If you followed golf through the 2010s, you saw Europe do what Europe always does – show up, win majors, crush the Ryder Cup, and make the Americans look like they’d never swung a club before. But asking who was the best European golfer of that decade? That’s like trying to pick your favourite Beatles…
Author: The Golfer
Are Golf Club Social Memberships Worth it for Non-Golfers?
Golf clubs can seem like imposing places, where everyone within their hallowed walls speaks in terms of birdies, eagles and albatrosses. To a non-golfer, the idea of heading inside a clubhouse can feel a little bit pointless, not understanding the terminology being used and lacking the ability to head out onto the golf course in…
Saudi Backed LIV Golf to Switch to 72 Holes from 2026
LIV Golf announced a big change to its tournaments on the 4th of November 2025. From next year, events on the Saudi-backed tour will be played over 72 holes as opposed to the often-mocked 54 holes they have been played over since the tour began in 2022. Surprisingly, the origins of the LIV moniker are…
Lottie Woad – The English Golfer with a Big Future
The Women’s Sport Trust recently announced that more people than ever are watching women’s sport. It showed that over the summer a record number of people in the UK watched female sport on TV and engaged with it digitally. Women’s football, particularly, seems to be exploding in the UK at the moment, in terms of…
Fleetwood Mac’s Incredible 2025 – A Masters, FedEx Cup and the Ryder Cup for Rory McIlroy & Tommy Fleetwood
The band Fleetwood Mac’s best year was probably 1977. They released their incredible Rumours album that year, which would go on to sell 40 million copies, going 21 times platinum in the US. It featured four hit singles, including the iconic Go Your Own Way and would go on to win a Grammy for Album…
Xander Schauffele Wins First Title in Over a Year After Baycurrent Classic Victory
Sunday afternoon marked the end of one of the more surprising runs of results in golf. Without a win in 14 months, Xander Schauffele finally bounced back with a victory in the Baycurrent Classic at the Yokohama Country Club. Following a solid three days of golf, Schauffele sealed the deal with a final-round 64 to…
Best US Golfers in Ryder Cup History
The 2025 Ryder Cup was not one that the US golf team will want to remember, even if they fought back very well in the singles to lend the final score a veneer of respectability. They won the singles 8.5 to 3.5, although with a massive nine matches being settled on the 18th, the score…
Europe Win 2025 Ryder Cup Despite Late US Surge
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,…
Can Europe Land Away Victory in the 45th Ryder Cup at Bethpage?
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…
Rory McIlroy Joins Elite List of Multiple Irish Open Winners
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…










