Written by Ryder Cup 2012 on Thursday 27 September 2012
There’s still time to sign up for the Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf stand-alone Ryder Cup game for your chance to win some amazing prizes! Every existing manager will be automatically entered and even if you don’t already play TG Fantasy Golf you can sign up now to play over the Ryder Cup weekend and win a share 92 prizes in total worth...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 26 September 2012
Ahead of the 2012 Ryder Cup, Ian Poulter went down to Woburn to meet World Trick Shot Champion Geoff Swain. In the video below Geoff teaches Ian a number of moves from his winning routine, including hitting a tennis serve with a driver and crushing a bouncing ball with the big dog.
Written by Ryder Cup 2012 on Monday 24 September 2012
It’s a very special week for the Today’s Golfer fantasy game as we offer a one-off Ryder Cup game with £4,500 of prizes up for grabs. You can log in with your normal details from the regular game or enter for free if not already registered. You still have to pick a six-man team with your $15m budget and you must...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 24 September 2012
The European Tour Qualifying School First Stage came to a close at De Vere Wychwood Park with some of Europe’s top amateurs and promising professionals moving a step closer to becoming members of the European Tour. Alexander Bjork from Sweden finished in first place after firing a two-under par 70, at the Cheshire-based venue for a four-round total of four-under. He will...
Written by TG staff writer on Thursday 20 September 2012
With the action just over a week away, the prestigious London Golf Club is showing its support for Jose Maria Olazábal’s European Ryder Cup team by offering the chance to win a complimentary fourball around the International Course. Golfers booking a tee time between now and the beginning of Sunday’s singles session (30th September) will automatically enter into a prize...
Written by Chris Hanson on Wednesday 19 September 2012
Away from the glamour of the European Tour there are thousands of golfers trying to make enough money to support their dreams and their families. In this new TG online feature we’ll follow the highs and lows of 2011 EuroPro Tour Order of Merit winner Chris Hanson, as he tries to adjust to life on the Challenge Tour. This month...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 18 September 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, visits the PGA Tour for the final time this week as the FedEx Cup Play-offs reach their climax at the double-weighted Tour Championship. The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup assemble at East Lake this week with an extra $10 million (£6.2 million) for topping the standings on...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 September 2012
Javier Ballesteros, son of golf legend Seve, has won the amateur Madrid Open. The 22-year-old finished six-under-par to win by four shots. His golfing success follows on from his first appearance in a professional event at the Peugeot Alps de Barcelona tournament in April where he finished tied for 12th, 12 shots behind winner Pablo Larrazabal. He dedicated the victory to his late...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 17 September 2012
South Korean Shin Jiyai claimed her second Women’s British Open, and second major, courtesy of a nine shot victory at Hoylake. The 24-year-old started the day with a five-shot lead and it never looked like she wouldn’t close out her 36th professional win. Unfortunately though, Jiyai’s victory was overshadowed, quite literally at times, by the brutal British weather that led to a marathon...
Written by TG Features Writer on Monday 10 September 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, is back on the European Tour this week after the excitement of the first three FedEx Cup Play-off events on the PGA Tour. The BMW Italian Open is taking place at Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, for the third successive year. The 7,282-yard layout doesn’t require massive length off the...
Written by TG Features Writer on Wednesday 5 September 2012
The BMW Championship, the third round of the FedEx Cup Play-offs, is the focus of the Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, this week. Crooked Stick hasn’t hosted the tournament before but it was the venue for the 1991 USPGA Championship and 2009 US Senior Open. The world’s best have made the 7,316-yard Pete Dye design look pretty...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 4 September 2012
The 39th Ryder Cup at Medinah, Illinois, is nearly upon us and we want to know who you think is going to win the biennial team event. America have home advantage, but Europe have won four of the last five. Both teams are looking very strong, but what will the result be?...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 3 September 2012
The Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, the eighth, star-studded opening gambit in the European Tour’s ‘Desert Swing,’ is set to return in 2013 at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club from January 17th until the 20th. The first major event in the global golf calendar, the tournament is organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), and they are confident that the...
Written by Chris Hanson on Friday 31 August 2012
Away from the glamour of the European Tour there are thousands of golfers trying to make enough money to support their dreams and their families. In this new TG online feature we’ll follow the highs and lows of 2011 EuroPro Tour Order of Merit winner Chris Hanson, as he tries to adjust to life on the Challenge Tour. This week he was...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 28 August 2012
American Nick Watney increased his chances of making Davis Love’s Ryder Cup team after coming from behind to win The Barclay’s on Sunday. The 31-year-old is battling for one of four wildcard picks for the event in September alongside Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk, Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan, Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker. Watney’s victory was helped by Spaniard Sergio Garcia, who missed...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 28 August 2012
The Today’s Golfer Fantasy Golf game, in association with Your Golf Travel, is staying on the PGA Tour this week as the FedEx Cup Play-offs enter their second week at the Deutsche Bank Championship. The par-71 TPC Boston has traditionally been the easiest course of the four play-off events, although Plainfield CC (host of last year’s Barclays) had a lower scoring...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 28 August 2012
Paul Lawrie captured his second European Tour title of the year with a runaway four-shot victory in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on Sunday. It was his eighth Tour win, and with it he became the first Scot to win three official titles on Scottish soil. His other two victories came at the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie, and the...
Written by Ryder Cup 2012 on Tuesday 28 August 2012
Englishman Ian Poulter and Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts have been selected as the two Captain’s picks for the 2012 Ryder Cup in Medinah, Chicago. The duo finished 11th and 12th in the scoring list by right, and both have a formidable matchplay record; with Poulter winning the Volvo World Match Play Championship in 2011 and Colsaerts a year later in 2012.
Written by Ryder Cup 2012 on Sunday 26 August 2012
There has been a growing feeling in recent weeks that Padraig Harrington’s Ryder Cup dreams are slowly slipping through his fingers. The likeable Irishman finds himself up against Ian Poulter, Nicolas Colsaerts, and the Spanish duo of Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Gonzalo Fdez-Castano for the two Captain’s wildcard picks. But he may be set to pay the price for a nine year...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 23 August 2012
Fresh from his second major victory Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy has been sharing his tips with young golfers at the City Parks Foundation’s Junior Golf Center in Brooklyn. The world number one teamed up with Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts and City Parks, a New York City organisation, to deliver a clinic to 50 junior golfers aged 10 to 17. McIlroy led the day with a...