Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 24 December 2012
In this video TG’s Features Writer Kit Alexander and Instruction Editor Joel Tadman debate what was the best moment of 2012. There are a lot to choose from, including Rory McIlroy winning his second major, an intense play-off at Augusta National during The Masters and, of course, three days of fun-filled, nail-biting action at the Ryder Cup. What moment will get their...
Written by TG staff writer on Friday 21 December 2012
Three-time Major winner, Pádraig Harrington, has confirmed his entry as entries closed for the 2013 Volvo Golf Champions. The European Tour’s elite year-opening ‘tournament of champions’ for European Tour winners only will have a field of 35 players who have won 234 European Tour titles between them including 14 Major titles. Harrington qualifies along with along with Darren Clarke, Retief Goosen,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 21 December 2012
As 2012 draws to a close, Ryder Cup star Paul Lawrie has been reflecting on a record season with his club makers Wilson Staff. “This has been a very special year for me and my Wilson Staff clubs have been a key ingredient,” said Lawrie. “Starting with three straight top-10 finishes; then a record win on home soil; being part of...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 20 December 2012
The referees of the European Tour have opened discussions to bring in video refereeing at their 2012 Rules Conference at the PGA Catalunya Resort. Thirty-five delegates from seven European golf federations – including The PGA, The R&A and The European Tour – gathered to discuss rules-related issues, including queries raised by the increase in media and television coverage. In his presentation, John Paramor, Chief Referee of The...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 7 December 2012
Europe’s magnificent 2012 Ryder Cup victory has been recognised by the Sports Journalists’ Association, when it was handed the Team of the Year prize at their annual British Sports Awards on Thursday. Captain Jose Maria Olazabal and his men were the runaway winners of the award, ahead of Olympic Rowers Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger and third-placed Chelsea, the 2012 Champions League winners. It...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 30 November 2012
In a little corner of California this week golf is witnessing the end of an era, as 171 men try to win their PGA Tour cards at the last ever Qualifying School event. As of 2013, the only way to find your way onto the PGA Tour will be to graduate from a gruelling season on the Web.com Tour – America’s second...
Written by TG staff writer on Friday 30 November 2012
Oceânico Golf is delighted to announced that its official brand ambassador, Ricardo Santos has become the first ever Portuguese golfer to be voted the recipient of the European Tour’s Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. This momentous accolade sees the 30 year-old, who has honed his game at Oceânico Golf’s seven magnificent facilities since his junior days, etch...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 28 November 2012
The R&A and USGA have outlined plans that will ban golfers from anchoring either a belly or broomhandle putter to their body from January 1st 2016. With it they have released the video below to help simply explain the rules to golfers around the world. In short, the new rules will “prohibit strokes made with the club or a hand gripping...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 28 November 2012
The 2011 Open champion, Darren Clarke OBE, is the popular choice among club golfers to lead the European Ryder Cup team in 2014, according to a recent poll carried out by HowDidiDo, Europe’s largest golfing community. Clarke, who played in five consecutive European sides between 1997 and 2006, took 39 per cent of the vote, polling half as many votes again...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 28 November 2012
Ian Poulter has enjoyed a momentous end to the season and Europe’s Ryder Cup talisman is celebrating a new award after being voted the Golfers’ Hero of the Year after a survey of around 100,000 golfers. Poulter, 36, was the overwhelming choice of the clients of Your Golf Travel, one of Europe’s leading golf travel companies, following his heroic display at...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 27 November 2012
The 2013 European Tour schedule has been announced and the stand-out change is the arrival of a new £19 million ‘Final Series’ format similar to the Fed-Ex Cup. The ‘Final Series’ – made up of BMW Masters, the WGC HSBC Champions, the Turkish Open and the DP World Tour Championship – has been brought in to “bring even more drama and...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 26 November 2012
John Letters’ latest staff player Paul Wesselingh has been crowned the European Senior Tour Rookie of the Year, with one event still remaining. The 51-year-old secured a maiden victory and six other top-10 finishes in 14 appearances in 2012, and is currently fifth in the Order of Merit heading into the season’s final event, the MCB Tour Championship in Mauritius. “This...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 26 November 2012
The ISPS Handa Wales Open will kick-off the race for qualification for The 2014 Ryder Cup when it switches to a new, attractive late summer date on The European Tour International Schedule next year. The 2013 tournament will take place at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, South Wales, from August 29-September 1 and be the first counting event towards qualification...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 26 November 2012
In August, Magician DMC wowed a selection of Europe’s top players at the Jonnie Walker Classic, which was won by Scot Paul Lawrie. Now in edition 303, on sale Thursday, TG have caught up with the trickster fo an exclusive interview about his magic and time with the pros. His tricks included catching a Lawrie 3-iron from point blank range and crushing a...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 20 November 2012
The 2012 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, reaches its climax at the European Tour’s DP World Tour Championship this week – and there are double points up for grabs. The top 60 on the Race to Dubai qualify (three players have chosen not to take part) and the top 10 at the end of the week will...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 16 November 2012
Lee Westwood has announced that caddie Billy Foster will not be making a return to his bag when he recovers from injury, with Martin Kerr being handed the full-time job. Foster has been out for the past six months with a cruciate knee injury and Westwood had originally said that the bag would be waiting for him on his return. However, Foster has been recently advised that...
Written by Chris Hanson on Wednesday 14 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 it...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 12 November 2012
Six-time major winner Sir Nick Faldo has spoken out to say that Tiger Woods’ sex scandals have ruined his chances of ever eclipsing Jack Nicklaus’ haul of 18 major championships. His harsh verdict came on BBC Radio Five Live’s Sportsweek programme and comes off the back of Woods’ four-year majors drought since the revelations of his extra-marital affairs. Faldo said: “Those revelations...
Written by TG Features Writer on Monday 12 November 2012
It’s the penultimate week of the 2012 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, and a strong showing at the European Tour’s Hong Kong Open could prove pivotal in the overall standings and private leagues. Fanling has hosted the tournament since it was first played in 1959 and it’s been a European Tour event for the past...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 12 November 2012
World number one Rory McIlroy secured the Race to Dubai title after finishing third at the Singapore Open and, in doing so, has emulated Luke Donald’s 2011 feat of capturing the European Tour and PGA Tour money list double. The 23-year-old shot a closing 65 to move-up the final-round leaderboard, including a 30-foot eagle putt at the last to edge one shot ahead of Thomas...