Europe have won the 45th Ryder Cup in New York by 15 points to 13, but it could – and perhaps should – have been a much more comfortable victory. Luke Donald’s European side dominated proceedings at Bethpage Black on Long Island and took a healthy lead into the final day. But the US team,…
After almost two years of waiting, the 2025 Ryder Cup is now almost upon us. Bethpage Black, on Long Island, New York, will host as Europe bids to become the first team to claim victory away from home since they did so in 2012. Back then, they had to rely on the so-called Miracle of…
At the start of the year, Rory McIlroy stated that he was going to focus on the things that really mattered to him in golf. He had three main aims for the weeks, months and years ahead. Those were to finally win the US Masters and thus complete the career Grand Slam; to win another…
There is a solid argument that golf might be the most frustrating sport in the world. Anyone who has ever been to the driving range, let alone gone out onto a course, will know only too well the annoyance of hitting a bad shot after having hit countless excellent ones. It is an easy sport…
“Fleetwood Mac” was the powerful combination of Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood that won both their matches at the 2023 Ryder Cup. Both players will be involved two years on at Bethpage Black, and both will head to New York in fine fettle. For every sporting fairytale, there is an unhappy ending, and for every…
There is definitely an extent to which golf is seen as a sport that is hard to know the etiquette around. The exclusive nature of it means that someone who has never played on a golf course before can feel extremely intimidated by the experience. Most of the time, the first time that someone heads…
On Sunday, Justin Rose beat US Open champion JJ Spaun in a play-off at the St Jude Championship, the first event of the 2025 FedEx Cup. Englishman Rose took home $3.6m from the total purse of $20m as he saw off US star Spaun on the third extra hole. It was a dramatic finish to…
Golfers love to play golf. It is something of a bug for people who adore the game and enjoy the time that they get to spend on the golf course, taking on the elements as well as their own battle with the mental side of the sport. As a result, it is not uncommon for…
Each of golf’s four majors takes a slightly different approach when it comes to deciding which venue will host the tournament. The Masters, of course, is only ever held at the iconic Augusta National, which keeps things nice and simple. The US Open and the US PGA Championships, in contrast, have both been played at…
Golf is the sort of sport that people either play from a young age or else begin to get into as they get older. As a result, not everyone will have a set of clubs when they first start playing the game. If that is the category that you fall into, then you might find…