Five-Time Open Champion Peter Thomson Retires From His Golf Design Business.
Greensboro, North Carolina … After over 50 years in golf course design, five-time Open Champion Peter Thomson has announced his retirement from the firm Thomson Perrett he co-founded.
Thomson established the company in 1965 after winning his fifth Open at Royal Birkdale and since then has worked on over 250 projects in 30 countries including building over 100 new courses.
Thomson released a statement saying:-
I have encouraged Ross and Tim to continue with their golf design practices for ...
Leona Maguire Captures Mark McCormack Medal For Second Year Running.
Ireland’s Leona Maguire has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal for the second consecutive year as the leading women’s player in the 2016 World Amateur Golf Ranking™ (WAGR).
Maguire will compete for Ireland in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games this week. Speaking from Brazil, she said she was delighted to win the prestigious medal once again.
“It is a huge honor for me to win the Mark H. McCormack medal again this year,” said Maguire. “I am incredibly grateful to my family, my coach, Shane O ...
Justin Rose One Round From Being Crowned Rio Olympic Games Gold Medal Champion,
England’s Justin Rose is just one round from being crowned an Olympic Games Gold Medal winner after posting a superb 65 and move one shot clear of his rivals on day three of the Olympic Men’s Golf Competition
Rose capped his round with two eagles to move to 12-under par and one clear of Sweden’s and reigning Open Champion Henrik Stenson who capped his round with an eagle ‘3’ at the fifth hole and in a round of 68.
However all eyes will be on Rose who had written his name ...
Westwood Enters Czech Masters As Sullivan & Fitzpatrick Seek To Further Cement Hazeltine Places.
Lee Westwood has shown he’s not about to sit back and relax and wait for the expected Ryder Cup ‘wildcard’ pick by entering this coming week’s D + D Czech Masters.
The Englishman has never competed previously in the event but given he’s currently lying 13th on the ‘European’ Ryder Cup points list and 12th on the ‘World’ points list the 43-year old Westwood heads the list of Czech entries after the field was released late yesterday by the European ...
Dany Fay ‘Golf Couture’ – Classy & Glamour In Redefining Women’s Golf Fashion.
For far too long, women golfers at all levels have been restricted in a choice of a true line of designer golf clothing to wear onto the golf course and afterwards in the clubhouse.
While very much individuals even the best women golfers in the world seemingly each dress the same.
However in just two short years Dany Fay women’s ‘Golf Couture’ is turning peoples heads not only on the golf course but with their extensive line of classy and elegant clothing that women can wear to golf business ...
Peter Dawson Hopes The Olympic Golf Bug Bites & He’s Not Talking Zika Virus.
When International Golf Federation (IGF) Peter Dawson says he hopes the Olympic Golf bug bites he’s not talking about the Zika virus.
Dawson and his fellow golf leaders are working behind the scenes to secure the sport’s place in the Olympic lineup beyond 2020 despite 12 of the world’s top 20 players controversially skipping Rio.
Whether a first Olympic golf crown since 1904 goes to a household name like British Open champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden or the likes of 318th-ranked ...
Martin Kaymer Likens Rio Games Camaraderie To Oktoberfest.
Martin Kaymer has likened the Rio Olympic Games camaraderie he has experienced in his first three days to another great festival back in his homeland: the Oktoberfest in Munich.
Kaymer said the atmosphere is inspiring him as golf prepares to make its return to the Olympic Games after a 112-year hiatus.
“Five tents of the Oktoberfest – that is pretty much what that breakfast, lunch place is like. It is amazing. You walk in, see people from your country and sit down with them and talk about ...
