Written by Sarah Pyett on Tuesday 23 July 2024
How will the Olympic golf tournament work at Le Golf National, and how will the gold medal winner be decided? Unlike most team tournaments, such as the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup which are matchplay showdowns, the 2024 Olympic Golf contenders will play a stroke-play format as they are technically competing for an individual prize. Since golf was reintroduced into the...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 23 July 2024
Team GB will be represented by Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Charley Hull, and Georgia Hall in the golf events at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Great Britain’s hopes of Olympic glory in golf rest on the shoulders of Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood in the men’s event, and Charley Hull and Georgia Hall in the women’s golf. The four will be seeking...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 22 July 2024
Here’s where 2025’s golf majors be played – plus information on how to get tickets and whether you can play the host courses. Xander Schauffele’s victory at Royal Troon marked the end of the men’s golf majors for 2024. We still have the AIG Women’s Open at St Andrews to look forward to from 21-25 August, but then we’ll be done...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 22 July 2024
Everything you need to know about the UK’s only LIV Golf event in 2024. The LIV Golf Series returns this week for the 11th event of the season as the United Kingdom plays host for the first and only time in 2024. In June 2022, the inaugural tournament was held at Centurian Club, just 24 miles north-west of London as the Greg...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 22 July 2024
After Xander Schauffele’s victory at Royal Troon, PGA Tour action recommences with the PGA Tour’s 3M Open. The men’s major season is officially over. Following trips to Augusta, Valhalla, Pinehurst No.2, and Royal Troon, there is now an agonizing nine-month wait until the 2025 Masters. Xander Schauffele became the first man to win two major titles in the same year since...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Tuesday 16 July 2024
The 15-time Major champion explains why he rejected the chance to captain Team USA in the Ryder Cup captain at Bethpage in 2025 and hopes to take the role in the future. With last week’s announcement that Keegan Bradley would be taking the reins of the 2025 US Ryder Cup team, Tiger Woods explained why he decided to turn down the...
Written by James Hogg on Monday 15 July 2024
Former World No.1 Lee Westwood has hit out at the R&A and Senior Open for denying him and fellow LIV Golf star Richard Bland the chance to tee it up in the Major later this month. DP World Tour restrictions mean two Englishmen playing on LIV Golf, who would be among the biggest draws for home fans, won’t be in the...
Written by James Hogg on Monday 15 July 2024
Majesticks GC co-captains, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter feel as though LIV Golf is becoming “more accepted” and is helping to “grow the game.” From the moment that LIV Golf hosted its first tournament in June 2022, it has been completely scrutinized, and many of the players who deferred from the PGA Tour and DP World Tour faced a stiff...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 8 July 2024
For months we have been waiting for Tiger Woods to be announced as Team USA’s Ryder Cup captain for 2025, but the 15-time Major champion has shocked the world by turning down the role. With the captain for Team USA due to be announced on Tuesday, Woods was the odds-on favorite to be given the role. However, as the Telegraph reported...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 6 July 2024
Sergio Garcia claimed victory on home soil at LIV Golf Andalucia for a maiden title and a $4 million payday. The Spaniard bounced back from the disappointment of not qualifying for The Open at Royal Troon in the best way possible by earning himself a first professional win on the breakaway tour at LIV Golf Andalucia. Garcia and Anirban Lahiri both bogeyed...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 6 July 2024
Robert MacIntyre secured a $1.62 million payday after playing the final five holes in four-under to win the Genesis Scottish Open. After being usurped by a moment of Rory McIlroy brilliance on the 72nd hole last year, Robert MacIntyre produced a sensational finish of his own at the Genesis Scottish Open to edge out Adam Scott by a shot. MacIntyre took full...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 6 July 2024
Rory McIlroy fronts up for a potentially career-defining fortnight in Scotland at the Genesis Scottish Open following US Open heartbreak. The relevance to elite golf of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’, will be put to the test during a fascinating fortnight of links golf starting with the Genesis Scottish Open and culminating with the 152nd Open Championship. Rory McIlroy’s...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 6 July 2024
16 Troon-bound stars complete their Open preparations at LIV Golf Andalucia where the breakaway tour makes its first appearance of the season in Europe. While the likes of McIlroy, Schauffele, and Aberg fine-tune their links games at this week’s Genesis Scottish Open in North Berwick, LIV Golf’s next platoon of Major hopefuls will have to settle for the consolation prize of...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Saturday 6 July 2024
How much will the Evian Championship winner take home? We take a look at the prize money on offer for the 2024 tournament. The 2024 Amundi Evian Championship kicks off on Thursday 11th July, with 132 players competing for the trophy at the gorgeous Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. Celine Boutier won $1 million for her 2023 championship win, with...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Saturday 6 July 2024
Today’s Golfer takes a look at the players contending for the fourth major of the women’s golf calendar, the 2024 Amundi Evian Championship. Taking place from 11th-14th July in southeastern France, the Amundi Evian Championship will attract the world’s best to battle it out for a major title. Now, how do the players qualify for this French escapade? It’s not just...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Saturday 6 July 2024
Everything you need to know about the 2024 Amundi Evian Championship. The top female golfers head to the stunning Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, all vying for victory at The Evian Championship, the fourth Major tournament of the year. The Evian Championship is co-sanctioned by the LET and the LPGA tours, and is the sole Major on the European continent...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Friday 5 July 2024
Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake have a site approved at the ‘home of golf’ for their second T-Squared Social location. Back in October, Tiger Woods and pal Justin Timberlake announced plans to bring their ‘T-Squared Social’ luxury sports bar concept to the home of Golf. They proposed taking over an old cinema building, the New Picture House on North Street, and...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 1 July 2024
The R&A has looked outside golf to find the man taking one of the biggest jobs in the game. After nine years as Chief Executive of The R&A, Martin Slumbers announced in January that he would be leaving the role by the end of 2024. An executive search firm was appointed to find his successor, and the R&A have now announced that...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 29 June 2024
The PGA Tour stops off in Illinois for the John Deere Classic before heading to Scotland as the quest for The Open begins. Previously called the Quad Cities Open, the John Deere Classic is the final US-based tournament before a big fortnight in Scotland, starting with the Genesis Scottish Open, pre-cursor to the season’s final Major at Royal Troon. To help...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 29 June 2024
The DP World Tour makes a final stop in Germany for the BMW International Open before heading to the Scottish links. Not to be confused with the BMW PGA Championship in September, the BMW International Open is the first of two DP World Tour events sponsored by the German automobile giants. And while the prize fund may be dwarfed by its...