LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah: English contingent aim to end season on a high October 13, 2022 With first place in the championship – and $18m (£16.1m) – already sewn up by Dustin Johnson, interest in this weekend’s LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah is likely to centre on who can triumph in the last individual tournament of the series and, potentially, claim a lucrative podium bonus. Forty points are on offer to the [...]
Sam Torrance: Jon Rahm and Tom Kim are following in the footsteps of golf’s greats October 10, 2022 Jon Rahm knew exactly what was on the line as he tried to close out victory at the Spanish Open in Madrid on Sunday. A third win at his home championship would equal the tally of his late hero Seve Ballesteros. In the end Rahm didn’t just win – he blew the rest of the [...]
LIV Golf Bangkok: Rookie Eugenio Chacarra wins as Dustin Johnson secures £16m bonus October 9, 2022 Spanish prospect Eugenio Chacarra was among the least well-known players to ruffle a few feathers by signing up to LIV Golf, but that may be about to change. Chacarra announced his arrival on Sunday with a wire-to-wire win against a field stacked with major winners at the LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok. It delivered the first [...]
Dustin Johnson could bank record $22m prize money at LIV Golf event in Bangkok October 6, 2022 A row over world ranking points may be dominating the agenda ahead of this weekend’s LIV Golf Invitational in Bangkok but by the end of it all the talk could be about Dustin Johnson and the biggest prize money payout in the history of the sport. Johnson stands to bank $22m (£20m) in total if [...]
Emily Pedersen on the Aramco Team Series and her dream of achieving pay parity in golf October 5, 2022 Emily Pedersen discusses the growth of women’s golf, her hope of seeing prize money parity in the sport in the near future, and the Aramco Team Series. Emily Pedersen has been one of the shining lights of European golf in recent years and the Dane is optimistic that the future looks bright both for her [...]
Lindsey Weaver-Wright on Aramco Team Series, golf’s highs and lows – and fire ants October 5, 2022 Lindsey Weaver-Wright admits to some frustration with her fluctuating fortunes on the LPGA Tour this year but the American has every reason to hope for an upturn in form next week at the Aramco Team Series New York. Weaver-Wright finished just outside the top 10 in a tie for 11th place at the same event [...]
Aramco Team Series New York: Who is playing at Trump Ferry Point? October 5, 2022 Aramco Team Series events are rarely short of star quality but the field for next week’s visit to New York is one of the most decorated yet. World No3 Nelly Korda will be aiming for her second successive win in the $5m series, after coasting to victory in the individual competition at Sotogrande in August. [...]
Cameron Smith proves point to critics with first LIV Golf win at his second attempt September 19, 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith hit back at criticism of his move to LIV Golf after winning his first title on the Saudi-backed big-money circuit on Sunday night. Smith carded a final round of 69 to finish on 13 under par and win by three shots from Dustin Johnson and Peter Uihlein at Rich Harvest Farms [...]
Sam Torrance: Effortless Shane Lowry was star turn in perfect advert for European golf September 12, 2022 We saw the best of what European golf and the DP World Tour stand for at the PGA Championship on Sunday, but all the plaudits have to go to Shane Lowry. I was fortunate to be at Wentworth, where Lowry put on one of the finest exhibitions of golf that I have seen in a [...]
Shane Lowry wins PGA Championship after seeing off Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm September 11, 2022 Shane Lowry declared himself “the happiest man in the world” after winning a curtailed PGA Championship at Wentworth on Sunday, and it’s probably safe to assume that DP World Tour chiefs were delighted with the outcome too. Lowry’s first title since hoisting the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush three years ago was a personal triumph [...]