Written by TG Features Writer on Thursday 22 March 2012
The Masters is just two weeks away and you can get ready for the first Major Championship of the season by picking your team for the Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel. It’s shaping up to be one of the greatest tournaments ever with Tiger Woods coming back to form and the likes of Rory McIlroy,...
Written by The Masters 2012 on Thursday 22 March 2012
World number one Luke Donald will have an even bigger following than normal cheering him on at next month’s US Masters after Your GolfTravel.com announced a massive £2m holiday giveaway if he wins at Augusta. One of Europe’s leading golf tour operators is promising to refund all holidays booked for eight people or more before the Masters begins should Donald end...
Written by TG Features Writer on Thursday 22 March 2012
Arnold Palmer has expressed his disappointment that Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald have chosen not to play at this week’s Bay Hill Invitational. The top six players in the world rankings have opted not to tee it up this week in preparation for the Masters on April 5th, but high-profile Americans Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson headline the tournament. “I’m certainly not...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 19 March 2012
Luke Donald is back on top of the world again. And the Englishman achieved top spot in grand style following his dramatic victory in the Transitions Championship at Innisbrook, Florida, yesterday. He returned to No. 1 in the world the same way he got there first time round by rallying from a three-shot last round deficit and emerging triumphant in a play-off...
Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 16 March 2012
There is a new competition in this year’s Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel; the knockout cup. The knockout cup will start at the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship in game week 20 and the top eight managers will all receive a prize. Each manager will be randomly drawn against one other player and the person who scores...
Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 16 March 2012
Padraig Harrington has a three-shot lead after the first round of the Transitions Championship on the PGA Tour. The three-time Major winner broke the course record with a 61 that included 10 birdies and not a single dropped shot. This opening round will come as sweet relief to the Irishman, who has slipped to 90 in the world after a drop in...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 12 March 2012
Justin Rose came from behind on a dramatic final day in Miami to win the WGC-Cadillac Championship. The Englishman carded a two-under par 70 to win by one shot from Bubba Watson on 16-under par to win his fourth PGA Tour title. Rory McIlroy surged up the leaderboard on Sunday, firing a five-under 67, which included a holed bunker shot for...
Written by Today's Golfer on Friday 9 March 2012
Adam Scott leads the WGC Cadillac Championship after shooting an impressive six under in wind and rain at Doral in Florida. The talk before the opening round had centred around the world top three playing together – Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood, but it was the Aussie who stole their thunder. Donald was the best of the star-studded threesome with...
Written by Today's Golfer News Writer on Thursday 8 March 2012
Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood will play together today in the opening round of the World Golf Championship at Doral, Florida. The three British golfers have been scrapping for the World No1 spot over the last few months and it’s McIlory who now holds that position after winning The Honda Classic last week. McIlroy said: “I am just going to...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 5 March 2012
Rory McIlroy overtook England’s Luke Donald at the top of the World Golf Rankings with victory at the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic. The Northern Irishman shot a one-under par 69 to win by two shots on 12-under, holding off a final-day charge from Tiger Woods and becoming the second-youngest player after Woods to reach World No.1. Former World No.1 Woods shot an...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 28 February 2012
The top three managers in the 2012 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, each month will win some amazing prizes. The top points-scorer each month will earn themselves a round of golf with three friends at a QHotels resort of their choice, including Forest Pines, The Westerwood, Aldwark Manor and Hellidon Lakes. The runner-up will win a dozen...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 27 February 2012
Rory McIlroy came up just short of becoming the World No.1 after losing to Hunter Mahan in the final of the Accenture WGC Match play at Dove Mountain. England’s Luke Donald still tops the rankings but the gap between both McIlroy and Lee Westwood has closed considerably following their high finishes this week. Having defeated World No.3 Westwood 3&1 in the semi-final,...
Written by The Masters 2012 on Friday 17 February 2012
The 2012 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, now has even more competitions that give you the chance to share in the £10,000-worth of fantastic prizes. Just like last year the top 50 managers at the end of the game will all receive goodies, as well as the leading three players in each of the eight...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 14 February 2012
There are more than 90 prizes worth over £10,000 up for grabs in the 2012 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game. The top 50 managers overall will each receive a fantastic as well as the top three every month and everyone who gets to the quarter finals of the knockout cup. The overall winner will receive a five-night golf holiday at the La...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 13 February 2012
Phil Mickelson shot a stunning eight-under-par 64 to overturn a six-shot deficit and win the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The American hit three birdies and an eagle in his first six holes to wipe out the overnight lead of Charlie Wi and win by two on 17 under. Wi closed with three birdies to finish with a 72 to end...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 13 February 2012
Spain’s Rafael Cabrero-Bello held off a host of world-class challengers to win the Dubai Desert Classic. The 27-year-old shot a flawless final round of 68 to post a total of 18-under par, one that runners up Lee Westwood and Stephen Gallagher could not match. Westwood, who now overtakes Rory McIlroy as World No.2, missed a handful of makeable birdie putts, most notably...
Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 3 February 2012
The first prize in this year’s Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf League is an amazing golf holiday to La Manga in Murcia, Spain. The one lucky manager who finishes top of the pile after all 33 tournaments will earn five nights B&B in the five-star hotel, four rounds of golf for two people, access to the spa and one meal for two in...
Written by Kit Alexander, Features Writer on Thursday 2 February 2012
We’ve all had a bad day on the course and felt like throwing our toys out the pram – and some of us have even given in to the temptation – so it’s good to know that the pros suffer the same frustrations. If this doesn’t put you, off you can select all these players in your Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 30 January 2012
Kyle Stanley blew a three-shot lead on the final hole to eventually lose out to Brandt Snedeker in a play-off at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. On the 72nd hole, Stanley spun a wedge for his third shot back off the front of the green and into the water. He then pitched on to the green for his fifth...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 30 January 2012
England’s Robert Rock held off the challenge of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy to claim the biggest win of his career at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. Entering the final round tied for the lead with Woods, Rock birdied three of his first six holes to set up a one-shot victory on 13 under. McIlroy birdied the last to finish alone in...