Golf Comment: Ryder Cup debut should be goal for Olesen October 5, 2015 IT WAS two years ago at the Seve Trophy in Paris that I recall being impressed by a young Danish player who helped Continental Europe beat the Great Britain and Ireland team that I was captaining. Thorbjorn Olesen, then 23, was athletic and had a good swing, as well as something in his demeanour that [...]
Jordan Spieth’s extraordinary season is as good as Tiger Wood’s landmark 2000 – Sam Torrance’s Golf Comment September 29, 2015 Just last week I pondered whether Jason Day, with a sequence of four wins from six tournaments that propelled him to world No1, had done enough to eclipse Jordan Spieth as golf’s star of 2015. I sided with Masters and US Open winner Spieth, and if there was any lingering doubt the young Texan [...]
Solheim Cup 2015 row: Europe were better off losing after ‘concession’ controversy – Sam Torrance’s Golf Comment September 22, 2015 Honesty and fair play are cornerstones of golf, so the row that erupted during the Solheim Cup between Europe and the United States on Sunday jarred horribly with everything this great game should be about. I was extremely disappointed with Europe’s behaviour after it emerged that American Alison Lee had picked up her ball [...]
Golfer Jason Day’s 2015 PGA Tour earnings make him even richer than the FTSE 100’s highest earning chief Sir Martin Sorrell September 22, 2015 FTSE 100 bosses may be thinking of a change in career; as it’s been revealed that professional golfer Jason Day has pocketed more than $5m (£3.2m) from an incredible run of form in the past two months, not only pushing him above Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth to golf’s No1 ranking, but also one of [...]
Sam Torrance’s Golf Comment: Walker Cup triumph was simply magnificent September 15, 2015 They were simply magnificent. I am of course talking about Great Britain and Ireland who beat a strong United States team on Sunday to regain the Walker Cup at Royal Lytham and St Annes. The Walker Cup is the pinnacle of amateur golf, the equivalent of the Ryder Cup. Great Britain and Ireland were [...]
Notion that Rickie Fowler is the most overrated golfer on the PGA Tour is nonsense September 9, 2015 America's Rickie Fowler topped a poll of the most overrated golfers on the PGA Tour in May – what a load of nonsense. In the same week as that insulting poll he went on to beat Sergio Garcia and Kevin Kisner in a play-off to claim the Players Championship at Sawgrass in the most [...]
SSE Women’s Invitational 2015: Golf event to target women September 3, 2015 Tour stars Laura Davies and Melissa Reid and acclaimed author Matthew Syed are among the attractions at a new golf and business event uniquely targeted at women. The SSE Women’s Invitational at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, this month aims to open up corporate golf days – traditionally seen as male-only territory – to a more diverse [...]
Corbyn’s face on bankers’ golf ball gift August 19, 2015 USUALLY if you don’t like someone, the cliched approach is to stick their photo on a dartboard and aim for the face. Not content with such a working-class show of vehemence, golfing experts Your Golf Travel made some gifts for their 20 biggest clients. Execs from Coutts, Lloyds and M&S all received golf balls with [...]
Jason Day’s success could be the start of a new three-way era, featuring Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy – Sam Torrance’s Golf Comment August 18, 2015 The parade of birdies, magnificent shot-making and record scores that we witnessed over the last few days as Jason Day held off Jordan Spieth to win the US PGA Championship is exactly what we want from golf. Day was just superb. He had challenged at Majors before but hadn’t lasted the pace and could [...]
More significant things in life than golf tournaments, admits McIlroy August 13, 2015 FIT-AGAIN Rory McIlroy will head into today’s opening round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits with a new-found perspective borne out of his enforced injury absence. World No1 McIlroy feared he had broken an ankle while playing football on 4 July, but a ruptured left ankle ligament was severe enough to sideline the 26-year-old [...]