Sep 10th, 2018 Article
Can you name the UK's 5 World Number one golfers?
Justin Rose has just become World No1. But can you name the other four British golfers to have achieved the same status?
Jan 9th, 2020 Article
Brooks Koepka Player of the Year
With all due respect to Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods et al we think the Golf Writers Association of America (“GWAA”) were spot on in voting for Brooks Koepka as Player of the Year for 2019. Koepka’s performance at the four majors was undeniable impressive – to win one, finish second in two and tie fourth in the other is quite some feat.
Jun 11th, 2017 Article
Golf Spiv calls the US Open
The U.S Open is finally here and we are in for a treat. Erin Hills looks tough on paper and follows in the USGA’s desire to use the hardest courses in the United States. Here are the Golf Spiv's top value picks.
Sep 17th, 2017 Article
Evian Championship – Nordqvist wins play off
Well, it's about time! Anna Nordqvist's play off win at the Evian Championship was the first major won by a European since 2013!
Nov 29th, 2021 Article
Thriston Lawrence wins the Joburg Open
South Africa's Thriston Lawrence became the first winner of the DP World Tour era after the Joburg Open was reduced to a 36-hole event. The home favourite had matched his lowest DP World Tour round on days one and two, with a pair of 65s sending him into the weekend at Randpark Golf Club at 12 under and with a four-shot lead.
Sep 17th, 2017 Article
Spieth Happy to Finish Runner Up
Words we never thought we would here from such a staunch competitor but Jordan Spieth has told reporters that second place in the final two events is okay for the three-time major champion as that will mean he will finish as the PGA Tours FedEx cup champion and pocket the cool $10 million bonus fund awarded for topping the points standings.
Dec 15th, 2020 Article
Debutant Kim wins U.S. Women’s Open
Like a perfectly-timed finish by a thoroughbred racehorse, A Lim Kim delivered her challenge to storm to victory at the 75th U.S. Women’s Open. One moment she was two back from the leader and the next before Amy Olson and Jin Young Ko knew what had happened she had gone clear into an almost unassailable lead.
Dec 29th, 2015 Article
Changing of the guard
Golf Channel president, Mike McCarley, has reported that the changing of the guard at the top of professional golf is already having a positive impact in terms of bringing in younger viewers.
Mar 30th, 2016 Article
Jason Day: "I almost quit before the Masters"
"I really wanted to quit the game," Day told the Golf Channel's David Feherty. "I wasn't having a good time on the golf course." Day was referring, believe it or not, to a time just before the 2011 Masters where Day finished second...
Feb 25th, 2021 Article
Ban the Green Books
Talking ahead of this week's WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession Rahm stated that he believed the green books should not be allowed. Both players and caddies use the books that show maps of the greens along with the various slopes to read greens on tour.
Sep 8th, 2019 Article
Casey takes European Open
Paul Casey has moves up to 14th in the world following his victory at the European Open in Hamburg. The Englishman shot a bogey free 66 that took him to 14 under and squeezed out Scotland’s Robert Macintyre, Austria’s Matthias Schwab and home hope Bernd Ritthammer by one-stroke.
Jan 20th, 2020 Article
Fancy a Big chunk of Golf History?
A lot of us have old clubs languishing in the garage or in the attic gathering dust. Those of a certain age may also have a modern-day antique - a wood actually made out of wood! But there is a man who has not one but over one thousand woods tucked away in storage and all of them made from what was the holy grail of golf manufacturing materials – persimmon!
