Catriona Matthew on the rise of women’s golf and playing Aramco Team Series Jeddah November 9, 2022 Women’s golf has come a long way since Catriona Matthew first swung a club, thanks in no small part to the trailblazing Scot. When she joined her local club in North Berwick in the early 1980s, prize money was a fraction of that in the men’s game, with just £5,600 on offer to the winner [...]
Aramco Team Series Jeddah: Who is vying for Pia Babnik’s crown at Royal Greens? November 9, 2022 Aramco Team Series Jeddah defending champion Pia Babnik is back at Royal Greens this week and hoping that a focus on the team competition serves her well again. The Slovenian teenager underlined her immense promise by winning the individual competition 12 months ago, her second professional title in a breakthrough year. Still only 18, Babnik [...]
Georgia Hall aiming to cap fine season with success at Aramco Team Series Jeddah November 9, 2022 A major champion and two-time European order of merit winner by her early twenties, Georgia Hall has already ticked a lot of boxes in her young career. Over the coming weeks she hopes to reach a new milestone: a first multiple title-winning year. Having claimed the Saudi Ladies International in March, Hall will aim for [...]
TMRW Sports: Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton follow US athlete blueprint November 6, 2022 While no one can doubt the achievements of a combined eight NBA titles, 10 Grammys, 21 Olympic medals, 40 Emmys, 42 Grand Slams and 113 Formula One wins, it is away from the stages, studios and stadiums that TMRW Sports could be about to change the game following an investor announcement last week. Founded by [...]
Sam Torrance: Jordan Smith and Seamus Power join the multiple winners’ club October 31, 2022 In golf they say your second win is often harder to get than your first, and two up and coming European players, Jordan Smith and Seamus Power, reached that landmark on Sunday. Winning one tournament makes you feel like you’ve arrived, but the second one makes you feel like it wasn’t a fluke. For self-belief [...]
LIV Golf: Johnson’s 4 Aces win inaugural Team Championship October 30, 2022 Four Aces GC have been crowned the inaugural LIV Golf Series Team Championship winners, claiming a $16m (£13.8m) share of a $50m (£43.2) overall prize pot in Miami, Florida. The team – captained by Dustin Johnson and completed by Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch and Pat Perez – finished their four rounds with a combined score [...]
LIV Golf Series: Tour set for Team Championship finale in Miami October 26, 2022 When simply completing the final weekend of the calendar earns you a minimum of $250,000 (£216,300), you know the reason why there’s a certain draw to the extravagant season finale of the LIV Golf Series. But at the Trump National Doral Golf Club from tomorrow, a solid three rounds of golf, on what’s known as [...]
McIlroy says his golf is in ‘satisfying’ place as he returns to No1 October 25, 2022 Newly crowned world No1 Rory McIlroy has said he feels like his golf is in a “satisfying” place following his 23rd PGA Tour win on Sunday. The Northern Irishman spoke after he retained the CJ Cup title he won last year and following the latest success in a generally stellar year of golf. The 33-year-old’s [...]
Brooks Koepka wins LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah and admits he almost quit golf October 16, 2022 Brooks Koepka admitted he feared his career had been wrecked by injuries after ending his 20-month drought with victory at the LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah on Sunday. Koepka beat fellow American and Smash GC team-mate Peter Uihlein on the third play-off hole after the pair finished tied at the top of the leaderboard on 12 [...]
Thompson wins Aramco Team Series title for first victory since 2019 October 16, 2022 American Lexi Thompson claimed her first individual victory since 2019 yesterday when she won the New York leg of the Aramco Team Series by three shots. The 27-year-old claimed her first triumph – at the Trump Golf Links Ferry Point – on Saturday since the ShopRite LPGA Classic in three years ago when she completed [...]