Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 20 January 2025
William Mouw’s misfortunate makes for riveting watching – but can also be a fantastic golf lesson for all of us. I’ve always thought that being a PGA Tour rookie must be a bit like when you make the step up to big school as a kid. You go from a level where you’re feeling comfortable and excelling to suddenly finding yourself...
Written by Alex Perry on Tuesday 21 January 2025
He’s been the dominant force in the game for two years and it’s drawn comparisons to Tiger Woods – but just how far away is Scottie Scheffler? Let’s crunch Sometimes it’s hard to get your head around just how good Tiger Woods was – and Scottie Scheffler’s latest achievement really puts it into perspective. The 28-year-old is currently top of the OWGR...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 21 January 2025
Rory McIlroy disagrees with a Ryder Cup teammate and former world number one, while sharing his view on Tom McKibbin’s possible switch to LIV Golf, there being too much money in the game, and his lack of optimism for the future of golf. The recent fracturing of golf’s tour landscape unfortunately means that star players like Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm...
Written by Alex Perry on Wednesday 22 January 2025
Greg Norman’s time as LIV Golf’s CEO may be over, but the Australian is still keen to discuss the state of the game with his two biggest critics Greg Norman is in no doubt his time at the helm of LIV Golf was a success – and now he would like to get in a room with Tiger Woods and Rory...
Written by Alex Perry on Wednesday 22 January 2025
The first event of the 2025 LIV Golf season will have a very different feel to it. Here’s why… LIV Golf have never made it a secret they like to be a bit different and break new ground – and that will certainly be the case when the 2025 season gets underway in Saudi Arabia in a couple of weeks. That’s because...
Written by Alex Perry on Wednesday 22 January 2025
Jason Day has described the new-look PGA Tour built in the wake of the threat of LIV Golf as “unfortunate” Jason Day doesn’t tend to speak up on state of the game matters. Indeed, the Australian is quite the opposite. “I just typically just keep my head down, I keep my mouth shut and try and play good golf,” Day told reporters...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Thursday 23 January 2025
How was the prize money distributed at the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour? Harris English ended a 1,308-day title drought with a one-shot victory at the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open to secure a fifth PGA Tour title and the $1,674,000 winner’s cheque. English joins an an illustrious group of champions to have won around the treacherous Torrey Pines...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Thursday 23 January 2025
How was the prize money distributed at the 2025 Ras Al Khaimah Championship on the DP World Tour? The fourth running of the Ras Al Khaimah Championship at the Al Hamra Golf Club, UAE, offered a $2.5 million purse, consistent with 2024, and $500,000 more than the first two editions. Spaniard Alejandro Del Ray became the third first-time champion on the DP...
Written by Alex Perry on Thursday 23 January 2025
The Claret Jug will return to the Home of Golf for the 155th Open Championship The 2027 Open will be played at St Andrews, the R&A have confirmed. The Old Course last hosted the battle for the Claret Jug in 2022, when Cameron Smith held off Cameron Young and Rory McIlroy to put his name on that famous trophy. It will be...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 24 January 2025
It will be the first time since 1998 the Tiger Woods-hosted Genesis Invitational will not be played at the Los Angeles club Riviera Country Club will not host this year’s Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour has confirmed. Fatal wildfires continue to affect the Los Angeles, with Pacific Palisades, the suburb just a few miles from Riviera, worst hit. It will be just the...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 24 January 2025
Watch as the Farmers Insurance Open throws up one of those instances that just need to be seen to be believed Adam Svensson will want to forget this year’s Farmers Insurance Open as quickly as possible. The one-time PGA Tour winner, whose sole title came at the RSM Classic in 2022, was battling to make the cut at Torrey Pines as...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 25 January 2025
Everything you need to know ahead of Rory McIlroy’s TGL debut for Boston Common against the Tiger Woods-fronted Jupiter Links at the SoFi Center. Rory McIlroy will make his long-awaited TGL debut in match week four when the tech-infused golf league boots back up for the clash between the two co-founder’s franchises. McIlroy’s Boston Common takes to the stage for...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 27 January 2025
You won’t believe the DP World Tour’s latest viral video – or where Padraig Harrington, Thorbjorn Olesen and Ryan Fox were attempting their hole-in-one challenge from… Say what you want about the quality of the DP World Tour these days, but they surely have the best content creators in the business. Ahead of last week’s Ras Al Khaimah Championship in the...
Written by Alex Perry on Monday 27 January 2025
Rounds at the Farmers Insurance Open were topping six hours – and one tour star-turned-analyst was keen to highlight the issue As the old saying goes: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” We can add slow play being a scourge of tour-level golf to that. It’s an ongoing problem in both the men’s and...
Written by Alex Perry on Monday 27 January 2025
Pat Perez’s long-rumored exit from DJ’s team has been confirmed – but the outspoken American will remain at LIV Golf It’s official. Pat Perez’s time at LIV Golf has come to an end. As a player, that is. The 48-year-old was a member of Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces team for the past three seasons, but with a combination of Perez’s contract expiring and Thomas...
Written by Alex Perry on Tuesday 28 January 2025
What do you get the golfer who has everything? Turns out even Rory McIlroy still has some itches to scratch Four major championships. Thirty-six wins on the PGA and European Tours. Five victories from seven Ryder Cup appearances. Top five for most weeks spent at World No.1. And around $200 million in the bank. Yet Rory McIlroy is still striving for more. The...
Written by Alex Perry on Tuesday 28 January 2025
Of all the people for this to happen to, anyone but Tiger Woods… There’s a classic Viz Comic letter which starts with the writer bemoaning sports commentators using phrases such as “you couldn’t write a script like this”. “If people can write scripts about dystopian futures in which life is in fact a simulation made by sentient machines to harness humans’ heat...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Wednesday 29 January 2025
How was the prize money distributed at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the PGA Tour? The Northern Irishman made it two wins in three worldwide starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, storming to an impressive two-shot victory with a closing 66 at the iconic PGA Tour event. McIlroy trailed 54-hole leader Sepp Straka by a stroke going into...
Written by TG staff on Thursday 6 February 2025
Here’s the full LIV Golf roster of players that will be teeing up in the league this season – and the teams they will represent. The LIV Golf roster for the 2025 season has been finalized ahead of the first event in Riyadh. This year will be the third full LIV Golf season and fourth overall after its inauguration in 2022. Once...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Thursday 6 February 2025
World No. 1 Nelly Korda shares her excitement ahead of the new slow play rules being introduced by the LPGA The LPGA Tour’s battle with slow play has taken a step forward as new policies were announced at a recent player meeting, with stricter penalties ready to be handed out. Players that take 1-5 seconds longer than the allowed time to play...