City boys launch legal fight against Chinese owners of UK’s most expensive golf club January 31, 2016 Residents of Wentworth, home to the UK’s most expensive golf club nestled in Surrey’s stockbroker belt, are threatening legal action against its Chinese owner after it proposed terminating all current members’ contracts and asking them to pay a one-off £100,000 to rejoin. The club, which is the birthplace of the Ryder Cup, was bought by Chinese-based [...]
Jordan Spieth usurps Tiger Woods at top of golf’s rich list with $53m in earnings for the year January 14, 2016 Tiger Woods has been usurped at the top of golf's rich list for the first time in 13 years, falling behind both Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth in a ranking of the sport's highest earners. The legendary 14-time major champion has topped Golf Digest's annual earners' list every year since its inception in 2003 but [...]
Rory McIlroy’s Race To Dubai triumph reminds us why he’s the best of golf’s golden age November 23, 2015 Another title never feels that far away with Rory McIlroy but it felt like he sort of needed his latest win, at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday. Opting out of the BMW Masters in Shanghai the previous week put a little extra pressure on him in the Race To Dubai, and [...]
Russell Knox takes his place in golf’s elite with breakthrough WGC-HSBC Champions win November 9, 2015 I had to double-check when I heard that his landmark win at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai was Russell Knox’s first on either the European Tour or PGA Tour. Being a Scot, I’d been aware of him for a while and had kept an eye on his progress in the United States, where he plays [...]
Wentworth golf club in Surrey becomes UK’s most expensive with £125,000 membership fee October 22, 2015 One of the UK's most prestigious golf clubs is set to increase its joining fee for new members to £125,000 – making it the most expensive in the country. Wentworth golf club in Surrey, bought by the Chinese Reignwood Group in September 2014, will charge existing members £100,000 to stay and double their yearly membership fees when [...]
Portuguese Golf Masters: Andy Sullivan’s hat-trick of titles has catapulted Englishman into world elite October 19, 2015 Not many players have won three European Tour events in a season, but that’s exactly what Andy Sullivan has achieved after the Englishman triumphed at the Portugal Masters on Sunday. Sullivan, who was yet to win his maiden professional title this time last year, looked totally in control as he demolished the field to prevail [...]
Golf Comment: Ryder Cup debut should be goal for Olesen October 5, 2015 IT WAS two years ago at the Seve Trophy in Paris that I recall being impressed by a young Danish player who helped Continental Europe beat the Great Britain and Ireland team that I was captaining. Thorbjorn Olesen, then 23, was athletic and had a good swing, as well as something in his demeanour that [...]
Jordan Spieth’s extraordinary season is as good as Tiger Wood’s landmark 2000 – Sam Torrance’s Golf Comment September 29, 2015 Just last week I pondered whether Jason Day, with a sequence of four wins from six tournaments that propelled him to world No1, had done enough to eclipse Jordan Spieth as golf’s star of 2015. I sided with Masters and US Open winner Spieth, and if there was any lingering doubt the young Texan [...]
Solheim Cup 2015 row: Europe were better off losing after ‘concession’ controversy – Sam Torrance’s Golf Comment September 22, 2015 Honesty and fair play are cornerstones of golf, so the row that erupted during the Solheim Cup between Europe and the United States on Sunday jarred horribly with everything this great game should be about. I was extremely disappointed with Europe’s behaviour after it emerged that American Alison Lee had picked up her ball [...]
Golfer Jason Day’s 2015 PGA Tour earnings make him even richer than the FTSE 100’s highest earning chief Sir Martin Sorrell September 22, 2015 FTSE 100 bosses may be thinking of a change in career; as it’s been revealed that professional golfer Jason Day has pocketed more than $5m (£3.2m) from an incredible run of form in the past two months, not only pushing him above Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth to golf’s No1 ranking, but also one of [...]