Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Padraig Harrington has become the first professional golfer to conquer the world’s most amazing par three. The three-times major winner took the helicopter to the top of Hanglip Mountain at the Legend Golf & Safari Resort on the Big 5 Entabeni Safari Conservancy in Limpopo Province in South Africa for the challenge of the Extreme 19th. There he hit driver to the...
Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday, 15 January 2009
The London Golf Show will be taking place at London Docklands' ExCeL Centre for its fifth outing from May 1-3 2009. The change of date is a result of maintenance works on the Docklands Light Railway that would have made it very difficult to reach on the original dates. The golfing bonanza will offer big brands, custom-fitting, a huge indoor driving range, a massive american golf store, celebrity...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday, 14 January 2009
The Berks Bucks and Oxon (BB&O) Golf Partnership has teamed up with Buckinghamshire New University to launch a unique Golf Ambassadors Programme. The aims of the programme are to provide students with real hands-on experience in the golf industry and to provide the BB&O Golf Partnership with high quality sports management volunteers. Four second year BA (Hons) Sports Management & Golf Studies...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Reigning US Masters champ Trevor Immelman was quite literally all at sea during his rather unusual preparations for the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship which starts tomorrow. Etihad Airways, main sponsor of the event, has once again made the headlines on the eve of the European Tour event by hosting another of its innovative challenges, this year involving South African Immelman. The inaugural...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday, 13 January 2009
A recent ruling from the EGU allows players to use distance measuring devices and the R&A rules state that the use of rangefinders and GPS systems in competition may be permitted by a Local Rule. Should players be allowed to use rangefinders and GPS systems in competitions? ( surveys)...
Written by TG Instruction Editor on Wednesday, 07 January 2009
Ever wondered how the top golf pros on Tour have such a consistent golf swing, to the point of almost becoming robotic?! Sure, hitting thousands of golf balls each week plays a big part but they also find ways of simplifying their own games to make each different golf shot much easier to learn and drill. So who...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday, 06 January 2009
The notorious 16th hole at the TPC Scottsdale, Arizona, will become the USPGA Tour's first-ever true Stadium Golf Hole when the FBR Open tees off there on January 26th. Golf's loudest golf hole - players are vehemently 'booed' if they fail to get anywhere near the flag - has just got louder. Tournament hosts The Thunderbirds have added close to 3,000 new general...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Popular American John Daly has claimed that the PGA Tour have suspended him for six months for "conduct unbecoming" in recent months. The 42-year-old spent a night in jail last October after being found drunk outside a Hooters restaurant, the chain whose logo can often be seen emblazoned on Daly's shirts. The PGA Tour do not comment on disciplinary issues and they have...
Written by TG instruction Editor on Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Make 2009 your best golfing year ever - it should be the new year resolution at the top of all our lists. If you're serious about cutting your handicap next season it's really important you start by making a list of all the areas of your game you need to attack. Has your driving been letting you down, or is it your iron...
Written by TG Editor on Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Do you want to be at your game to be at its best when the days draw out and summer arrives? Most of us do and that's why we've dedicated the new issue of Today's Golfer Magazine to getting your game and body in shape during the winter months so you can be at your best from the very first tee shot...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Talk about celebrating golfing Christmas in style. Three golfers managed to achieve an amazing piece of golfing history, all bagging a hole-in-one in the same event at Kingsthorpe Golf Club, Northamptonshire. Amateurs Dick Spraughton (Collingtree Park) and Drew Russell (Farthingstone) and then Overstone Park pro Stuart Kier all succeeded in the deadly deed which apparently only happens once every 100 years! Competing...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday, 22 December 2008
As golfers we can struggle to get into the Christmas spirit - frozen greens and white fairways hardly make you feel jovial! - so we thought the team at Today's Golfer would help by creating a useful golf tips advent calendar! Every day in the run up to Christmas we will be revealing what's behind every one of the...
Written by TG Editor on Friday, 19 December 2008
Christmas - a time for the giving and receiving of presents - is also a period of intense frustration for many golfers as terrible TV takes the place of rounds of golf. Well fear not as here at todaysgolfer.co.uk we have a full schedule of golf tips, unmissable tips of where to play and what to buy in 2009...
Written by TG Editor on Thursday, 18 December 2008
COMPETITION CLOSED Win £10,000 of golf prizes in our Christmas Mega Competition! Can you picture yourself walking away with an estimated £10,000 of golf equipment and golf holidays as the winner of one of our biggest ever golf competitions? Of course you can and in true Father Christmas style we have raided the gift cupboard to pull together what can only...
Written by TG Editor on Monday, 15 December 2008
The Winter Fantasy Golf League Knockout Cup is well under way now and we can now reveal the Third Round Draw for those that have yet to see whether they're still in it. You can access your Knockout Cup via your personal Fantasy League team page, using the My Knockout Cup link in the menu in the left hand side,...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday, 15 December 2008
The world’s greatest ever Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave has proved he can hold his nerve on the golf course too. The five-time gold medal-winning rower took to the fairways of Burhill, Surrey, with BBC Sport presenter John Inverdale and club member Bob Stratton. Sir Steve, who won gold in Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney and Atlanta, showed his trademark grit...
Written by Kit Alexander on Friday, 12 December 2008
Doesn't time fly when you're counting down to Christmas and desperately trying to buy those last few presents? We're already onto the fifth Gift of the Day, but fear not because today we bring you the Callaway Umbrella direct from TG Compare. Rihanna's favourite accessory is a great gift for this time of year - if you play golf more than once between...
Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday, 11 December 2008
Today's gift is possibly the best of them all. Drum roll please... it's a subscription to the greatest golfing publication on the planet, Today's Golfer. This great subscription offer includes the next 13 issues of the magazine delivered directly to your door for as little as £39.99 - a 20% saving. Not only will you get the magazine for a knock down price, but you'll...
Written by Kit Alexander on Wednesday, 10 December 2008
With Christmas now just 15 days away it's time for our third Gift of the Day - Titleist Pro V1X golf balls. Everyone knows Titleist rule the roost when it comes to balls so what better way to express your love by giving the best money can buy. The Pro V1X is designed for the more serious golfer seeking long distance with...
Written by Kit Alexander on Tuesday, 09 December 2008
Seve Ballesteros has been released from hospital following four seperate surgeries to remove a brain tumour. The Spanish legend had been in La Paz Hospital, Madrid, since he collapsed on 13 October, and underwent his fourth surgery to insert a valve to drain fluid from his brain just last week. "The patient Severiano Ballesteros has been discharged this morning by the Department of Neurosurgery and has already left...