Written by Chris Hanson on Tuesday 6 November 2012
Away from the glamour of the European Tour there are thousands of golfers trying to make enough money to support their dreams and their families. In this TG online feature we follow the highs and lows of 2011 EuroPro Tour Order of Merit winner Chris Hanson, as he tries to adjust to life on the Challenge Tour. This week he...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 6 November 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, continues in Asia this week at the European Tour’s Singapore Open. The Serapong Course at Sentosa GC, situated right next to the bustling Singapore Harbour, stages the tournament again. The Tanjong Course was also used in the last two events but the tournament reverts back to one course this year. The...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 5 November 2012
Currently riding high after his second WGC win, Ian Poulter is hoping to finally break his major duck in 2013. The fiery Englishman credited the confidence he picked up at the Ryder Cup for his victory at the WGC Champions event in China and now wants to kick-on in 2013. “It’s been an amazing five or six weeks with the Ryder Cup...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 5 November 2012
Another star-studded field has been assembled for the Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational Presented by EMC and being held at the legendary California venue from November 13 – 18. And if you just happen to be in this stunning neck of the golfing woods, you’ll be interested to know that spectators are welcome to enjoy the 41st anniversary of golf’s only head-to-head...
Monday 5 November 2012
Zack Rasego, bagman of Branden Grace, has been named the HSBC Caddie of the Year at the annual awards night during the WGC Champions event in China. After holding the silver-wear aloft, Rasego thanked the sponsors and spoke of how honoured he felt that his peers would have voted for him. Rasego and Grace won four European Tour titles and one Sunshine Tour event this year, ...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Sunday 4 November 2012
Next year when The Masters rolls around in April there will be an added area of interest after 14-year-old Chinese golfer Tianlang Guan won his place in the field with victory in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. The championship was created three years ago to provide a big stage for a continent where golf was undergoing rapid growth. Now the tournament has...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 2 November 2012
Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter has had a busy week at the WGC Champions event in China. Having already spoke to TG columnist Andrew Cotter about his season, and shared his best bunker tips, he has now taken to the kitchen to try his hand at some cooking. The Cobra-Puma staffer was taught by a local chef the intricate art of how to...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 2 November 2012
In this latest HSBC unplugged video, TG columnist Andrew Cotter speaks to Martin Kaymer’s caddie Craig Connolly. The duo chat about the life of a caddie on tour, before having a rummage through the German’s tour bag. Cotter filmed the videos on behalf of WGC sponsors HSBC.
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 2 November 2012
Eight-time European Tour Order of Merit winner Colin Montgomerie believes Asia could have as many as a dozen major winners in the next 10 to 15 years. The 49-year-old has backed the region, which currently can count only South Korean Y.E. Yang as its solitary major champion, to produce the next batch of golf’s household names. The Scot has reason to be optimistic. The...
Friday 2 November 2012
Tiger Woods said fatigue was the reason he skipped this week’s World Golf Championship event in Shanghai. As Australian Adam Scott and South African Louis Oosthuizen grabbed the first-round lead at the $7 million event in China on Thursday, the 36-year-old Woods was holding a putting clinic for school children in Singapore. The main sponsor had been unhappy Woods and world number...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 1 November 2012
Ahead of the HSBC WGC Champions event, TG columnist Andrew Cotter caught up with some of golf’s biggest names to get their swing tips. Below are a selection of videos including bunker play with Ian Poulter and putting with Luke Donald. He also got Graeme McDowell’s chipping tips and Lee Westwood’s guide to hitting a draw and a fade. While the video tips,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 1 November 2012
During the build-up to the WGC Champions event, Ian Poulter picked up the European Tour Player of the Month award for September and the Shot of the Month award for July – for a holed 100-yard pitch shot at the Alstom Open de France – but he still wants more. He told TG columnist Andrew Cotter that he is still eager...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 1 November 2012
Six months after slipping into his first green jacket, TG columnist Andrew Cotter caught up with Bubba Watson to see if it had changed him as a man or a golfer. The American lefty also spoke about whipping up a crowd frenzy in Medinah and how he imagines the sahpe of his shots. Watch the video below, that was filmed with the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 31 October 2012
Ryder Cup heroes Ian Poulter, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell and Open Champion Ernie Els have prepared for the WGC HSBC Champions with a visit to the bank’s global headquarters in Hong Kong. TG columnist Andrew Cotter was there and presents the video below, containing interviews with the stars and some behind the scenes action. The golfers were also introduced to scratch...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
2011 USPGA Champion Keegan Bradley has spoken out to say he will not give up his long putter without a fight, should the expected New Year ban come to fruition. The fiery American revealed his plans, which may include legal action, to the press at the WGC Champions event in China. Bradley, who was the first player to win a major...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Sponsors of this week’s WGC Champions event have spoken out to criticise world number one Rory McIlroy and 14-times major winner Tiger Woods for turning down the chance to play in the presitgious tournament in China. HSBC’s worldwide Head of Sponsorship Giles Morgan said: “On the one hand we have by far and away the strongest field in Asia this year, 13...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 31 October 2012
The PGA Tour schedule has been announced for next year and it will be the last before it switches to a new format that will see the season start in autumn. In total there will be 36 tournaments in the regular season with a further four for the FedEx Cup play-offs, concluding with the Tour Championship that starts on September 19th. ...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Twenty-five members of the Web.com Tour have been awarded thier 2013 PGA Tour cards after a tense final day at the Web.com Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch near Dallas. Justin Bolli claimed a two-shot victory in the final event, allowing him to make the second biggest leap in Tour history to earn a card the last week of the season, jumping...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 30 October 2012
With the Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, nearing its conclusion, the double points on offer at this week’s WGC – HSBC Champions take on even greater importance. Mission Hills in China boasts an incredible 12 18-hole golf courses, making it the largest golf complex on the planet. This week’s event will be completed over the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 30 October 2012
It was a roller coaster finale this week on the Challenge Tour, as the 45 players arrived at the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final looking to claim one of 20 European Tour cards. But it was arguably those who missed out that will grab the headlines when the dust settles. Three-time European Tour winner Nick Dougherty was the biggest of those...