Thursday 27 September 2018
How do the two Ryder Cup sides match up? European Ryder Cup wildcard Paul Casey admitted during his press conference that Europe are wary of their opponents. “We’re playing against a brilliant U.S. team and we have massive respect for them,” Casey said. “You know, on paper, they are better than us on paper.” And he’s not wrong. With more winners this year,...
Wednesday 26 September 2018
“I don’t think you’ll go anywhere else where you’ll see as many fist-pump pars”: Players from both teams give their verdict on Le Golf National Justin Rose: “This week, you’re going to see a lot of holes won with par” It’s a very fair setup and it’s a very challenging setup. Especially with the wind direction that we played yesterday, there’s...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 24 September 2018
Justin Rose birdied the final hole on Sunday to win the season-long FedEx Cup title as Tiger Woods ended a five year drought for victory at the Tour Championship Justin Rose became the deserved champion of the FedEx Cup on Sunday at East Lake, finishing in a tie for 4th and capping off an impressive season that recently saw him become...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 24 September 2018
Was Tiger Woods’ victory at East Lake the greatest sporting comeback of all time? Tiger Woods is already widely regarded as the GOAT, but what about his comeback? Less than a year ago it was doubtful whether Woods would ever tee up in a professional setting ever again, let alone be able to play golf at all. Yet having returned this season the...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 23 September 2018
Tiger Woods completed his comeback season with a sensational victory at the Tour Championship to claim his 80th PGA Tour title He’s back. Tiger Woods ended his return season on a high, posting a final round 71 to win his first tournament in five years at East Lake and finish second in the FedEx Cup to Justin Rose. And the win was a...
Sunday 23 September 2018
PGA Tour win No. 80: Find out what Tiger Woods said after ending his sensational comeback season with victory at the Tour Championship About what the win means to him/ where it ranks… It means a lot. It really does. You know, the people who are close to me saw the struggles and what I was going through, and some of the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Sunday 23 September 2018
The Tiger is back…. Tiger Woods completed one of the greatest comebacks in golf and sporting history by capturing the end-of-season Tour Championship amidst unbelieveable scenes at East Lake, Atlanta, tonight. Eighteen months ago the 14-times major winner’s future was in serious doubt as he underwent critical back surgery and slumped to 1119th in the world rankings. But somehow Woods fought back from...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 21 September 2018
Oli Fisher earned a place in the golfing history books today when he became the first-ever European Tour player to break the 60 barrier. Fisher, who turned 30 last week, handed himself a belated birthday present with a record-breaking score of 59 in the second round of the Portugal Masters. It was the performance and round of a lifetime by Fisher who...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 21 September 2018
Paul McGinley is one of Europe’s most successful Ryder Cup captains ever, a man who brought a new way of doing things to Gleneagles in 2014. He brought an inspirational and analytical approach to the captainy, leaving nothing to chance. Every detail was worked out in advance; pairings, course set-up, motivational messages in the team room, running orders for each session,...
Written by French European Tour winner Alex Levy on Friday 21 September 2018
If you wanted someone to give you the lowdown on the 18 holes the 24 players playing in the 2018 Ryder Cup will face, Alex Levy would be somewhere near the top of the list. The world’s top-ranked Frenchman has played in his home Open at Golf National every year since 2011 and has made the cut in the last six,...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 18 September 2018
FedEx Cup Changes: A new Tour Championship scoring system, an increase in prize money and a new regular season programme named the ‘Wyndham Rewards Top 10’ PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan has unveiled big changes for next year’s FedEx Cup. It includes an increased focus on the regular season with the “Wyndham Rewards Top 10” (sponsored by Wyndham Rewards) and a new simplified...
Tuesday 18 September 2018
Tour Championship Preview: Who to back and how to watch the FedEx Cup Finale East Lake plays host to the final stop of the PGA Tour season for the Tour Championship this week, with the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings all competing for the season-long prize. Last year Xander Schauffele became the first person since Phil Mickelson to win...
Monday 17 September 2018
Ryder Cup: When are the Ryder Cup Pairings and tee times? And how can I watch? The Ryder Cup takes place at Le Golf National from Friday 28th – Sunday 30th September, but when does it all kick off? There are other events on the days leading up to the main event, including a Celebrity Ryder Cup match, Junior Ryder Cup GolfSixes...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 17 September 2018
10 things you missed: Angela Stanford snatches maiden major victory; Sang-moon Bae regains PGA Tour card; Wu edges out Wood for 3rd Tour win; Fujikawa becomes first male player to come out as gay; World Cup of Golf players announced; Kaymer and long-term caddie split; R&A confirm new 2019 rules of golf; DJ issues statement over Paulina rumours; Rose becomes...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 17 September 2018
Angela Stanford snatched major victory during a dramatic Evian Championship which saw overnight leader Amy Olson double bogey the last to lose by a single shot Stanford, who had started the day five shots behind Olson, carded a final round three-under 68 to finish one shot clear of fellow American’s Olson, Austin Ernst, Mo Martin and South Korea’s Sei Young Kim. For...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 17 September 2018
Sang-moon Bae regains PGA Tour card with win at Albertsons Boise Open In 2015, Sang-moon Bae finished T18 at the Tour Championship and then left the PGA Tour to fulfil his two-year military obligation in South Korea. When he came back at the start of the 2017-18 season, he struggled – making just five cuts in 17 starts and finishing 202nd...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 11 September 2018
The FedEx Cup ends after heading to it’s final stop for the Tour Championship at East Lake, with all 30 players in with a mathmateical chance of winning the season long-race Any of the five players at the top of the rankings will be able to claim the FedEx Cup this week if they win the Tour Championship on Sunday –...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 11 September 2018
Jim Furyk chose Tony Finau as his final wildcard pick for the United States Ryder Cup team on Monday, completing his 12-man line-up Finau recorded his third top 10 in a row at the weather delayed BMW Championship, shooting all four rounds in the 60s to end up in a tie for 8th place with Rickie Fowler, Francesco Molinari and Tommy...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 11 September 2018
Justin Rose finished solo second at the BMW Championship to overtake Dustin Johnson at the top of the World rankings for the first time Justin Rose paid tribute to his dad and thanked his family, friends and sponsors after claiming the World No.1 spot for the first time in his career, fulfilling his ‘boyhood dreams’. Both Rose and eventual winner Keegan Bradley...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 10 September 2018
Matt Fitzpatrick became the first man since Seve Ballesteros to defend the Omega European Masters – and then admitted he didn’t deserve a Ryder Cup pick from Thomas Bjorn. The Englishman admitted at Crans Sur Sierre that he wasn’t expecting a pick, but he bounced back in spectacular style, defending the title he won 12 months ago. “I didn’t play well enough this...