During 1954 to 1956 Peter Thomson won three successive Open Championships - thus the question on everyone’s lips is whether Tiger Woods will be the second ever golfer to match this feat in the modern era? Well up until the 31st January you have the opportunity to find out the answer in person at [...]
I can report that the seventh course at the home of golf will be called the Castle Course after careful selection by the Trustees of the St Andrews Links Trust. You may remember I and many others made their suggestions back in November!
In fact The St Andrews Links Course No 7 Working Party received more [...]
I’m excited to hear that 2007 European Seniors Tour Schedule includes a visit to Muirfield for The Senior Open Championship, presented by Aberdeen Asset Management on July 26-29.
Muirfield is a firm favourite of mind and I have fond memories of watching Ernies Els win the Open Championship there in 2002. Though I can’t lie [...]
Oliver Fisher has now made the cut in each of his four starts on the European Tour as a professional. The last of which was this afternoon at The Commercialbank Qatar Masters at Doha G.C. in Qatar. He finished in tied 11th with a bogey free final round of 68 on 9 under for his [...]
If you are thinking of visiting the Open at Carnoustie in July don’t bring your mobile phone – if you do you won’t get in!
The Royal and Ancient have listened to complaints from Tiger Woods and have said enough is enough. Security checks at the entrance gates will be place to spot anyone with a [...]
Sadly for me the USPGA Tour can no longer be found on Sky Sports. Instead I find a new programme presented by Rob Lee and Di Stewart, showing the European highlights Tour and the features that used to be on World of Golf.
It was defintely a shock, but unfortuanately the news for me and everyone [...]
It is always a real treat to watch really good golfers play some of the best links courses in Scotland. One such course that springs to mind is Royal Dornoch, orginally designed by Old Tom Morris. In 1877 the first nine holes were laid out, with another nine created three years later. Interestingly you can [...]
One of the advantages of moving a few miles north west of St Andrews just over a year ago, was the fact that come July 2007 I will only be a 20 minute drive from Carnoustie for the Open Championship.
The Open Championship has a special place in my heart. The first one I ever [...]
Ernie Els views the South African Airways Open like a Major and that’s probably why he put so much into his final round of 65 to win by three strokes from fellow countryman Trevor Immelman. This was a marvellous effort considering the conditions were blustery on the final day at the Humewood Golf Club in [...]
Sixteen players start the Tiger Woods hosted Target World Challenge presented by Countrywide today at the 7,097 Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California. In terms of regular Tour events this offers the fifth largest purse at $5.75 million.
It’s remarkable that the player coming in last will still pick up $170,000, which is great news for [...]
Oliver Fisher finished the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Golf Club in Mpumalanga, South Africa in tied 53rd position at 5 over par. No doubt the weekend finish of 77 75 will disappointment the Englishman, after his superb start of 71 70.
Things could have been different today, if it had not been for [...]
Scotland pair Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren narrowly missed out to Germany in winning the World Golf Championships-Barbados World Cup at the Sandy Lane course. Montgomerie holed a 18 foot par putt on the last hole to force the sudden death play off, meaning both teams had finished on 16 under par.
Germany represented by Bernhard [...]
The fifth event on the European Tour sees the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek GC in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Not an event I usually pay much attention to, but this year things are different as I’m rooting for the new kid on the block Oliver Fisher. Fisher finished fifth at the European qualifying [...]
Too many of us don’t practice. Well there’s nothing new in that statement. In fact if the truth be known many of us don’t enjoy practicing, don’t know what to practice correctly, can’t find the time to practice or simply would rather do something else. Regardless you will still hear golfers moan about their performance [...]
Last Thursday saw me standing as close to the The Silver Claret Jug as I’m ever likely to get!
Every St Andrews Day the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews allow the general public to look around the trophy room and the two main clubrooms. Thus I took the opportunity to have a nose [...]