Author: Sofia
It was a dramatic day one of the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF – London, as Ireland’s Leona Maguire fired a seven-under-par 66 at Centurion Club to take the sole lead. World No.8, and favourite this week, Charley Hull, was forced to withdraw after only six holes played, early in the morning. A shoulder injury was ruled by a physiotherapist as too much for Hull to continue with, following a week that has also been marred with illness. But there was no false start from Maguire, who was blemish free as she took control at the top of the…
Pitch, the modern and revolutionary indoor golf club, has released expansion plans that will see four exclusive new venues opening across the UK and Ireland. The new venues will elevate Pitch’s standing as the UK’s most premium and popular indoor golf club – making the game more accessible and diverse than ever before – with a third opening in London at Canary Wharf, alongside three joint venture openings in Manchester, Birmingham and Dublin. Further domestic expansions are set to be announced in 2025 at sites in Brighton, with another in London. Internationally, there are even plans to develop…
Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer is braced to make a “very emotional” farewell appearance on the DP World Tour at the BMW International Open in Germany. Langer will make his 513th and final appearance on the circuit at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried, 50 years after his debut. The 66-year-old German has won 42 times on the DP World Tour across five decades and continues to enjoy success on the seniors circuit, but has decided to call time on his appearances on his home tour. “I don’t know yet (how I will react),” the former Ryder Cup player and captain said. “I’ve…
Justin Rose and English amateur Dominic Clemons were the pick of the qualifiers as 16 players earned their place in The 152nd Open at Royal Troon through Final Qualifying. Four places in The Open were available each venue with a starting field of 288 competing at 36-hole events held at Burnham & Berrow, Dundonald, Royal Cinque Ports and West Lancashire. Burnham & Berrow Justin Rose and Amateur Championship runner-up Dominic Clemons finished tied for first place on eight-under-par to secure the first two qualifying spots at Burnham & Berrow. The former US Open champion carded a 65 in the opening…
England’s Richard Bland won his second consecutive senior major title with a nerve-wracking victory in the US Senior Open. Bland edged out Japan’s Hiroyuki Fujita on the second hole of sudden death after the pair had finished tied on 13 under par and could not be separated by a two-hole aggregate play-off. Both men parred the first hole of sudden death before returning to the 18th, where Bland hit the pin with his third shot from a greenside bunker to leave a tap-in par for victory after Fujita narrowly missed his own par attempt. “This is very special,” Bland said…
Mark Darbon has been appointed Chief Executive of The R&A and Secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Mr Darbon will succeed Martin Slumbers in the role leading the governing body and the organisation which runs The Open and AIG Women’s Open and invests in developing golf around the world in November. He will also become Secretary of the 270 year-old Club which has a global membership of more than 2,400. A former senior member of the team leading the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012, Mr Darbon is leaving…
Hertfordshire’s Alice Hewson is a now a two-time Ladies European Tour winner after defeating India’s Tvesa Malik in a playoff to win the Swiss Ladies Open. With both players locked on 11-under par after a dramatic final round – one which saw Hewson fire a closing 6-under 65 – the 26-year-old made a clutch birdie on the first playoff hole to earn her first victory since the South African Women’s Open in 2020. The playoff followed a round full of drama at Golfpark Holzhäusern as 23 players sat within three shots of the lead with nine holes to go. Hewson…
Melanie Green enjoyed a dream debut at the Women’s Amateur Championship to claim a two-hole victory over Scotland’s Lorna McClymont after an epic final at Portmarnock. The 22-year-old, becomes the first American to win the prestigious title since Kelli Kuehne in 1996, continued her new love for links golf after fighting back from four down after eight holes to win the see-saw 36-hole contest on a rain-soaked day in Ireland. McClymont had edged one-hole ahead with three to play, but Green showed remarkable resilience to again bounce back and sealed success with a 22-foot birdie putt on the final hole.…
No matter what level you play at, taking some time to identify the ball that suits your game is extremely worthwhile. In this blog, we’ll look at how to choose the right golf ball.You might think you’re too inconsistent to benefit from a specific ball, but you would be totally wrong. Just as every golfer would benefit from having clubs custom-fitted for them, the same is true of balls.If you’re not convinced, just think about this one aspect of the game: putting.Let’s say you use whatever ball you’ve found in the rough or whatever ball you’ve been gifted as a…
Golf is a sport that can easily confuse the newcomer with its weird and wonderful sayings. In this blog, we’ll look at some commonly used golf slang and explain what each term actually means.Golf slangAceAn ace is a hole-in-one. Not many of us can claim to have had one of these, but the word stems from other games, such as the ace in a deck of cards representing the number one. The term ‘ace’ is believed to have been used in golf since the 1920s. Army GolfThis comes up when a player is struggling to find a fairway and is hitting it…
