There was a moment on the back nine of yesterday’s final round where Belgians Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry, five shot leaders at the start of play, might have been about to call in countryman Hercule Poirot to investigate how Australia were about to steal the World Cup of Golf from under their very noses.
After an opening day where most of the 28 competing teams were dropping birdies for fun, a combination of a format switch to foursomes, and Melbourne’s inhospitable weather, turned the Metropolitan golf course on its head yesterday.
When is a World Cup not a World Cup? When it is the ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf, that’s when.
Allen John, the German golfer who is profoundly deaf, went oh so close to capturing the European Open in Hamburg overnight.
American Kevin Kisner’s five under 66 in the opening round of the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie was posted before lunch, and stood the test of time.
You would think world number nine Jason Day – who previously spent 51 weeks atop the global standings, has won a major, and is ranked 14th in career prizemoney at $42.39 million – would be in a marquee group at Carnoustie for the 147th Open Championship.
Peter Thomson was the aristocrat of golfers worldwide, and Australia’s greatest.
USGA officials did Jason Day a big favour by grouping him with Bubba Watson and the defending champion Brooks Koepka for the first two rounds of the 118th US Open at Shinnecock Hills.
It’s a year away, but as the Masters defending champion, Patrick Reed will be totally responsible for the traditional Champion’s pre-tournament dinner menu.
The US Open returns to Shinnecock Hills for 2018, and as accompanies all major championships, the 156-person field comprises all the top players from around the globe.
Nine Australians are teeing it up at Shinnecock Hills this week for the 118th US Open. They all have varying pathways to and expectations for the US Open.
The PGA Tour of Australasia is a mess and in need of a complete overhaul.
Last weekend, Australian Jason Day recorded his second win of the year, at the Quail Hollow Club. This week, the attention of the golfing world turns to Florida for the Players Championship.
Luckily the England (cricketing) great is fine now.
The internet isn’t sure whether this is Michael Jordan’s golf swing.
Golfer Joe Miller has won the World Long Drive Championship with an amazing 437-yard drive.
These two golfers in Denver decided to punch on at the 18th hole to take out their frustration.
With so many things that could’ve gone wrong it’s amazing the shot itself wasn’t the most impressive part of the video
Meet Mike Ferik – an amateur golfer who refused to take a drop despite water lapping at his heels.
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