World number one Scottie Scheffler will head to Royal Birkdale as the favourite for the 2026 Open Championship. It is a rare occurrence these days for him not to start a tournament as the man to beat. Yet this Open will also mark the first event in a long time where Scheffler does not arrive…
Viktor Hovland was ranked as high as third in the world back in 2022 and he ended 2023 in fourth. He long seemed destined for greatness: he won the 2018 US Amateur Championship and then went on to break some of Jack Nicklaus’s amateur records and became the lowest-scoring amateur at both the US Open…
In August 2025, Tommy Fleetwood landed his first PGA Tour win at the 164th attempt. He did in real style too, winning one of the biggest, and certainly richest events of them all, the Tour Championship. The likeable Southport golfer, who has been as high as number three in the world rankings in recent months,…
Aaron Rai’s victory at the USPGA Championship back in May will have given any number of golfers hope that they too can upset the odds and claim a major championship. The third major of the year will start on the 18th of June, with things coming to a head at Shinnecock Hills on the 21st….
Ahead of the 108th edition of the USPGA Championship, much of the talk, as usual, was about Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and the other elite players. The tournament has been won so many top golfers over the years and in particular over the last 15 years or so. However, while the likes of Scheffler, McIlroy,…
The modern game of golf is generally accepted as having been created in Scotland, but unsurprisingly, it didn’t take long to make the short journey south to England. It was not until 1890 that an Englishman first won a major, though: John Ball ended the Scottish dominance of The Open Championship that had begun in…
Much as the organisers and financial backers try to talk up LIV, it has thus far failed to capture the hearts and minds of the golf-loving public. By and large, existing golf fans are at best ambivalent and indifferent; at worst, they are openly hostile. As for LIV’s supposed aim of “growing the game” (who…
This week, the PGA Tour makes one of its most distinctive stops as players arrive in New Orleans for the Zurich Classic. Held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, this $9.5 million event is the only official team competition on the PGA Tour. The Zurich Classic begins with the four-ball (best ball) format on the opening…
Ireland is a sporting nation that boasts a number of its own sports, such as Gaelic football and hurling. Beyond that, horse racing, football and rugby are also hugely popular. However, competing with those is golf, a sport widely played on the Emerald Isle, which is home to more than 500 courses. That is a…
Rory McIlroy completed his second Masters victory in as many years on Sunday as he joined an elite band of golfing greats to have retained this most storied of major championships. Before McIlroy won by a single stroke ahead of Scottie Scheffler, only Tiger Woods (2001 and 2002), Nick Faldo (1989 and 1990), and Jack…