Thursday 4 October 2018
Eight municipal golf courses in England have been closed after Mack Trading announced it has gone in to in to voluntary liquidation Eight municipal golf courses in England have been forced to close their doors after their parent company Mack Trading, which runs Mack Golf, announced it had gone into voluntary liquidation. The firm was in charge of council-owned courses in Merseyside,...
Thursday 4 October 2018
Justin Thomas revealed his impressive list of goals for the second year running. Last year, Thomas won his first major, won five times and claimed the FedEx Cup. But perhaps what was more impressive was that he had almost predicted what he could achieve at the start of the year, setting what to most would have seemed like some almost impossible goals...
Written by Camilla Tait on Thursday 4 October 2018
The tales of a young female caddie in St. Andrews I always thought one day I’d write some sort of book about my experiences as a female caddie at the home of golf. My friend and fellow caddie Ollie beat me to a St. Andrews caddie insight, and far better surmises the many regular characters there than I would, so I...
Friday 28 September 2018
The new issue of Brtain’s best-selling golf magazine is out now, and it comes with a FREE 2019 Travel supplement. Here’s 10 reasons you should buy it, either in print or the digital version. 1 It comes with a FREE supplement Our 68-page 2019 Travel Guide is packed with courses to play at home and abroad, plus a selection of stay and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 24 September 2018
Tiger Woods and 12 more of the best sporting comebacks in history There is absolutely no doubt, Tiger Woods’s Tour Championship victory in Atlantic was special. Very special in fact. After all, his fall from World No.1 to outside the top 1000 had been well documented. Woods had gone five long years without a win, had personal scandals and suffered with a...
Tuesday 18 September 2018
The R&A and The USGA have launched a global online questionnaire to gain perspeciatives and share relevant data as part of the Distance Insights project The R&A and the USGA are inviting golfers to take part in an online questionnaire and data-gathering exercise on distance in golf as part of the Distance Insights project. The detailed questionnaire is open to all interested participants...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 18 September 2018
A man has been charged with murder after European Ladies’ Amateur Champion and former Iowa State College golfer Celia Barquín was found dead at a golf course in Ames, Iowa. The tragic news was reported from various outlets in the United States after Celia Barquín Arozamena’s body was found by police on Monday. Golfers at the Coldwater Golf Links had discovered an unattended golf bag...
Friday 14 September 2018
If you’d gone to Paris 35 years ago, you’d have come across farmland. Here, we explore the story of its transformation Twenty one miles from Le Golf National hangs the most famous painting on earth, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. It has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797, one highlight in a city where many of...
Wednesday 12 September 2018
Revealed: Everything you need to know about the new ‘Player’s Edition’ of rules that will come into effect on January 1, 2019 It’s official! Golf’s new rules have been ratified and published by the R&A and USGA, which means you’ve now got three months to get your head around 24 rules and 300 interpretations. For the first time ever, a print and digital copy...
Wednesday 12 September 2018
The R&A is looking to the future of golf as it sets out its vision to ensure the long-term success of the sport through staging world class championships, reinvesting in the game, rule changes, modernising the sport and the introduction of a world handicap system. A new chapter begins in the long history of the St Andrews-based governing body today with...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 7 September 2018
Pascal Grizot, Vice President of the French Golf Federation, helped secure the Ryder Cup’s first appearance in France. I have spent 10 years of my life, as a volunteer, trying to organise the Ryder Cup and it hasn’t been easy. The government had Euro 2016 to organise and then France was also part of the bidding process for the Olympics, which...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 7 September 2018
He won’t touch a club in Paris, but Head Greenkeeper Alejandro Reyes will play a huge role in the result. The Spaniard is in his sixth year as the head greenkeeper at Le Golf National and he’s spent the bulk of that time preparing to deliver one of the most exciting Ryder Cups of all time. His dream? “That both teams will...
Tuesday 28 August 2018
The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR is available for digital download on Playstation 4, Xbox One X and Windows PC from today – and launches with a new publisher The PGA Tour has returned to XBox and Playstation consoles today, only this time there’s no EA Sports logo or picture of Rory on the front. Developed by HB Studios, The Golf Club...
Written by Chris Jones on Thursday 9 August 2018
Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle, 36, has lost his battle with leukaemia. He left a final message shared by his wife: “Thanks for your support, it meant the world.” His death came just over a week after he and his family decided to end treatment and return home for palliative care. A fund was immediately was set up to support his family, and...
Wednesday 8 August 2018
London is set to get two new golf courses in the next five years, in addition to further course developments at The Shire London. Golfers in the south east of England will soon get two new 18-hole courses to play on, plus improvements to one of London’s most prominent existing golf courses, in a partnership announced today between USA golf architects the...
Sunday 5 August 2018
American Golf UK Long Drive winners crowned on a day which saw Europe’s longest hitters go head to head American Golf and Callaway welcomed Europe’s strongest Long Drive field to Chester Racecourse on Thursday to do battle for the 2018 American Golf U.K. Long Drive Championships. From a field comprising Europe’s elite long drivers, new long drive stars in the making and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 30 July 2018
Rugby legends fought it out on the golf course at The Buckinghamshire GC over the weekend in the inaugural Ryder Cup-style Icons of Rugby event, the Southern Hemisphere staging a dramatic singles comeback to celebrate an 18.5-17.5 victory over their Northern Hemisphere rivals. Team South captain – former US Open champion Michael Campbell – got the perfect response from his players...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 25 July 2018
Twenty fours after Italian Francesco Molinari lifted the Claret Jug at Carnoustie, a host of golfing legends and major champions lined up with some of the sport’s hottest young talent in the star-studded annual Berenberg Gary Player Invitational extravaganza at Wentworth. The superstar field included 11 Major winners in all with the legendary South African host being joined by fellow countrymen...
Monday 16 July 2018
First Round Tee Times have been announced for the 147th Open at Carnoustie Scotland’s Sandy Lyle will get the 147th Open at Carnoustie underway on Thursday morning, teeing up with both Martin Kaymer and Andy Sullivan. Defending champion Jordan Spieth will be playing with Justin Rose and Kiradech Aphibarnrat on Thursday morning at 09:58, while 2007 Champion Padraig Harrington has been drawn...
Thursday 12 July 2018
1 How old were you when you first broke par? My third professional tournament. Never had a handicap in my life. Pretty sure it was Hallamshire. 2 Highlight of your career so far? Haven’t had one! I only remember the lowlights. 3 Favourite hole? The 12th at Augusta. It causes the most problems. It’s quite a conundrum for everyone. No-one has ever really solved it. 4...