Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, three of Europe’s most successful Ryder Cup players, have resigned their membership of the DP World Tour on the day that they were due to have paid fines for taking part in LIV Golf's inaugural event at Centurion Club last year and face further sanctions for breaches of the Tour’s Conflicting Tournament Regulation.
The post Ryder Cup legends resign DP World Tour membership ahead of LIV Golf sanctions appeared first on Golf News.
Barry Lane, a Ryder Cup player, five-time European Tour winner and eight-time Legends Tour winner, has died at the age of 62 following a short illness. Lane made 693 starts on the European Tour – now known as the DP World Tour – and is fourth on the Tour’s all-time appearance list. Born in Hayes, Middlesex in 1960, Lane first took up the game of golf aged 14. Two years later, aged 16, he joined the Downshire Golf Club near […]
The post Barry Lane passes away aged 62 appeared first on Golf News.
Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa is bidding to end the almost 30-year absence of the Ryder Cup from England after launching a bid to host the biennial matches in 2031 or 2035. Located just a short direct train ride from central London and a few minutes’ drive from the M1 and Luton Airport, the luxury estate is set in over 1,000 acres of parkland, woods and lakes in Bedfordshire. The estate is currently home to an 18-hole championship course […]
The post Luton Hoo launches bid to host Ryder Cup appeared first on Golf News.
Plans to build a new a golf course and resort in Bolton that is capable of hosting a future Ryder Cup have been given the green light after national government intervened to overturn a local planning decision.
The post Bolton Ryder Cup course approved following appeal appeared first on Golf News.
Swindon’s David Howell made history today when he teed off at this week’s Cazoo Open in Wales to become just the third player to play 700 European Tour events. The dual Ryder Cup winner joins European golf legends Sam Torrance and Miguel Angel Jiménez as a member of the exclusive ‘700 Club’. Jiménez overtook Torrance’s long-standing record of 706 events in 2020 and currently tops the all-time list of appearances on 717. At 47, Howell becomes the youngest player in […]
The post Howell chalks up 700th European Tour event appeared first on Golf News.