The R&A has announced new global participation figures that show that there are ten million more golfers are playing the game worldwide now than they were 2016.
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Plans to roll back the distance that a golf ball can fly at professional and elite level amateur events have been met with strong resistance by many top players and by some leading golf ball manufacturers, but are unlikely to prevent a future split between the rules of golf for pros and those for regular club golfers in the coming years.
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The Continent of Europe achieved a historic double by securing victory over Great Britain and Ireland in the Junior Vagliano and Jacques Léglise trophies at Blairgowrie today, the first time that the matches have been played alongside each other. The renowned Rosemount Course in Perthshire was bathed in sunshine as the Europeans continued their dominance in the Junior Vagliano Trophy to take the match by 10-8 after the afternoon singles finished three points apiece. The keenly contested Jacques Léglise Trophy […]
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The uneasy relationship that exists between golf’s traditional power bases and the newly formed LIV Golf Series reared its head ahead of the 150th Open Championship with a statement from the R&A confirming that it had not invited LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman to attend the Celebration of Champions or attend the Champions’ Dinner in order to avoid ‘an unwelcome distraction’ on the eve of the season’s final major. The Celebration of Champions, which is taking place on Monday, will […]
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The spiralling prize funds being offered for the world’s best golfers took another significant rise following the announcement that the winner of this year’s 150th Open Championship at St Andrews will pocket a cool £2.1m. That sum represents an increase of more than £300,000 on the £1.7m Collin Morikawa won in 2021, while the total purse for the game’s oldest major has risen by 22% from last year to a new record high of £11.2m. Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, […]
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