The Memorial Tournament is the 33rd event of the 2022-23 PGA tour Season and eighth designated event, featuring seven of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. The Total prise purse amounts to $20 million, with $3.6 million going to the outright winner, along with 550 FedEx Cup points.
There’s more Olympic golf controversy as a Japanese non–profit group has demanded the golf tournament of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics be moved from the Kasumigaseki Country Club, which does not accept women as full members.
The big day has arrived for the members of Royal Troon. The special meeting that was announced two weeks ago in the light of the appalling vote at Muirfield will go ahead tonight. And we are praying for a resounding YES.
Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted he was outclassed on the golf course by Barack Obama when the pair recently played together at The Grove.
There's nothing worse than being caught short on the golf course. Extreme circumstances call for emergency action and, even if you just need a wizzle, there can be literally nowhere to turn.
Hinako Shibuno rekindled her love for the AIG Women’s Open after claiming the first round lead at Muirfield. On a historic day for women’s golf, as the East Lothian venue staged the Championship for the first time, the 2019 Champion from Japan shone on the famous links.
“The Goff. An Heroi-comical Poem”, first published by Scottish law clerk Thomas Mathison in 1743, is up for sale on February 14th at the Sheraton Hotel in Pasadena, California, and is expected to fetch up to $60,000.
Ashleigh Buhai defeated In Gee Chun at the fourth extra hole of a sudden-death play-off to win her first major title in dramatic style in the AIG Women’s Open at Muirfield. The 33-year-old let slip a five-shot overnight lead with a closing four-over 75 – largely due to a triple bogey at the 15th – to finish level with Chun on a ten-under-par total of 274.
Royal Troon Golf Club is set to remain men-only by the time it hosts this year’s Open Championship, despite efforts by The R&A to make the game more open and appealing to women. But has The R&A found a way of avoiding the media flak?
Golf remains one of the most popular sports in the USA and it seems to have a loyal following across Ohio, in particular. Residents of the Buckeye State love to follow the biggest tournaments and keep tabs on the world’s best pro players.
Ashleigh Buhai brilliantly produced the lowest round of the week to open up a five-stroke lead going into the final round of the AIG Women’s Open at Muirfield. The South African is on course for her first major title after a superb seven-under-par 64 for a commanding 14-under-par total of 199 – the second lowest 54-hole score in Championship history.
In Gee Chun is chasing her fourth major title after claiming a narrow lead after the second day of the AIG Women’s Open at Muirfield. In blustery conditions over the East Lothian links, the Korean signed for a five-under-par 66 and a 36-hole total of eight-under-par 134.
