Justin Thomas’ incredible comeback victory
Justin Thomas equalled the record for the largest final-round comeback at the PGA Championship to claim his second major title, in a playoff over Will Zalatoris with the overnight leader Mito Pereira double bogeying the 72nd hole to miss out. Thomas started the day seven shots behind 54-hole leader Mito Pereira and played the last […]
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 […]
PGA Championship sees spectator chaos
Pro Golf – PGA TOUR The chaotic spectator management that unfolded at Kiawah Island’s 18th hole on Sunday of the PGA Championship, was thrilling for winner Phil Mickelson’s fans but upsetting for runner up Brooks Koepka, who was recovering from a painful knee surgery. The prospects of the hugely popular Mickelson winning at age 50 […]
Mickelson demolishes age barrier at PGA Championship
Pro Golf – PGA TOUR It has always been hard for a player in his 40s to win a Major Championship, a feat accomplished only 21 times since 1960. Until Sunday, it was also considered all but impossible to win a Major in your 50s. But Phil Mickelson showed it’s possible by holding off major […]
South Africans make a splash at the PGA Championship
Pro Golf – PGA TOUR Going into the final round of last week’s PGA Championship, what hit me in the face was the presence of 3 South Africans in the top 5 of the leaderboard !! Just last week, we spoke about three consecutive victories by South Africans on the European tour while another scored […]
Tiger Woods faces a wrongful death lawsuit
Tiger Woods and the general manager of his Florida restaurant face a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of a 24-year-old bartender of the Jupiter establishment. Nicholas Immesberger had an estimated blood alcohol concentration of 0.28 — more than three times the legal limit — when Immesberger died after his 1999 Chevrolet Corvette left […]
Koepka rises to World No.1
28-year-old Brooks Koepka is having a year to remember. Following a successful defense of his U.S. Open title, the Florida native clinched the PGA Championship—his third Major win—in August. 70 days on, he triumphed at THE CJ CUP (October 18-21) by four strokes. Now in its second edition, the US$9.5 million PGA TOUR event was […]
Arjuna Award for Shubhankar Sharma
Shubhankar Sharma, India’s highest-ranked golfer and a winner of two European Tour titles, has been conferred the prestigious Arjuna Award. 22-year-old Sharma, who heads the Asian Tour’s Habitat for Humanity standings, now becomes the 20th Indian golfer and the 11th Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) member to be recognized with the honour. He is also […]
100th PGA Championship – Trivia
28-year-old Brooks Koepka played largely on the European Challenge Tour (where he recorded 4 wins) and the European Tour (1 win) before moving on to the PGA Tour in 2014. He won his first PGA Tour title at the Phoenix Waste Management Open in 2015. Since then, the Florida native has not looked back and […]
Tiger Woods’ Impact on Golf
22 years ago, August 28, 1996. Less than 72 hours after capturing his third straight U.S. Amateur title—in a third straight come-from-behind victory in the championship match—Woods held a press conference at Brown Deer Park. From behind a three-foot-tall podium adorned with the PGA TOUR logo, the 20-year-old Stanford undergrad announced he would be […]