Sam Torrance: Brooks Koepka looked better than ever in US PGA Championship May 22, 2023 Brooks Koepka looked back to his best in claiming a deserved third US PGA Championship on Sunday after a magnificent tournament at Oak Hill. Some of the golf played over the four days in Rochester, New York, was out of this world and the course held up unbelievably well in near-constant rain on Saturday. We [...]
Carlota Ciganda emulates England’s Charlie Hull with Aramco Team Series win in Florida May 22, 2023 Spain’s Carlota Ciganda followed in the footsteps of fellow former European No1 Charley Hull by winning the US leg of the Aramco Team Series in Florida on Sunday. Ciganda held her nerve at the end of a testing final round to clinch her seventh Ladies European Tour title, beating Czech Klara Davidson Spilkova by one [...]
Dani Holmqvist on flying helicopters, swilling wine and fighting off venomous spiders May 18, 2023 Swedish golfer Dani Holmqvist on training to be a sommelier, learning to pilot a helicopter, squeezing venom out of a spider bite and this week’s “home” Aramco Team Series event in Florida. For some, a long recuperation following a crash would be the perfect excuse to put feet up, reach for the biscuit tin and [...]
Aramco Team Series – Florida: Who is playing for $1m at Trump West Palm Beach? May 17, 2023 Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson look to be the women to beat when the Aramco Team Series rolls into Florida for the first time this week. World No3 Ko is the highest ranked player in the field at Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, while Thompson is defending champion of sorts, having won the [...]
Sam Torrance: Jon Rahm’s the man to beat at US PGA but don’t overlook Brooks Koepka May 17, 2023 Sam Torrance previews this week’s US PGA Championship and fancies Brooks Koepka to rival the three favourites, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. Oak Hill is a venue I know well from playing the 1995 Ryder Cup and I’m back in New York state this week to cover what promises to be a great [...]
Rory McIlroy over Masters performance as golfer targets US PGA May 16, 2023 Former world No1 golfer Rory McIlroy insists he is over his missed cut at the Masters as the Northern Irishman gets set to challenge for a third US PGA Championship title this week. The four-time major winner was one of the favourites going into Augusta but crumbled inside the opening two rounds. “Golf is golf, [...]
LIV Golf Tulsa: Dustin Johnson rediscovers winning touch ahead of US PGA May 15, 2023 Former world No1 Dustin Johnson toasted a timely return to form after warming up for this week’s US PGA Championship by winning the LIV Golf League event in Tulsa on Sunday. Johnson beat Open champion Cameron Smith and South Africa’s Branden Grace in a three-man play-off in Oklahoma to claim the $4m (£3.2m) first prize. [...]
24 places and Tulsa: Why Westwood, Poulter and LIV Golf’s Brits need an upturn in form May 11, 2023 Since LIV Golf launched last year, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood have rarely been out of the headlines for long. Sure, commissioner and CEO Greg Norman has been LIV’s most prominent spokesperson and Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson its two most high-profile signings but, after that, the British pair have been the focus of much [...]
Talor Gooch takes prize money earnings to $20m in a year on LIV Golf circuit May 1, 2023 If there is one player who has benefited most from joining LIV Golf then Talor Gooch must be a strong contender, having trebled his career earnings in less than a year. Gooch became the first player to win back-to-back tournaments on the big-money breakaway circuit on Sunday when he beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off [...]
Mickelson: ‘Majors will find way to get best LIV Golf players in field’ April 27, 2023 Phil Mickelson believes organisers of the four men’s majors will change their qualifying criteria if the Official Golf World Ranking continues refusing to acknowledge the LIV Golf League. Six-time major winner Mickelson revisited the ranking points row in Singapore this week, where the fifth LIV Golf event of the 2023 season is due to take [...]