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Hourly pricing, county-standard players, a new membership scheme and a growing winter crowd. Golf Qube in Cheltenham says the appeal of indoor golf has grown, and PGA professional Matt Evans expects it to keep growing as the clocks go back and the courses get wetter. Matt, who works at the indoor fitting and lesson facility, […]
The Players Championship gets under way today at TPC Sawgrass Jacksonville, Florida. The PGA tour does not run or control the four major championships and so considers The Players Championship it’s flagship event. 144 of the worlds best players will travel to Florida to tee off in this golfing spectacle, competing for the $4.5 million […]
Laurie Canter came out on top of a three man play off in the Bahrain sunshine at the Royal Golf Club to claim his second DP World Tour title. He held off fellow Englishman Dan Brown and Spaniard Pablo Larrazábal on the first play-off hole. Canter had a steady Sunday making an eagle and […]
As another week goes by on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, LIV Golf was also in action, with American Talor Gooch winning the first event to be played in Australia as Greg Norman’s enterprise continues to “grow the game.” Their intentions of growing the game and what that means is up for debate, […]
Both Kurt Kitayama and Ko Jin-Young earned golfing titles this Sunday, for a grand total of 4 million dollars in prize money. Kitayama took home his first PGA Tour title after an roller-coaster Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida. Embed from Getty Images Kitayama recovered from a triple bogey on his ninth hole and just about […]
This week’s PGA Tour event saw the return of the chaotic Waste Management Phoenix Open, with Scottie Scheffler retaining the title and in-turn regaining the world number one ranking with a two-shot win. But this is a PGA event where the action on the course is overshadowed by crowd antics, best illustrated by the infamous […]
Recently retired Gareth Bale impressed in his first start on the PGA Tour in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California over the weekend. The former Wales captain, who hung up his boots after leading Wales in the Qatar World Cup, scored 16-under-par alongside playing partner Joseph Bramlett, finishing T16 in the Pro-Am leaderboard. The […]
Golf clubs and courses across Gloucestershire are set to be relieved of the financial pressures of COVID-19 as they are set to reopen on March 29. Courses have been closed to their members since Tuesday 5 January after prime minister Boris Johnson announced a third UK national lockdown as coronavirus cases began to rise once […]
Paul Casey came out victorious at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic as he continues to push for a place in the European Ryder Cup team. The 43-year-old won the contest by an impressive four-strokes and finished with a score of -17 overall. Read more: follow all the latest breaking sports news from Gloucestershire and beyond […]
Dustin Johnson made history at this year’s Masters tournament after he shot -20 to claim victory. The World Number One made the challenging Augusta course look like a walk in the proverbial park as he was crowned champion on Sunday. Dustin Johnson had COVID-19 a few weeks ago. Yesterday, he won The Masters. Truly the […]