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Rory McIlroy’s dramatic turnaround in his attitude towards the LIV Golf League and those playing on it has left to some people questioning whether the four-time major champion might one day join the Saudi-backed tour. That is certainly the view of Andrew Chandler, McIlroy’s former agent, who feels that his former charge’s softening stance to the breakaway league might one day lead to the world no.2 joining the likes of Jon Rahm, Dustin Justin and Brook Koepka on the Saudi PIF-funded circuit. Chandler, who represented McIlroy when the Northern Irishman first turned professional back in 2008, said: “I’m not speaking…
Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger, saw his hopes of playing in the PGA Tour’s Cognizant Classic end with a 16-over-par 86 at a pre-qualifying event. Woods was competing at Lost Lake Golf Club in Florida hoping to reach his first PGA Tour event. There were 25 spots up for grabs from four pre-qualifying tournaments with a final qualifier taking place on Monday from which the top four gain a place in the $9m Cognizant Classic, which is being held next week at the PGA National Resort’s Champions Course. Playing in front of a group of around 50 fans,…
Fans of LIV Golf and its 13 four-man teams are not only able to watch their favourite players in action during LIV Golf’s 14-tournament season, but they will shortly be able to collect cards depicting their favourite players and teams and put them in an album. The news comes after the formation of an unlikely alliance between LIV Golf and Panini, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, in which Panini will become the exclusive trading card partner for the LIV Golf League. Panini says its initial range of LIV-branded products will include trading cards featuring ‘match-worn memorabilia and…
According to the USGA, the word ‘fore’ originated in Scotland and is an abbreviated version of ‘before’ or ‘afore’. But ‘why do golfers shout fore?’ you might ask.The USGA website goes on to state: “The old Scottish warning, essentially meaning ‘look out ahead’ most probably originated in military circles, where it was used by artillery men as a warning to troops in forward positions. Golfers as early as the 18th century simply adopted this military warning cry for use on the links.” Why do golfers shout fore?A likely derivation is related to the term ‘forecaddie’.In years gone by, a forecaddie was…
Joaquin Niemann is set to become the first LIV golfer to play in one of the four majors by special invitation after Augusta National included him among three discretionary picks for the Masters. Niemann, 25, has joined Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune, the DP World Tour’s rookie of the year, and Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen in being invited to play at Augusta in April. After beating Sergio Garcia in a play-off at LIV Golf Mexico three weeks ago, Niemann had expressed concern that he might miss out on the majors after seeing his world ranking drop from a career high 18 to its current…
Charley Hull talks to the press before the HONDA LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club in Pattaya. Q. Charley, coming off a T3 finish last week on the LET; then a top 10 finish on the LPGA Tour at the beginning of the year. How comfortable do you feel in your game, and have you felt that you’ve been able to kind of carry over the momentum you had from last season? CHARLEY HULL: Yes in the off season, and I played golf with some friends at home, so I’m just out here playing golf with my golfing friends.…
Stoke Park has opened a new hi-tech coaching studio as the Buckinghamshire-based club continues to carry out a major renovation of its golfing facilities following its temporary closure in 2021 under new owners. The refurbished coaching facility has been redeveloped as a BiomecaSwing Studio and contains technology unique to Stoke Park in the UK. The studio is the first venue in this country to feature BiomecaForce 3D AI Force Plates. Designed by biomechanics expert JJ Rivet, the force plates enable Stoke Park’s coaching team to capture kinetic and kinematic data to better understand a golfer’s swing signature. This information is…
The UNDERRATED Junior Golf Tour is set to land in the UK this summer, with the first event scheduled to take place at Walton Heath Golf Club in Surrey from May 29-31. Launched in 2022 by US basketball star Stephen Curry, the Underrated Golf Tour has the aim of offering more opportunities for junior golfers to compete on world-class courses in an inclusive environment. It hosted 10 tournaments throughout the US over the last two season and is now expanding to Europe to provide access and opportunities to junior golfers and give them the chance to be seen by top-tier…
The Social Golfer‘s Ian Mullins recounts a recent trip to Uganda, where he travelled to the city of Fort Portal to meet and chat to the oldest golfer in Africa, Emmuanual Basaliza At 98 years old, former Toro Western Open champion Emmuanual Basaliza is already a legend in his own country. However, as he demonstrated, he has not given up the game just yet and he still plays golf every day on the putting geen he built at his home. It was only a few years after the first world war, in 1925, that Razaro Rusoke Rwetumbura Adyeeri and Maria…
Patty Tavatanakit fired a final round 65 to win the Aramco Saudi Ladies International by seven shots. The 24-year-old Thai star lead from start to finish at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia to win with a score of 18 under par. It is a fifth professional victory, but her first on the Ladies European Tour since winning the 2021 ANA Inspiration, one of women’s professional golf’s five major championships. “It’s been a long time since I’ve played this good,” she said. “It’s very emotional, I’m very emotional right now with how I have overcome that and looking back it was just…
