Course Where Tiger & Rory Won Claret Jug Given All Clear After Discovery Of WW2 Unexploded Bomb
It was only a couple of months ago when I again had the pleasure of teeing-up at Royal Liverpool and the famed Open Championship host venue located on the English west coast shoreline at Hoylake just to south of Liverpool.
For the past few years members of the Association of Golf Writers (AGW), and with overwhelming thanks to club secretary Simon Newland, have been afforded the opportunity to tee-up annually on the course that has hosted 13 Open Championships.
The first Royal Liverpool Open was in ...
Scot Festive Season Bound Delighted With Early New Season Form
Scot David Law may be returning home from Joburg a few days early than first anticipated but the Aberdonian can be proud of his efforts in the opening few events of his 2026 DP World Tour season.
Just over a year ago the Scot was staring at the uncertainty of a 2025 tournament schedule after losing playing rights for the main DP World Tour, ending his 2024 season an agonising four places shy of retaining his card.
Law accepted his plight and to his enormous credit he secured full 2025 playing status ...
Aussie & Swede Sharing Top Honours In Saudi
Aussie Jack Thompson and Sweden’s Bjorn Hellgren share the leading honours heading to the final round of the Saudi Open presented by PIF on the outskirts of Riyadh.
Thompson, the leader by one from Hellgren at the start of theday shot a third-round four-under-par 68, while his Swedish playing partner carded a 67 – in what is the final event of the year on the Asian Tour.
They are 18-under for the US$1million event, two ahead of American Charles Porter from the United States in solo second, following ...
Down Under’s Thompson Top Of The Board In Saudi
Down Unders’s Jack Thompson put to rest any doubts that he would not keep his Asian Tour card for next year surging to the top at the halfway mark of the Saudi Open presented by PIF.
The Aussie posted a seven-under-par 65 to seize a one-shot lead at the season-ending event on the host Dirab Golf & Country Club on the outskirts of the capital Riyadh.
Swede Bjorn Hellgren, playing in the same group, also fired a 65, to sit in second place while Malaysia’s Ervin Chang (64), and Runchanapong ...
Oosthuizen Heads Alfred Dunhill Championship Celebrating 25-Years In Returning To Joburg Where It All Began
This week marks a milestone in the history of the Sunshine Tour, returning to Johannesburg for the hosting of the 2025 Alfred Dunhill Championship and 25-years on from the South African capital being the host city.
Top South African Louis Oosthuizen and winner of the 2010 Open Championship heads this premier Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour co-sanctioned tournament.
Many of those teeing-up this week have very personal reasons for looking forward to the challenge of the famed East Course, which is ...
St. Andrews Course Ungoes ‘Overdue’ Name Change.
Thirty years after the former named Prince Andrew sent the ceremonial opening drive ‘OB’ and the Dukes Course on the outskirts of St. Andrews has ultimately ruled the course name ‘OB’.
The name change to the Craigtoun course will take effect from January 5th next month.
There had been calls back in 2022 as the Duke of York’s name appeared more and more in the news but for all the wrong reasons, and for the owners to react with a course name change.
But Kohler, the Wisconsin-based ...
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 ...
