McIlroy Honoured With A Record Sixth AGW Golf Writers ‘Golfer of the Year’ Award

(Bernie McGuire – Secretary AGW 2014-’24) Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy has been awarded the AGW Golf Writers Trophy for an unprecedented sixth time. Members of the Association of Golf Writers voted in overwhelming fashion to reward the 36-year-old for a career-defining year of triumph. Not only did he win a maiden Masters at Augusta National, McIlroy also contributed to Europe’s Ryder Cup victory in New York, claimed a second Irish Open title, added PGA Tour victories at Pebble Beach ...

Matsuyama Wins Both His Opening & Now Closing Event Of His Year At Woods Hosted Hero World Challenge

Hideki Matsuyama has superbly ended his season with a 21st career success and some 11 months after he got his year underway with his 20th tournament victory. Matsuyama, 33, captured his first event of 2025 at January’s The Sentry and now 25 tournaments later the Japanese golfer has succeeded in securing a second success in his final event of the year at the Hero World Challenge. Matsuyama again wearing his bright yellow favourite last round shirt had brilliantly put himself in contention for ...

Breaking News – French Star Martin Couvra Named Sir Henry Cotton ‘Rookie of the Year’

Super-talented French golfer Martin Couvra has been named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year for 2025, becoming the second French player to win the DP World Tour’s prestigious award. Couvra won the Turkish Airlines Open in May and registered six other top ten finishes to end the 2025 season in 19th position on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World. The 22 year old is the first French golfer since Olivier Edmond in 1998 to win the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the ...

Could This Be A Unique Golfing First As Husbands & Wifes/Caddies Win In Successive Weeks?

  Could this be a unique golfing first? A week ago Scotland’s David Drysdale brilliantly savoured success for a first time in some 19-years in capturing the Legends Tour’s Vattanac Legends Championship played on the West Course at the Vattanac course, a short distance south of the capital Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Caddying for the golfer affectionately known as ‘Double D’ was his wife and also long-time caddy, Vicky. COULD THIS BE A GOLFING FIRST ❓.. A week after David ...

Rookie Pro Sandin Continues His Impressive Form

​ Impressive Scottish rookie pro Sebastian Sandin has continued his recent super form with a third place in the opening event of the 2025/26 revamped MENA Tour season.   Sandin posted a third and final round 68 for a 13-under-par tally, five shots adrift of runaway winner Italian Addabbo Ludovico in the PGAS Aroeira Challenge near Lisbon in Portugal.   Ludovico was never headed over the three rounds posting a final 63 to win by three at 18-under from local golfer Pedro Figueiredo (67) at ...

Seven Major Champs Plus Host PGA/DPWT/Asian Tour Winners Join Near 50 LIV Golf Stars Teeing-Up PIF Saudi International

Outside of the four majors contested this season this week’s Wednesday commencing Asian Tour season-ending PIV Saudi International boasts a huge field of seven major champions among the near 50 LIV attached players contesting the $5m event in Riyadh. Among those major winners is two double champions at the game’s highest level – Dustin Johnson and Martin Kaymer. As well, nine of the LIV stars won on this year’s 2025 LIV Golf schedule headed by the prolific winning Joaquin ...

Scot Leads Ten ‘Race To Mallorca’ Finalists Heading Down Under For 2026 DPWT Season-Opener

It has been officially confirmed Scotland’s David Law will make his 2026 DP World Tour (DPWT) debut in leading 10 Hotel Planner Tour graduates heading ‘Down Under’ later this month for the BMW Australian PGA Championship. Law superbly finished second at the recent ‘Race to Mallorca’ final in Spain to regain his DPWT membership and will be joined by Kingsbarns attached Daniel Young who attained his membership after finishing 11th on the Spanish holiday isle. The Tartan ...