Scot Martin Laird saw a hopeful top-20 finish disappear into the drink after putting two balls into the water at the 71st hole of the Players Championship at Ponte Vedra in Florida.
Laird was lying at four-under for his round and six-under for the $25m flagship tournament when he doubled the par-5 11th but managed to regain the two dropped shots with birdies at 14 and the 16th.
Disaster then struck with the Denver-based Scot putting two balls into the water at the infamous par-3 island green 17th, ...
American John Catlin’s stunning score of 59 on day two of the Asian Tour’s International Series Macua leaves just one of the world’s leading men’s tours still to register a sub-60 round.
Catlin, 33, had posted nine birdies coming to the last, the par-5 18th and knowing that he needed an eagle ‘3’ if he was to create a first in the 59-year history of the Asian Tour.
The former triple European Tour winner and also a four-time Asian Tour champion, and also now LIV ...
Very sad news in learning the passing of double-major winning American John ‘Jack’ Burke Jr, just 10 days shy of his 101st birthday, and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting in his Houston office five years ago just ahead of the 2018 Masters.
Burke was the son of a professional golfer, Jack Burke Sr., and capped his career winning two major titles, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA
Burke also won 16 PGA Tour events between 1950 and 1963. He won four times in 1950 and five times ...
True golf fans have heard of the Wentworth Club in leafy Surrey, as it’s the host venue each year for the DP World Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship.
Wentworth is located also just a short drive from London’s Heathrow Airport however if you wanted to travel to Wentworth’s namesake and that’s the Wentworth Club to the north of Tampa, then you’re looking at a trans Atlantic flight of over a 10-hours.
The Florida-located Wentworth Club at Tarpon Springs is just ...
Mention Monte Carlo and it brings thoughts of the playground for the rich and famous along with words such as glitz, glamour and luxury of the French Riviera.
Monte Carlo lies not in France but in the principality of Monaco along the shoreline of the Meditterrean between Italy to the North and with France to the south.
It’s one of nine regions within the principality of Monaco, and with Monaco being the second smallest principatlity in the world behind The Vatican.
Monte Carlo also is a city ...
I’ve said this before but a great aspect in driving between PGA Tour events is being able to travel at your own pace.
If driving and you’re in a hurry, then there’s the Interstates. In contrast, if you’re not in a hurry it’s a mixture of the Interstates and also the ‘back roads’.
The back roads, as I like to call them, are the state roads that lead to all sorts of meetings and adventures, and if you have the golf clubs like I would also be assured to pack, ...
* First published in 2019, updated 2025
Those who can recall watching TV coverage of the 2018 Irish Open surely must have been in awe of the pictures being beamed around the globe from the host venue – the Ballyliffin Golf Club in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
It was the first time Ballyliffin was on show for all the golf world to see in all its glory.
For four days under virtual cloudless skies the Glashedy Links course shone brightly, a golf course laid-out along the shores of the mighty Atlantic ...