Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 27 January 2012
The Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship is revelling in the ‘Tiger effect’ and this continued with the former world number one giving a putting lesson to the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) Chairman, His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, and Director General, His Excellency Mubarak Al Muhairi, after his first round. Woods carded a bogey-free 70 (-2) on Thursday...
Written by TG Features Writer on Thursday 26 January 2012
Following the huge success of the shortened summer game last year, the Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf League, in association with Your Golf Travel, is back in 2012 with a full eight-month schedule that incorporates the European and PGA Tour’s. There are a total of 33 tournaments, starting with the Masters on April 5 and culminating at the DP World Tour Championship on...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 25 January 2012
World number one, Luke Donald, will have no fears about playing out of the sand at Abu Dhabi Golf Club for this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, after the Englishman successfully tackled the world’s biggest ‘bunker’ – a mammoth dune in Abu Dhabi’s Liwa Desert, the world’s largest uninterrupted sand mass. In Liwa, Donald was joined by triple and defending...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 23 January 2012
Branden Grace beat Retief Goosen and Ernie Els at the first play-off hole to win the Volvo Golf Champions at Fancourt. The victory gave him his second European Tour title in as many weeks and moves into the world’s top 100, as well gaining a healthy lead at the top of the Race to Dubai. Grace had a chance to win in...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 18 January 2012
All 35 professionals in the field for this week’s Volvo Golf Champions were given an added incentive to get a fast start to this true “tournament of champions” when they shared the stage with a cheetah at The Links at Fancourt on Tuesday. The professionals gathered have a combined 392 wins on the European Tour, and are competing for €2-million in...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 16 January 2012
England’s Jamie Elson narrowly missed out on his maiden European Tour title at the Joburg Open, losing by one shot to South Africa’s Branden Grace. Elson carded a scintillating nine-under-par 63 on the East course at Royal Johannesburg to give him the clubhouse lead for most of the day. But Grace held his nerve, parring every hole on the back nine...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 10 January 2012
Steve Stricker held off a resurgent Martin Laird to win the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. The American entered the final round five shots clear but Laird piled on the pressure with a six-under-par 67, which included five birdies in his closing seven holes. But Stricker, who saw his lead cut to just two shots early on, rallied with five birdies from...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 9 January 2012
Louis Oosthuizen retained his Africa Open title in East London, beating fellow South African Tjaart van der Walt by two strokes. Oosthuizen, who shot an 11-under par 62 earlier in the week, secured victory with a birdie at the 17th after Van der Walt bogeyed, finishing on 27-under-par. In a field dominated by home-nation players, Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth was the top non-South...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 26 December 2011
Tiger Woods may have only played 12 tournaments in 2011 but he was never far from the headlines. Equipment Editor David Connor and Features Writer Kit Alexander review a rollercoaster year for the former world number one and look ahead to the 2012 season.
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 26 December 2011
Cast your mind back 12 months and the fight to be world number one was as tight as it had been in over a decade. A year on and despite Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer holding the position, Luke Donald has stamped his authority on the world number one spot in the final six months of 2011. Equipment Editor David Connor and...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 26 December 2011
With so much expectation every year, the Major Championships can sometimes fail to deliver. But golf fans were treated to four fantastic tournaments in 2011. The Major class of 2011 marked a global changing of the guard at the top of world golf – and a very popular win for a veteran of the European game. Equipment Editor David Connor and Features...
Written by Kit Alexander on Monday 26 December 2011
There was plenty to celebrate in the golfing world in 2011 but not everyone covered themselves in glory. Equipment Editor David Connor and Features Writer Kit Alexander name and shame the year’s bad guys.
Written by Staff on Tuesday 13 December 2011
When Luke Donald had finally finished 3rd in the Dubai World Championships, so ensuring he created history, and became the first player to officially win the Money Lists in Europe and the US (Tiger unofficially did the same when he wasn’t a member of the European Tour) he looked at the sky, and put a finger in the air, signaling...
Written by Joel Tadman, TG Instruction Editor on Friday 9 December 2011
Former Open Champion Tom Lehman fired a flawless seven under par opening round 65 to lead the MCB Tour Championship by three strokes on his first visit to Mauritius. The 2006 United States Ryder Cup Captain birdied his opening two holes at Constance Belle Mare Plage before picking up further shots on the fourth, seventh, 11th and 14th holes. He also...
Written by Joel Tadman, TG Instruction Editor on Tuesday 6 December 2011
The 2011 European Senior Tour season is set for a dramatic climax at this week’s MCB Tour Championship, as Peter Fowler and Barry Lane go head-to-head for the John Jacobs Trophy in Mauritius. Australian Fowler holds a €25,569 advantage over Englishman Lane, the only player who can catch him at the top of the Order of Merit, and a top-two finish...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Sunday 4 December 2011
Rory McIlroy holed a stunning bunker shot for birdie at the last as he romped to victory at the UBS Hong Kong Open, after a scintillating final round 65. The victory now gives the 22-year-old a fighting chance of finishing top of The Race to Dubai, and ending Luke Donald’s dream of winning money lists on both sides of the Atlantic, with...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 28 November 2011
The Celtic Manor Resort is proud to announce ISPS (International Sports Promotion Society) as the new title sponsor for its flagship European Tour golf event – the ISPS Handa Wales Open. The three-year sponsorship deal with ISPS launches an exciting new chapter in the history of the tournament which counts Ryder Cup stars Paul McGinley, Paul Lawrie, Ian Poulter, Miguel Angel...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 17 November 2011
Tiger Woods won’t be starting his 2012 season at Torrey Pines. Instead of his traditional PGA Tour start in San Diego, Woods has agreed to play in a tournament in Abu Dhabi. The former top-ranked golfer will play in the January 26-29 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship along with current No. 1 Luke Donald and defending champion Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy, Graeme...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 17 November 2011
Adam Scott and K.J. Choi were relentless Thursday at Royal Melbourne in dishing out the worst loss for Tiger Woods in any format of match play. The International pair won 7 and 6, tying the record for biggest margin of victory in Presidents Cup history. And Woods and Stricker, undefeated two years ago, turned out to be the only weak link...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 14 November 2011
Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano won a Monday play-off against Juvic Pagunsan to win the Singapore Open. The 31-year-old sank a nine-foot birdie putt on the second play-off to secure his fifth European Tour career win. American Anthony Kim finished tied-third with Louis Oosthuizen on 13-under-par while England’s Justin Rose clinched his place in the season-ending Dubai World Championship by finishing tied-ninth. The tournament had...