June

  • Fantasy Golf: BMW International Open

    Tuesday 24 June 2014

    An exciting season on the European Tour continues this week at the BMW International Open in Germany.  The field will be led by home favourite Martin Kaymer and he’ll be joined by other big names, including Victor Dubuisson, Paul Casey and last week’s Irish Open winner, Mikko Ilonen. TG had a fairly unspectacular week at Fota Island last week, with only Marcel...

  • EuroPro Tour: Joy takes two shot lead

    Friday 20 June 2014

    Luke Joy carded a second-round 68 to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the HotelPlanner.com Championship at Cumberwell Park in Wiltshire.   Nick McCarthy and Marcus Armitage are both tied for second place on 9-under-par, while there’s a seven-way tie for fourth on eight under. Among those in this group three behind the leader is Dave...

  • Meet the 11 year-old playing in a Major

    Thursday 19 June 2014

    An 11-year-old girl is about to tee it up in a major championship, as the youngest person ever to qualify for the US Women’s Open.  Lucy Li has already impressed onlookers in her preparations at Pinehurst – scene of last week’s men’s US Open. They were particularly impressed by her mature responses in her press conference on Tuesday. There were a...

  • Fantasy Golf: The Irish Open

    Wednesday 18 June 2014

    As the Tour returns to Europe after what was a good US Open for Europeans, focus now turns to the Irish Open at the Fota Island Resort. The Cork venue hasn’t hosted the event since 2002, when Soren Hansen won, and so this week’s fantasy picks involve more guesswork than TG normally employs! Because the Irish Open is popular with home...

  • Royal Portrush: back in the Open Championship reckoning

    Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 16 June 2014

    Legendary Northern Ireland links Royal Portrush is back on the Open Championship rota. The Open is set to return to Northern Ireland for the first time in over 60 years and only the second time in its long and illustrious history. Royal Portrush has been invited to stage The Open by The R&A and the County Antrim club’s members will now be...

  • Buy a Nikon COOLSHOT with your MasterCard and win Open 2014 prizes

    Friday 13 June 2014

    Nikon has teamed up with MasterCard, fellow Open Patron, to offer you the chance to win a number of prize packages to attend the 2014 Open. Anyone who buys a Nikon COOLSHOT laser rangefinder using their MasterCard will be entered into the prize draw and could win a hospitality pass for The Open, at Royal Liverpool in July. Nikon and MasterCard will...

  • Father’s Day treat for the Senior Open Championship

    Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 12 June 2014

    With some of golf’s most iconic names heading to Royal Porthcawl for the Senior Open Championship next month, a ticket to Wales’ first Senior Major could well be the ideal Fathers’ Day gift. The start of The Championship is now only six weeks away, and golf fans can treat their dad to a special day out by taking advantage of a...

  • Fantasy Golf: US Open 2014

    Thursday 12 June 2014

    This week sees Fantasy Golf head to a significantly remodelled Pinehurst No 2 (you can read about the course changes in our US Open preview here) for the second Major of the season, the US Open. UK golfers have fared well in recent years, Justin Rose took the crown last year to join Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell as winners in...

  • HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour at The Astbury

    Wednesday 11 June 2014

    The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour goes to The Astbury this week, as Europe’s best young professionals compete for the £10,000 top prize in the FSC Invitational. Jack Senior and William Harrold are clear favourites, having each won two of the first four events of the season, while last year’s winner at The Astbury, James Hepworth, returns to defend his title. Senior and...

  • Fantasy Golf preview: FedEx St Jude Classic

    Wednesday 4 June 2014

    “I’m just happy. Really, really happy,” said Memorial Tournament winner Hideki Matsuyama, channelling his inner Pharrell Williams after Bubba Watson and Adam Scott stumbled through the closing holes like drunk centipedes with their shoelaces undone. Attention turns to TPC Southwind this week for the FedEx St. Jude Classic, the warm-up tournament for the year’s second major, the US Open at Pinehurst...

  • Jack Senior wins Kerry London Championship

    Monday 2 June 2014

    Jack Senior won his second HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour title of the season when he took the £10,000 winner’s prize in the Kerry London Championship at Burhill Golf Club on Saturday. The 25 year old continued a remarkable start to the season and moves to the top of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour Order of Merit. He looks likely to already...