Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 3 July 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, returns to the European Tour for this week’s French Open at Le Golf National, near Paris. As you would expect from a course that’s set to host the Ryder Cup in 2018, it’s a stern test with a number of risk-and-reward decisions to be made. It’s a modern layout – opened in...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 2 July 2012
Tiger Woods passed Jack Nicklaus on the all-time PGA Tour victory list as he won the AT&T National at Congressional. It was Woods’ third PGA Tour victory of the season and 74th of his career, winning by two shots from compatriot Bo Van Pelt after a final round of 69 to finish on eight-under par. Woods is now second on the all-time...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 2 July 2012
Jamie Donaldson finally clinched his maiden European Tour title with victory at the Irish Open at Royal Portrush. The Welshman, who had a new caddie on the bag at the start of the week, shot a final round of 66 to finish on 18-under par to triumph in his 255th Tour start by four shots. England’s Anthony Wall, Spaniard Rafa Cabrera-Bello and...
Written by TG Features Writer on Thursday 28 June 2012
British golf is in fantastic health at the moment with the top three players in the world and nine in the top 50, but who will be the next one to break their Major Championship duck?...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 26 June 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, continues on the PGA Tour this week with the AT&T National at Congressional. The tournament returns to last year’s US Open host venue after a two-year stint at Aronimink while Congressional was preparing to stage Rory McIlroy’s triumph. The par-71 layout is a lengthy 7,569 yards off the tee so distance is important,...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Wednesday 20 June 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, stays Stateside for this week for the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship. For the third time in five years, the golfers that competed in the US Open will have embarked on a cross-country trip from the West Coast to TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. The host track is a...
Written by US Open 2012 on Monday 18 June 2012
The US Open served up a final-round thriller as two former winners tried to keep the field at bay. Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and American Jim Furyk looked likely to land their second US Open title. But it was Webb Simpson who stole the show with a storming round of 68. McDowell got off to a terrible start and was four over...
Written by US Open 2012 on Saturday 16 June 2012
Tiger Woods showed poise and perseverance as he dug deep to lead the US Open at The Olympic CLub in San Francisco. He joined warhorses Jim Furyk and David Toms at one under as the incredinly tough course chewed up many of the pre-tournament favourites. Gone are Luke Donald and Rory McIlRoy and Masters champion Bubba Watson as the event moves...
Written by US Open 2012 on Friday 15 June 2012
Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell spearheaded the British challenge in the opening round of the US Open as the big three of Luke Donald, Rory MCIlroy and Lee Westwood struggled on a very difficult Olympic club course in San Francisco. Rose and McDowell both carded one-under-par 69s and were two of only six players under par. Tiger Woods was also on...
Written by US Open 2012 on Monday 11 June 2012
The second Major Championship of the year means there are triple points up for grabs this week in the Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel. The world’s top players will be battling it out for the US Open at the Olympic Club, California, and battle may be an appropriate description as the course set-up is expected to be...
Written by TG Features Writer on Monday 11 June 2012
Paul Wesselingh won the ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship after posting a superb final round of 67 in testing conditions at De Vere Slaley Hall. The Englishman’s low round of the day included four consecutive back-nine birdies for a six under-par tournament total, with just the seven players finishing the rain-shortened event under par. Wessinlingh, who is enjoying a banner rookie season on the Seniors...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Wednesday 6 June 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, stays in America this week for the PGA Tour’s FedEx St. Jude Classic. The host course is TPC Southwind, a par 70 measuring over 7,200 yards making it one of the toughest tests tee-to-green on the PGA Tour outside the majors. Statistics from recent years suggest both the fairways and...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Wednesday 6 June 2012
Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee battled on the back nine to seal victory at the ISPS Handa Wales Open, as England’s Ross Fisher was penalised a shot for slow play. Fisher was one shot off the lead when he was adjudged to have taken too long over shots on the 11th and 14th holes. He was given a one-stroke penalty and eventually finished...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Wednesday 6 June 2012
Tiger Woods was back to his crowd-dazzling best to win the Memorial Tournament and secure his second title of the year. Woods holed a stunning flop shot from behind the 16th green en route to securing his second PGA Tour title of the year, his fifth Memorial win to equal Jack Nicklaus’s total of 73 PGA Tour titles. The former world number...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 29 May 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, hops back across the Atlantic this week for the PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament. Muirfield Village GC, Ohio, hosts the 37th edition of the tournament. The 7,352-yard par 72 layout is the perfect example of a Jack Nicklaus design; relatively straightforward off the tee but getting more difficult towards the green. In fact, of the...
Written by TG Features Writer on Monday 28 May 2012
Luke Donald delivered a masterclass in how to finish off a tournament as he shot a closing 68 to win the BMW PGA Championship by four shots from Justin Rose and Paul Lawrie. Rose had got level with with the eventual winner on -10 after four holes, but Donald made birdies at 6, 7, 10, 12 and 16 to pull away and retain the...
Written by Today's Golfer on Thursday 24 May 2012
Perfect conditions saw some impressive scores on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Ernie Els set an impressive early score, negotiating a course he has helped re-shape in recent years in 68 to finish at four under. But it was Irishman Peter Lawrie and Scotsman David Drysdale who top the leaderboard with a stunning six under. Lawrie opened with a...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Tuesday 22 May 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, switches to the European Tour this week for the circuit’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship. The West course at Wentworth Golf Club was redesigned in 2010 by Ernie Els and received mixed reviews from the players. Consequently, there has been some additional changes made for this year’s tournament. The...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 15 May 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, stays on the PGA Tour this week for the HP Byron Nelson Championship in Texas. TPC Four Seasons is hosting the tournament for the 27th year. From 1994-2007 it shared the pre-cut duties with Cottonwood Valley GC, but it’s stood alone since 2008. It’s a 7,166-yard, par 70 layout that...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 14 May 2012
American Matt Kuchar held his nerve to win the Players Championship at Sawgrass by two shots. The 33-year-old started the final day one shot behind countryman Kevin Na and despite bogeying his opening hole, fired four birdies to finish on 13-under par. Scotland’s Martin Laird finished in a tie for second on 11-under par with last week’s winner Rickie Fowler, Zach Johnson...