Tyrrell Hatton continues to set the pace in search of an unprecedented third Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, but Danny Willett is one of several dangerous rivals in pursuit – and the former Masters champion also has a share of the lead in the Team Championship. Everything seems to be going according to plan for Hatton, but the competition is beginning to heat up.
The season is over...time to relax. We wish! The Race to Dubai may have finished on Sunday but the new season on the European Tour kicks off on Thursday at the Leopard Creek Country Club in South Africa for the Alfred Dunhill Championship. Fancy placing a bet? Well these guys may be worth taking a punt on.
You have to go back a long time to remember a Masters when so many players, at some point, were arguably in contention to grab that fabled Green Jacket. We know who ultimately prevailed but what happened to other runners who came up short when the chips were down? Here is GP's rundown of the how the main contenders finished.
Defending Masters champion Jon Rahm and Legion XIII teammate Tyrrell Hatton will head to Augusta National this week after celebrating their second LIV Golf team victory of the season. Stinger GC’s Dean Burmester isn’t in the field for the year’s first major, but he made a bold statement Sunday on one of golf’s toughest courses.
"When you are missing both ways with your driver, it's never good. And I also made a bogey with a wedge in my hand at the first, which is sloppy."
It is with good reason that European Ryder Cup captains have always relied on veterans for their wildcard picks. Europe’s four best-ever performing groups of picks – from 1987, 2004, 2006 and 2010 – each scored at least 5.5 points. They had another thing in common: a player who had appeared in four or more Ryder Cups.
Now this was surprising....
Six time European Tour winner and all round golfing good guy is finally fit after suffering from a costly wrist injury back in March last year. Last week he played his first professional tournament since his injury. This week he's at it again. A few days before Christmas he met up with Gorgeous George to talk fitness training with a rugby team, one armed practice, and new years resolutions...
Tyler Koivisto completed a remarkable victory in his first Official World Golf Ranking recognised event by winning the Northern Ireland Open Supported by The R&A. “It’s very special,” he said. “Golfing wise, probably the best week of my life. For my wife, our wedding, obviously, was the best week of my life. With victory in Ballymena, Koivisto made it an American double with countryman
Mother Nature stole the show Friday morning at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas, dumping almost two inches of rain on the course and causing a six-hour weather delay. Once action commenced, it was a brilliant performance from recent Rolex First-Time winner Matilda Castren.
Justin Rose has won the Indonesian Masters by eight clear shots for his third victory in just seven weeks for is proving to be an excellent end and start to his season.
Given the length and par combination, it doesn’t take much of a genius to work out there are some long par 4’s round the South Course at Firestone, and length off the tee is certainly important. That said, when scrolling through the database, the archives actually point to more of a rounded stats player as well as the good old “bomber” type.
