Author: Sofia
Plans to expand the facilities at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in south west London have taken a step forward to being finally realised after planning officers recommended that Merton Council’s planning committee grant permission for an 8,000-seater show court and 38 other grass courts to be built on land formerly occupied by Wimbledon Park Golf Club. The AELTC, which has owned the freehold for the site of the golf club since 1993, bought the remaining 25-year lease in 2018 for £64 million, with each golf club member receiving a payout of £84,000 as compensation for the loss of…
Ivor Robson, the official starter at The Open Championship for 41 years, has died aged 83. Described by the R&A as “one of the most distinctive voices in golf”, Robson began his career as a starter at Carnoustie in 1975 and retired in 2015 after the 144th Open at St Andrews. He delivered the famous “On the tee…” introductions in his gentle Scottish accent at The Open, as well as many European Tour events, and is credited with having introduced over 18,400 players in his time on the first tee at golf’s oldest major. Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A,…
Matthieu Pavon made every post a winning one when leading from start to finish at the Spanish Open in Madrid to win his first DP World Tour title. The 30-year-old Frenchman arrived in the Spanish capital with three runner-up finishes on both the Challenge Tour and DP World Tour, but had never won at the highest level despite being an incredibly consistent performer over eight seasons. One of those runner-up finishes was here 12 months ago, but he always looked like going one better after an opening 63 and followed up with rounds of 68, 66 and 64 to get…
Brooks Koepka beat Talor Gooch in a play-off to win LIV Jeddah, but the runner-up claimed £14.8m as the season’s overall champion. Five-time major winner Koepka hit a two-under 68 to finish on 14 under par after three rounds at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in Saudi Arabia. He was reeled in by fellow American Gooch’s 62, but won the play-off with a birdie at the second extra hole. Koepka earned £3.3m for the win and a further $4m for finishing third in the overall season’s standings. Gooch had been going for a fourth tournament win of the…
Few sports offer more jargon and slang than golf. From ‘the unmentionables’ and ‘chilli dip’ to simpler terms such as Stableford, tee, birdie and bogey, the vocabulary of golf is a lengthy list.Here’s another: shotgun start. What is a shotgun start in golf—and do you need to shout ‘fore!’ even louder than usual when it happens?There’s no need to worry about the latter issue—well, not initially, anyway. What is a shotgun start?The term shotgun start relates to 18 groups of golfers beginning their rounds at the same time.It’s a good name for it, actually, as if the groups have been fired…
Les Bruckner celebrated a third career hole-in-one as Surrey enjoyed a stunning final-day win over Cornwall to lift the Senior Men’s County Championship trophy at Thorpeness Golf Club. In a whirlwind 10 minutes of singles action for Surrey on Thursday afternoon, David Boxall chipped in from 20 yards on the 2nd before congratulating his teammate Bruckner who aced the same hole moments later. The elation continued as just a few minutes after that, Boxall holed an outrageous chip from 50 yards on the 3rd hole, as Surrey went on to secure a convincing 6.5-2.5 win. Bruckner said of his ace:…
Leading equipment manufacturer, PING, has taken the next steps towards sustainability by installing 655 energy saving solar panels onto the roof of its headquarters in Gainsborough in the shape of the PING logo. The company has recently announced a collaboration with Cactus, a bespoke energy design service, that assisted with the installation of this exciting new project. The panels will produce an incredible 250,000Kwh of energy per year of which 71.5% will be consumed first hand by the business within day-to-day operations. This will have a significant impact on PING’s energy consumption and result in the organisation being 41.5% self-sufficient in terms…
The 2020 US Open champion talks about his hopes of leading his Crushers team to victory in the Team Championship of the LIV Golf League and adding to his tally of individual wins at the season’s penultimate LIV tournament at Royal Greens G&CC in Saudi Arabia Q: The Team Championship rewards the top seeds with the chance to pick their opponents. How much do you enjoy that aspect and the strategy involved deciding who plays in the foursomes & other singles match? BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: A lot of it was strategic. Last year, I picked the Stingers because they were injured,…
The PGA Tour has suspended South Korean player Byeong Hun An for three months for violating the tour’s anti-doping policy. The suspension has been retroactively applied to begin on August 31 and he will be eligible to return to competition on December 1. PGA Tour officials said that An tested positive for a prohibited substance contained in an over-the-counter cough medicine that the 32-year-old player had bought in South Korea. “He has co-operated fully with the Tour throughout the process and accepted his suspension,” read a statement from the PGA Tour. “The Tour will have no further comment on the…
Sun, lush nature with centuries-old olive trees and verdant hills, complemented by spectacular sea views under cloudless September skies, provided the enticing backdrops as 240 professionals and amateurs from across the world headed to Costa Navarino for the Aegean Messinia Pro-Am. Europe’s newest golf destination welcomed 60 teams from 23 countries for the international event from September 13-17, the biggest tournament in Costa Navarino’s annual golfing calendar, sanctioned by the Confederation of Professional Golf and supported by the Hellenic Golf Federation and the PGA of Greece. The participants had the opportunity to play golf on three of the destination’s signature…
