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  • Zurich Classic of New Orleans underway: McIlroy and Lowry in contention

    Saturday 20 April 2024

    The World No.2 delivers on ‘drunken lunch’ promise and teams up with pal Lowry to make his debut in the Louisiana team event. 2024’s edition of the Zurich Classic celebrates the insurance group’s 20th year as title sponsor of the event which only became a team competition from 2017. Stealing the pre-event headlines this year is Rory McIlroy, making his debut in...

  • The Chevron Championship 2024: Record-breaking purse of $7.9 million

    Wednesday 17 April 2024

    This year’s Chevron Championship had the largest purse in its history – how has the purse and prize money evolved at this Major Championship over the years? The Chevron Championship was elevated to Major Championship status in 1983 – 11 years after it had been introduced on the LPGA Tour as a regular event on the calendar. Since 1983, The...

  • RBC Heritage Preview: Scheffler and McIlroy get back to business after mixed Augusta fortunes

    Monday 15 April 2024

    The dust had bearly settled in Georgia before the PGA Tour cogs started grinding back into gear, pulling in a stellar field to its next stop in South Carolina. Attention turns straight to regular season PGA Tour action and to the East Coast for the RBC Heritage – the traditional post-Masters event that has Signature Event status in 2024’s reimagined calendar.

  • Ted Scott: The four-time Masters winning caddie taking Scottie Scheffler to new heights

    Monday 15 April 2024

    The Louisianan looper added a second Green Jacket with Scottie Scheffler at the 2024 Masters, taking his tally to four titles at Augusta National. The red-hot favorite stormed to Masters glory for a second time, out-shooting his rivals with an assured four-under-par 68 to demonstrate why very few could see past him at the 88th Masters. Navigating him through a week...

  • Which players have won a men’s golf Major on their debut?

    Sunday 14 April 2024

    Which golfers have won on their men’s Major debuts? The number to win on their first start is remarkably small when you consider the Majors started 164 years ago. And if we take the Majors as we know them today – The Masters, US PGA Championship, US Open and The Open – and discount The Amateur Championship and US Amateur, which were...

  • “The framework agreement was the most botched announcement I have ever seen”

    Thursday 11 April 2024

    In this exclusive and explosive extract from Golf Wars: LIV and Golf’s Bitter Battle for Power and Identity, author Iain Carter reveals how the DP World Tour were left infuriated by Jay Monahan after a series of blunders and selfish decisions last summer… It’s coming up to two years since a Saudi-backed upstart parked its tanks on the lawn of...

  • LIV Golf Miami Preview 2024: Masters fever builds as 13 stars sharpen up for Augusta

    Tuesday 2 April 2024

    The Saudi-backed tour returns for its fifth event at the Blue Monster as LIV’s Top Trumps fine-tune before reuniting for the season’s first Major. While the vast majority of LIV Golf Miami’s field will not be making the trip to Georgia, all eyes will inevitably be on those that are. The Augusta-13, spearheaded by 2023’s Green Jacket winner John Rahm, and a...

  • Hero Indian Open preview: Field, betting odds, and how to watch the DP World Tour event

    Monday 25 March 2024

    Everything you need to know about the Hero Indian Open, including how to watch it live and who is most likely to win. The Hero Indian Open is the final DP World Tour event before the Masters and concludes the tour’s Asian Swing. Last year’s winner, Marcel Siem, has elected not to defend his crown, but there are still some decent...

  • Houston Open Preview: Scheffler and co set to fine-tune before Masters charge begins

    Monday 25 March 2024

    The PGA Tour heads to Texas for two weeks of pre-Masters action, starting in H-Town where the World No.1 headlines the field. Texas Children’s Hospital is the title sponsor of this year’s Houston Open which moves back to its customary Spring positioning in the PGA Tour calendar after two consecutive November editions. Tony Finau returns to defend in Houston where he secured...

  • Former World No.1: “The DP World Tour is a feeder tour to the PGA Tour and that is all”

    Friday 22 March 2024

    Masters champion Ian Woosnam weighs in on golf’s current state of play, his concerns for the integrity of world rankings, the future of the DP World Tour, and why golf balls are flying too straight! It’s been a hell of a year in golf. The seismic tremors that continue to fracture the elite game are frustrating and disappointing in one sense,...

  • JCB Golf and Country Club to host LIV Golf UK as British brand agrees multi-year deal

    Wednesday 20 March 2024

    LIV Golf’s stars will head for JCB Golf and Country Club in July after the Saudi-backed league agreed a multi-year deal with the Staffordshire-based brand. LIV Golf UK by JCB will take place from July 26-28. It will be LIV Golf’s third trip to the UK having held events at Centurion Club in 2022 and 2023, including the league’s launch tournament. It...

  • Singapore Classic preview: field, betting odds, and how to watch the DP World Tour event

    Monday 18 March 2024

    Everything you need to know about the Singapore Classic, including how to watch it live and my top picks to win. The DP World Tour begins its Asian Swing this week with the Porsche Singapore Classic. South Africa’s Ockert Strydom emerged victorious last year, finishing on 19-under to win by one shot. It’s not one of the DP World Tour’s showcase events,...

  • Valspar Championship Preview: Field, betting odds, and tee times for the PGA Tour event

    Monday 18 March 2024

    The PGA Tour heads to Florida’s west coast for the final stop of the Sunshine State swing as the Masters draws closer. The reimagined 2024 PGA Tour calendar remains in Florida for one more week as a smattering of top stars make the four-hour drive from TPC Sawgrass down to Palm Harbor for the Valspar Championship. The game’s undisputed No.1 and back-to-back...

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