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A new study has found that more than a third of all adults in the UK and Ireland participate in golf in some shape or form. The PGA research project, ‘Golf for All’, has found that 22.4 million adults in the UK and Ireland ‘engage with golf in any capacity’, equating to 40 percent of all adults. Of these, 4.9 million people play golf on a 9- or 18-hole course, while more than three times that number, 16.3 million, play other forms of golf such as adventure golf, pitch and putt, on a driving range or via a simulator. Commenting…
Stage is set at one of the world’s most historic and prestigious venues as McIlroy, Rahm and Lowry headline star-studded line-up Wentworth Club, one of the most storied venues in golf, is preparing to host the biggest event in its 101-year history as the BMW PGA Championship returns from September 13-17 with a world-class field, a star-studded celebrity and entertainment line-up and an elevated spectator experience. The famed West Course is undergoing its final preparations for the arrival of the world’s biggest golfing superstars, including four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy, reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm, recent FedEx Cup winner Viktor…
The England Senior Men’s team have been crowned European champions after a thrilling win over France in the final held at Marianske Lasne in the Czech Republic. England finished in third during the stroke play stages before the match play part of the competition, where they defeated Sweden in the quarter-finals, Ireland in the semi-finals and France in the final to lift the trophy. The winning team comprised Ian Ashenden, Richard Jones, Stephen Creed, Ed Richardson, Adrian Firman and Trevor Foster. Andrew Atkinson, England Senior men’s captain, said: “From pillar to post the guys have all just played amazing golf…
All 12 members of the European team that will take on the United States in this month’s Ryder Cup in Rome will be joining Captain Luke Donald for this week’s renewal of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Defending champion Shane Lowry, world no.2 Rory McIlroy and world no.3 Jon Rahm, newly-crowned FedExCup champion Viktor Hovland, Major winners Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose and home heroes Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton all return to Wentworth Club for the fourth Rolex Series event of the season from September 14-17. Ludvig Åberg, who sealed his first DP World Tour title last week,…
Sweden’s Vincent Norrman fired a final round 65 to storm to the top of the leaderboard at the Irish Open on Sunday and claim his second tour title in the space of just two months. The 25-year-old from Stockholm, who won the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship in the United States in July – an event which is co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour – started the final day at The K Club six strokes behind the overnight leaders and was well off the pace after pars on his opening six holes. He made his first birdie on the seventh and…
Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini secured a second victory on LETAS this season by winning the Rose Ladies Open at Brocket Hall. The 24-year-old had a stunning final day carding nine birdies and two bogeys to finish on 12-under-par, two shots ahead of fellow friend and Swiss player Elena Moosmann. It was a Swiss showdown on the final day as both players became clear contenders for the lead after the front-nine. Speaking about the round, Tamburlini said: “It feels amazing, it’s quite overwhelming to be honest. It’s starting to settle in. I’m quite speechless now.” The recent University of Mississippi graduate had…
Cloe Frankish and Billie-Jo Smith both carded six-under-par 66s to share the lead after the first round of the Rose Ladies Open at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. Smith had a flawless card and got off to a hot start with a birdie on the first followed by an eagle on the fifth. Two birdies at the turn on holes 10 and 11 set Smith off to a strong back nine where she finished by nearly eagling the 18th and instead walked away with a fourth birdie. It’s been a tough year for the Lincolnshire based player who has split her…
The 69-year-old has enjoyed aces in each of England, Scotland and Wales. If that’s not impressive enough, in August, John registered a second hole-in-one in just nine days, at his home course Isle of Wedmore. One of those was on the 9th hole, where he has now enjoyed FOUR holes-in-one, and the other was on the 11th, where he now has two. A total of SEVEN aces have come at Wedmore, while two have come at Shirehampton Park on a 143-yard par-three, where the man from Pill has a particularly freaky story. He told England Golf: “I got my first…
Republic of Ireland golfer Shane Lowry will need a favour from Luke Donald if he is to feature for Team Europe at this year’s Ryder Cup. Lowry’s chances of earning an automatic spot ended after he missed the cut at the Czech Masters and he now needs Donald to make him a captain’s pick. The Irishman has been inconsistent in recent weeks but will feel he deserves a spot given he is eighth on the world points list and tenth in the European standings. In a recent interview with the Beyond the Clubhouse podcast, Donald indicated that Lowry’s current form…
Walton Heath Golf Club in Surrey were crowned the first ever winners of the English Women’s Champion Club after beating 17 other teams at St Ives Golf Club. Nicola Taylor and 14-year-old twins Annabel Peaford and Emily Peaford helped their team win the event by 14 shots ahead of Ganton Golf Club. Emily’s 74 and 67, along with sister Annabel’s pair of 70s across both days, helped them to a comfortable victory. In second place was Ganton’s Staveley, Sara Gilmore and Heather Butcher with Northamptonshire County’s Hattie Billson, Lila Bissett and Olivia Holioak Church in third place. Eighteen clubs represented…
