The Masters: Dustin Johnson is off key but Rory McIlroy could be energised by new coach

Dustin Johnson is off key but Rory McIlroy could be energised by his new coach as The Masters looms following the end of the WGC-Match Play Championship in Texas this week The countdown to the Masters is on after the WGC-Match Play Championship  Dustin Johnson is looking to regain his Augusta National crown next month Rory … Read more

Rory McIlroy vents his ‘frustration’ amid failed defence of his Players Championship title

Rory McIlroy vents his ‘frustration’ amid failed defence of his Players Championship title and admits current swing problems are influenced by trying to emulate Bryson DeChambaeu Rory McIlroy has admitted that trying to add more length has led to problems  McIlroy missed the cut in defence of Players Championship title at TPC Sawgrass Lee Westwood … Read more

Stars come out to play on the Florida course built by Tony Jacklin

Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton in line-up as stars come out to play on the Florida course built by Tony Jacklin The WGC-Workday Championship will feature 48 of the world’s top 50 Event will take place at The Concession in Bradenton, Florida this week The world-class facility has been designed by Jacklin and … Read more

Tiger Woods ‘hopes’ to play in the Masters in April as he steps up his recovery from fifth back op

Tiger Woods ‘hopes’ to play in the Masters in April as the 15-time major champion steps up his recovery from fifth back operation Woods continues to recover from a fifth back surgery at the end of last year  He had a microdiscectomy to relieve a pressurised disc fragment last month  His last appearance in a PGA … Read more

The Open still planning for ‘full-scale’ Championship at Royal St George’s

The Open still planning for ‘full-scale’ Championship at Royal St George’s in July with ‘cautious optimism’ fans will be able to attend after last year’s tournament was scrapped due to Covid R&A say they are proceeding with ‘cautious optimism’ for this year’s Open Plans are also in place for limiting spectators or staging it behind … Read more

Tiger Woods delays start to new season after having back surgery for the fifth time

Tiger Woods delays start to new season after having back surgery for the fifth time but doctors expect the 45-year-old to make full recovery The 15-time major winner last played at the PNC Championship in December  Doctors said the surgery was successful but Woods will miss a number of events He will be sidelined for … Read more

Ralph Lauren terminate sponsorship of Justin Thomas after he uttered a homophobic slur last weekend

Ralph Lauren terminates its sponsorship of World No 3 golfer Justin Thomas after he uttered a homophobic slur following a missed putt on the fourth hole at last weekend’s Sentry Tournament of Champions Justin Thomas used the derogatory word after missing a putt on the fourth hole Ralph Lauren have decided to stop sponsoring Thomas … Read more

The Masters 2021 will permit ‘limited’ number of fans in April

The Masters 2021 will permit ‘limited’ number of fans in April with Augusta National ‘confident’ in its health protocols as Dustin Johnson defends green jacket The 2021 edition of the Masters will take place in April as the year’s first major  No fans were allowed to attend the rescheduled 2020 tournament in November  Augusta National … Read more

Former world No 1 golfer Greg Norman returns to hospital

Former world No 1 golfer Greg Norman returns to hospital as he continues ‘hideous’ fight with coronavirus Former world No 1 Greg Norman is back in hospital after positive covid test The 65-year-old spent Christmas Day in hospital, having self-isolated before Norman won the Open Championship two times, in 1986 and 1993  By Sportsmail Reporter … Read more

Collin Morikawa, Matt Wolff and Viktor Hovland are fast becoming the ‘holey trinity’

June 20, 2019, is already looking like a landmark moment in recent golf history. It was the day when three young men gathered in the suburb of Cromwell, Connecticut, laid their gilded amateur careers to one side, and hit their first shots as professionals. Sometimes it doesn’t work out. On other occasions it takes a … Read more

European Tour’s golfer of the year Westwood vows to keep playing ‘well into my fifties’

Lee Westwood vows to keep playing ‘well into my fifties’ after becoming oldest recipient of European Tour’s golfer of the year award Westwood began the year with victory at the Abu Dhabi Championship The 47-year-old Englishman ended 2020 by winning the Race to Dubai  He was voted the European Tour’s golfer of the year for … Read more