Golf

The UK Swing of the European Tour has reached a conclusion and the circuit has moved to mainland Europe for the first time since the post-lockdown resumption. The events in England and Wales were dominated by young, hungry players on easy, resort courses, with Renato Paratore, Sam Horsfield (twice), Romain Langasque and Rasmus Hojgaard among […]

Rory McIlroy may not have been at his best last time out but the Northern Irishman will be confident of bouncing back at this week’s BMW Championship. McIlroy to Make Experience Count The world number four was certainly not at his best with the putter at The Northern Trust last week, recording his worst statistics […]

After two weeks of competition at Celtic Manor in Wales, the European Tour heads to its spiritual home of The Belfry for the final tournament of its six-stop UK swing, the UK Championship. The Sutton Coldfield course will always be remembered as the venue for four Ryder Cups and this one-off tournament will be the […]

Big-hitting American Bryson DeChambeau will be hoping to use his new-found power to his advantage when he tees off at the Northern Trust on Thursday. This week’s PGA Tour event takes places at TPC Boston in Massachusetts and power is fairly important if players want to be competing on the final day on Sunday. DeChambeau […]

The unusual European Tour of 2020 takes another twist this week and punters may be feeling a sense of deja vu. A six-year wait without a tournament for Celtic Manor ended last week with the Celtic Classic and now players will have the opportunity to tackle the Twenty Ten course again, this time in the […]

The PGA Tour season has been squashed and squeezed by forces beyond its control and strangely the FedEx Cup playoffs are on the horizon despite only one Major having been staged this year. The playoffs typically come after the Majors have been completed, but the sporting summer has been ravaged, meaning the mega-bucks FedEx Cup […]

It is the fourth leg of the European’s Tour’s UK swing this week as the action heads to Wales for the Celtic Classic and the 132-man field will be vying for glory at the famous Celtic Manor, venue of the 2010 Ryder Cup. It is a decade since Europe edged out the USA in the […]

British Masters host Lee Westwood failed miserably to contend in his own tournament the week before last, going off a well-backed favourite at Close House before scraping through the halfway cut, then carding a lacklustre final-round 79 to finish last of the weekend qualifiers. The Worksop Wonder, as he has been known since winning his […]

The most attractive thing about golf betting is that punters can claim some winners at huge odds, which come in on a regular basis. The challenge is to narrow down fields of 156 players into realistic hopefuls by considering key elements that point to success. You need to consider how well they have been performing […]

This week’s WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational will be the first time Jon Rahm has started an event as world number one – and it will be interesting to see how he reacts to that elevated status. It has been a lifelong dream of Rahm to reach the rankings’ summit and he has wobbled badly when […]

Diminutive Dutchman Joost Luiten has six European Tour titles to his name, which is more than most in the Hero Open field, meaning he is being given great respect by the bookmaking community this week. Luiten was market leader for the first two post-lockdown tournaments – the Austrian Open and the Euram Bank Open – […]

Formbook students are entitled to look quizzically at the favourite for the 3M Open this week – Dustin Johnson tops the betting despite performing like the club hacker at Muirfield Village last week. Johnson entered the Memorial Tournament as one of the most well-fancied runners, having won the Travelers Championship in his previous start, but […]

The Austrian Open and the Euram Bank Open provided some low-key action as the European Tour eased into the post-lockdown era, but the circuit steps up a gear this week with the British Masters at Close House. The Tour is staging six tournaments in the United Kingdom before the end of next month and the […]

The Workday Charity Open was a thrilling start to the PGA Tour’s fortnight stay at Muirfield Village, but it is time for the main event – the Memorial Tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus. Last week’s warm-up gathering lacked star quality – and Justin Thomas almost took advantage of absent rivals by winning the title – […]

The revised European Tour schedule in the wake of the coronavirus crisis meant a fortnight in Austria would kick off proceedings and a fresh venue takes centre stage this week. Golf Club Adamstal is shaped like a ski slope rather than a golf course – the spectacular layout is high in the mountains – and […]

The three-month coronavirus suspension meant a few PGA Tour events fell by the wayside, leaving the FedEx Cup race lacking its usual number of tournaments, and this week’s inaugural Workday Charity Open has been added to the schedule as a replacement. In an unprecedented step, PGA Tour chiefs announced back-to-back events at Muirfield Village, Ohio, […]

The Rocket Mortgage Classic put a smile on the face of Detroit last year when Nate Lashley landed his maiden PGA Tour title and the defending champion would be a popular winner if he could repeat the trick this week. Lashley suffered badly when a college player – his parents and girlfriend died in a […]

The Travelers Championship is the third event in the PGA Tour’s post-lockdown schedule and we have taken an in-depth look at the tournament ahead of Thursday’s opening round. Colonial Country Club in Texas and the Harbour Town Links in South Carolina staged the first two tournaments in the return of the PGA Tour – and […]

There are some fantastic golf courses around the world, all of which offer up different challenges from professional level all the way down to amateurs, but which layout should you be adding to your bucket list? Augusta National, USA One of the most iconic courses in golf is Augusta National, which was founded by Bobby […]