Wednesday 13 March 2019
There’s been a big change to TPC Sawgrass for the move of the Players Championship from May to March, and it involves overseeding. But what does that mean? Jeff Plotts, who has been the Director of Golf Course Operations at TPC Sawgrass for almost four years, says that one of the biggest challenges about staging this year’s tournament was its move...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Our hole by hole guide to TPC Sawgrass, which plays host to the Players Championship this week Front Nine: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Back Nine: 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Course: Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass | Par 72...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
The Players Championship Tee Times: Round 1 & 2 A list of tee times for the first and second rounds of the 2019 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, from March 14-17. ➤ Magical Kenya Open: Betting Tips ➤ Players Championship: Betting Tips ➤ TPC Sawgrass: Hole by Hole Guide Featured Group Coverage Thursday 13:27 PM | 17.27 PM (GMT): Webb Simpson, Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods 13:59 PM | 17.59...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
The Magical Kenya Open: Preview, betting tips & how to watch in the UK The Magical Kenya Open presented by ABSA has been staged for over 50 years but makes its debut as a European Tour event this week, having been founded in 1967 and later becoming part of the Challenge Tour (in 1991). Lorenzo Gagli could become the first person to...
Monday 11 March 2019
The Players Championship: Key Storylines, Betting Tips, Featured Groups and TV Times A new trophy, “the biggest prize professional golf has ever seen for a single tournament” and one of the strongest fields in golf all take centre stage this week for The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Along with a host of tweaks to the PGA Tour schedule for 2019, the tournament...
Monday 11 March 2019
Rory McIlroy remains upbeat despite another near-miss this season at the Arnold Palmer Invitational It was another difficult Sunday for Rory McIlroy at Bay Hill as the defending champion went from an early share of the lead to a tie for 6th place, his fifth consecutive event worldwide where he’s finished inside the top six. While his top-10 consistency is undoubtedly the...
Sunday 10 March 2019
What you missed: Victories, near-misses, a European Tour record and the good, the bad and the ugly. Francesco Molinari closed his third PGA Tour victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational just days after announcing a new equipment deal with Callaway, coming from five shots behind to win by two. On the other side of the world Justin Harding earned his maiden European...
Sunday 10 March 2019
Sunjae Im, Keith Mitchell and Sung Kang have secured their places in The 148thOpen at Portrush after qualifying at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Im, Mitchell and Kang secured the three qualifying spots at the latest Open qualifying series event, which was the first time it was hosted by the Arnold Palmer Invitational. By finishing T3 (Im) T6 (Mitchell,...
Sunday 10 March 2019
Francesco Molinari came from five shots behind to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by two shots with a bogey-free eight-under 64 Francesco Molinari closed out an eight-under 64 during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a 44-foot birdie putt on the 18th that would ultimately seal his two-shot victory over Matthew Fitzpatrick. The Open Champion had an agonising wait...
Sunday 10 March 2019
Justin Harding birdied three of his last four holes to claim his first European Tour title at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters by two strokes. The 33-year-old may have just claimed his maiden victory on the European Tour, but it was far from a familiar feeling for Harding, whose win at Doha Golf Club was his fifth win in the last...
Thursday 7 March 2019
Jason Day has withdrawn from the Arnold Palmer Invitational after just six holes, citing a back injury The World No.11 was playing his first round at Bay Hill with Rickie Fowler and Iain Poulter, but lasted just six holes before withdrawing with a back injury. Day, who has suffered with numerous back injuries before, began his day on the back nine but...
Wednesday 6 March 2019
Henrik Stenson is still looking for a full-time caddie after split with Scott Vail Henrik Stenson unexpectedly split from long-time bagman Gareth Lord back in November, and replaced him with Scott Vail, formerly Brandt Snedeker’s caddie for 12 years. “Gareth and I we decided a little while ago that we were looking at maybe taking a break,” Stenson had said at the...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
The USGA have had a change of heart over comments they made to Justin Thomas on twitter last week, now stating that ‘he did not avoid a discussion with the USGA nor cancel any meetings’ On Monday, the PGA Tour’s commissioner Jay Monahan sent a memo to players after another week which saw rules issues dominate the headlines, asking players to...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Matt Fitzpatrick, Thomas Bjorn and Padraig Harrington are among the European Tour pros who have come to the defence of the USGA and R&A over recent rule changes which have caused backlash on the professional circuit Thomas Bjorn and Padraig Harrington have come to the defence of the governing bodies of golf after a series of issues following their implementation of...
Monday 4 March 2019
Tiger Woods has pulled out of this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational with a neck strain Tiger Woods, who is an eight time winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, has withdrawn from this week’s tournament with a neck strain but insists he has ‘no long-term concerns’. The 14-time major winner took to social media on Monday to share the news...
Monday 4 March 2019
Arnold Palmer Invitational Preview: How to watch and who to back Six of the World’s top 10 head to Bay Hill for the Arnold Palmer Invitational as Rory McIlroy defends this week in Orlando. It’s one of the PGA Tour’s most iconic venues, and the second stop in the West Coast swing boats a top class field that sees Phil Mickelson make...
Monday 4 March 2019
Qatar Masters Preview: Here’s how to watch, and who to back The European Tour returns to Doha Golf Club this week for the 21st edition of the Qatar Masters as players compete for the infamous Mother of Pearl Trophy. But what is certain is that a new champion will be crowned come Sunday afternoon, as last year’s champion Eddie Pepperell won’t be...
Monday 4 March 2019
Justin Thomas said that he will talk to the USGA about the rules after describing what they said to him on twitter as ‘shocking’ and ‘inaccurate’ The latest rules headlines revolved around Justin Thomas speaking out about the two-shot penalty assessed to Adam Schenk for breaking the new rules on caddie alignment, and why he has a problem with the new...
Sunday 3 March 2019
Keith Mitchell carded four birdies over his final seven holes to close out his maiden PGA Tour victory over Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka at The Honda Classic Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler gave it everything on a dramatic final day at PGA National but it was Keith Mitchell who holed a 15-footer for birdie on the final green to finish...
Sunday 3 March 2019
10 Things you missed: Dramatic victories and Rules problems dominate the Tour Kurt Kitayama and Keith Mitchell had both missed their previous cuts before they each claimed one-shot victories during dramatic final days on both the European and PGA Tour’s on Sunday, topping leaderboards that were unpredictable and changing continuously. But victories weren’t the only thing that had everyone talking. Once again...