Jun 26th, 2016 Article
A quick six or a cheeky three
Arlington Lakes Golf Club near Chicago has invested $2.4 million to renovate and reroute their course. But it’s the rerouting that has really grabbed our attention.
Aug 5th, 2017 Article
Golf tips – How To Hit Irons Like Seve
Halve your handicap: De-loft for better iron shots: GP's Sultan Of Swing Jeff Ritter shows us how Seve would take loft off his irons in order to win lots of majors...
May 30th, 2021 Article
Popov flying the flag for Europe in Las Vegas
The inaugural Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Hosted by Shadow Creek is down to four players, vying for the LPGA Tour’s first match-play title since 2017. American Ally Ewing will take on Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn in Sunday’s first semifinal match, while China’s Shanshan Feng, who won her quarterfinal match with a 50-foot birdie on the first playoff hole, will face off with Germany’s Sophia Popov.
May 21st, 2021 Article
Was Catlin just a soft target?
John Catlin, a regular on the European Tour was penalised for slow play in the first round of the 103rd PGA Championship. for a breach of the pace of play policy. It is the first time a player has been given a penalty for slow play in a major since 2013. That year 14-year-old Chinese amateur Tianlang Guan was docked a shot at the Masters and Hideki Matsuyama picked up a penalty at The Open.
Sep 10th, 2016 Article
Castle Stuart designer speaks out
The managing partner of Castle Stuart Golf Links has said golf courses have to become easier to play in order to boost participation levels.
Aug 2nd, 2015 Article
Thai Triumph
“The John Daly of Asia”, the hugely impressive Kiradech Aphibarnrat from Thailand held his nerve against Swede Robert Karlsson this afternoon to win the inaugural Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play at Murcar Links Golf Club, Aberdeen.
Feb 9th, 2020 Article
Was Gmac lucky not to be penalised?
It was great to see Graeme McDowell win again on the European Tour but had the tour applied the slow play rules more strictly come Sunday afternoon might it have been a different story? The Northern Irishman was carrying a ‘bad time’ after a transgression during his second round and playing in the final pairing come Sunday he and partner Victor Dubuisson became detached at the back of the field.
Aug 7th, 2019 Article
Them in charge need to do something!
As we start the end of season scramble, which is the Fedex Cup playoff, starting first at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, the problem of slow play rears its ugly head once again. Both Rory and Brooks were asked in yesterday’s interviews about the problem and neither of them held back their criticism and the need for the governing bodies to take action.
Aug 10th, 2019 Article
Top 5 Slowest Golfers Revisited
Ok we are not going to let this one drop. Slow play is killing our game and the lead must come from the professional ranks. In the second round of the Northern Trust, Bryson DeChambeau took it to another level.
Jan 21st, 2017 Article
Golf Express comes to London
We all know the curse of slow play, but now Bromley Golf has become the first golf complex in the country to be branded as a ‘Golf Express Centre’.
Sep 12th, 2019 Article
Slowheim Cup
The players in the afternoon fourballs are on the back nine. The target time for the matches is four and half hours and they are on five hours and forty-five-minute pace. It seems that the men’s game is not the only one plagued by slow play problems.
Nov 27th, 2015 Article
Stevie G tells R&A how it is
Pace of play has at last risen up the agenda, and now even the R&A are rising to the challenge of how to fix this frustrating part of playing a round of golf. And here's what Stephen Gallagher has proposed.
