No Tiger. Likely no Brooks. DJ and McIlroy looking out of sorts. Rahm potentially set for an early exit. It’s looking like a wide open Masters. Who’s your idea of the winner?
Columns
Perspective in the Distance Debate? What’s it worth?
“Let me tell you something right now, you can print this in stone and don’t you ever forget it; any performer who ever sells a product is now and for all eternity removed from the artistic world”
Johnson’s Olympic withdrawal will disappoint some, but not me
‘The Olympics is low in his order of priorities because there is ‘no money’ involved – just honour and glory (of a type). Nor will he be alone in coming to the same conclusion’
The lost generation must be retained
Golf clubs face a fight to retain their new faces, but it’s a fight they can win
Chasing distance is a dangerous game
‘Rory’s admission that he has lost accuracy, control & consistency by chasing speed in an effort to emulate Bryson DeChambeau has hurt his swing. How could he be so naive? Easy! Hasn’t every serious golfer pushed for more distance at some stage?’
My Qatar Masters memento
At the Qatar Masters, it’s customary to present the media with a gift. Our very own Bernie McGuire recalls the memento given to him at the 1999 edition of the Doha tournament
Go back to basics, Rory!
‘There’s no pressing need for Rory to be changing too much as long as he has the basics ‘right’. You don’t become a bad golfer overnight, especially if you were once the best’
Golfers getting younger and younger
To be usurped by younger blood is an uncomfortable, unavoidable feeling. It has happened to every multiple champion in the history of the game. It’s a matter of when, not if. And, as the best get younger, so do the has-beens!
Irish women’s golf has so much to celebrate
Today is International Women’s Day and given all the success of Ireland’s women golfers in recent years, it’s only right that we mark just how far we’ve come and shine a light on a very bright future
PGA Tour Live’s love affair with Rickie Fowler
There are those who make the grade to the PGA Tour’s Featured Groups who have every right to be there, and then there is Rickie Fowler who disappointed again with a 76 on day one at The Arnie. Can the love affair continue?
Form is temporary, class is permanent
There are a number of golfers going through rough patches out on Tour right now but write them off at your peril
I See You in Everyone*
Golfers see golf everywhere but this one is extreme, even for us! A 60m tee and a Mega McIlroy, now that deserves some applause!
Riviera leads by example in how to present a tournament course
Last week’s Genesis venue rewarded good golf and penalised poor play. A simple formula that few courses on the Tour rota manage to get right
Play suspension highlights green speed stupidity at Riviera
Regular visitors to the West of Ireland Championship would’ve got a laugh seeing the pampered PGA Tour pros called in due to 35mph winds on Saturday, but how did those setting up Riviera get it so wrong?
Rory McIlroy versus Dustin Johnson via Shot Gain Data
When it comes to analysing performance, few sports offer more precise pointers than golf. Here’s how Dustin Johnson fares against Rory McIlroy in the stats department. It’s telling
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Kearney signs for Frontier Sports Management
Frontier Sports Management, part of the Frontier Sports Group based out of Dublin, have announced the signing of Royal Dublin. professional and European Tour player Niall Kearney. Frontier Sports and Kearney have joined forces towards the end of the 2020/2021 golf...
Move to Yas Island heralds new era for Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Abu Dhabi Sports Council and the European Tour have announced that the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship will move to Yas Island for the first time next year when Yas Links Abu Dhabi hosts the opening Rolex Series event of the 2022 season. Designed by Kyle Phillips and...
O’Keeffe hungry for more titles after landmark Irish Close/Open double
There were shades of a vintage Brooks Koepka about Peter O’Keeffe last week in Brittas Bay. The towering Douglas star looked the man to beat ahead of the Flogas Irish Amateur Open taking place at Pat Ruddy’s revered European Club and O’Keeffe bought into the hype. A...
McIlroy being backed for more Major success after Vegas win
Rory McIlroy is being backed to bag more major titles in 2022 after a terrific turnaround in Las Vegas at the weekend. McIlroy claimed his 20th title on the PGA Tour in the early hours of Monday morning as he shot a final round of 66 to win The CJ Cup. The former...
O’Keeffe takes chequered flag in Bridgestone Order of Merit
Douglas golfer Peter O'Keeffe has been crowned the 2021 Bridgestone Men's Order of Merit winner. Following wins at the AIG Irish Men's Amateur Close Championship, the Munster Stroke Play Championship and the Flogas Irish Men's Amateur Open Championship, the Cork...