Written by Today's Golfer on Thursday 2 October 2014
Just days after Europe’s winning Ryder Cup matches, we caught up with 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain and De Vere Golf Ambassador, Colin Montgomerie at De Vere Slaley Hall in Northumberland, where he was entertaining Slaley Country Club members and guests of De Vere. We are here today at Slaley Hall in Northumberland, the scene of your European Tour triumph at...
Written by Today's Golfer on Tuesday 30 September 2014
Sir Nick Faldo, Britain’s most successful golfer, is to play in this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Sir Nick, who won both the Open Championship and The Masters three times, joins Rory McIlroy and Martin Kaymer, winners of three of the four Majors in 2014, in the event, which begins on Thursday (October 2) in St Andrews. Sir Nick won one of...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 29 September 2014
Several of Europe’s Ryder Cup heroes, including world no.1 Rory McIlroy (pictured), will remain in Scotland this week to compete in the prestigious Dunhill Links Championship being played on the links of the Old Course, St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. McIlroy, who led Europe to another memorable and emphatic Ryder Cup victory at Gleneagles yesterday, will be the star turn at...
Written by Jack Hart on Friday 19 September 2014
Adam Scott has split with caddie Steve Williams as the New Zealand bagman looks to go part-time. In a statement from Scott’s management company, it was confirmed that the two would part ways after three years together, with the final round of the Tour Championship marking Williams’ last on the bag. “Steve has been an integral part of my team in a...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
A week before the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, the European Tour heads to the scene of Europe’s last success on home soil. Colin Montgomerie’s side regained the trophy on Celtic Manor’s Twenty Ten course and four of this year’s team – Lee Westwood, Thomas Bjorn, Stephen Gallacher and Jamie Donaldson – are looking for inspiration here this week. With rain forecast...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 17 September 2014
English teenage ace Charley Hull (pictured) is among a star-studded line-up that is relishing the chance of visiting the sunshine island of Tenerife to play in the Tenerife Open de Espana Femenino this week. Hull will be joined by the likes of 2013 Solheim Cup teammates, Spanish home favourites Azahara Muñoz and Carlota Ciganda, and defending champion Lee-Anne Pace in a...
Friday 12 September 2014
Taking a four-stroke lead in the process, the 19-year old South Korean’s 10 birdies led her to break the previous women’s record of 62 set by Minea Blomqvist in 2004 and matched by Lorena Ochoa in 2006. Kim’s record also eclipses the men’s record low major championship round, which is held by multiple players at 63. “I just wanted to play well...
Tuesday 9 September 2014
Atlanta, Georgia is the setting as the PGA Tour season and FedEx Cup reach their grand finale at East Lake this week. If any of the current top five in the FedEx Cup standings (Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel, Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy and Hunter Mahan) win this week’s Tour Championship they will automatically scoop the FedEx Cup and its $10m bonus...
Wednesday 3 September 2014
The penultimate week of the FedEx Cup playoffs takes us to the Cherry Hills Country Club. Finding a ‘horse for the course’ is not easy this week as the Colorado venue hasn’t hosted a main Tour event since the 1985 US PGA Championship. The remaining 69 players (Dustin Johnson is the sole absentee) tee it up this week hoping to...