Golf Comment: Danny Willett’s European Masters win is sign of changing of English guard July 27, 2015 Danny Willett’s triumph at the European Masters on Sunday, his second win in eight months, was a great response to going close at the Open a week earlier, but it was also symptomatic of a wider trend. Read more: Willett hails his resilience after securing third Euro Tour success It was further evidence that [...]
Sam Torrance: Zach Johnson’s just played the best golf of his life at British Open July 20, 2015 It couldn't have been a much closer Open, but in the end Zach Johnson’s class told and nobody can argue that he didn’t deserve to add the Claret Jug to his Green Jacket from the Masters in 2007. Read more: Zach Johnson toasts "surreal" victory Eagle-eyed readers may recall I tipped him as [...]
Open 2015: Properties overlooking golf courses like St Andrew’s command prices 140 per cent above local average July 17, 2015 Properties next to golf courses are not only a winner for fans of the sport, but are good for their wallet too, with a premium price tag more than double that of nearby properties lacking fairway views. Anyone looking to sell up their course-side home aside any of the nine spots to host The [...]
The Open: Golf courses like St Andrews add a property price tag premium double the local area July 17, 2015 Properties next to golf courses are not only a winner for fans of the sport, but are good for their wallet too, with a premium price tag more than double that of nearby properties lacking fairway views, Anyone looking to sell up their course-side home aside any of the nine spots to host The Open [...]
Cityboys drive Porsche from London to Mongolia via a few 18 holes of golf – for charity July 16, 2015 We know what you’re like – you’re well-travelled, you play golf, you drive a Porsche, you drive the Porsche to the golf course while travelling, you get the idea. It should come as no surprise then that a couple of Cityboys are planning to do just that for charity; driving from London to Mongolia in [...]
Golf Comment: Spieth delights again but Zach is danger man July 16, 2015 PERFECT weather yesterday made St Andrews look very beatable but the Old Course started to show its teeth in the afternoon and the forecast suggests today could be very tough. Dustin Johnson showed that he has forgotten his disappointment at the US Open by playing beautifully, although I was even more impressed with Jordan Spieth. [...]
Golf Comment: Spieth’s no Open and shut case July 14, 2015 THERE’S no question who the favourite is for the Open Championship, but there is very good reason to doubt that Jordan Spieth will be able to complete the third leg of a Majors grand slam at St Andrews this week. Yes, Spieth is on the crest of a wave. His recovery from a bad first [...]
Golf Comment: Rory McIlroy absence from the Open would be a major let-down July 6, 2015 An injury so close to the Open Championship is a player’s worst nightmare so I feel for Rory McIlroy. Read more: Kickabout ends McIlroy chances of defending the Open US Open and Masters winner Jordan Spieth has put him in the shade a little by winning the year’s first two Majors, and McIlroy would [...]
Nine-hole golf to help England unearth its own Jordan Spieth June 23, 2015 Golf chiefs plan to encourage more people to play a nine-hole version of the game in the hope of raising participation levels and unearthing an English Jordan Spieth. England Golf is piloting an increased emphasis on the nine-hole game at a handful of courses to address a decline in the number of adults playing [...]
Golf Comment: Greens weren’t perfect but that’s okay, champions make best of it June 22, 2015 YOU COULDN’T have asked for a better US Open. It was links golf to a tee and throughly enjoyable to watch as the extremity of the Chambers Bay course saw the lead change hands again and again. I had to feel for Dustin Johnson after he missed out on a first Major title and then [...]