Martin Kaymer was voted the European Tour’s Rookie of the Year last season and now in only his second season on Tour he completed his maiden victory by winning the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship over the weekend.  Kaymer led the tournament from start to finish and held off the final-round challenges of Lee Westwood and [...]

Daniel Chopra won the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii after coming out on top in a play-off on Sunday.  The Swede defeated Steve Stricker with a tap-in birdie on the fourth play-off hole, the par-five ninth for only his second career USPGA win. Chopra (66) and Stricker (64) had both finished the event on 274 - 18 [...]

January 2008 10th – 13th Sunshine Tour: Joburg Open, Royal Johannesburg and Kensington GC. 10th – 13th USPGA FedEx: Sony Open in Hawaii , Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, HI, USA. 10th – 13th European Tour: Joburg Open, Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa. 17th – 20th European Tour: Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, [...]

Open champion Padraig Harrington has been named as the European Tour’s 2007 Golfer of the Year . Harrington finished the year in third place in the Order of Merit behind Justin Rose and Ernie Els and defeated Sergio Garcia in a playoff at Carnoustie to win his first major at the British Open Championship. No Irishman had [...]

December 2007 5th – 8th Ladies European Tour: Indian Ladies Masters, TBC. 6th – 9th European Tour: Master Card Masters, Leopard Creek GC, Mpumalanga, South Africa. 6th – 9th Australasian Tour: Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship, Hyatt Regency Resort. 6th – 9th Asian Tour: Cambodian Open , Phokeethra Country Club, Siem Reap . 6th – [...]

Trevor Immelman made three late bogeys and overcame a challenge from Justin Rose on Sunday to win the Nedbank Challenge by a stroke. Both men had started the day on 16 under and were level on 17 under on the 18th tee.  Rose pulled his drive into trees, had to lay up short of the water but [...]

You would normally associate Callaway Golf with manufacturing forgiving irons but the company has now bucked the trend by announcing their first ever set of blades – The X-Muscle Irons World Number two, Phil Mickelson has already experienced success with the prototype X-Muscle blades when he triumphed in a three way play-off at the recent HSBC [...]

The unfancied United States pairing of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum combined for a three-under 69 in Friday’s foursomes to remain top the leaderboard after the second round of the Omega Mission Hills, World Cup. The American team, which held the overnight lead, finished 36 holes at 14- under-par 130 and are one shot ahead at the Olazabal [...]

The England football team may be one step away (needing to avoid defeat to Croatia) from qualifying for the European Championships, but the English Golf team has ‘qualified’ for the Golf World Cup.  Ok, the World Cup of Golf may be a bit of a misnomer and it doesn’t enjoy a particularly lofty status, but try [...]