5 Fittest Players on the PGA Tour
Tiger Woods didn’t just change the game of golf on the course, he changed it off the course too. Before Tiger, golfers weren’t known for hitting the gym. Sure, there were golfers that paid attention to general physical fitness – Gary Player being a prime example – but in general the terms golfer and athlete […]
Koepka beats DeChambeau in made-for-TV match
Continuing the series of made for TV celebrity matches which started during the pandemic lockdown last summer in USA, the two PGA stars who most resemble heavyweight boxers, Brooks Kopeka and Bryson DeChambeau staged a head to head match in Las Vegas. The Match, as the series is called, was played as a 12-hole match […]
Brooks, Bryson in Celebrity Charity Match
To continue the popularity of the celebrity head to head one day charity matches played last year featuring Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson , The 5th edition of The Match will feature major champions and fan favourites Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau on November 26 in Las Vegas. View this post on Instagram […]
July 27, 7.30 pm – World’s Top Coach talks to Indian golfers
Interview After the overwhelming success last month of the live Q&A with amateur lady superstar of Indian origin, Megha Ganne, India Golf Weekly has now arranged a live webinar with Claude Harmon, coach to superstars Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and others. The time is Tuesday evening, 7.30 to 8.30 pm Indian Time, where Claude will […]
Koepka is back !
Winner of 4 major titles and former World No 1 showed he has recovered from his medical treatments which sidelined him for most of the past 18 months by winning the US$ 7.3mn Phoenix Open with a masterful performance. Koepka, who saw his world ranking plummet out of the top ten in the past year […]
Brooks Koepka wins Player of the Year Award
Rory McIlroy defeated Brooks Koepka with five-strokes on Sunday at the TOUR Championship. A day later, Koepka returned the favour. The PGA of America announced Koepka as it’s Player of the Year Monday afternoon, edging McIlroy for the honours. The PGA uses a year-long points formula to determine its winner, with tournament victories, official money […]
Are Top Golfers Getting Younger?
The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), known as SONY OWGR until 1995, was introduced on April 6, 1986, when Bernhard Langer became the first golfer to be crowned World No. 1. He was aged 29. The average age of the top-10 golfers at the end of 1986 stood at 30.3, not far from the current […]
2018 sees maximum changes atop Ranking summit
The World No. 1 ranking changed ownership nine times this year, the most in the history of the Official World Golf Rankings inception since 1986, when Bernhard Langer became the first World No.1 golfer. The most change happened previously in 2016 when the top rank saw a total of eight changes. Little would one have […]
Shubhankar Sharma crowned Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
Shubhankar Sharma has won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award to top off a remarkable debut campaign on the European Tour. The Indian started the season with a top ten at the $2 million UBS Hong Kong Open (November 23-26, 2017) and two weeks later claimed his maiden European Tour victory at […]
Justin Rose reclaims his World No.1 spot
38-year-old English golfer Justin Rose rose to World No.1 for the second time, after reaching the spot last on September 20, 2018. Rose successfully defended his Turkish Airlines Open title (earned €1,025,132 = ₹8,53,40,559) in a playoff against Chinese Haotong Li. Notably, this is the first successful title defense from the Englishman in a career spanning […]