Golf Comment: We may be Seve Trophy outsiders, but so were Europe at Ryder Cup September 30, 2013 THIS week’s column comes from France, where I’m excited to be preparing my Great Britain and Ireland team to face Europe in the Seve Trophy. The highlight of my career came as a captain, when Europe beat the United States to win the 2002 Ryder Cup at the Belfry, and although this is a different [...]
Golf Comment: Stenson deserves every penny of cup windfall September 23, 2013 WHAT an incredible turn of fortune Sweden’s Henrik Stenson completed on Sunday and who can begrudge him the FedEx Cup and its bumper winners’ cheque? He lost millions of dollars in disgraced financier Allen Stanford’s fraudulent investment scheme four years ago, but this win now sets him up for life in a game he loves. [...]
Golf Comment: Johnson peaking as FedEx Cup finale nears September 17, 2013 THE BMW Championship may have ended a day late due to bad weather but there’s not too much wrong with Zach Johnson’s timing as the finale to golf’s richest competition arrives this week. Former Masters winner Johnson’s victory on Monday was his first of the year but capped a superb run of six top 10 [...]
Shevchenko ready to begin new career on the golf course September 11, 2013 FORMER Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko completes his full transition from professional football to golf today when he makes his debut on the Challenge Tour in his native Ukraine. The 36-year-old former European footballer of the year will play in the Kharkov Superior Cup and is relishing his test on the big stage. Shevchenko said: “I [...]
Golf Comment: I won’t complain if Britons miss chance for FedEx Cup glory September 9, 2013 I WILL have mixed emotions watching the top British players try to qualify for the final round of the FedEx Cup play-offs this week, because if they don’t make it then I can include them in my Seve Trophy team for next month! The BMW Championship at Conway Farms’ in Chicago tees off on Thursday [...]
Sport Comment: Golf’s authorities need to make a major shift towards the Far East September 1, 2013 DOZENS of naked Korean men watching women’s golf. Now there’s a first line that forces you to read on… Let me explain – saunas here in Korea are places where men go to relax, sometimes for hours on end. They often have giant televisions, invariably showing sport. And if that sport isn’t baseball, it is [...]
Golf Comment: McDowell success should spur on players in Wales August 28, 2013 NORTHERN Ireland’s Graeme McDowell is a prime example of the journey young players can begin at the ISPS Handa Wales Open, which tees off today at Celtic Manor. In 2010 McDowell won the Wales Open by three shots, then famously the US Open two weeks later and holed the winning putt for Europe in the [...]
Golf Comment: Exciting youngsters can keep European golf on top of world August 19, 2013 THE LAST decade has been a golden one for European golf, with the successes of Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Padraig Harrington among the highlights, but the good news is it just seems to be getting better. Judging by the spectacular action of the last few days, Europe’s future is in safe hands, and nobody [...]
Golf Comment: Dufner can look forward to a bright future August 12, 2013 JASON Dufner was just too good for everyone this week. He shot a course record 63 in the second round at Oak Hill, but you don’t win the US PGA Championship on a Friday. He won it because he played so magnificently on Sunday. Aside from a bogey on the 17th he didn’t show too many signs [...]
Golf Comment : Woods is in ominous form ahead of US PGA August 5, 2013 THAT was Tiger Woods at his best. He was absolutely magnificent in winning the WGC Bridgestone Invitational by seven shots at Firestone at the weekend. He carded a second round 61, having been nine under in 13 holes, then a composed final round with 16 pars sealed his fifth win of the year. He was [...]