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Two significant changes to the Official World Golf Ranking system which will affect tournament winners and the PGA Tour’s ‘elevated’ events have been announced. Coming into effect on January 1, 2024, the first change relates to tournaments with less than 80 players, with the OWGR distributing a greater percentage of ranking points to the top finishers. Currently, a winner receives around 17-18% of the available points, with that figure set to increase to 21% in limited-field events. In addition, for limited-field events that don’t feature a cut, the OWGR will no longer give ranking points to the bottom 15 per…
New golf participation data for the third quarter of 2023 in the UK has revealed that more rounds of golf were played between July and September than in any previous year with the exception of 2020. After a slow start to the year, mainly caused by bad weather, rounds played across the UK remain well above pre-pandemic numbers, in the latest sign that golf’s pandemic participation boom has reset the baseline appetite for the game. According to a report issued by Sporting Insights, only January of the first nine months of the year saw a dip against 2019 figures, while…
The Faldo Series, the global charitable trust which has kickstarted the careers thousands of junior golfers – and dozens of leading tour professionals – over the last 28 years, is launching a new tour in 2024 for junior golfers aged 7-12 that will run as a compliment to its established Junior and Elite Tour. The Faldo Futures has an ambitious plan to offer the qualifying rounds to be hosted at any club across the UK with players qualifying for regional finals followed by the Faldo Futures Final being held at The Belfry in August 2024.The new tour is aiming to…
It’s that time again!We sat down with three-time Ryder Cup captain and Golf Care ambassador Bernard Gallacher to chat about what 2024 has in store for the men’s and women’s golf game.Bernard also gave us his early shouts for the 2024 men’s Major winners. Here’s what he had to say… Bernard GallacherIt’s difficult to see 2024 being anything other than a continuation of 2023 as far as golf is concerned.In my view, the players most likely to dominate on the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour are Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Victor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay and Max Homa—all of whom…
Louis Oosthuizen made it back-to-back DP World Tour wins after prevailing in an enthralling final-day battle at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. The 41-year-old South African entered round four at Heritage La Réserve Golf Club with a one-shot lead, but soon saw that disappear as playing partner Jacques de Villiers, Laurie Canter and the charging Sebastian Söderberg all staked a claim. It was nip and tuck over a dramatic back nine in the Indian Ocean but in the end Oosthuizen’s 69 was enough to hand him a two-shot victory over Canter at 17 under. Söderberg, who shot a final round 63, finished…
Bernhard Langer and his 23-year-old son Jason carded a final round 59 to overcome a three-shot deficit to win the PNC Championship held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Florida. The 66-year-old two-time Masters champion and his son registered 13 birdies in the final round to shoot 25-under-par for the 36-hole event and finish two clear of Team Duval, with Team Singh – the defending champions – a further stroke back in third. Langer won back-to-back editions of tournament – which is restricted to father/mother and child combinations – with his son Stefan in 2005 and 2006, before partnering Jason…
Justin Rose and Dame Laura Davies have been presented with the PGA’s Recognition Award in recognition of their impressive achievements in the game. Laura Davies was the heart and soul of Europe’s Solheim Cup team for over 20 years A winner of 87 professional tournaments around the world between 1985-2018, including four Major championships, 20 LPGA Tour titles and 45 Ladies European Tour events, Dame Laura, 60, has been a figurehead of women’s professional golf for over three decades. Between 1985-2010, she won at least one individual title somewhere in the world every season, except for 2005, and was the…
The season will once again kick off with the Magical Kenya Ladies Open in February, before travelling to Saudi Arabia and then visiting Morocco for the Lalla Meryem Cup. In March, the LET travels to the United States for the Aramco Team Series Presented by PIF – USA. Later in March, the prestigious Magenta Shores Golf and Country Club will host the New South Wales Open for the first time, followed by the Australian Women’s Classic at Bonville Golf Resort as part of a fortnight down under. In April, the Tour will travel to South Africa for the Joburg Ladies…
Golf News has joined forces with premium golf society members club MASHIE Golf in a partnership that will see the two companies work closely together to enhance the offering for both parties. The partnership will see Golf News promote the benefits of Mashie Golf membership and its events, including its popular Pairs Series, across its print, digital and social media platforms, as well as publish post-match reports on its expanded tournament schedule in 2024. The tie-up will also give Mashie Golf’s 7,500+ members access to Golf News’s unrivalled range of content through Mashie Golf’s innovative Members App, enabling members to…
Belfairs Golf Club in Essex had to temporarily close its 18-hole course earlier this week after a group of quad bikers broke onto the property and caused an estimated £100,000 worth of damage to tees, fairways, greens and bunkers. The bikers wreaked havoc on the Southend course on the morning of December 10, damaging six greens to such an extent that it made them unplayable and resulted in the course having to be closed while the damage was assessed and repaired by ground staff at the council-owned venue. Local councillor Stephen Aylen said: “It’s tragic and unacceptable. I went out…
