Written by Edward Colman on Friday 6 January 2017
Double World Long Drive Champion Joe Miller doesn’t do things by halves. He eats up to eight eggs for breakfast, goes to the gym seven times a week to bench-press the weight of three men and can hit his putter 300 yards. His life revolves around hitting a golf ball as far as humanly possible – and he’s just hit one further...
Friday 30 December 2016
There are many sights to behold on a golf course, but tee markers are rarely one of them. Often they are unimaginative chunks of plastic or wood, bland in shape and colour. But like the standard of golf, things are often better on the PGA and European Tours, where markers tend to stand out like a birdie on a 28-handicapper’s...
Written by Edward Colman on Monday 19 December 2016
The merger of the Ladies’ Golf Union (LGU) and The R&A has been finalised and will come into effect from 1 January 2017. The agreement between the two organisations was signed in June leading to the integration of the LGU’s business operations and its members of staff into The R&A group of companies. TOP STORIES TG’s ultimate golf club guide Everything you need to...
Written by Edward Colman on Wednesday 14 December 2016
So much focus is put into long game that we sometimes forget just how important putting can be. Sadly, we can’t all adopt Tour pro’s attitude and spend hours on the putting green every week but these easy to use training aids can go a long way to improving your putting skills. Make sure you check out our collection of our...
Written by Edward Colman on Tuesday 13 December 2016
Brickendon Grange Golf Club in Hertford has beaten nine other of Britain’s most picturesque and challenging golf holes to be crowned the UK’s Greatest Amateur Hole 2016. The winning club was crowned after a public vote and impressing an independent judging panel in the national ‘Grass Roots’ golf competition and was nominated by golfer James Short. TOP STORIES Check out our biggest ever...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 9 December 2016
Any coach will tell you the test golf sets is as much mental as physical. But when things start to reach breaking point, how far would you go to fix your game? It is a question I’ve been increasingly asking myself whenever I stand on the 18th tee, contemplating where it all went wrong. I may play off single figures, but...
Thursday 8 December 2016
What inspires and informs golf course design in the modern age? Peter Masters sat four of the UK’s pre-eminent golf course architects down to discuss their craft, their clients and their courses. Meet the architects Ross McMurray (European Golf Design) Responsible for The Twenty Ten Course at Celtic Manor Resort and The Marquess’ Course at Woburn. Plays at Royal Ascot GC. Tom Mackenzie (Mackenzie...
Written by Edward Colman on Wednesday 7 December 2016
Caddieing on tour is tough, and it can also be cruel. Tales from beaten and battered bagmen are not in short supply. Caddies typically receive five per cent of a player’s earnings for making the cut, seven for finishing in the top 10 and 10 per cent for a win. But what’s five per cent of nothing if your man misses the...
Written by Ed Colman on Tuesday 6 December 2016
Thomas Bjorn has been named as the main who’ll try and reclaim the Ryder Cup for Europe in France in 2018. The Dane earned the vote of a five-person panel to get the captaincy, succeeding Darren Clarke, whose team lost 17-11 at Hazeltine National in October. The defeat marked the first time the Europeans had lost since 2008 in Kentucky. However,...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 5 December 2016
Hideki Matsuyama won his third straight event – and fourth in of his last five – at the Hero World Challenge. He started the final round with an eight-shot lead, but was reigned in be Henrik Stenson and only won by two. TOP STORIES TG’s biggest ever equipment trial Game-Improvement Irons test 2016 Browse our huge collection of golf club reviews In the last few weeks,...
Written by Edward Colman on Thursday 20 October 2016
A ball fitting? Really? Surely just for seriously good golfers? Wrong – and here are the reasons why… Improve your scoring shots How far you hit the driver is important but it’s not everything. Whether you shoot 70 or 100 you’ll only ever hit about 14 drivers. Look instead at your ‘Scoring Shots’ – those into and around greens. We’re always being told...