We have already seen some great golf in 2025, as well as some exciting innovations in the shape of the new Tomorrow’s Golf League. But the big events of the year remain some way off yet, with the first major not until the Masters in April (10th to the 13th). In 2025 Hideki Matsuyama claimed…
Author: The Golfer
Has a Golfer Ever Won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
Golfers get to enjoy a bit of time off around Christmas, although some of them will be straight back at it in the New Year with The Sentry, previously the Tournament of Champions, getting started at the start of January. With a purse of $20m it is easy enough to see why players are prepared…
Scottie Scheffler Wins Third PGA Tour Player of the Year in a Row
Scottie Scheffler has had, even by the standards he has set over the past few seasons, a phenomenal year in 2024. There are so many amazing records he has set and feats he has achieved that we could write 10 different articles about everything he has accomplished. The Dallas resident recently shot a closing round…
Should Golfers be Paid to Play in the Ryder Cup?
The Ryder Cup was first played in 1927 and its roots go back a little earlier, to the start of that decade. As it approaches its centenary it is as big and prestigious as it has ever been. The contract to broadcast coverage of the biennial event is highly lucrative and tickets to watch live…
Rory McIlroy Clinches Sixth Race to Dubai Title with DP World Tour Championship Victory
Rory McIlroy capped off a fantastic – if at times frustrating – season by winning the DP World Tour Championship for the third time and the Race to Dubai title for a sixth time. He ground out the victory by two strokes ahead of Denmark’s Rasmus Højgaard to finish on -15. McIlroy’s triumph – and…
Charley Hull on the Up After First Title in Over Two Years
Women’s golf is in a stronger place than it has ever been at the moment. There is more TV coverage and general media exposure and, perhaps most importantly as far as the players are concerned, the prize money on offer has risen dramatically, especially over the past five years or so. Back in May 2024,…
Andy Murray and other Celebrity Golfers
For much of the last 20 years tennis fans have enjoyed a golden era, with three of the greatest players of all time frequently going head-to-head. Andy Murray wasn’t quite up there with Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic but for a long time he was very much the best of the rest. The…
Tyrell Hatton: King of the Links After Third Alfred Dunhill Win
Horses for courses is a phrase that, like many in the English language (first past the post, dark horse, home stretch, win hands down and many more), has its origins in horse racing. It is now very much a part of everyday usage and is also applied widely across a range of sports. In football…
Rory McIlroy’s Miserable Run Continues After Playoff Defeat at the BMW PGA Championship
Some might find it hard to feel sorry for Rory McIlroy, a man who’s amassed a fortune of $90m by playing the sport he loves. Equally, the brilliant Scottish golfer Colin Montgomerie, who also made his hobby his career, and now has a net worth of about $50m, might struggle to have all that much…
The $54 Million Season: Scottie Scheffler’s Record Breaking Year on the PGA Tour
At the time of writing world number one Scottie Scheffler has not far off twice as many ranking points as number two on that list (Xander Schauffele) and well over double the total of number three, Rory McIlroy. Not since Tiger Woods’ best years has a player been so dominant over any sort of extended…