Tonight marks one week until the 2017 Masters tees off and the turning of the calendar each year from March to April generates a heightened level of excitement in every golfer.
All Australian golf club members will check their handicap information and scoring history at www.golf.org.au – the Golf Australia home page – from next week.
He’s drifted out to No.184 in the world ranking but 2015 Australian Open champion Matt Jones still owns one of the best moments in Shell Houston Open history courtesy of his finish to the 2014 tournament.
Distance measuring devices have become standard issue equipment for average golfers, state amateur events and even R&A and USGA competitions. Now, it seems the US PGA Tour might be ready to join the trend.
Everyone who was at the 1997 Masters is being asked for their take on Tiger Woods’ landmark performance 20 years later, but few had the view of Colin Montgomerie.
I’m sure there are a host of scratch golfers that think, with a little more practice and the right breaks, they could make it on tour. And to those dreamers, we say, God bless ya, but it’s time to face reality. Look no further than the scores from Monday qualifying at the Shell Houston Open.
When the same guy keeps winning all the tournaments, you run out of ways to analyse his swing. So you won’t be reading about Dustin Johnson’s driver swing or pitching prowess after his thoroughly dominant performance at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
Only one World Golf Championship had eluded Dustin Johnson to this point in his career, but he erased that omission in his CV with a 1-up victory over a gallant Jon Rahm to claim the WGC–Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas.
You’re excused if Hideto Tanihara wasn’t a familiar name to you before this week at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. But after defeating Jordan Spieth on day one, and battling with Dustin Johnson in Sunday’s semi-finals, Tanihara is definitely on the radar of golf fans around the world after this week.
In Sergio Garcia’s defense, the rain came quickly at Austin Country Club during his final pool match over the weekend. Still, this is one of those rare bloopers by a tour star that makes average weekend hackers feel better about their games.
Australian Golf Digest
