Mickelson nears age where greatness fades

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This feels like a transcendent player fading gently into the twilight of his career. History says that’s what happens when PGA Tour pros — even the best golfers ever — reach their mid-40s, and Phil Mickelson turns 45 in June. So does this week’s Humana Challenge outside Palm Springs unofficially launch Mickelson’s farewell tour? via […]

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Rio 2016 golf test event set to go ahead in November despite fears over grass growing in time

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Rio 2016 are not expecting to need to postpone the golf test event scheduled for the Olympic course in November despite the grass having only recently been laid, officials have insisted here today, although they are still working to accommodate the concerns of environmentalists. The course at Reserva de Marapendi in the main Olympic Cluster of Barra […]

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Bmw New Zealand Open: Member Get Member Winner Found For Queenstown

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New Zealand Golf is pleased to announce the winner of the LOVE Golf Member Get Member competition for the chance to play in the BMW New Zealand Pro-Am in Queenstown in March. Andrew Simpson, from the Nelson Golf Club, was chosen as the winner of the Ultimate BMW New Zealand Open Experience, a promotion run in conjunction with the […]

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All systems go for golf’s return to Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

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Several prominent figures behind golf’s eagerly-awaited return to the Olympic Games joined forces today with Major Champions, Graeme McDowell and Suzann Pettersen in Florida, in providing an upbeat assessment of the state of play with only 19 months left until the first tee shot in Rio de Janeiro. Peter Dawson and Ty Votaw, respectively the […]

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Growing The Game With The USGA

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Growing the game of golf has been an initiative of many for quite some time. To echo that idea, Rand Jerris of the USGA joins Lou Holder on The Turn to talk about diversifying the game. Click on picture to read full story and see video.  

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Famous cricketers switch to golf clubs

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Some of the greatest cricketers in the history of the game will swap their bats for golf clubs at the BMW New Zealand Open when they line up in the inaugural ANZ Celebrity Challenge in Queenstown, from March 12-15. West Indians Sir Viv Richards and Brian Lara, Englishmen Sir Ian Botham and Graeme Swann, Australian […]

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Young golfers snag fun afternoon in Margaret River

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GOLF could appear dull to some people – but not if they witnessed the SNAG children’s clinic that took place at Margaret River Golf Club on Friday. Children of about five or six years squealed with delight as they ran about the golf course and threw tennis balls at a velcro target. The target happened […]

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Is the LPGA Tour going to get to play “Amen Corner”? Yes. Sort of

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The LPGA Tour will open its season for the first time at the newly-created Coates Golf Championship in two weeks. It is also believed to be the first time a tribute course will host a major professional tour event.Eight of Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club’s 18 holes are copies of famous holes from around […]

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Kenyan golfers think golf is ‘easy’ because of Tiger Woods

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I read a lot of information and news about golf. Blogs, magazines, newspaper articles and longform stories on the Internet, but nothing this week has intrigued me as much as what Jeff Mwangi told Golf Digest on Friday. Mwangi is also a reader of golf things living in Nairobi, Kenya, and here’s what he wrote […]

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King says golf on upswing

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In a recent interview on the Golf Channel, Arnold Palmer presented the opinion that claims made by many sports analysts about golf being on the decline are greatly exaggerated. He agrees that the golf’s popularity was down for a couple of years but says all sports go through the same type of cycles. “Think of […]

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