Written by TG staff writer on Monday 5 November 2012
Another star-studded field has been assembled for the Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational Presented by EMC and being held at the legendary California venue from November 13 – 18. And if you just happen to be in this stunning neck of the golfing woods, you’ll be interested to know that spectators are welcome to enjoy the 41st anniversary of golf’s only head-to-head...
Monday 5 November 2012
Zack Rasego, bagman of Branden Grace, has been named the HSBC Caddie of the Year at the annual awards night during the WGC Champions event in China. After holding the silver-wear aloft, Rasego thanked the sponsors and spoke of how honoured he felt that his peers would have voted for him. Rasego and Grace won four European Tour titles and one Sunshine Tour event this year, ...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Sunday 4 November 2012
Next year when The Masters rolls around in April there will be an added area of interest after 14-year-old Chinese golfer Tianlang Guan won his place in the field with victory in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. The championship was created three years ago to provide a big stage for a continent where golf was undergoing rapid growth. Now the tournament has...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 2 November 2012
Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter has had a busy week at the WGC Champions event in China. Having already spoke to TG columnist Andrew Cotter about his season, and shared his best bunker tips, he has now taken to the kitchen to try his hand at some cooking. The Cobra-Puma staffer was taught by a local chef the intricate art of how to...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 2 November 2012
In this latest HSBC unplugged video, TG columnist Andrew Cotter speaks to Martin Kaymer’s caddie Craig Connolly. The duo chat about the life of a caddie on tour, before having a rummage through the German’s tour bag. Cotter filmed the videos on behalf of WGC sponsors HSBC.
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 2 November 2012
Eight-time European Tour Order of Merit winner Colin Montgomerie believes Asia could have as many as a dozen major winners in the next 10 to 15 years. The 49-year-old has backed the region, which currently can count only South Korean Y.E. Yang as its solitary major champion, to produce the next batch of golf’s household names. The Scot has reason to be optimistic. The...
Friday 2 November 2012
Tiger Woods said fatigue was the reason he skipped this week’s World Golf Championship event in Shanghai. As Australian Adam Scott and South African Louis Oosthuizen grabbed the first-round lead at the $7 million event in China on Thursday, the 36-year-old Woods was holding a putting clinic for school children in Singapore. The main sponsor had been unhappy Woods and world number...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 1 November 2012
Ahead of the HSBC WGC Champions event, TG columnist Andrew Cotter caught up with some of golf’s biggest names to get their swing tips. Below are a selection of videos including bunker play with Ian Poulter and putting with Luke Donald. He also got Graeme McDowell’s chipping tips and Lee Westwood’s guide to hitting a draw and a fade. While the video tips,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 1 November 2012
During the build-up to the WGC Champions event, Ian Poulter picked up the European Tour Player of the Month award for September and the Shot of the Month award for July – for a holed 100-yard pitch shot at the Alstom Open de France – but he still wants more. He told TG columnist Andrew Cotter that he is still eager...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 1 November 2012
Six months after slipping into his first green jacket, TG columnist Andrew Cotter caught up with Bubba Watson to see if it had changed him as a man or a golfer. The American lefty also spoke about whipping up a crowd frenzy in Medinah and how he imagines the sahpe of his shots. Watch the video below, that was filmed with the...