Victor Perez took a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, with the Frenchman chasing history at the fourth and final Rolex Series event of the year as he aims to become the first player from France to be crowned Race to Dubai Champion.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout cruised to victory at the South African Open to complete a double having won last week at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The South African closed with a three-under-par for an eighteen under total and a five-shot victory from Jamie Donaldson of Wales. "It's a South African golfer's dream to win a national tournament. It's unreal," said Bezuidenhout.
Antoine Rozner claimed his maiden European Tour title at the Golf in Dubai Championship presented by DP World after a great final round performance helped the Frenchman come from four shots back to seal a two-stroke victory at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
This time last year it was not looking particularly rosy for the golf industry in the UK. Participation figures for golf had risen slightly but the outlook for many clubs up and down the land was bleak. Membership figures were falling and there was a trend forming as the body of nomadic golfers rose.
Have you been trying to predict the outcome of some of golf’s biggest tournaments and events but haven’t had much luck, or perhaps tried to predict the total amount of shots a player will take for a hole and have gotten it completely wrong? If so, then it’s pretty apparent that you might need a hand with betting on golf.
There's a wee nip in the air now, well there always is in the UK! So its time to layer up and get those golf jumpers (or sweaters) out. Here's our choice of the latest offerings just in time to get one on that list for Santa!
I’ve been golfing since, well let’s not go there but trust me it’s a long time. Over the years I have had all those favourite golf themed birthday cards umpteen times – especially the one where the frogs gather by the hole to avoid the ball from the guy hitting over the water to the green! I have also had a number of those golfing gifts which go in the cupboard and never see the light of day.
World-renowned golf trolley manufacturer Stewart Golf recently announced the addition of the all-new Q Follow machine to its award-winning range and now it has adapted the model to offer two slightly different priced options.
Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, and the most recent Major winner Bryson DeChambeau, will be rocking key pieces from PUMA Golf’s Autumn, Winter 2020 Collection. Highlighted by the Experience Collection of apparel, footwear and accessories that take inspiration from the flora that typically surrounds the most talked about three-hole stretch in all of golf.
As those of us in England are climbing the walls in lockdown number two it must be time for a wee quiz. Nothing too spectacular just ten questions about the last men's major of this crazy year! Test your knowledge and see if you can beat your mates and that bloke down the pub - oh yes the pub is closed, ahhhh! (Answers at the bottom - no peeking!) 1. In what year was the first Masters held?
Stars of the Ladies European Tour are ready to make golfing history this week as they play in Saudi Arabia’s first ever professional female tournaments, taking place in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). Held within a safe bio-secure environment, 108 of the tour’s best golfers are in the Kingdom competing for a total $1.5million prize-fund for the landmark Ladies European Tour events.
Robert MacIntyre claimed an emotional maiden European Tour title at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown, where a seven under final round 64 earned the Scot a one-stroke victory in a thrilling shoot-out finale. "When the rain delay came in there, I said to my caddie Mike, it’s time to show up. I hit a great iron shot into 15 and there it was. It turned up right at the right time."
