The European Tour went towards a less formal future by allowing players to practice in shorts for the first time at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf championship.
World number one Jordan Spieth and rival Rory McIlroy begged to differ on Wednesday on the importance of winning golfing gold at the Rio Olympics this August.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – England’s Anthony Wall grabbed a share of the third-round lead with South Africans Zander Lombard and Haydn Porteous at the European Tour’s Joburg Open on Saturday. Wall carded a bogey-free round of 68 on the East course at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club for a tournament total of 15 under […]
REUTERS – Jordan Spieth underlined his status as world number one by cruising to an eight-shot victory at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on Sunday after repelling an early challenge by fellow American Patrick Reed. On a breezy day at the Kapalua Resort on the island of Maui, the imperious Spieth signed off […]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ernie Els is determined to put struggles with his short putting game behind him by working with a changed grip and playing golf “properly” again this year after battling with the yips. The 46-year-old four-times major champion has missed some crucial short putts over the last year and again at the South […]
REUTERS – Defending champion Patrick Reed made a brilliant eagle at the last to earn a one-stroke lead over Jordan Spieth in the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on Thursday. Reed, playing in the final pairing with world number one Spieth, overcame a slow start to pick up six strokes […]
(Reuters) – Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne will stage this year’s World Cup of Golf from Nov. 24-27 when the prestigious two-man event returns to Australia for a fifth time, but for the first occasion away from Royal Melbourne. In a significant change, organisers have also returned the format to its traditional focus on […]
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – A wretched Christmas for South African golfer Charl Schwartzel has been compounded by having to withdraw from next week’s South African Open when the European PGA Tour resumes after the holiday break. The former U.S Masters winner has been in and out of hospital in recent days for rehydration treatment after […]
