The 125th US Open gets underway on Thursday the 12th of June, with historic Oakmont in Pennsylvania hosting the event. This will be the third major of the season after Rory McIlroy finally completed the career Grand Slam by winning the US Masters and Scottie Scheffler showed he was well and truly back to his…
Around two million people are in prison in the US, which is a staggering statistic, and many believe that the criminal justice system in the country simply doesn’t work. Which may seem like a strange way to begin an article about the US PGA Championship but bear with us! Perhaps, in a roundabout way, Scottie…
In the early hours of the 14th of April 2025 UK time, Rory McIlroy finally ended his long, long major drought. His last victory in one of the game’s big four events came way back in 2014, at that year’s USPGA Championship. Many, quite possibly including the man himself, had begun to believe that he…
Thomas Detry claimed his first win on the PGA Tour by taking the Phoenix Open in real style last week. The Belgian opened with a 66 and then proceeded to shoot three rounds even lower than that to saunter to the biggest win of his career. The man from Uccle (that’s Uccle, near Brussels, rather…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…