Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday, 8 July 2020
2020 Ryder Cup postponed until 2021 It's the announcement we've all been expecting and dreading: the 2020 Ryder Cup has been postponed until 2021. The 2020 Ryder Cup was scheduled for Sept 25-27 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. The location will remain the same but will now be played September 21-26, 2021. “Unlike other major sporting events that are played in existing stadiums,...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday, 29 June 2020
1. New and returning tournaments The European Tour season will resume with back-to-back $500,000 events in Austria, co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour. The Austrian Open (July 9-12) and Euram Bank Open (July 15-18) will be followed by a six-week ‘UK Swing’, starting with the British Masters. Three new events – the English Championship, Celtic Classic and UK Championship – will be played in...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday, 29 June 2020
1. Is the US PGA still going ahead? It looks like a goer. Public health officials in San Francisco have approved plans to hold the US PGA Championship without spectators at TPC Harding Park, from August 6-9. The PGA of America had hoped to host up to 40,000 fans per day. Instead, they intend to adopt the PGA Tour’s safety protocols,...
Written by Nick Harper on Monday, 29 June 2020
The sad truth will, no doubt, have hit you by now. You will never win an Open Championship. You will never get your clammy mitts on the Claret Jug and hoist it high into the air as all around you rise to acclaim your proven and undoubted golfing excellence. Sorry to break that to you [and if you’re a rising star...
Written by Andrew Cotter on Monday, 22 June 2020
Let’s just get it out of the way right here at the start. Yes, I am the man with the dogs. The last time I wrote in these pages, I had experienced a mere taste of the canine madness. In the intervening weeks I have apparently become a full-time dog cinematographer. Recently, I was out walking the superstars and shouting sizeable amounts of abuse at them...
Written by Justin Rose on Monday, 15 June 2020
I’m all for having the Ryder Cup this year, even if it has to be behind closed doors. I think it will be a unique experience and will hopefully only happen once. You can’t push everything into 2021 because it makes a mess of that year as well. There are no guarantees that Covid is going away and things will be...
Written by John Huggan on Monday, 15 June 2020
PGA Tour action has resumed – but should it have done so? The PGA Tour has returned to at least some of its glory. What used to be the Colonial Invitational but is now the Charles Schwab Challenge – no prizes for identifying which title will have more historical resonance – led the charge back to something akin to normalcy in...
Written by Rob McGarr on Friday, 22 May 2020
European Tour set to resume in July with six UK tournaments – including a return of the English Open and several brand new events. With the PGA Tour due to resume shortly, at the Charles Schwab Challenge on 11 June, European Tour golfers and fans have been wondering when professional golf may recommence in Europe. Read more: How the PGA Tour plans...
Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday, 20 May 2020
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Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Everything we know so far about the strangest golf season in history. Two months after the golf season was put on hold by Coronavirus, this year’s Open in Sandwich has been cancelled, we are no closer to knowing when the European Tour will return, or whether the Ryder Cup will even go ahead in September. The good news is that the Masters,...
Written by John Huggan & Brian Wacker on Monday, 18 May 2020
What do the men who carry the bags for the game's best golfers really think? We granted 50 tour caddies anonymity in order to hear the truth about life on tour. Q1. Which player would you most like to caddie for? What does a caddie want from his paymaster? To be treated nicely and to be very handsomely remunerated. And if that...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Once the US PGA Tour action resumes this season following the pandemic-caused layoff, fans’ eyes will naturally drift towards the players who can crush the ball off the tee. It's always been that way from when Sam Snead was the Tour’s longest driver of the ball, followed by big hitters like Jack Nicklaus, John Daly and today’s bashers such as Cameron Champ,...
Monday, 6 April 2020
The new 2020 golf schedule The 2020 golf schedule has been obliterated by the Coronavirus pandemic, leaving golf fans to wonder if and when the majors, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour and European Tour will be played in 2020. Here's how the heavily-amended 2020 golf season looks as things stand: US Open The US Open, previously scheduled for 18-21 June at Winged Foot in New...
Monday, 6 April 2020
The Open 2020 has been cancelled The Open 2020 has been cancelled in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, meaning this year will be the first time since World War II that the major has not been played. The Open was due to be played at Royal St George's from 12-19 July but will now be held at the Kent course in 2021 instead. St...
Written by Garrett Johnston on Saturday, 8 February 2020
As Brooks Koepka goes for a third consecutive US PGA Championship, caddie Ricky Elliott, the man hoping to help his boss to more Major glory at TPC Harding Park, shares the secrets to their success. How has your relationship evolved since you started working for Brooks Koepka at the 2013 US PGA Championship? It’s obviously evolved with results, but he’s just...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday, 7 February 2020
The road to Tokyo 2020 is heating up and some big names are set to miss out... When is it? The Olympic Men’s Competition begins six days after the opening ceremony in Tokyo, and 11 days after The Open finishes. It will be played over 72 holes of strokeplay at Kasumigaseki Country Club’s East Course (pictured below), one of Japan’s oldest...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday, 6 February 2020
The two-time European Tour winner on playing with Tiger for the first time, his celebrity pro-am partner who suffered an attack of the shanks and the moment he bared all in front of his friends… Given the power, what one thing would you change in golf? Pace of play. If rounds could take four-and-a-half hours, rather than more than five, that...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Who to back and how to watch The PGA Tour heads to Pebble Beach for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this week Last year, Phil Mickelson claimed a a record-tying fifth title with a final round 7-under 65 that he completed on Monday, in addition to becoming the tournaments oldest winner at the age of 48. He returns this...
Monday, 3 February 2020
Rory McIlroy is set to reclaim the World No.1 ranking spot next week, without even picking up a golf club Brooks Koepka's streak of 38 weeks at the top of the World rankings ends next week, as Rory McIlroy will reclaim that mantle for the first time since 2015 - despite neither of them playing this week. McIlroy is currently just 0.1898...
Monday, 3 February 2020
Wins for Simpson and McDowell, a new PGA Tour record, Colt Knost announces retirement and LPGA Tour cancel Chinese event due to Coronavirus After losing in a play-off to Hideki Matsuyama at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2017, Webb Simpson had his revenge on TPC Scottsdale, besting Tony Finau with a birdie on the first play-off hole. For Simpson, it means...