Author: Sofia
Before the Europeans made their historic comeback at the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah, fiery Englishman Ian Poulter had to make five consecutie birdies to help him and Rory McIlroy win their Saturday match and trim Team USA’s lead to 10-6 heading into Sunday.“This has given us a heartbeat,” Poulter said that Saturday night. One day later, the Europeans had stormed back to snatch the Ryder Cup away from the Americans in historic fashion. But the comeback all started with Poulter creating momentum out of thin air for his team to feed off — creating belief. On Sunday at the…
One of the great spectacles of recent memory in our game happened at Lahinch at the weekend. After America swept the Sunday foursomes session of the 51st Walker Cup, Great Britain and Ireland had everything to do in the final singles session, facing a three-point deficit. But in one of the most dramatic days of golf we’ve ever seen, Dean Robertson’s side won six of the 10 singles matches on Sunday afternoon to topple the visiting US side and win the famous amateur trophy for the first time since 2015. After Connor Graham forced a half with young lefty Miles…
American captain Nathan Smith didn’t know it at the time, but he foretold what was to come on Sunday evening at the 51st Walker Cup. “This is one of the greatest sporting events in the world, and we’re going to find out why this afternoon,” Smith said after the Americans swept the morning foursomes session to take a 9.5-6.5 lead at Lahinch. Needing just 3.5 points to retain the cup and 4 to win, the Americans were on the verge of a sixth straight Walker Cup victory. After all, GB&I had only mounted two Sunday singles comebacks in Walker Cup…
Minimizing wayward drives — tee shots that result in a penalty stroke or force a punch-out — is one of the biggest separators between golfers with low handicaps and high handicaps. The really good news? Keeping the ball in play doesn’t require a swing change. Oftentimes, it can be a simple matter of aiming smarter.When a hazard is in play off the tee, like on the famed 18th hole at Pebble Beach (pictured), your primary goal should be avoiding a penalty stroke. Do that consistently and lower scores will follow. Here’s how.1. Know your dispersion pattern. Every club has a…
There are plenty of holes that can make you nervous. Particularly when it’s the first of the day. There are holes with intimidating water carries, brutally narrow fairways and greens that just look tiny, surrounded by deep bunkers. The opening tee shot on the Old Course at St Andrews is one of, if not the, hardest shots in golf. That might sound ridiculous at first glance. The fairway is enormous, especially by modern standards. It can look almost comically wide, which is often the case when the Sky Sports cameras rock up for The Open Championship every five years or…
Great Britain and Ireland defeated the United States of America 13½-12½ to win the 51st Walker Cup at Lahinch in one of the most dramatic finishes in the match’s 104-year history. Trailing 9½-6½ going into this afternoon’s singles session, Dean Robertson’s side conjured up a comeback for the ages which culminated in Josh Hill securing the winning point on the 18th hole with the last putt of the match to secure GB&I’s first victory in the historic encounter since 2015. The victory by GB&I at the iconic links on the County Clare coast ends the streak of five victories in…
Team Great Britain and Ireland are Walker Cup champions once again — and they did so in improbable fashion.Entering the final singles session on Sunday afternoon at Lahinch Golf Club, Team USA looked to be on their way to a sixth consecutive victory in the biennial team competition as they held a 9.5 to 6.5 advantage. However, thanks to a historic final session that saw GB&I win seven of the available 10 points, the team from across the pond completed the comeback for a 13.5 to 12.5 victory.“I believed in the team the whole time,” said GB&I captain Dean Robertson.…
Did you watch this Walker Cup at Lahinch, in Ireland? Maybe you were one of the 8,000 or so people on hand, watching up close. (Single-day tickets were about $50; kids were free.) Maybe you were watching on Golf Channel, with the American Curtis Cup star Emilia Migliaccio Doran and the former GB&I Walker Cup player Paul McGinley presiding. Poor McGinley, about the most refreshing voice in golf broadcasting today and an Irishman’s Irishman. He must be worn out. He was wearing his big heart on his green sleeve as he practically begged the home 10 to scratch out this…
There are few people in golf who know the bunker game better than David Armitage. He coaches all aspects of the game, but the sand is his specialty.“I am the only guy that is dumb enough to write 144 pages about how to get out of bunkers,” he says.For most golfers, bunkers are a source of anxiety — a place to be avoided at all costs. For Armitage, the bunker is his happy place. And he wants it to be the same for his students.That mission has led Armitage to dedicate himself to helping golfers of all skill levels understand…
Steven Alker won the NI Legends at Galgorm to complete a remarkable hat-trick of consecutive senior wins. The 55-year-old New Zealander shot another composed 67 to reach -15 and claim victory on a day of low scoring and scoreboard fluctuations in County Antrim. Alker’s nearest challenger was Hennie Otto, who carded a 64 to set the clubhouse target at -13. English duo Anthony Wall and Phillip Archer finished at -12 while Germany’s Thomas Gögele and last week’s Staysure English Legends winner – Mikael Lundberg of Sweden – were a shot back at -11, with Lundberg matching Otto’s brilliant 64 to…
