Feb 3rd, 2019 Article
Sergio Garcia disqualified after 3rd round at Saudi International
Sergio Garcia has sensationally been disqualified from the third round of the Saudi International on a charge of serious misconduct.
Feb 4th, 2019 Article
Dustin Johnson wins Saudi International
World #3 Dustin Johnson used his prodigious length off the tee combined with TaylorMade's new Speed Injected Twist Face™ technology to win the Saudi International by 2 shots from fellow Team TaylorMade athlete Haotong Li.
Jan 30th, 2019 Article
Fleming Golf Tips: Saudi International
This week we focus on the Saudi International and the Phoenix Waste Management.
Feb 3rd, 2020 Article
Manic Monday
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the, PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
Jan 30th, 2019 Article
Has the European Tour shot itself in the Footjoys?
It takes a lot for Tiger Woods to turn down a massive appearance fee (reportedly north of $6m) and a free yacht, but that's what happened recently when the European Tour came knocking with an invite to the Saudi International, the country's first professional significant golf tournament.
Jan 8th, 2020 Article
European Tour events in danger
The European Tour has a real headache on its hands following Iran’s recent threats to "destroy" parts of the United Arab Emirates if there is retaliation after the attacks they launched on Iraq in reprisal for the US killing of Qassem Soleimani.
Nov 26th, 2019 Article
Garcia to play for free
Sergio García will play in next year’s Saudi International despite trying to trash a number of their greens when playing the event in February of this year. The Spaniard was disqualified after his extraordinary behaviour but it seems that there was a further sanction from tour who have insisted he plays at the event in 2020 without an appearance fee. call that a sanction? We are not impressed.
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.
Feb 3rd, 2019 Article
Saudi Arabia harnesses the power of golf
During the week of Saudi Arabia’s inaugural European Tour event, the Saudi International, the Chairman of the Saudi Golf Federation (SGF), has announced a golf development programme which looks set to transform the golfing landscape in the Kingdom.
Nov 9th, 2018 Article
Tiger Woods says no to Saudi Arabia £2.5m appearance fee
Has Tiger finally made a political statement by refusing Saudi riches? Probably not, but it does beg the question...
Oct 30th, 2018 Article
Revamped European Tour announces 2019 schedule
It's all change on The European Tour for 2019. The BMW is now in September, the British Masters is now in May and The Open has moved to November 15th. Only kidding. About the Open...
Dec 12th, 2019 Article
History made with LET Event in Saudi Arabia
Well they’ve had the boxing, Tiger and Rory have declined big pay days to play there and now Saudi has made history by announcing the first-ever professional women’s golf event in the Kingdom. The fully-sanctioned Ladies European Tour event will be staged in collaboration with Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation and carry a purse of $1 million.
