US PGA Championship: Spotlight on Tiger Woods allowing rivals to fly under the radar May 18, 2022 It turns out that the Tiger Woods effect is not just for spectators, broadcasters and sponsors, according to other players at this week’s US PGA Championship. The impact of Woods taking part in a golf tournament on attendance, viewing figures and commercial interest is the stuff of sports industry lore. But some of the field [...]
Sam Torrance: Jordan Spieth to rival Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm at US PGA Championship May 16, 2022 At any golf major, and especially those held in the United States, the emphasis is on hitting fairways and greens but the latter will be much harder than the former at the US PGA Championship this week. Southern Hills, which is hosting the year’s second major, has undergone a revamp in recent years that has [...]
Aramco Team Series: Belgium’s Manon De Roey breaks Ladies European Tour duck in Bangkok May 15, 2022 Belgium’s Manon de Roey has had to be patient, but her maiden win on the Ladies’ European Tour was worth the wait. The 30-year-old, who first joined the tour in 2016, broke her duck in style by winning the individual title at the first $1m Aramco Team Series event of the season in Bangkok on [...]
LIV Golf will pay fines and legal costs for players who defy tours, says boss Greg Norman May 11, 2022 Greg Norman says LIV Golf will ensure players are not financially penalised if they defy the main men’s tours and play in the new series of big-money tournaments. Norman, the chief executive and commissioner of Saudi-backed LIV Golf, has pledged to cover any fines that players incur and fund legal action to repeal any bans [...]
LIV Golf boss Greg Norman blasts PGA Tour for refusing to release players for London event May 11, 2022 Greg Norman, the head of the big-money LIV Golf Invitational Series, has criticised the PGA Tour for refusing to release its players for the inaugural event in London next month. England’s Lee Westwood and six-time major winner Phil Mickelson are among the stars to have asked to be released by the PGA Tour, which said [...]
Alexandra Armas interview: Ladies European Tour chief on Aramco Team Series, growing prize money and selling women’s golf May 10, 2022 Alexandra Armas, the former golfer now running the Ladies European Tour, concedes she feels mixed emotions as the season prepares to go up a notch in Thailand this week. There is satisfaction that this campaign will be the biggest and most lucrative yet in the tour’s history, with 34 events on a schedule that takes [...]
Sam Torrance: Thorbjorn Olesen is back on the up after extraordinary British Masters win May 9, 2022 From his opening tee shot at The British Masters on Sunday, overnight leader Thorbjorn Olesen struggled to keep his ball on the course. He bogeyed the first, dropped further shots at the sixth, ninth, 14th and 15th holes, and on another day his scoring might have been even worse. I felt for the Dane, who [...]
Aramco Team Series 2022: What is it? How does it work? And what happened last year? April 28, 2022 The Aramco Team Series changed the landscape of women’s golf when it debuted on the Ladies European Tour last year, and the string of big-money tournaments is returning in 2022, complete with a date in London in June and a new fifth event which tees off next month. Here is all you need to know [...]
Ash Barty: Former world No1 tennis star swaps racquet for golf club for sporting comeback April 19, 2022 Former women’s world No1 tennis player Ash Barty will make her return to sport this summer at a new Ryder Cup-style golf competition for A-list athletes, the Icons Series. Barty, who stunned tennis by quitting last month, is due to be joined by football stars Harry Kane and Pep Guardiola, boxer Canelo Alvarez and swimmer [...]
Sam Torrance: Scottie Scheffler has earned his fairytale – with a little help from the Ryder Cup April 11, 2022 From first PGA Tour win to world No1 and Masters champion in eight weeks; I don’t think anyone has enjoyed a rise quite like Scottie Scheffler’s. It has been a fairytale, but 25-year-old Scheffler has earned it with a series of faultless performances and by staying in control whatever the circumstances. He was already ranked [...]