Equipment expert gives insight into McIlroy dominance on September 13, 2019Rory McIlroy’s equipment guru has explained how a new driver, a different ball and a new model of putter helped the Northern Irishman return to top form and win the 2019 PGA Tour Player of the Year award. The richly-talented McIlroy, a four-times major champion and on-and-off world number one, played well in 2018, but […]
Two-hour mark tipped to tumble, but not for another decade on January 3, 2019LONDON: Eliud Kipchoge moved tantalisingly close to the magic two-hour mark for the men’s marathon last year, but a former world record holder and a sports science expert both think it could take another decade or so for the barrier to fall. Kipchoge’s record time of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds, set in […]
Pressure on to strike while iron hot with new major golf schedule on January 2, 2019LONDON: Hitting a hot streak at the right time will be the goal of golf’s top male professionals this year as a new calendar crams the major championships into a super busy four-month stretch. The PGA Championship has switched from its traditional mid-August timeslot to mid-May, which will force players to focus like never before […]
Tiger Woods still the man to watch, if not the man to beat on December 25, 2018The most memorable scene in golf in 2018 was not the conclusion to a major championship, but rather the sight of a frenzied gallery swarming over the final fairway as a familiar figure stood on the brink of a win some doubted would ever come. Tiger Woods had gone more than five years without a […]
New world golf tour with massive prize money proposed on May 22, 2018LONDON: A new global golf circuit is being planned, multiple sources have confirmed, in what would be the biggest upheaval in the professional game in decades. To be named the World Golf Series, the circuit proposed by the British-based World Golf Group has been in the planning stages for more than a year. The group […]
‘Lexi’ rule dominates golf chatter in 2017 on December 29, 2017NEW YORK: A rules violation prompted an overhaul of the controversial trial-by-television rule in 2017, and the ascendancy of youth continued unabated, all the while played against a backdrop of a certain 14-times major champion whose occasional health updates kept his fans hopeful that a comeback awaits. The California desert was where Lexi Thompson took […]
Half-brother of N Korean leader assassinated in Malaysia on February 15, 2017SEOUL: The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been assassinated in Malaysia, South Korean media reported Tuesday, with one TV station saying he was attacked at the country’s main airport with poisoned needles. Officials in Seoul could not be reached for comment on the reported death of Kim Jong-Nam. Malaysian police said an […]
Woods turns 40, still three wins shy of Sneads 82 on December 30, 2015NEW YORK: As Tiger Woods celebrates his 40th birthday on Wednesday, he must be struck by the fact that time stands still for no one and he will face a different golfing landscape when, or if, he returns to competition in 2016. Less than two years ago, and even as recently as last year, many […]