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Tuesday 17 August 2010
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Dustin Johnson looks dejected after learning that he will not make the PGA Championship play-off. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP
The rules of golf are dumber than carrots, as the American writer Dan Jenkins once wrote but in the great IQ race of golfing life they are in a photo-finish with highly-paid professionals who don't know their business. Put the two together and you have the perfect storm of farce, as was the case on Sunday at the PGA Championship.
With Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson preparing for a play-off Dustin Johnson was still out on the course preparing for a strange kind of martyrdom. Continue reading...
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Monday 16 August 2010
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Justin Rose should book a flight from the US to the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles to show his commitment to the Ryder Cup cause. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images
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Sunday 15 August 2010
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The American and European Ryder Cup captains, Corey Pavin and Colin Montgomerie, answer questions before the US PGA Championship. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP
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Wednesday 21 July 2010
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Rob Bagchi: Dishevelled sportsmen are fewer and further between these days, but the Holywood golfer is in a class of his own Continue reading...
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Tuesday 20 July 2010
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A South African quoted at 200-1 before the tournament captures the Open title, but that does not mean Wolves will win the Premier League or that England will triumph at Euro 2012. Photograph: Tom Jenkins
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Monday 19 July 2010
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South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen celebrates with the Claret Jug after winning the Open Championship. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images
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Sunday 18 July 2010
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Lawrence Donegan: Cynics who were quick to complain about this year's Open were ignoring Louis Oosthuizen's masterful performance
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Tiger Woods was certainly not keeping a low profile in his 'crushed loganberry' shirt at the Open Championship. Photograph: Tom Jenkins
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South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen celebrates with the Claret Jug after winning the Open Championship. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images
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Kevin Mitchell: Tiger Woods, like Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer, has shown fallibility but his legacy should be only about golf Continue reading...
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Saturday 17 July 2010
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Tiger Woods tees off on the ninth hole during the third round of the Open Championship at St Andrews. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images
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Friday 16 July 2010
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Louis Oosthuizen lets rip with his driver at St Andrews on his way to a five-shot second-round lead. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images
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Thursday 15 July 2010
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Bill Elliott: Rory McIlroy's progress around the game's ancestral manor has been blessed Continue reading...
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Tuesday 13 July 2010
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Lee Westwood of England tees off on the 18th hole at St Andrews, which has seen many Open dramas. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images Sport
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Thursday 17 June 2010
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This year's US Open is held at the idyllic Pebble Beach but the course is not a favourite of everyone. Photograph: Hans Deryk/Reuters