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Tiger Woods received a glowing review from playing partner Will Zalatoris after stepping up his preparations for the 88th Masters at Augusta National. Woods has played fewer than five-and-a-half competitive rounds since undergoing ankle surgery in April last year after withdrawing from the Masters during the third round. The 48-year-old returned to action in December’s Hero World Challenge and finished 18th in the 20-man field, but was forced to withdraw from the Genesis Invitational in February due to illness after six holes of the second round. Woods had also suffered a back spasm which led to a dreaded shank on…
Akshay Bhatia survived losing a six-shot lead and injuring his shoulder to win the Valero Texas Open. The American injured his shoulder celebrating the birdie which earned him a place in a play-off with Denny McCarthy, but clinched victory on the first hole after receiving treatment. Rory McIlroy was a distant third, nine shots adrift, as he completed his Masters warm-up with a bogey-free 66. Bhatia clinched a place at The Masters with his second PGA Tour victory, which had seemed a lot more straightforward when he held a six-shot lead heading into the final nine holes. McCarthy birdied his…
Women’s world no.1 Nelly Korda cruised to her fourth consecutive win on the LPGA Tour after beating Ireland’s Leona Maguire 4&3 in the finals of the T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. With the win, Korda became the first golfer to win four LPGA Tour events in a row since 2008 and just the fourth golfer to do so in the last 40 years. After winning the second hole to go 1up against Maguire, Korda birdied the fifth to jump start a stretch of winning three holes with birdies to go 4up on the match. With a…
Young English star Lottie Woad birdied the final two holes to win the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The 20-year-old Florida State University student who plays out of Farnham Golf Club in Surrey had led going into the final round at Augusta National but was overtaken by American Bailey Shoemaker, who shot a bogey-free 66. Heading down the 17th Woad was one shot behind, but a birdie three drew her level and she showed nerves of steel on the 18th to hole a lengthy putt for a round of 69. That gave her a three-round total of eight under par, one…
American Akshay Bhatia edged closer to his second PGA victory at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. Bhatia heads into the final round on Sunday with a four-shot lead. Fellow American Denny McCarthy is in second place at 11-under. Brendon Todd is trailing behind him by another three shots while Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and American Russell Henley sit at five-under. If Bhatia is to win, it will extend his PGA Tour card and give him the green light to play next week’s Masters. Bhatia qualified for and made the cut at Torrey Pines, the 2021 US Open, and won…
If Jon Rahm needed any reassurance that his shock move to LIV Golf would not harm his chances of winning more majors, he did not need to look hard for evidence. After starting with a four-putt double bogey in last year’s Masters, Rahm ended up battling with Brooks Koepka in the final round and ultimately finishing four shots clear of Koepka and Phil Mickelson. With Patrick Reed another shot behind in a tie for fourth it was a strong showing for the LIV contingent, who enjoyed even more bragging rights a month later when Koepka claimed his fifth major title…
The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) is strengthening its support for Prostate Cancer UK’s Big Golf Race with the aim to get more than 100 members across the UK pledging a free multi-round fourball to provide golfers easier access to conquer the 36, 72 or 100-hole challenge at their club. One of the biggest barriers for golfers taking on the challenge is the availability of multi-round tee times at golf clubs, with over 50% of golfers signing up last year unable to complete the challenge. To support the UK’s biggest fundraising challenge in golf further, participating PGA professionals will be added…
Akshay Bhatia shot an opening nine-under-par 63 to take a three-shot lead at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. The American did not drop a shot as he followed four birdies on the front nine with five on the second, including four in his final five holes. Bhatia sits ahead of Brendon Todd and Justin Lower with Max Homa among a group of four players two shots further back. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is tied for eighth on three under par after going bogey free with three birdies. WHAT RORY HAD TO SAY The world number two, who recently…
Jon Rahm will defend his title when the 88th Masters takes place at Augusta National from April 11-14. Rahm is bidding to become just the fourth player to win back-to-back green jackets after Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods. Scottie Scheffler The 2022 champion has been in brilliant form in 2024, winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five shots and seven days later becoming the first player to win back-to-back Players Championship titles at Sawgrass. Switching putters on the advice of Rory McIlroy has proved vital, although missed short putts did cost him a third straight win in the…
The changes to the World Handicap System that were announced towards the end of last year came into effect earlier this week [April 1], with golfers up and the down the country now able to enter scores for partially completed rounds, include scores from short courses, and have their scores adjusted when playing in bad weather, among the many updates to the system. The main changes include the following: INCLUSION OF SHORTER-LENGTH COURSES WITHIN THE COURSE RATING SYSTEM The overall length requirements for Course Rating have been significantly reduced. A set of tees on an 18-hole course may now be…
