Furious Rory McIlroy slams $1bn Saudi ‘Super League Golf’ idea as ‘nothing more than a money grab’, while insisting no amount of cash will see him leave the PGA Tour Rory McIlroy has had his say on the proposed ‘Super League Golf’ concept Money-spinning move comes after the uproar which football recently faced McIlroy labelled … Read more
World’s top golfers including No 1 Dustin Johnson, four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and England’s Justin Rose among those offered $30-50m to leave the PGA Tour and join $1bn Saudi-backed Premier Golf League A Saudi-backed global tour is offering a reported $1billion in prize money Contract sums for the top players have reportedly risen up … Read more
The long wait for an Asian winner of the Masters came to a nerve-filled end on Sunday when Hideki Matsuyama from Japan delivered the victory that will send a golf-obsessed nation into rapture. ‘He’ll be lighting the Olympic flame after this,’ said Sir Nick Faldo on US television, and a starring role at the Tokyo … Read more
Sixty years have now passed since a pugnacious South African upstart flew the oceans and steeled himself to take on the mighty Arnold Palmer and his fanatical Augusta army. Sixty years since the game’s original global ambassador shocked the patrons to pull off a triumph that, to this day, still ranks as arguably the most … Read more
We might have guessed that when Dustin Johnson finally won the Masters he would do so smashing all sorts of records. The prodigiously gifted 36-year-old American showed his brittle side on the front nine to keep things interesting, before blowing everyone away over the best back nine in golf. A week that began with all … Read more
Never mind long-hitting. A fascinating opening round at the 84th Masters was one where it paid to be long in the tooth. Experience is invariably the quality that trumps all others at Augusta National and here it did so again over the man in the XL shirt. Traditionalists can relax and the green jackets can … Read more
It’s the kind of news that cuts across sporting boundaries. A bulletin guaranteed to provoke sadness and sympathy far beyond the buttoned-down world of members’ lounges and captain’s fourballs. John Daly has spent the best part of three decades entertaining the public — golf fans and philistines alike — and upsetting the stuffed shirts who … Read more
Golf icon John Daly, who used to drink 28 cans of Diet Coke and smoke 40 cigarettes EVERY DAY, reveals he has bladder cancer and has been left hoping for ‘a miracle’ as it threatens to return despite successful surgery Daly, 54, was told he had bladder cancer during kidney stones appointment Two-time major winner … Read more
Golf icon John Daly, who used to drink 28 cans of Diet Coke and smoke 40 cigarettes EVERY DAY, reveals he has bladder cancer and has been left hoping for ‘a miracle’ as it threatens to return despite successful surgery Daly, 54, was told he had bladder cancer during kidney stones appointment Two-time major winner … Read more
Tiger Woods’ son Charlie, 11, steals show at junior tournament with his legendary father acting as his caddy as he wins by FIVE SHOTS Tiger Woods’ son Charlie came out on top in a junior nine-hole golf competition The 11-year-old shot a three-under 33 in Florida as he won by five shots in Florida His … Read more