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…
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…
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…
The final major of 2025 will take place at Royal Portrush between the 17th and 20th of July. Rory McIlroy completed the career Grand Slam by winning the Masters at the start of the major campaign, with Scottie Scheffler confirming his position as world number one by winning the US PGA Championship. We then had…
The 2025 Open Championship will take place between the 17th and 20th of July. It will be the 153rd edition of the tournament and although some refer to the tournament as the British Open, this year’s showdown will take place at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. Of course, Northern Ireland is part of…
Golf is one of the most incredibly frustrating sports that you can play. Anyone who has ever picked up a club knows exactly what it feels like to hit a brilliant strike, but will also be aware of how much you want to pull your hair out when you then duff your next shot, even…
It rather pains us that JJ Spaun won the US Open and we took it less sportingly than the man he pipped, Robert MacIntyre. Yes, MacIntyre narrowly missed out on a first major and the first-place prize of $4.3m (the poor thing had to make do with the $2.3m he got for second). But we…
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…