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Monty Declares It Leaves ‘A Sour Taste’ Players Getting Paid To Play Ryder Cup

Nine-time European Ryder Cup star Colin Montgomerie has joined the growing chorus condemning USA Ryder Cup players being paid to compete in next year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Park. Monty represented Europe as a competitor in eight Ryder Cups including being a member of five winning teams before superbly captaining Europe to victory in 2010 at Celtic Manor in Wales. However,  confirmation The PGA of America is to pay members of Keegan Bradley’s side $500,000, $200,000 of which will be ...

Jamieson Rewarded On Mauritius Debut & So Too Newly Wed Pepperell

Scot Scott Jamieson found himself quickly rewarded to be inside the top-10 after the opening round of the AfrAsian Mauritius Bank Open at Grand Baie in Mauritius.   Jamieson, 41 grabbed five birdies in a three-under 69 in his first appearance in the eighth year hosting of the co-sanctioned Mauritius event.   Solid Debut Start For .. With @scottjamieson54 sharing 5th place post 1st round and a flrst time #DPWT #AfrAsiaBankMauritiusOpen ✅ @TOURMISS @Record_Sport (Bernie ) pic.twitter.com/iknIgSpGXX — ...

Penge Admits ‘Genuine & Honest Mistake’ Over Betting Disqualification.

English golfer Marco Penge admits it was a ‘genuine and honest mistake’ after being fined £2,000 and suspended from DP World Tour competition for three months till 13th February, 2025. Penge was found guilty for breaching the European Tour Integrity Programme after placing bets on golf though, as he says, not one bet on himself rather just sporting events, in general. As he stated:  “My bets were all for entertainment purposes to make watching golf more fun – just like most ...

Cotswold Downs – Tops In A Stunning South African Golfing Masterpiece

It’s timely in writing this golf course feature (late December 2024) as it is less than two weeks shy of the 25th anniversary of my historic ‘First Person To Hit a Golf Shot on a Golf Course In 2000‘ and also just a month away from 25-years when I played my first game of golf in South Africa. My visits to the Rainbow Nation sadly have been just a few and each to be present at DP World Tour tournament venues in Joburg and Durban. A maiden visit was to Joburg in the second week of ...

South Koreans, Aussies & Japan Players Lead The Way At 2025 Asian Tour Q-School

South Korean, Australian and Japanese born golfers feature prominently among the top-10 players with two rounds to play at the final stage of the 2025 Asian Tour Q-School at Hau Hin in Thailand. Top of the board through by three shots through 36 holes is South Korean Kyungnam Kang with the 41-year-old draining a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole soon after an eagle on 15, on the A and B course at Lake View Resort and Golf Club. Kang posted a six-under-par 65 to sit at 16-under with two rounds ...

Law Returns To Mauritius Looking To Make A Sizeable AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Deposit.

David Law tees-up for only a second occasion in five years at this week’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open looking to make a sizable monetary deposit ahead of the up-coming Festive Season break. Law, 33 has competed on the Indian Ocean island just once before and that being in 2019 and also in his last event of the year, some eight months after his maiden DP World Tour triumph in Australia and in his maiden Tour season. While this week’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is also the last of the ...

The Showdown Turns Into A Letdown.

For all its pre-match hype the much-anticipated ‘The Showdown’ between two of the PGA Tour’s best against two rival LIV Golf stars ended with little fanfare, little excitement and resulting in a one-sided letdown. It was first in meen’s professional golf with two of the PGA Tour’s best players in Scheffler and McIlroy up against two of the best LIV Golf stars in Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau at the Shadow Creek course outside of Las Vegas. There really just one ...