An initial Great Britain and Ireland squad of 19 players has been selected by The R&A in preparation for the Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe at Royal St George’s Golf Club next year. The biennial encounter will be played on the Kent coast from 28-29 June and GB&I will be aiming to […]
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The new golf season will get underway on January 3, when the Sentry Tournament of Champions kicks of the USPG Tour at Kapalua’s Plantation Course. The PGA European Tour commences 13 days later, with the coveted Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship scheduled to take place in Qatar. For those of you interested in wagering on the sport you’ll […]
Tour players have an early chance to put the newly revised Rules of Golf into play today [Thursday] at the year’s first PGA Tour event, the Sentry Tournament of Champions held at Kapalua Plantation Course in Hawaii. The tournament has attracted one of the strongest fields in its history, with Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, […]
Eddie Pepperell’s unusual hole-in-one at the Sky Sports British Masters – where he secured his second European Tour title – has been voted the 2018 Shot of the Year by golf fans. The Oxfordshire man produced the highlight of the day on the opening day of the tournament with his maiden European Tour ace on the par-three […]
Rory McIlroy has caused something of a stir by calling the European Tour a ‘stepping stone’ to the PGA Tour. Speaking ahead of last week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii, where he finished fourth, McIlroy, who is not playing in next week’s Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, the first of the European Tour’s Rolex Series […]
America’s Xander Schauffele shot a course-record equalling 11-under-par 62 in the final round to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii with a 23-under-par total. The 25-year-old from San Diego started the final round five shots behind leader Gary Woodland, but finished one clear of his compatriot after a stunning closing 18 holes over […]
Prince’s Golf Club in Kent has risen ten places into the top 50 of Golf World magazine’s latest Top 100 England rankings following the redevelopment of its Himalayas nine. The Sandwich-based club enlisted golf course architects Mackenzie & Ebert to handle the changes to the Himalayas, and work has already begun on improving the Dunes nine, […]
Padraig Harrington has been confirmed as the European Ryder Cup captain for next year’s away leg of the biennial matches at Whistling Straits in America. Harrington has been a vice-captain in each of the last three editions, after making six appearances as a player, four of which resulted in victories for Europe, and he has been […]
Moor Park Golf Club in Hertfordshire has unveiled an exciting new vision for the future that will see the prestigious venue revert to its roots and become an exclusive private members’ golf club again. Under the leadership of recently-appointed chief executive Amy Yeates, the historic Rickmansworth-based club is moving its focus away from the corporate […]
Three England internationals have received prized invitations to compete in the first Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April. Lily May Humphreys, Annabell Fuller and Alice Hewson all opened their invitations, which mirror those sent out to competitors in the Masters Tournament itself, this morning [Friday]. And all three immediately took to social media to too […]