Written by Kit Alexander, Instruction Editor on Tuesday 9 July 2013
The 2013 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game stays on the European Tour this week with the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart GC, near Inverness. The Gil Hanse-designed course only opened in 2009 but it has already won awards and was a popular addition to the European Tour schedule when it made its debut last year. A number of players are choosing to hone their...
Written by Kit Alexander, Instruction Editor on Tuesday 2 July 2013
The 2013 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game continues on the European Tour this week with the French Open at Le Golf National, near Paris. As you would expect from a course that’s set to host the Ryder Cup in 2018, it’s a stern test with a number of risk-and-reward decisions to be made. It’s a modern layout – opened in 1990 – with lots...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Monday 1 July 2013
Paul Casey returned to the winner’s circle in fine style with an eagle at the final hole to secure a three-shot victory at the Irish Open. In tough conditions at Carton House, Casey fired a final round of 67 to beat countryman Robert Rock and overnight leader Joost Luiten. This is Casey’s 12th European Tour title – he last won in Bahrain...
Written by Kit Alexander, TG Instruction Editor on Monday 24 June 2013
The 2013 Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game heads back to the European Tour this week for the Irish Open at Carton House GC, County Kildare. The 7,301-yard layout is par 72 that features 130 strategically-placed bunkers, narrow fairways and fast and undulating greens. It may be long but there is a premium on good strategy and straight hitting. Scrambling will come into...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 21 June 2013
Alex Belt shot a final-round 70 to win the PDC & World Snooker Open by one and claim his first PGA EuroPro Tour £10,000 winner’s cheque. The 27-year-old finished 11-under-par, with Chesterfield’s George Woolgar and Simon Lilly sharing second place on 10-under. Belt has come close to winning on the PGA EuroPro Tour several times in the past, and admitted he was relieved to finally get that...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 21 June 2013
Justin Rose has joined the management company that represents Tiger Woods, parting company with British based 4Sports & Entertainment AG to join the growing golf empire run by Mark Steinberg on behalf of Excel Sports. The move is a coup for Steinberg, who adds the new US Open champion to a list that also includes Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland. The Independant reported that Rose had been in...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 21 June 2013
Marriott has signed English European Tour player Tom Lewis as a Brand Ambassador. Under the terms of the arrangement the former Walker Cup player and Tour winner will wear the Marriott logo on his sleeve and will represent the renowned hotel group on his travels around the world. The agreement further underlines Marriott’s commitment to the game of golf, and on Tour,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 18 June 2013
Unlike last week’s test for the US. Open, TPC River Highlands is anything but a grind. The host of the Travelers Championship is a pa- 70 like Merion Golf Club, but that’s where the similarities end. While Justin Rose won with a one-over-par total last week, that score wouldn’t have even made the weekend at TPC River Highlands in 2012. At 6,841-yards, it’s...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 18 June 2013
To celebrate Justin Rose’s landmark triumph in the US Open, we have teamed up with american golf and TaylorMade to offer golfers the chance to win a piece of golfing history, a commemorative US Open staff bag signed by Rose himself. With only a limited number of commemorative bags produced by TaylorMade for the US Open, they are set to become...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
Justin Rose clinched his maiden major title to become the first Englishman for 43-years to win the US Open. The 32-year-old won by two shots from now six-time runner-up Phil Mickelson and Jason Day on a gripping final day. Below we bring you what clubs the Englishman used, how he cost Ladbrokes £2 million and his very best instruction tips, from playing...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
Justin Rose’s US Open win has cost Ladbrokes a cool £2 million in payouts to winning punters. The Englishman was heavily backed before the tournament started, seeing him tee off at Merion as a 25/1 shot, however in-play punters also had the opportunity to back Rose as big as 66/1. Going into the late hours of Sunday evening Rose was as short as...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
We recently caught up with the new US Open champion, Justin Rose, to get his tips on how to hole more putts. There were times in the past when I’ve got frustrated with myself and started doubting myself as a putter, but I wouldn’t have won big events if I wasn’t a good one. But one thing David Orr has stressed to...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
We recently caught up with the newly crowned US Open champion Justin Rose, who gave us his tips to help improve your wedge play. With wedge play, it’s all about face control. What TrackMan has taught me is that with your wedge swing path, because of spin loft, you can have a much bigger range of how you can swing the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
Want to learn some tips from the new US Open Champion? We recently spoke to Justin Rose about how he handled the pressure at Medinah at last year’s Ryder Cup, to see what the average golfer can learn from the Englishman. 1 – Getting into the right mind-set For me it started on the 17th green. My reaction was somewhat unique; I...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
“Five years ago I couldn’t have done what I did in the Ryder Cup at Medinah,” says Justin Rose. It’s a frank admission from the Englishman, but also an indicator of how he has taken his game to the next level and truly become one of the world’s best players. Only he’s not resting on his laurels. Not by a long...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 June 2013
Mark Fulcher has been a vital cog in Justin Rose’s rise to world beater. As part of our special 25th anniversary issue, he told TG how it’s happened. Justin’s work ethic is extraordinary and has been ever since I started working with him. He’s an easy guy to work for. He works hard and there’s some long hours every now and then,...
Written by 2013 US Open on Monday 17 June 2013
Justin Rose spoilt the party in Philidelphia, just as he had done in Chicago, nine months ago at the Ryder Cup. And, just as in Chicago, the man left trailing in his wake was the crowd favourite in America, Phil Mickelson. At the Ryder Cup, it was the Englishman’s snaky, long putt on the 17th hole which broke the American’s heart...
Written by 2013 US Open on Sunday 16 June 2013
It is a great story. Phil Mickelson, who has five times been the runner-up in his national championship makes it sixth time lucky. And he does it on Father’s Day, after getting a red-eye jet in, from California a couple of hours before his tee time on Thursday, because he wanted to go to the 7th grade graduation of his...
Written by 2013 US Open on Saturday 15 June 2013
With several groups needing to come back in the morning, to play a handful of holes of their second round, the two leaders in the clubhouse are Billy Horschel and Phil Mickelson. Horschel is the surprise entity, with one PGA Tour win to his name, the Zurich New Orleans Classic, which he won in April earlier this year. Mickelson is, of course,...
Written by 2013 US Open on Thursday 13 June 2013
Phil Mickelson, who has been the bridesmaid five times at the US Open, has given himself yet another chance this weekend, after firing a first round 3-under par 67. Also 3-under is the Swede Peter Hedblom, after 7 holes; and Lee Westwood is on 2-under after 7 as well. Typical Phil, he didn’t do it in the conventional manner, flying in from...