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The Match was billed as a spectacle, but in the end it was just two proud champions playing golf

Say this for The Match: it was different. After an awkward start, things got real on the back nine … until a hokey par 3 ruined the finish. The post The Match was billed as a spectacle, but in the end it was just two proud champions playing golf appeared first on Golf.

Mickelson bags $9m payday after taking down Woods in Vegas shootout

Phil Mickelson earned some limited bragging rights over his long-standing rival Tiger Woods when beating him at the fourth play-off hole of The Match, a made-for-TV matchplay contest held in Las Vegas on Friday (Nov 23). Mickelson birdied the 22nd hole at the ultra-exclusive Shadow Creek Golf Club to win a contest which, not surprisingly, […]

Rai holds on in Hong Kong

Aaron Rai claimed his maiden European Tour title after holding off fellow Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick to secure a one-shot victory at the Honma Hong Kong Open. After taking a six-shot lead into Sunday’s final round, the 23-year-old from Wolverhampton was made to battle hard to keep his head in front, with the gap narrowed to […]

Belgium win World Cup of Golf

Belgium held off a late challenge from hosts Australia to win the World Cup of Golf for the first time at The Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne. Thomas Detry and Thomas Pieters brought a five-shot advantage into the final foursomes, but Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith cut that to just two as the huge crowds […]

Inaugural broadcast of The Match was a glitchy but promising test run for a franchise-in-the-making

The coverage wasn’t spotless, but the Goodyear blimp worked nicely, and so did Charles Barkley, and somehow it kinda, sorta came together. The post Inaugural broadcast of The Match was a glitchy but promising test run for a franchise-in-the-making appeared first on Golf.