Sam Torrance: Fitzpatrick is pick of English hopes in world class Scottish Open field July 6, 2022 City A.M.’s resident golf columnist Sam Torrance previews this week’s Scottish Open The week before the Open Championship is always a very prestigious one for Europe as America’s finest head across the pond to tune up for the major, but this year it is extra special. The Scottish Open, which is taking place at the [...]
Sam Torrance: Flawless Matt Fitzpatrick claimed a US Open that was a great advert for golf June 20, 2022 Watching Matt Fitzpatrick warming up on the driving range during the US Open, his swing looked like a picture of control. He took that out onto the course and showed it all week but especially in Sunday’s sublime final round, which completed his first major victory. Fitzpatrick played beautifully from tee to green at Brookline [...]
Sam Torrance: Stage is set for Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas to continue rivalry at US Open June 13, 2022 Recent form dictates that Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas will be the most fancied players in the field when the US Open returns to the Country Club, Brookline, this week. The Massachusetts venue is a really famous course and one of the oldest in the United States which has held this major three times before, [...]
Sam Torrance: Justin Thomas weathered the storm to win US PGA Championship May 23, 2022 Justin Thomas completed an incredible victory at the US PGA Championship on Sunday night, but the foundations were laid over the first two days at Southern Hills. Thursday and Friday saw the kind of variation in weather that we are more used to seeing at the Open Championship, with four or five shots difference depending [...]
Sam Torrance: Thorbjorn Olesen is back on the up after extraordinary British Masters win May 9, 2022 From his opening tee shot at The British Masters on Sunday, overnight leader Thorbjorn Olesen struggled to keep his ball on the course. He bogeyed the first, dropped further shots at the sixth, ninth, 14th and 15th holes, and on another day his scoring might have been even worse. I felt for the Dane, who [...]
Sam Torrance: Jon Rahm is due another major as magical Masters week rolls around April 4, 2022 Masters week is always one of my favourites and I am really looking forward to watching the best players in the world, hopefully including Tiger Woods, grace Augusta National. Five-time winner Woods is set to make a last-minute decision on whether to play in his first 72-hole tournament since almost losing his leg in a [...]
Sam Torrance: Man of the moment Scottie Scheffler has a wonderful golfing brain March 7, 2022 Until a few weeks ago, Scottie Scheffler was one of those players who you couldn’t believe hadn’t won on the PGA Tour yet. Now, suddenly, he is a two-time winner and up to No5 in the world rankings – but anyone who has been watching his progress won’t be surprised. Having got his first victory [...]
Sam Torrance: Fearless Joaquin Niemann is part of a classy new guard February 21, 2022 Joaquin Niemann has long been tipped for the big time, the former world No1 amateur mentioned alongside Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland as stars of the next generation. Were it not for the extraordinary success enjoyed by two-time major winner Morikawa and world No4 Hovland, Niemann’s own very promising first few seasons as a professional [...]
Sam Torrance: Thomas Pieters is playing the best golf of his life January 24, 2022 Thomas Pieters’ victory at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Sunday wasn’t just the biggest of his career – it was also the best performance I’ve seen from him. Pieters was a picture of composure as he played beautifully all day, making 16 pars in a 72 to keep his nose in front of Rafa [...]
Sam Torrance: Cameron Smith and my other players to watch in 2022 January 10, 2022 Cameron Smith got his 2022 off to just about the perfect start at the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii at the weekend. The Australian hardly put a foot wrong as he posted a PGA Tour record score of 34 under par to fight off the challenge of world No1 Jon Rahm and compatriot Matt Jones. [...]