Ryder Cup: How £5,000, 24-carat gold coins could change sport mementos September 22, 2025 The inside story of Echo Collectibles, who are minting 24-carat gold coins with Keegan Bradley ahead of the Ryder Cup. This week, as Teams USA and Europe go to war on the Bethpage Black battlefield for the Ryder Cup, there will be countless pieces of merchandise on offer for both fans on the ground in [...]
Ryder Cup should be reserved for free-to-air TV, say nine in 10 golf fans September 18, 2025 Nine in 10 golf fans believe the Ryder Cup should be added to the UK’s so-called crown jewels of sports broadcasting and made available on free-to-air TV. Sky Sports has held the exclusive live rights to the biennial golf contest between Europe and the US for the last 30 years, during which the event has [...]
Losses balloon at Ryder Cup host Celtic Manor Resort September 9, 2025 Losses have ballooned at the company behind the former Ryder Cup host Celtic Manor Resort despite its revenue rising during its latest financial year, it has been revealed. The five-star golf, spa and hotel destination, which is located near Newport in Wales, has posted pre-tax losses of £11.3m for 2024, according to new accounts filed [...]
Ryder Cup rivals McIlroy and Scheffler lined up for TV clash at Trump course August 26, 2025 Ryder Cup stars Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are being lined up to captain opposing teams in a made-for-TV golf contest later this year, according to US reports. Masters champion McIlroy and world No1 Scheffler are set to lead four-man teams from the rest of the world and the US respectively in a skills-type format, [...]
Inaugural charity Fairmont Golf Open to tee off at Fairmont St Andrews August 23, 2025 Fairmont St Andrews will this September tee off on the inaugural Fairmont Golf Open in aid of eradicating motor neuron disease. The three-day event will see participating golfers descend on the iconic Torrance and Kittocks courses between 12 and 14 September in support of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, a charity hoping to cure MND [...]
Woad to success: How amateur Lottie took golf by storm July 30, 2025 “No, I’m not tempted to turn pro yet,” insisted England’s Lottie Woad after winning the Women’s Irish Open, her first Ladies European Tour title, as an amateur earlier this month. Just three weeks later, she is not only a fully-fledged pro but the bookmakers’ favourite to win the Women’s Open, which starts on Thursday. It [...]
Turnberry should host another Open, says Donald Trump’s son July 30, 2025 Donald Trump’s son says the US President “deserves” to have his Turnberry golf course host another Open Championship. Turnberry in South Ayrshire last hosted The Open in 2009, five years before President Trump bought the celebrated golf resort. “It deserves it, and I truly think that my father’s been a guy who also deserves it,” [...]
Fleet of robots replaces human mowers at Women’s Open July 30, 2025 Organisers of the Women’s Open teeing off at Royal Porthcawl tomorrow have revealed their secret weapon for keeping the course in pristine condition: robots. A fleet of 15 autonomous mowers which use satellite technology to detect their location are being used to manicure all fairways and practice areas at the venue in Wales. This represents [...]
Jonas Martensson: Minecraft guru on new role with LIV Golf and Cleeks GC July 24, 2025 Having swapped Minecraft for LIV Golf, Jonas Martensson discusses how he is going to revolutionise his Cleeks GC team. Picture the scene: you wake in random grassland with nothing to your name. Then you forage for resources and food, build yourself a house – then a town, city and kingdom – and fight monsters who [...]
Three Lions fans snap up 2026 World Cup packages… in three days July 23, 2025 Hospitality tickets to watch England at next summer’s World Cup sold out within three days of being put on sale last week, with fans eager to secure the right to follow Thomas Tuchel’s side in the US, Canada and Mexico at the first opportunity. Fifa released hospitality packages last Monday for the group and first [...]