Author: Sofia
LIV golfer Tyrrell Hatton is set to tee it up at the British Masters at the Belfry on the DP World Tour next week as he begins his bid to qualify for next year’s Ryder Cup team. Hatton left the DP World Tour to join LIV golf in January and has been playing exclusively on the Saudi-backed circuit since then, except for the four major championships. Over the last eight months his world ranking has fallen from 16 to 34, with a tied ninth at the Masters and tied 26th at the US Open helping him from slipping out of…
Charley Hull fired a five-under par 67 to obtain the outright lead after the first round of the Women’s Open at St Andrews. The English star went out to tackle the Old Course in the afternoon wave alongside world number one Nelly Korda and defending champion Lilia Vu. Hull rolled in her first birdie of the day on the fifth, which was cancelled out with a bogey on the par-3 eighth, however she was soon under par again with a birdie on the ninth. The three-time LET winner then had a great back nine as she made birdies on 10,…
Former champion Catriona Matthew has announced that she will be playing in her final Women’s Open on the Old Course at St Andrews this week. Marking her 31st appearance in the major championship, the 2009 champion will wave goodbye to her home fans in the home of golf with her husband, Graeme, as her caddie. Her stated goal is to make the cut, largely so that her teenage daughters, who return to school on Thursday, can watch her play over the weekend. At 54, Matthew is eligible to play in the Women’s Open until she’s 59, but has decided that…
Surrey’s Annabell Fuller was one of 12 players to earn their place in the final women’s major of the season, the AIG Women’s Open at St Andrews, after coming through Final Qualifying on Monday. The 22-year-old Roehampton Club member finished tied second in the 97-player field after shooting a four-under par 68 over at Crail Golfing Society’s Craighead Links. It will be Fuller’s second appearance in the Women’s Open, having finished tied 61st in 2021 when playing as an amateur. Fuller said: “I played solidly, putted well, and didn’t really make any mistakes. I only hit one ball into the rough and…
Charley Hull admitted winning the AIG Women’s Open at St Andrews would be “very special” ahead of the first round which begins on Thursday. The 28-year-old fell short in last year’s competition after being pipped by American Lilia Vu, who produced a brilliant final-round 67 to clinch victory at Walton Heath. This year St Andrews will stage the competition for the third time in its history and is a course that Hull described as giving her “goosebumps”. She told a press conference: “I teed it up on the back nine yesterday morning, and as you walk down 17 and 18…
Perhaps surprisingly, the many health benefits of golf remain largely understated in the main. Some see golf merely as a low-level form of exercise with very little physical exertion involved—but the truth, as those who play will know, is very different.If you play golf, you’ll be well aware of its health benefits. Few things are more satisfying than striking a ball off the turf and seeing it go exactly where you wanted. Then there’s the camaraderie—what other sports give you several hours to walk and talk while playing your favourite sport? Not to mention it takes you to some incredible…
Jose Luis Ballester became the first Spaniard to win the US Amateur when beating 19-year-old American Noah Kent in the 36-hole final at Hazeltine National in Minnesota. Ballester, who turned 21 on the day of the final, took the lead on the second hole on Sunday and never looked back, eventually running out a 2up winner. Ballester went 3up after four holes on two early birdies. He had a 4-up lead at the lunch break. Kent fought back in the afternoon round, holing a long putt for eagle on the 7th hole (the 25th) to move within two. Then, after…
Hideki Matsuyama almost threw away five-shot lead before recovering to win the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first of the PGA Tour’s end-of-season FedExCup eliminator events. The Paris Olympics bronze medallist retained a healthy lead on the front nine before his challenge seemed to be slipping away as he lost four shots on a four-hole stretch, which included a tee shot into water on the par-3 14th. Matsuyama’s lapse allowed Viktor Hovland to move in front before the Japanese player regained his composure on the 17th with a 26-foot birdie putt to retake the lead by one shot with one…
Brooks Koepka won his fifth individual LIV Golf tournament when beating Jon Rahm in a play-off at Greenbrier in West Virginia. It was the first time the two players have gone down the stretch since Rahm joined LIV Golf at the start of this season, and it was reminiscent of the final round of last year’s Masters – only with a different outcome. Koepka has now won five of the 31 LIV Golf regular-season tournaments that he’s played. No other player has won more than three times. He said Sunday’s win was his favourite. “I think this one just meant…
America’s Lauren Coughlin secured her second victory in three starts after winning the Women’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Links. Coughlin, who won the Canadian Women’s Open at the end of last month, came into the final day leading by one stroke in Scotland. A closing three-under 69, which included five birdies, was enough for the 31-year-old from Minnesota to secure her first on the Ladies European Tour. “It’s unbelievable,” said Coughlin. “Two wins in three events is pretty crazy, but I just stuck in there, tried to stay as present as I could, and got some putts to drop at the end.…
