Written by Meghan MacLaren on Friday, 18 December 2020
Meghan MacLaren ponders why, as both golfers and humans, experience gradually erodes the fearlessness of youth. I played a pro-am in the UK recently. My three playing partners were a club captain, a self-made businessman, and the businessman’s 14-year-old son. They were all decent golfers and lovely people, but four hours with the 14-year-old caused me a mixture of intrigue and mild...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday, 18 December 2020
Meet the inspirational men and women who are smashing golf's stereotypes and making the game more inclusive and representative. We might not like to admit it, but golf has had – and still does have – an image problem. Lee Westwood goes as far as to say that the game is “still perceived as a white activity”, while you only have to...
Written by John Robins on Tuesday, 8 December 2020
In his exclusive Today's Golfer column, award-winning comedian, BBC Radio 5Live host and Bad Golfer John Robins talks World Handicap System confusion, what golf offers those with disabilities and the role the game can play in boosting mental health and tackling loneliness. For someone whose task it is to chart the...
Written by John Huggan on Monday, 7 December 2020
Peter Alliss, the voice of golf and an incredible golfer in his own right, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at the age of 89. We were lucky enough to spend a lot of time with Peter over the years but the interview you'll read below is, perhaps, our favourite and one of the most fascinating golf pieces you'll...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday, 13 November 2020
Masters first round leader and Ryder Cup star Paul Casey talks golf highs and lows, fears, trantrums and crying while watching E.T! What was the lowest moment in your golf career? When I dislocated my shoulder snowboarding at the end of 2011. I didn’t think it was going to be that bad, but it ended up costing me a year’s worth of...
Written by John Robins on Thursday, 12 November 2020
In the second of his exclusive Today's Golfer columns, award-winning comedian John Robins, one half of YouTube's Bad Golf, reflects on the wettest round of golf of his life and shares his tips for playing when the heavens open. Last month, I didn’t just play golf in the wet. I played golf on the wettest day the UK...
Written by Meghan MacLaren on Thursday, 5 November 2020
Today's Golfer columnist and LET star Meghan MacLaren admires sports stars who are honest – both with themselves and with fans. I played a practice round recently for an event on the Symetra Tour in Florida. One of my playing partners asked the other to video one of her tee shots. There’s nothing unusual about that. When we are caddie-less, we...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday, 19 October 2020
Adrian Otaegui produced a sensational final round to win the Scottish Championship at Fairmont St Andrews for his third European Tour title and first strokeplay crown. We grabbed the 27-year-old Spaniard for a quick 18 (questions) about his life and career. What is your biggest achievement in golf so far? My three European Tour victories to date – they are steps towards...
Written by John Robins on Friday, 16 October 2020
In the first of his exclusive Today's Golfer columns, award-winning comedian John Robins, one half of YouTube's Bad Golf, explains how he 'solved golf' to break 90 for the first time... and how you can do it, too. Hello and welcome to my new Today's Golfer column. I'm sorry to say that it’s not going fix your slice in five easy...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday, 12 October 2020
BMW PGA Championship winner Tyrrell Hatton talks superpowers, golfing regrets, his love of Liverpool FC and being robbed at gunpoint... Tyrrell Hatton has had quite the year, winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour before victory at the European Tour's flagship BMW PGA Championship made him one of the top-10 golfers in the world. We grabbed the Englishman for a...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday, 12 October 2020
Tyrrell Hatton is enjoying the best year of his golf career, winning his maiden PGA Tour title at the Arnold Palmer invitaional and the European Tour's flasghip BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth to move into the world's top 10. But little over a year ago the Ryder Cup star was struggling with injury and mental demons. We sat down with...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Bad Golf, the YouTube channel created by TaskMaster's Alex Horne and BBC Radio 5Live's John Robins, has proved a huge hit. We joined the award-winning comedians at The Shire to find out why they broadcast their lack of ability on the golf course to the world... Watching comedian Alex Horne hole a 90-yard wedge shot, it would be easy to think the ‘Bad...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday, 5 October 2020
Shoprite LPGA Classic champion, six-time Ladies European Tour winner and Solheim Cup golfer Mel Reid tackles the TG Golf Test. England's Mel Reid won her maiden LPGA title at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, her 19-under par total enough to beat Jennifer Kupcho by two shots around the Bay Course at the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club (watch final round highlights below). RELATED: Best Women's...
Written by Lawrence Donegan on Friday, 2 October 2020
We look back at how racism and bigotry cast a shadow over the teenage life Tiger Woods, the world's most famous golfer. This story is taken from the October 2007 issue of Golf World magazine but, in a modern world of quick hits, hot takes and listicles, we believe there's still a place for a real story that's 13 years old and more...
Written by Meghan MacLaren on Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Today's Golfer columnist and LET star Meghan MacLaren explains why Sophia Popov's AIG Women's Open win at Royal Troon answered her own demons and gave hope to golfers everywhere. This year’s Women’s Open was the classic rags-to-riches Cinderella story. The kind that brings a tear to the eye of even the most hardened, storied golf journalist. It was probably my most liked...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday, 21 September 2020
LPGA winner, Major champion and Solheim Cup star Georgia Hall answers quick-fire questions about golf, life and plenty in-between. Georgia Hall returned to the LPGA winner's circle for the first time since the 2018 AIG Women's British Open as she defeated Ashleigh Buhai in a play-off to lift the Portland Classic trophy at Columbia Edgewater Country Club on Sunday. RELATED: Why women's golf will...
Written by Nick Harper on Thursday, 3 September 2020
Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington on the postponement, his extra year in charge of Team Europe and his incredible life in golf. In a world without Covid-19, Padraig Harrington would already have captained Europe through the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. Instead the Irishman has had an additional year to plan for the clash with Steve Stricker's Team USA, spending most of...
Written by Meghan MacLaren on Thursday, 27 August 2020
LET star and Today's Golfer columnist Meghan MacLaren loves a golf course that tests your mental game as much as your shotmaking. Is it just professional golfers who always find something to complain about? Or is it golfers, as a breed? RELATED: Callaway reveal Big Bertha REVA women's golf range Since Covid-19 hit the world and we all had our beautiful game taken away...
Written by Meghan MacLaren on Thursday, 30 July 2020
Ladies European Tour star and new Today's Golfer columnist Meghan MacLaren reveals she has learnt a lot about herself during the Coronavirus lockdowns. When the pandemic hit properly and my purpose got taken away from me, I felt a little lost. Lockdown made me realise how much I need competitive golf for my overall happiness. RELATED: Andrew Cotter - "I don't understand why...
Written by Rob McGarr on Friday, 10 July 2020
Babe Zaharias is one of the most remarkable golfers ever to play the game On July 3 1954, the great Babe Zaharias won her 10th and final career major by 12 shots at the US Women’s Open, in spite of an ongoing battle against colon cancer. Born in Texas on June 26, 1911, Zaharias would become one of the greatest athletes of...