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(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 ...

LIV CEO Scott O’Neil has described as ‘encouraging’ his talks with the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) body as encouraging. This comes after the recent LIV annoucement that from next year all LIV events will change from 54 holes to 72 holes and thus fall in line with those major men’s tournaments played around the world. It will be a move that LIV will no doubt be hoping will have the OWGR body to allocated World Ranking points to its players and tournaments. “We ...

The R&A today confirmed a major date change for the 2028 hosting of three of their biggest tournaments – The Open, the ISPS HANDA Senior Open and the AIG Women’s Open. The championships are each being moved back a fortnight to avoid clashing with the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles which are being staged from 19-29 July. Indeed three @RandA hosted ‘Open’ championships being moved back two weeks in 2028 to accommodate hosting 2028 LA Olympics @LA28 Read: https://t.co/hrUF525phg ✅ ...

Colin Montgomerie could hardly contain his excitement, laughing while declaring his Team Europe triumph in the World Champions Club in Florida was as good as a few months when the European Ryder Cup team retained the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Park. Despite the wet conditions in Clearwater Florida, Monty was as near as joyful all of 15-years ago when he proudly led his European Ryder Cup team to a memorable success at Celtic Manor Resort in Wales. Yes, there was not the crowds nor the noise that was ...

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 ...

Dane Ramas Neegaard-Petersen has created Crown Australian Open history while labelling a guttered Cam Smith a ‘Classs Act’. The duo headed to the 72nd hole at Royal Melbourne tied for the lead and with the 108th hosting of Australia’s premier event looking to be headed to a play-off at Royal Melbourne. Though the anticipated excitement turned into bitter disappointment for the 30,000 plus home crowd when for a second day running Smith bogeyed the last, missing a five-footer for ...

Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy ended his best-ever season on a positive note with birdies at his closing two holes at the Crown Australian Open in Melbourne. Of course, a share of 14th place was not the result McIlroy was seeking but then when he gets home to his wife and young daughter it will be then the enormity of what he accomplished this past season will begin to sink it. McIlroy completed golf’s career grand slam in April with an emotional breakthrough to claim the Masters at Augusta. He’d ...