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Golfers are being invited to come and watch golf legend Dame Laura Davies and other players from the Ladies European and Access Tours playing in the Variety Golf Charity Pro-Am at Sundridge Park Golf Club, in Bromley on Friday 26 April. Variety Golf and Sundridge Park member, Tony Negal, said, ‘Variety Club and Sundridge Park are big supporters of women’s golf. This year we are opening up the competition for spectators so that all keen golfers and especially women, can see Dame Laura Davies, and other top female golfers, in action. And all the money raised is for a great cause – Sunshine Coaches for disabled and disadvantaged children.’ The day will start with the presentation of a Sunshine Coach to Watergate School,…
By Phil Casey Scottie Scheffler overturned a five-shot deficit to become the first player to successfully defend the Players Championship in the tournament’s 50-year history. Scheffler carded an eagle and six birdies in a flawless closing 64 at Sawgrass to finish 20 under par, a shot ahead of US Open champion Wyndham Clark, Open champion Brian Harman and Xander Schauffele. Clark birdied the 16th and 17th to keep his hopes alive but agonisingly lipped out for another birdie on the last to force a play-off. Overnight leader Schauffele paid the price for dropped shots on the 14th and 15th and…
By Phil Casey Rory McIlroy has welcomed the news that a group of PGA Tour players will meet officials from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund on Monday as efforts continue to make a deal to end golf’s civil war. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan revealed earlier this week that he had met with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan in January and the Tour’s six player-directors are now about to follow suit. “I think it should have happened months ago, so I am glad that it’s happening,” McIlroy said after a final round of 72 in the Players Championship. “Hopefully that progresses…
By Phil Casey Jordan Spieth has confirmed that a group of PGA Tour players are close to meeting officials from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund as efforts continue to make a deal to end golf’s civil war. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan revealed on Tuesday that he had met with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan in January and Golfweek reported on Friday that the Tour’s player-directors were set to follow suit imminently. Spieth, who is one of six player-directors, was asked if that report was accurate following his second round in the Players Championship at Sawgrass. “We are being encouraged to…
Xander Schauffele produced a superb display to overtake Wyndham Clark for the outright lead after the third round of the Players Championship at Sawgrass. US Open champion Clark – who was four ahead of Schauffele and Canada’s Nick Taylor overnight at 14-under par – started his round by digging out of the rough to make a birdie. However, Olympic champion Schauffele continued to chase him down, sinking a 14-foot birdie on the sixth to close within two shots which was down to just one stroke at the turn. After Clark found the water off the 12th tee before saving par,…
Rory McIlroy hit 10 birdies to share the lead with Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark at seven under after round one of the 50th staging of the Players Championship. Starting on the 10th at TPC Sawgrass, the Northern Irishman had six birdies in his opening eight holes, including on the iconic par-three 17th. But he dropped shots on the 18th and 7th holes after driving into water. His first error, a wayward drive into the lake down the left of the 18th cost him one shot, but he birdied three of his next six holes to reach eight under after…
Phil Mickelson has revealed the harm and hurt his gambling addiction has caused to those closest to him. The 53-year-old six-time major winner, who opened up about his addiction in a lengthy post on social media, claimed it affected those he cared about “in ways I wasn’t aware or could fully understand”. Mickelson wrote on X: “I won’t be betting this year because I crossed the line of moderation and into addiction which isn’t any fun at all. “The money wasn’t ever the issue since our financial security has never been threatened, but I was so distracted I wasn’t able to…
Q. As you talk about sort of the changes to the TOUR’s entertainment product to maybe improve its value, I’m wondering how do you deliver a return on SSG’s investment? JAY MONAHAN: Well, in its simplest form, and it’s why I am speaking to and we are all so focused on our fans, we’re in such a unique moment in time as a sport where if you look at what has happened over the last couple years, in 2023 there were more rounds of golf played than at any other point in history of the United States. Golf course participation is…
Rory McIlroy accepts he both “needs and wants” a strong performance in the Players Championship as he targets an end to his major victory drought. McIlroy began the year with second place in the Dubai Invitational and victory in the Dubai Desert Classic seven days later, but has finished no better than 21st in each of his four events on the PGA Tour. The world number two will seek a second victory at Sawgrass this week and also contest the Valero Texas Open immediately before the Masters at Augusta National, where a first major win since 2014 would make McIlroy…
England team amateurs Dylan Shaw Radford and Harley Smith teamed up to win this year’s Sunningdale Foursomes after beating Daryl Gwillian and Will Shucksmith 5&4 in the final held over the Berkshire club’s famous Old Course. Shaw Radford (Huddersfield) and Smith (The Rayleigh Club) reached the final after a walkover in the semi-final against John Wilding and Ellie Gower but had earlier come through five qualifying matches. Gwillian and Shucksmith, with the latter representing the host club, reached the final after beating Tom Osborne and Charlie Doughtry in their semi-final, with the match going to the final hole. Earlier Osborne…
