Golf

Rory McIlroy has gone 16 months without a victory and the four-time Major champion is teeing up in this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational getting increasingly desperate for silverware. McIlroy is keeping himself busy – next week’s Players Championship will be his fourth tournament on the spin – hoping to lift a trophy before heading into […]

Golf’s elite head to Florida for the new challenge provided by The Concession It’s the first World Golf Championship event of the year this week and the Workday Championship will have an unusual feel. The Covid-19 pandemic means a move from its adopted Mexico City home where Patrick Reed triumphed last year and few of […]

It doesn’t matter whether you are a 28-handicapper or a multiple Major winner, there isn’t a golfer on the planet who doesn’t want to hit their drives further. But there have been some amazing distances posted over the years and we take a look at the longest five in history. 5. Dustin Johnson (489 yards, […]

Lewis Can Grab Glory at Grand Reserve The leading lights of the golf world will be in Florida for the WGC Workday Championship this week, but don’t expect the competition at the Puerto Rico Open to be any less fierce. It is a great opportunity for those not used to the spotlight to make a […]

Despite an ice-cold putter, Dustin Johnson won the Saudi International in fairly comfortable fashion last time out, and the world number one spent the following week refreshing himself in the Florida sunshine. Johnson’s decision to skip the Pebble Beach Pro-Am to recharge batteries for this week’s Genesis Invitational makes the favourite difficult to oppose for […]

Dustin Johnson started the week as Pebble Beach Pro-Am favourite, but the world number one has chosen to follow up his Saudi International victory with a few days lounging around his Florida mansion, and his Monday night withdrawal has thrown the tournament wide open. Patrick Cantlay assumed market leadership after DJ opted out – the […]

Masters Champion Returns to Saudi Arabia Dustin Johnson has won his first FedEx Cup and joined the famous Green Jacket club since his last trip to Saudi Arabia, so the world number one is bursting with confidence for his return to a happy hunting ground. The Masters champion has a superb record in the Saudi […]

The picturesque Torrey Pines is the venue for this week’s PGA Tour offering as a number of the game’s best assemble for the Farmers Insurance Open. A fabulous field has been assembled and while some of the big names will immediately capture the attention, it could be one of the form players in the game […]

Rory McIlroy took a beating at the hands of Tyrrell Hatton in the Abu Dhabi Championship last week and the emphatic Abu Dhabi champion will fancy his chances of repeating the dose in this week’s Dubai Desert Classic. McIlroy has jetted off to the PGA Tour, but Hatton has stayed in the Gulf seeking further […]

Patrick Cantlay took over as favourite for The American Express after Jon Rahm withdrew from the tournament on Monday night – and the Californian will be relishing the chance to compete in his home state again. Cantlay won the Zozo Championship the last time the PGA Tour visited the Golden State, emerging triumphant despite going […]

The Open Championship – the most historic and prestigious golf tournament of them all – has been staged at 14 different courses since the event was established in 1860. Ten of those courses remain on the ‘Open rota’. Here we look at five of the best remaining Open venues and look ahead to the 149th […]

Rory McIlroy has finished runner-up four times in the Abu Dhabi Championship – as well as third three times – so this tournament has been a nightmare for the Northern Irishman over the years. Twice before he has suffered two-shot penalties in the event – once for carelessly brushing some sand off the fringe of […]

Harris English got back to winning ways on Sunday after a victory drought of more than seven years – and this week the giant Georgian could go close to completing a quickfire Hawaiian double. Justin Thomas won both the Sentry Tournament of Champions and the Sony Open in 2017, and English has been playing so […]

Masters Hero Returns to Action in Hawaii Dustin Johnson has not competed since slipping into the Green Jacket in the middle of November, but the Masters champion is back in action this week for the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course, Kapalua, Hawaii. Johnson, runaway victor at Augusta to claim his second Major […]

Despite a testing year for everyone, three of the four majors were able to go ahead in the golfing world in 2020 with two new names etched on to the silverware, while Dustin Johnson cemented his status as world number one with a second major title to his name. With the Open Championship back on […]

Patrick Reed and Collin Morikawa are first and third respectively in the Race to Dubai standings and have high hopes of winning the season-long points race going into the final event – the DP World Tour Championship at the Earth Course. With a $3m first prize on offer to the DP World Tour Championship victor […]

Justin Thomas finished fourth in the Masters last time out and has entered the low-grade Mayakoba Classic – the final full-field PGA Tour event of the season – looking to bounce back from his Augusta disappointment. Thomas made too many mistakes and missed too many putts to provide a more serious challenge to Dustin Johnson […]

A maiden European Tour victory arrived for Robert MacIntyre in the Cyprus Showdown last month and the in-form Scottish left-hander has got his sights set on a quick follow-up in this week’s Golf in Dubai Championship. MacIntyre survived two cuts then fired a Sunday 64 to claim Cyprus glory, following his third place in the […]

An impressive ball-striking performance in the Joburg Open last week has seen early-bird punters latch on to favourite Brandon Stone for the Alfred Dunhill Championship. Stone, who won the Alfred Dunhill by seven shots in 2016, finished fourth in the Joburg Open on Sunday, despite suffering with a cold putter for much of the tournament. […]