October

  • The 25-second bucket challenge with Kaymer, Langer and Oosthuizen

    Wednesday 29 October 2014

    Mercedes-Benz brand ambassadors Martin Kaymer, Bernhard Langer and Louis Oosthuizen have taken the ’25-Second Bucket Challenge’. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the MercedesTrophy, Mercedes-Benz set the players the challenge of chipping in as many golf balls into a bucket a possible within a 25 second period. Which of these golfing legends chipped the most number of balls into the...

  • Denis Pugh: Bring fore! to the fore

    Wednesday 29 October 2014

    Players failing to shout fore is not a new phenomenon. Professional golfers have been guilty of not giving fans this basic courtesy for some time. The amount of TV coverage these days has simply made it more obvious that this is happening. The fact that this issue is being talked about should be used to golf’s advantage to enforce a...

  • BMW Masters: Interview with defending champion Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño

    Wednesday 29 October 2014

    Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño will be returning to Shanghai to defend his BMW Masters title at the Lake Malaren Golf Club this weekend. The popular Spaniard has experienced great success in BMW events around the world and here he talks about his love-affair with China, why he enjoys BMW events so much, and a marriage proposal like no other. How much are you...

  • Fantasy Golf: BMW Masters

    Tuesday 28 October 2014

    The European Tour’s Final Series kicks off in China this week. Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai offers the chance to steal a march in the four-part season-ender with the WGC HSBC Champions, Turkish Airlines Open and DP World Tour Championship to follow. The big hitters will be right at home on the 7,607-yard, Jack Nicklaus-designed Masters Course. In true Nicklaus...

  • Thorbjørn Olesen wins the ISPS Handa Perth International

    Monday 27 October 2014

    Thorbjørn Olesen secured his first win of 2014 at the ISPS Handa Perth International. It was the Dane’s first win since the 2012 Sicilian Open. Olesen headed into the final day of the Australian competition three shots clear after previous rounds of 64, 69 and 67. He scored 71 on the final day. A run from the 13th to 15th holes showcased his...

  • Robert Streb wins playoff at McGladrey Classic

    Monday 27 October 2014

    Robert Streb claimed his first PGA Tour victory with a three-man playoff win at the McGladrey Classic. Streb hit his second playoff hole tee shot to four feet and sank the birdie putt to come out on top against Brendon de Jonge and Will MacKenzie. All three had finished 14 under par after four rounds at the Sea Island course in Georgia,...

  • Fantasy Golf: McGladrey Classic

    Tuesday 21 October 2014

    The PGA Tour travels to Georgia for week three of the 2015 season and takes the opportunity to show off one of the best links courses and golf resorts America has to offer in the process. Sea Island boasts luxury accommodation, exceptional practice facilities and three championship courses, of which all eyes will be on the fast and firm 7,005-yard par...

  • Who can drive further with a putter: Langer or Kaymer?

    Thursday 16 October 2014

    Who can drive further with a putter – Bernhard Langer or Martin Kaymer? The pair recently took the Mercedes-Benz ‘Drive Your Putter’ challenge to see who had the longest drive – with a difference, as their club of choice was a putter.  Would Martin Kaymer, officially ranked 12th in the world and winner of the US Open and The Players Championship...

  • Slumbers to replace Dawson as R&A Chief Executive

    Wednesday 15 October 2014

    The R&A has announced the appointment of Martin Slumbers as Chief Executive and Secretary of the R&A from October 1st 2015. Slumbers will succeed Peter Dawson who is retiring next September after 16 years leading the body which organises The Open Championship and governs golf worldwide, jointly administering the sport with the USGA. He will join The R&A in March 2015 as...

  • Fantasy Golf: Shriners Hospital for Children Open

    Wednesday 15 October 2014

    The PGA Tour heads to Las Vegas for week two of the 2015 season. With Canyons and cactus aplenty, TPC Summerlin on Nevada’s border has the perfect desert feel. There are few demons in Bobby Weed’s 7,255-yard par 71 layout with the stage set for late drama at the closing four holes which all feature some risk/reward element. Scoring was low last...

  • Dubuisson to defend Turkish Airlines Open title

    Tuesday 14 October 2014

    Ryder Cup hero Victor Dubuisson will defend his Turkish Airlines Open from November 13-16, when the European Tour’s hottest new event returns to the stunning Montgomerie Maxx Royal. Being held for the second year in Turkey’s Antalya region, the tournament, which offers a prize fund of $7m, is the penultimate event of the European Tour’s lucrative Final Series. Frenchman Dubuisson will be...

  • Hotelplanner.com PGA Europro Tour announces Visit Egypt Tour Championship

    Thursday 9 October 2014

    The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s Visit Egypt Tour Championship will take place at El Gouna Golf Club, El Gouna, Red Sea this October 29-31, in association with Egypt Air. El Gouna is the premier holiday destination on the Red Sea and boasts the splendour of azure waters and a dramatic backdrop of mountains within the vibrant community of the self-contained town.

  • Fantasy Golf: Portugal Masters

    Wednesday 8 October 2014

    The European Tour heads to the Algarve this week for the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura’s Oceanico Victoria Golf Club. Arnold Palmer’s par 72 layout features plenty of variety and even more birdie opportunities with wide fairways meaning -18 or better has been required to win six of the seven runnings here. David Lynn shot a 63 on Sunday last year to scoop...

  • Patrick Reed to play in Volvo World Match Play Championship

    Tuesday 7 October 2014

    US Ryder Cup team standout Patrick Reed is among golfing favourites making up the 16-man field for the 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship at the London Golf Club from October 15 – 19. Other stars include three-time winner on the European Tour Francesco Molinari, 2014 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Champion Pablo Larrazabal, two-time PGA Tour winner Jonas Blixt, and local...

  • Munoz wins Ladies Open De France

    Tuesday 7 October 2014

    Spanish Azahara Muñoz came from four strokes behind the overnight leader Maria Hernández to retain her Lacoste Ladies Open de France title – click (right) to watch our video interview with Muñoz. Birdies on the last two holes took the 26-year-old a stroke clear of both Hernández and Amy Boulden. “I just love this place,” said Muñoz about playing at Golf de...

  • Video: Rory putts into a bunker

    Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 6 October 2014

    The par-4 17th hole at St. Andrews — “the Road Hole” — is known as one of the toughest holes in golf, and Rory McIlroy was its most high-profile victim on Sunday, at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The hole is famed for the road that runs directly behind the green and the larger bunker that guards the front of the...

  • Emotional Wilson wins Dunhill Links

    Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 6 October 2014

    Oliver Wilson finally won his first European Tour title with a one-shot win in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship yesterday.  The former Ryder Cupper, who finished runner-up nine times on the European Tour before losing his card, shot a final round 70 at St Andrews to finish 17-under, a shot ahead of world No 1 Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Richie...

  • Coltart: Azinger would be a knee-jerk captain

    Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 6 October 2014

    Former Ryder Cup player and Sky Sports golf commentator Andrew Coltart has described the US golf team as a “charade”, and suggested a lack of spirit and unity in the team, led to the American’s poor performance at Gleneagles. Andrew, who represented Europe in the 1999 competition at Brookline, also held up Paul McGinley’s outstanding leadership and attention to detail as...

  • Fantasy Golf: Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

    Wednesday 1 October 2014

    After last week’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, the focus of the golfing world remains fixed on Scotland and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Four members of Europe’s winning team – Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Victor Dubuisson and Stephen Gallacher – have made the short trip to St Andrews for this week’s unique event. As well as the celebrity pro-am competition that runs...