gahm replied. Staying out of Jack’s way was a wise move on Gahm’s part...
Friday 1 August 2014
If you were a British golf fan in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Tony Jacklin was your hero. When he won the 1969 Open at Royal Lytham, he won just £4,250, but with it, the hearts of a golfing nation. He went on to win the US Open the following year, becoming the first Brit and only the second...
Monday 28 July 2014
2014 Fantasy Golf returns this week at Firestone Country Club with the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. The par 70 South Course measures in at 7,400 yards and boasts a stellar field including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and newly-crowned Open champion Rory McIlroy. Firestone CC has played host to the Bridgestone Invitational since 1976 and is one of the biggest tournaments on tour.
Wednesday 23 July 2014
See how world number 1 golfer Adam Scott prepares for the final round of a Major, with this exclusive video from Royal Liverpool Golf Club, home of this year’s Open Championship. Adam talks about his pre-round routine, warm-up and how it feels to step up to the first tee on Sunday afternoon. Video courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Read our interview with Rory McIlroy,...