The semi-final line-ups in the inaugural Men’s and Women’s European Golf Team Championships have been confirmed, as the battle to be crowned golf’s first European Champions at Gleneagles gathers momentum.
The Open is coming back to Northern Ireland after a break of 68 years. When Max Faulkner, one of the most flamboyant golfers of his generation, won the Open Championship in 1951 at Royal Portrush it would be 18 years until a Brit, Tony Jacklin in 1969, was to do so again.
The US PGA Championship will go ahead behind closed doors on the rescheduled dates of 6th to 9th August. The event moved from its original date in mid May will be the first major of the year and is taking place at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.
Matt Wallace and Victor Perez will head into the final day of the 2022 Dutch Open at the top of a congested leaderboard after a testing third round at Bernardus Golf. In testing winds on the links-style layout, Perez signed for a 69 to set the target as he chases a second DP World Tour victory, only to see four-time winner Wallace birdie the last to complete a 70 and join him at ten under.
The next edition of the is 18 months away, but both Europe and the United States have already named their captains for golf’s most fiercely fought tournament. The United States announced Zach Johnson will captain the defending champions, with Henrik Stenson captaining the Europeans at the 2023 competition.
Olympic champion Justin Rose will make his first appearance on British soil since claiming an historic gold medal in Rio when he joins tournament host Luke Donald in the British Masters at The Grove, from October 13-16.
There have been many an odd occurence at the oldest of all the majors but these are our pick of the top ten weirdest Open Championship moments.
The fairy tale has slowly unwound. Local boy, Darren Clarke, who led the field off on Thursday in the 148th Open Championship, took seven at the last to miss the cut. Rory McIlroy, who famously shot 61 around Royal Portrush at the age of 16, shot 65, equalling best score of the day, but agonisingly missed the cut by one. And our man, Gmac, held firm just making it through on the cut line, nine back from the leader.
American Jeff Maggert produced a scintillating round including six birdies to win his second senior major title at 10 under par.
Patrick Reed has been awarded Honorary Life Membership of the European Tour in recognition of his Masters Tournament victory last year. Or was it his sterling work in destabilising the USA Ryder Cup team in Paris...
Savills, on behalf of Leaderboard Golf, has sold Chart Hills Golf Club in Biddenden, Kent to a private operator.
A U.S. Women’s Open unlike any other commenced on a sun-splashed Thursday at Champions Golf Club. From a two-course setup – a first in the history of any USGA Open championship – to zero fans and the unusual December date, this 75th iteration of the oldest major in women’s golf has taken on a decidedly different motif.
