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Another phenomenal partnership has been announced by MASHIE Golf as Dan Bradbury joins the MASHIE stable alongside MASHIE Brand Ambassador David Howell Yorkshire born DP World Tour winner, Dan who starts his challenge at The Open this week said “I’m delighted to be representing MASHIE as their new DP World Tour ambassador here at the Open Championship this week and over the DP World Tour season. I’m really looking forward to supporting the MASHIE members in a variety of ways ‘On and Off’ the golf course” Mark Ingram from Octagon Sports & Entertainment agency said, “This is an…
A new study shows that golf is the hardest professional sport to predict a winner, when compared to other individual sports over the past 20 years, including tennis, snooker, badminton and squash. Results found that from 2004-2024, winners of a Major golf championship were more likely to have had a lower world ranking (WR), when compared to champions in other individual sports. The average world ranking for golf’s winners was 18, the lowest amongst all sports tested. Tennis served up as the next most unpredictable sport, as results analysed from the same period found that winners of major tennis tournaments…
Darren Clarke became the oldest Open champion since 1967 on this day in 2011 when he won by three shots at Royal St George’s at the age of 42. The Northern Irishman shot an even-par 70 on the final day in Sandwich to hold off the challenges of American duo Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, who had both produced strong showings on their front nine. Clarke kept his cool to finish on five under par at the Kent course and clinch a first-ever major victory, having held the lead since the second day. Success at the Iberdrola Open two months…
In a typically feisty pre-Open Championship press conference, 15-time major champion Tiger Woods played up his chances of adding to his major tally and played down any talk that it might be time for the 48-year-old to hang up his clubs and preserve his legacy Glad to see you back here at The Open competing once again. How much are you looking forward to this test at Royal Troon? TIGER WOODS: I’m really looking forward to it. I didn’t get to play it last time I was here. Looking forward to the challenges. I know they’ve gone around here a…
06:35 Todd Hamilton (US), Justin Leonard (US), Jack McDonald (Sco) 06:46 Tom McKibbin (NI), (a) Calum Scott (Sco), Alexander Noren (Swe) 06:57 Michael Hendry (NZ), Vincent Norrman (Swe), Jesper Svensson (Swe) 07:08 Daniel Hillier (NZ), Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn), Young-Han Song (Kor) 07:19 Abraham Ancer (Mex), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Min-Woo Lee (Aus) 07:30 Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Keita Nakajima (Jpn), Adam Scott (Aus) 07:41 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Justin Rose (Eng), (a) Jasper Stubbs (Aus) 07:52 Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Matthew Southgate (Eng), Justin Thomas (US) 08:03 Laurie Canter (Eng), Nick Taylor (Can), Matt Wallace (Eng) 08:14 Matteo Manassero (Ita), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Sebastian…
Callaway has launched a new range of tour-validated wedges, Opus and Opus Platinum, which feature all-new Spin Gen Face technology for the ultimate in short game control. Spin Gen Face Technology provides spin and control by combining three key elements on the face. An all-new tighter pitch puts more grooves on the face, an offset groove-in-groove design creates spin when opening the face, and a new aggressive face blast is developed for spin and bite on partial shots. These three elements work in conjunction to provide crisp, Tour-level spin that promotes short game action and control like never before. A…
The winner of The 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon will receive $3.1 million (£2.4m) in prize money. The Champion Golfer of the Year will receive the highest amount in The Open’s history as it returns to the renowned Ayrshire links for the tenth time. The R&A announced that the total prize fund for The Open, will be $17 million (£13m), representing a $500,000 increase on 2023. Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A, said, “The R&A has a responsibility to strike a balance between maintaining The Open’s position in the global game, providing the funds required for governance and developing…
Bob MacIntyre birdied the 18th hole at The Renaissance Club to claim an emotional home victory and win the Scottish Open. The home favourite produced a stunning finish 12 months ago at the same venue only to see Rory McIlroy take the title but he would not be denied again in front of his adoring fans. It needed another big finish as MacIntyre trailed by three on the back nine, but he holed a long putt on the 14th, eagled the 16th after a remarkable approach from the rough to six feet, and holed from 22 feet on the last…
Japan’s Ayaka Furue won her first major title by a single shot when she holed an eagle putt from 15 feet on the final green in the Evian Championship at Evian Resort in France. Furue powered past Australian Stephanie Kyriacou to finish on 19-under-par and scoop the $1.2 million first prize. Locked in a three-way tie for the lead with clubhouse leader Patty Tavatanakit and Kyriacou coming to the 18th, Furue produced a moment of pure magic as her second shot flew over the lake protecting the green by the narrowest of margins and ended pin high. When she sank…
Sergio Garcia and his Fireballs GC team produced a storybook finish for their Spanish fans on home soil at LIV Golf Andalucía. Garcia rallied from seven strokes down to win his first LIV Golf individual title on the second sudden-death playoff hole against Crushers GC’s Anirban Lahiri. Meanwhile, teammates Abraham Ancer and David Puig beat the Crushers duo of captain Bryson DeChambeau and Paul Casey in the team aggregate-score playoff as the Fireballs – with three Spaniards on the roster – swept both trophies at Real Club Valderrama. For Garcia, the script couldn’t have been written any better, as he…
