Sam Torrance: Deep thinker Zach Johnson will be happy with strong US Ryder Cup team August 29, 2023 In naming his six wild card picks to complete the US Ryder Cup team, captain Zach Johnson has clearly prioritised players with experience. Johnson would have been castigated if he hadn’t chosen US PGA champion Brooks Koepka, despite the controversy around Koepka’s membership of the LIV Golf tour. Collin Morikawa, who won 3.5 points from [...]
US Ryder Cup team: Brooks Koepka in but Johnson, DeChambeau and Reed snubbed August 29, 2023 US Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson has named LIV Golf rebel Brooks Koepka in his team for next month’s contest against Europe in Rome. Koepka is one of Johnson’s six wild cards for the match, along with Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns and Rickie Fowler. They join previously confirmed automatic qualifiers Scottie [...]
Rory McIlroy harnessing pain of Whistling Straits in search of Ryder Cup revenge August 28, 2023 Rory McIlroy insists he is determined to harness the pain of Europe’s record defeat at Whistling Straits to regain the Ryder Cup next month in Rome. World No2 McIlroy is one of three European players to have guaranteed their place at the biennial contest against the USA, along with Masters winner Jon Rahm and new [...]
Explained: How Tour Championship format works and FedEx Cup prize money is shared August 26, 2023 This weekend’s finale to the PGA Tour promises to answer a host of questions, but the most pressing for casual golf fans may surround the unusual mechanics of the Tour Championship format and the way that $75m of FedEx Cup prize money is carved up. From a sporting point of view, the most intriguing storylines [...]
Olazabal brings Ryder Cup flavour to Staysure PGA Seniors Championship August 23, 2023 Two-time Masters winner Jose Maria Olazabal will tee it up alongside a host of golfing greats when the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship gets underway at Trump International Golf Links tomorrow. Olazabal will headline a star-studded field as the Legends Tour’s flagship event heads to Aberdeenshire for the first time. Defending champion Adilson da Silva, who [...]
PGA Tour: Talks with Saudi Arabia’s PIF to unify men’s golf continuing ‘urgently’ August 22, 2023 PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan has played down concerns over the progress of its deal to unite with LIV Golf and Europe’s DP World Tour, insisting negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund continue to advance with “intensity and urgency”. Eleven weeks after all parties made the shock announcement that they had agreed a framework [...]
Sam Torrance: Viktor Hovland hitting new heights is a Ryder Cup boost for Europe August 22, 2023 Viktor Hovland was nothing short of magnificent in beating a stacked field to win the BMW Championship on Sunday – and that’s more great news for Europe ahead of the Ryder Cup next month in Italy. The Norwegian had to be at the top of his game to leapfrog in-form overnight leaders Scottie Scheffler and [...]
Revamped DP World Tour to return to China August 14, 2023 The DP World Tour has announced a revamped format with a record prize pot for 2024 with the tour returning to China for the first time since 2019. The tour announces a phased season in a first major announcement to the schedule since the tour struck a deal with LIV Golf and the PGA Tour [...]
LIV Golf Bedminster: Cameron Smith eyes £14m prize after win puts him top of league August 14, 2023 Cameron Smith has set his sights on being crowned LIV Golf League individual champion after claiming his second win of the season at Bedminster on Sunday. The Australian romped to a seven-shot victory that lifted him to the top of the standings – and in pole position for an $18m (£14m) champion’s bonus – with [...]
Hull comes close again as Vu wins second golf major of year August 13, 2023 Charley Hull suffered a second major heartache of 2023 as the Brit fell away on the final day of AIG Women’s Open to finish six shots behind winner Lilia Vu at Walton Heath today. Hull came second in a major for the second time this year after achieving the same finish at the US Women’s [...]