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Day backs Augusta plans to lengthen 13th
Reigning US PGA champion Jason Day agrees with reported plans to make the par-five 13th at Augusta National longer. The famous venue in Georgia has hosted the Masters since 1934 and the first major of the season is the only one of the ‘big four’ tournaments to be held at the same place every year. […]
Woods named as US vice-captain
USA captain Davis Love III has set his stall out early by naming Tiger Woods as one of his vice-captains for the 2016 Ryder Cup. Love is back in charge of the American dozen after presiding over their devastating loss to Europe at Medinah back in 2012. Jose Maria Olazabal’s men came back from 10-6 […]
David Howell column: In our game anyone can win and that’s why it’s great
Golf can be a curious sport at times, and that is what makes it such a great game in many people’s opinion. Take last week’s HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai for example – a world golf championship event played at the superbly presented Sheshan Golf Club. The field was missing a few of the world’s […]
There are new kids in town and even Tiger knows that his era has come to an end
Paul Mahoney Rickie Fowler was billed as the star attraction when the PGA Tour circus pitched up in Las Vegas last weekend. But back in 1996, a supernova exploded in Sin City. Tiger Woods won his first professional tournament in the Nevada Desert aged 20. He was Elvis – in chinos. The following April, he […]
Tensions prior to Presidents Cup turn nice guy Nick grumpy
by Graham Otway Feed into Google the words ‘Nick Price, golfer and controversy’ and the search engine comes up with a complete blank covering the whole of the 58-year-old’s sporting career which includes back-to-back Major wins in The Open and the USPGA in 2004. Not only did he climb to the top of the world […]
US seal dramatic Presidents Cup win
The United States secured a dramatic 15.5 to 14.5 victory over their International counterparts in the Presidents Cup. It is the sixth straight triumph in the event for the Americans, who went into Sunday’s singles matches with a one-point lead in what proved to be the closest tournament since the trophy was shared in 2003. […]
US storm into Presidents Cup lead
The USA took control on day one of the Presidents Cup as they opened up a 4-1 advantage over the International team in Incheon. America have won the tournament on each of the last five occasions it has been held and they were once again dominant throughoutThursday’s foursomes session in South Korea. Big-hitting duo Bubba […]
Spieth and Johnson pair up
Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson have been paired together for the United States for the opening foursomes of the Presidents Cup. The pairings for the first day of the biennial event were announced on Wednesday, with Spieth and Johnson’s coupling grabbing all the headlines as they prepare to take on the International team’s selection of […]
Woods willing to help Love
Team USA captain Davis Love has admitted that Tiger Woods has offered to be a vice-captain for next year’s Ryder Cup at Hazeltine. Woods is hoping to make the team for the 2016 tournament but will have his work cut out after going under the knife once again. The former world number one confirmed earlier […]
David Howell column: Day oozed confidence and boy he hits it hard!
68, 67, 66, 67, twenty under par, Jason Day you deserve your victory. Having knocked on the door for three years now at the majors the young Aussie finally stormed through and took his first major title. Not bad with the world’s best player breathing down your neck. That accolade now rests on Jordan Spieth’s […]
