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A drop in golf is often a misunderstood concept, so if you’ve ever asked the question How does a drop work in golf?, you certainly won’t be alone.However, in this blog, we’ll answer that question so you can drop with confidence. How does a drop work in golf?Firstly, when taking relief, you must drop your ball, whether under penalty or not. If you have a caddy, they can’t drop your ball for you—that’s your responsibility.Since 2019, the rules now state that when dropping, you have to do so from knee height. Prior to the change, dropping was instead done from shoulder…
Q. First round back in nearly 12 years. How would you sum it up? ANTHONY KIM: Obviously disappointed with the score (+6) , but I played much better than the score. I’ve got a lot to build on. Just made a lot of unforced errors, and that was unfortunate, but I feel like I’m not that far away. Q. Did you have those kind of expectations, given 12 years of rust basically? ANTHONY KIM: I would be lying to say that I didn’t have certain expectations. At least even if I played bad, I thought I would shoot around par. It was…
Rory Mcllroy will be spending his time off the course at home this week, as the PGA Tour stops off at PGA National in Florida. Q. This is your first return since 2018. You have great history here. In 2012 you held off Tiger Woods to win the event and ascend to No. 1 in the world for the first time. Can you just take us back to those memories and how special of a day that was. RORY McILROY: Yeah, I remember having a chance to get to world No. 1 the week previous at the World Match…
Foxhills Club & Resort in Surrey will host some of the biggest names in golf as the venue for International Series England, from 8-11 August 2024.It is the third consecutive year that The International Series has taken the cream of the Asian Tour and a host of big-name players from the LIV Golf roster to England.The $US2 million tournament is the eighth event of 2024 to be announced on The International Series. The schedule of 10 elevated events, sanctioned by the Asian Tour, provides a merit-based open pathway to the LIV Golf League for players from all over the world. Rahul Singh,…
Prostate Cancer UK is calling on golfers across the UK to grab their clubs, round up playing partners and take on The Big Golf Race, the UK’s biggest golf fundraising challenge, to help save men’s lives. Since The Big Golf Race was launched in 2020, more than 11,500 golfers have raised over £3.4m to help fund life-saving research to radically improve the way prostate cancer is diagnosed and treated. This year, the leading men’s health charity is urging more golfers to take part in The Big Golf Race to help save dads, grandads, brothers, uncles and friends from a disease…
European Solheim Cup Captain Suzann Pettersen today confirmed her team of four vice-captains for the 2024 Solheim Cup, which will be played at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in September.Pettersen had three vice-captains alongside her at the 2023 Solheim Cup with Anna Nordqvist, Dame Laura Davies and Caroline Martens all bringing different skills, knowledge and experience to the backroom team.For 2024, the Norwegian has also decided to add England’s Mel Reid – who was a Vice-Captain in 2019 – ahead of the prestigious biennial content where Europe will be seeking to keep the trophy for a historic fourth time.“With just over six months…
Start with Brooks and Talor. About four or five months ago you guys had quite an epic playoff out there, different teams. Brooks, you won your second LIV Golf Jeddah championship, and you also claimed your individual season championship here last year. Positive memories coming back for you both? BROOKS KOEPKA: For me, yeah. Maybe not as much Talor. But coming here back-to-back champ feels good. I like this golf course. I’ve obviously played well, so some familiarity, I guess. The golf course hasn’t changed over the last six years, so I’ll be ready to play this week. TALOR GOOCH:…
Trying to define the best golf courses in the world is clearly a difficult and subjective task.However, in this blog, we’ve tried to help ourselves a bit by breaking it down into different sub-categories—from the most historic and beautiful courses to bucket list-type trips and everything else in between.Need a bit of inspiration? Read on… The best golf courses in the worldSkip to:Most historic golf coursesMost beautiful golf coursesBucket list visitsBest overall experiencesBest course designsBest golf resortsBest new golf coursesThe world’s best cheap golf course Most historic golf coursesThere really is nowhere else to start but the Old Course at St Andrews.…
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,…
