Monthly Archives: May 2016

Womens World Number 1 player Lydia Ko was present at the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Orlando, Florida last week to meet the athletes. She is pictured here with the Games Organiser Prince Harry. She said … Continue reading →

Whilst insisting that they have done nothing wrong, the Irish Times investigative journalists have found out that three golfers are named in the so called Panama papers. Padraig Harrington, Retief Goosen and Ian Woosnam were all named in leaked documents … Continue reading →

It was sad to hear of the passing of the great Irish golfer Christy O’Connor, at the age of 91, just a few months after we lost his nephew Christy O’Connor Jnr in January. ‘Himself’, as he was affectionately known, … Continue reading →

On Monday Tiger Woods teed up at a press day at Congressional Country Club and probably wishes he hadn’t. The 14 time major champion turned up to the event prior to the Quicken Loans tournament without practicing or warming up … Continue reading →

World number 1 Jason Day’s huge  win at the Players Championship last weekend sees him draw further ahead of his peers. 7 wins from the last 17 starts and three wire to wire victories since September are giving him massive … Continue reading →

The Royal and Ancient are introducing a new nine hole event to be played just before the start of the Open Championship. Thirty amateur players from 13 qualifying competitions across Scotland will play nine holes of the championship course. The … Continue reading →

World number one tennis doubles star Jamie Murray returned to his home town of Dunblane, Scotland to receive honorary memberships of Dunblane GC for him and his brother Andy, the two time Wimbledon, US Open and Olympic singles tennis champion. … Continue reading →

Australian Marc Leishman, the world no 35, has pulled put of representing his country at the Rio Olympics on the grounds of the zika virus, which is an epidemic in Brazil at the moment. Leishman’s wife Audrey nearly died in … Continue reading →

German sportswear company Adidas are to sell off their brands Taylor Made, Adams Golf and Ashworth. They plan to focus their golf business purely on Adidas’ own line of apparel and footwear. Their golf business has had a drop in … Continue reading →

Last week Tiger Woods plummeted to number 508 in the World Rankings. The last time he was over 500 was in 1996 when he was still an amateur. Although he has signed up to compete in the US Open at … Continue reading →