Golf Comment: All eyes on Mickelson’s bid for three triumphs in a row July 29, 2013 OPEN champion Phil Mickelson looks set to be the centre of attention once again this week when he returns to action at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. The new world No2 is in red-hot form and aiming for a third consecutive victory, having also claimed the Scottish Open just days before his Muirfield triumph earlier this [...]
Golf Comment: Astounding 66 made Lefty a worthy champ July 21, 2013 HE IS no stranger to winning Majors but I suspect that yesterday’s dazzling and triumphant final round at the Open will stay with Phil Mickelson for as long as he lives. Shooting a 66 on a Muirfield course that proved such a test to the best players in the world is astounding. Lefty, as he [...]
Golf comment: R&A chiefs are spot on about Muirfield pins July 18, 2013 I THOUGHT Peter Dawson, the R&A’s chief executive, answered critics of Muirfield’s pin positions perfectly and I agreed with every word he said. A tough set-up is the organisers’ last defence when the course is playing easily, and you could not have wished for better conditions than yesterday. Mickelson three-putted for a bogey at 18 [...]
Golf Comment: Rose can make it consecutive Majors July 17, 2013 A GLANCE through the list of winners at previous Opens held at Muirfield shows that this course is one that tends to reward only the very best players, and that is reflected in my tips for this year’s championship. Last month’s US Open triumph at Merion constituted a huge breakthrough for Justin Rose, and I [...]
Golf facing huge split but R&A are in right February 25, 2013 GOLF COMMENT IT’S no exaggeration to say that golf is currently facing a huge issue that threatens to cause a major split between the game’s lawmakers, the R&A, and the richest and most powerful tour, the PGA. The R&A and the US Golf Association have proposed banning the use of putters that are anchored to [...]
Anchors away: Golf to ban putt November 28, 2012 GOLF’S ruling organisations have proposed anchored putting be banned from all competitions by 2016, in what would be the biggest shake-up to the sport in decades. The new rules proposed by the Royal and Ancient Club and United States Golf Association would permit the use of long-handed putters, such as the broom handle or belly [...]
Rose and Westwood advance to all-English World Golf Final October 11, 2012 ENGLAND’S Justin Rose is to face compatriot Lee Westwood in the inaugural World Golf Final in Turkey after yesterday defeating America’s Tiger Woods. Rose shot a 69 which included two birdies and an eagle in the last six holes to beat the world no2 and admitted afterwards that any victory over Westwood is one that [...]
European golf’s greatest day September 30, 2012 That was European golf’s greatest ever day. America have come back before but that was in Brookline, that was at home. This, for Europe, was away. England’s Ian Poulter should be given an MBE for his magnificent, influential display. If he was in the transfer market, there wouldn’t be enough money in the entire world [...]
Botham and Clarke club up for two day charity golfing feast September 23, 2012 SPORTING legends Sir Ian Botham and Darren Clarke teed up a global gathering of the celebrity and business elite at the Archerfield Links in Scotland to take part in a golfing charity fundraiser – raising over £500,000 for charity. The Pro Am invitational, which raises money for Botham and Clarke’s charities, “Beefy’s Charity Foundation” and [...]
Zhang to set golf record June 12, 2012 GOLF: Fourteen-year-old Andy Zhang will tomorrow become the youngest post-war player in the US Open when he tees off in the first round tomorrow. China-born, America-based Zhang replaces injured Englishman Paul Casey, who is recuperating from a dislocated shoulder.