Monday 27 November 2017
How do you achieve more money and greater success as professional golfer? According to a new study, it’s all related to how long they spend over the ball Professional golfers could achieve €189k more a year by saving themselves 1.2 shots on average a tournament. How? If they spend less time over the ball, according to the RSM Player Performance study...
Monday 27 November 2017
Cameron Davis, Jonas Blixt and Matt Jones secured their places in the starting field of The 147th Open after qualifying at the Emirates Australian Open. The 102nd staging of the championship, played at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney, was the first opportunity for players to book their place at Carnoustie next year through The Open Qualifying Series. It was a day...
Monday 27 November 2017
Find out what you missed this weekend, from two first-time winners to Tiger’s latest video update! Cameron Davis wins Austrlian Open; 3 Secure 2018 Open spots at Carnoustie A final hole birdie sealed a first professional victory for Cameron Davis, coming from six shots behind to lift the Australian Open trophy and book a spot in his first major championship. Jason Day had...
Thursday 23 November 2017
Henrik Stenson, Tommy Fleetwood and Paul Casey are among the 12 players that have been named in Thomas Bjorn’s EurAsia Cup team ahead of the January event. The team, named today for next year’s EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM in Malaysia, includes six previous Ryder Cup players and all 12 men in the team have at least one European Tour win to their...
Monday 20 November 2017
Tommy Fleetwood has been crowned Race to Dubai champion after Jon Rahm triumphed on the final day of the DP World Tour Championship to win his second European Tour event on the last day of the season. Tommy Fleetwood finished a disappointing Sunday in a tie for 21st place, but thanks to a difficult back nine for Justin Rose it...
Sunday 19 November 2017
Rookie Austin Cook has booked his spot in next year’s Masters by claiming his first win at the RSM Classic – in just his 14th start on the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour rookie birdied three of his final four holes, including a length birdie putt at the last, to close with a 3-under 67 and finish four shots clear of...
Tuesday 14 November 2017
Jon Rahm has been awarded the 2017 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award on the European Tour, following a remarkable breakthrough season that saw him rise to No.5 in the World rankings. The Spaniard, who won both on the PGA Tour and at the European Tour’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation in July, received...
Monday 13 November 2017
The European Tour’s season-finale DP Tour Championship takes place at Jumeriah Golf Estates in Dubai this week, which culminates in the final stop in the Race to Dubai. Here’s what you need to know. Now in it’s 9th edition, the DP World Tour Championship is the final of eight Rolex Series events that have taken part throughout the season, and has...
Monday 13 November 2017
Shanshan Feng has become China’s first World No.1 golfer (male or female) after successfully claiming back to back victories at the Blue Bay LPGA and Japan Classic. The 28-year-old made her history defining moment in her native China, closing out the Blue Bay LPGA event with a final-round of 70 and becoming the first player to claim successive victories this season...
Monday 13 November 2017
Patton Kizzire held off a late charge from Rickie Fowler to win his first PGA Tour title at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba Kizzire, who has moved up over 100 places in the World Rankings with his victory (from 236 to 119), posted a bogey-free 67 during the windy conditions at Playa del Carmen – with much credit due to his...
Sunday 12 November 2017
Branden Grace produced a thrilling final-round performance in the penultimate Race to Dubai event to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player by a single shot. Starting the day three shots back, Grace fired a bogey free final round of 66 to finish one-shot clear of playing partner Scott Jamieson and move in to the top 10 in the...
Thursday 9 November 2017
The PGA of America announced that The Olympic Club in San Francisco has been confirmed as the venue for the Ryder Cup in 2032, and will also stage the PGA Championship in 2028. The historic California course, which has played host to the US Open five times in it’s history, last staged a major championship in 2012 – when Webb Simpson...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
The Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player is the penultimate venue in the Race to Dubai, so this is a crucial event both for players and those in our Fantasy Golf game. Alex Noren claimed his fourth European Tour victory of the season with his six shot victory at Sun City last year, and comes in to this year’s event...
Monday 6 November 2017
The former World No.1 Amateur overcame a three-man play-off to win his first PGA Tour title at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Less than 12 months since he returned, Patrick Cantlay has moved in to the world’s top 50 and picked up his first PGA Tour title – needing just a par on the second play-off hole to do so. Cantlay...
Monday 6 November 2017
Justin Rose made it back-to-back wins for the first time in his professional career, following up his WGC HSBC-Champions victory last week with another at the Turkish Airlines Open. Justin Rose has narrowed the gap between him and Tommy Fleetwood at the top of the Race to Dubai with his second victory in the space of two weeks. Rose was tied at...
Tuesday 31 October 2017
The Turkish Airlines Open marks the first of three consecutive Rolex Series events leading up to the season-ending Race to Dubai – with 13 of the top 20 in this weeks field. Tommy Fleetwood has his eyes on winning the Race to Dubai, but although second place Sergio Garcia isn’t in the field this week, newly crowned WGC HSBC Champions winner...
Monday 30 October 2017
Just over a month ago, Tiger Woods said in a Presidents Cup press conference that he was unsure of his future – but on Oct 30 the 14-time major champion confirmed his latest return to professional golf at the Hero World Challenge. It’s a return to competitive golf quicker than anyone would have imagined when Woods said he was only hitting...
Monday 30 October 2017
Tiger Woods has revealed through his website he will return to golf at the Hero World Challenge from Nov 30 – Dec 3rd at Albany, Bahamas. Woods’ website revealed on Monday that the field for the Hero World Challlenge is filled out, with Daniel Berger and Woods occupying the final two spots. It ends speculation that the Hero World Challenge would be...
Monday 30 October 2017
Paul Casey is set to rejoin the European Tour next season, ending a three-year absence in a bid to return to the Ryder Cup. Casey, who opted out of European Tour membership in 2015 to focus on his career on the PGA Tour, has finally ended speculation by revealing he will be making himself eligble for the 2018 Ryder Cup at...
Sunday 29 October 2017
Justin Rose overturned an eight-shot defecit to win his second WGC title by two shots as he made the most of a Dustin Johnson collapse. With a six shot lead over the rest of the field, Dustin Johnson was the favourite to make history and win three WGC titles in the space of a year – but an uncharacteristic collapse from...