Written by Kevin Brown on Sunday 16 July 2017
Birkdale’s last Open winner recreates one of the greatest shots in Open history – and tells us why he thinks he can win it again There have been 16 back-to-back winners of The Open, the last of them being Padraig Harrington, whose 2008 victory at Royal Birkdale came a year after he claimed the Claret Jug at Carnoustie. In the final round,...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 3 July 2017
“Winning here would be the ultimate dream,” says Tommy Fleetwood of playing the Open in his home town. He’s already won twice in 2017, and Tommy Fleetwood certainly has no qualms about posing for pictures alongside the Claret Jug. Most golfers would be wary about tempting fate, but Fleetwood jokes that he’s already suffered enough at the hands of the golfing gods.
Written by Duncan Lennard on Monday 10 July 2017
What a season it’s been for Jon Rahm. Seven PGA top tens already, including his breakthrough win at the Farmer’s Insurance Open, have shot the young Spaniard into the upper reaches of the FedEx rankings and into the world’s top 10 – and this aged just 22, and in only his second full year as a pro. Perhaps the most impressive thing...
Friday 7 July 2017
Phil Mickelson’s former caddie Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay is to start a new occupation at The Open Championship in two weeks time as he becomes an on-course reporter for Golf Channel and NBC. Bones surprised almost everyone when he and Phil Mickelson announced they were ending their player-caddie relationship after 25 years together, but now sources have confirmed he won’t be returning...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
With just two weeks to go until the Open, some of Europe’s best players are heading to Portstewart this week for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Rory McIlroy plays host as no less than 27 Ryder Cup Players and 4 Ryder Cup captains tee up at the Irish Open this week as players aim to get a good run of links golf...
Monday 3 July 2017
Danielle Kang birdied the final hole to win her first major championship at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Kang two-putted her way to victory on the par-five 18th hole at Olympia Fields to card a three-under-par 68 and finish a single shot clear of defending champion Brooke Henderson. The 24-year-old began the round in a share of the top spot with Chella...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 2 July 2017
Tommy Fleetwood carded a five-under-par final-round of 66 to win the HNA Open de France at Le Golf National, moving to the top of the Race to Dubai. Fleetwood, who won in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, tamed the 2018 Ryder Cup venue on Sunday to clinch victory by a single shot over American Peter Uihelin at 12-under-par. The 26-year-old Englishman began...
Saturday 1 July 2017
The Ladies European Tour (LET) has released a statement which ‘strongly rejects’ speculation that the organisation’s future is in jeopardy. The statement comes in response to a report in The Times that said the LET was on ‘the brink of collapse’ after they cancelled their fifth tournament of the season. Several events had already been removed from the schedule before players were...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 27 June 2017
This week the PGA Tour heads to Washington DC for the Quicken Loans National as Billy Hurley III attempts to defend last year’s title. Last week’s winner Jordan Spieth produced one of the shots of the year to beat Daniel Berget in a play-off, and we’re honestly still reeling. But although Spieth is taking a week off, the field is still...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 26 June 2017
A world class field descends on the 2018 Ryder Cup venue this week for the HNA Open de France at Le Golf National. With three more weeks of competitive golf to play before the Open, no less than 23 Ryder Cup Players and 12 of the World’s top 50 tee up this week in the hopes of getting a European victory...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 25 June 2017
Andres Romero birdied the final hole to win his first victory on the European Tour in a decade, finishing one shot clear of Richard Bland, Thomas Detry and Masters Champion Sergio Garcia. It was a tournament win that quite simply might not have been. Romero has been without playing rights since the 2012 BMW Masters and was playing in Munich on...
Monday 26 June 2017
After holing arguably the best shot of the year to win the Travelers Champioship on Sunday, we take a closer look at the clubs Jordan Spieth used on his way to his 10th PGA Tour victory. Spieth holed his third shot from the greenside bunker on the 18th hole to beat Daniel Berger on the first play-off hole, completing the third...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 25 June 2017
Jordan Spieth produced one of the shots of the year to beat Daniel Berger on the first play-off hole and complete a wire-to-wire victory at the Travelers Championship. Four years ago Jordan Spieth holed a bunker shot on a play-off hole to win his very first PGA Tour title at the John Deere Classic, and it couldn’t be more fitting that...
Written by Camilla Tait on Wednesday 21 June 2017
The PGA Tour heads to the Travelers Championship this week as Russell Knox defends against a World Class field. It’s hard to believe it was only a year ago that Jim Furyk carded a miraculous 58 and Russell Knox holed a 12-foot putt and simultaneously tossed his cap in celebration to win his second career victory by a single-shot over hometown...
Written by Camilla Tait on Wednesday 21 June 2017
The European Tour resumes this week with the BMW International Open, as Henrik Stenson returns to the site of his 2016 victory in Munich. Joining Stenson, Sergio Garcia returns to play on European soil for the first time his major victory at the Masters, while Kaymer and last week’s runner up Tommy Fleetwood also head to Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof fresh from...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 20 June 2017
Phil Mickelson and longtime caddie Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay have announced that they will part ways after 25 years together. Both Mickelson and Bones released statements on Tuesday, announcing that the decision to end their player-caddie relationship was a mutual one. Mickelson, who has won a staggering 41 PGA Tour titles with Bones on his bag, will now have his brother Tim on...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 19 June 2017
The 117th US Open at Erin Hills played host to an enthralling back-nine from Brooks Koepka that saw him win his first major victory by four shots. Koepka tamed the longest US Open and major championship course in history on his way to equalling the lowest ever tournament score of 16-under-par, set by Rory McIlroy during his victory in 2011. His four-stroke...
Monday 12 June 2017
So who’s the new BPNTHWAM? Ten PGA Tour and 13 European Tour wins ranked Sergio Garcia as the most successful golfer still active on the professional circuit to have never won a Major. But after 18 years of waiting, two runner-up nishes and 73 attempts, El Nino finally broke his Major duck at Augusta in April. In doing so, the Spaniard has...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 19 June 2017
Tommy Fleetwood led the British and Irish scoring at Erin Hills on Sunday, finishing in fourth place at 11-under-par – five shots behind US Open champion Brooks Koepka A total number of 22 GB&I players teed up in Wisconsin last Thursday for the second major of the year, including three previous US Open Champions Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell. The...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 19 June 2017
Brooks Koepka claimed a four-shot victory during the final round of the US Open, winning his first major title and equalling Rory McIlroy’s scoring record of 16-under-par. Walking up the 18th fairway with a three-shot lead, Brooks Koepka took off his cap and tipped it towards the crowds knowing that he was just about to become the 2017 US Open champion...