Tuesday 29 August 2017
The race to automatically qualify for the 2018 European Ryder Cup team begins at the D+D Czech Masters this week This week’s tournament in Prague is the first European Tour event where players can earn points in their quest to make Captain Thomas Bjorn’s 12-man team for Le Golf National in France next year. From the D+D Czech Masters until the 2018...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 28 August 2017
Dustin Johnson wowed in the Northern Trust play-off against Jordan Spieth with a 341 yard drive over a lake that ultimately helped him to the title – and he says his game feels back to his pre-Masters best. The World No.1 had just watched Spieth bomb a 315 yard drive down the centre of the fairway, and rather than opting for...
Sunday 27 August 2017
Dustin Johnson overpowered Jordan Spieth on the first play-off hole to win the first of the FedEx Cup play-off events at the Northern Trust The 18th hole would have been an intimidating prospect for most, but DJ drove over the lake a huge 341 yards to give himself a clear advantage over Spieth- leaving just a lob-wedge in to the hole. A...
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Just how much do you have in common with the world’s top golfers? On the tee this month… 2015 Open champion Zach Johnson Each month, we find out just how much in common your average golfer has with a Tour professional – and grade them on their answers. Our current Golf Test leader is Ian Woosnam on -9, and given that he...
Monday 21 August 2017
Henrik Stenson fired a final-round 64 to win his sixth PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship – and he did it without a driver in his bag Technically, Stenson was only playing in the Wyndham Championship because he needed to reach 15 PGA Tour events this season. His last three starts at Sedgefield Country Club had been two missed cuts...
Sunday 20 August 2017
The United States have won the 2017 Solheim Cup, with Lizette Salas’ victory over Jodi Ewart Shadoff securing the necessary 14.5 points Juli Inkster has become the second person to Captain her side to back-to-back victories. In 2015 she was the skipper of a side that needed an astonishing comeback – but this time, the road to the Solheim Cup was...
Friday 18 August 2017
Keep up to date with all the scoring and schedules from the 2017 Solheim Cup The United States head in to the final day of the Solheim Cup with a commanding lead over the Europeans at 10.5 – 5.5, and need just 3.5 points during the Sunday singles to retain the trophy they won in Germany in 2015. Europe meanwhile need...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
European Solheim Cup Captain Annika Sörenstam has announced that Catriona Matthew will replace Suzann Pettersen at The 2017 Solheim Cup at Des Moines Golf & Country Club Sorenstam chose Vice-Captain and Ryder Cup stalwart Matthew as her alternate when she selected her team following the conclusion of the Ricoh Women’s British Open, and has now called upon Matthew to replace the...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
The PGA Tour resumes this week for the Wyndham Championship, but who should be on your Fantasy golf team? Justin Thomas was the man on top at the PGA Championship last week to join Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka and good friend Justin Thomas on this year’s roster of major winners – so it’s no surprise he’s taking this week off. In fact,...
Monday 14 August 2017
Guide to the 2017 Solheim Cup: Find out all about the players, the format, the course & how to watch all the action unfold. This year the Solheim Cup heads to Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iowa for the 15th edition of the biennial event, which has become an integral part in Women’s golf since it’s conception in 1990. Juli...
Written by Ian Clark, World of Golf on Monday 14 August 2017
World No.1 Justin Thomas is 5ft 10in and weighs just a little over 10 stone, but he still hits his driver a mile. That he does so should give hope to us all – you don’t have to be built like a brick outhouse to generate big yards with the driver. Related: WITB Justin Thomas At 27 years old, Justin Thomas’ career has...
Monday 14 August 2017
Rory McIlroy cast doubts on whether or not he will play any more golf in 2017, admitting that he was still suffering with back spasms and a numbness in his left arm after a disappointing outing at the fourth major of the year The former World No.3 told reporters he was unsure of his playing schedule yet for the rest of...
Monday 14 August 2017
Justin Thomas has become the latest first-time major champion with a two-shot victory at the 2017 PGA Championship thanks to a final-round 68 Thomas, who joins Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth in becoming the third American in a row under the age of 30 to win a major championship, needed just a tap-in bogey at the final hole to secure a...
Sunday 13 August 2017
Justin Thomas secured his first major title at the PGA Championship with a gutsy final-round performance to win by two shots at Quail Hollow. When we spoke to Justin Thomas earlier this year, he told us his goal was to get ‘in to contention in a major on Sunday‘. By the 72nd hole of the 2017 PGA Championship, he was leading by...
Sunday 13 August 2017
Jason Day was just four shots off Kevin Kisner’s lead heading down the 18th before pushing his drive up against a tree. Former major champion Louis Oosthuizen had done a similar thing less than 20 minutes earlier, but had chipped his out and got up and down for par. However, despite an impossible looking lie, Jason Day decided not to opt...
Sunday 13 August 2017
Kevin Kisner stands one-shot clear of Chris Stroud and Hideki Matsuyama heading in to the final round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Kisner, who is looking for his maiden major, was at one stage 10-under-par but gave three shots back to the field through the Green Mile (final three hole stretch) with a double bogey at 16 and another...
Wednesday 9 August 2017
Paula Creamer has been named as the latest United States Solheim Cup team member by Juli Inskter following Jessica Korda’s withdrawl. The veteran Solheim Cup player was due to miss her first ever appearance on the American since turning professional, having been overlooked by Inkster as a wildcard pick in favour of rookies Angel Yin and Austin Ernst. However, following Jessica Korda...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
The European Tour have announced that their flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, will move to September in 2019 The news comes as no surprise following the confirmation that the PGA Championship will take up a new place in May to become the second major of the year – which would undoubtedly have caused uncertainty about who would come...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Augusta National have completed a long-rumoured deal to aquire a piece of land belonging to Augusta Country Club, according to reports There has been long-running speculation that Augusta National have been trying to purchase a piece of land from neighbouring Augusta Country Club, and it now appears to have been completed. The land, which forms Augusta Country Clubs eights and ninth holes,...