GolfSixes is a unique brainchild of Euro Tour chief executive Keith Pelley. (Getty Images) The European Tour and chief executive Keith Pelley have not been shy in trying new things, and they’re about to embark on yet another new concept this week in England. The idea is called GolfSixes, and it’s a two-day event that […]
Alex Noren wins Nedbank Challenge for fourth Euro Tour win of the season
November 14, 2016 by
Alex Noren wins for the fourth time in the European Tour season. (Getty Images) Alex Noren has been in a groove all season, winning three times on the European Tour before this week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa. He popped out of that groove on Saturday at Gary Player Country Club, shooting a 3-over […]
Padraig Harrington wins Portugal Masters for 1st Euro Tour win in 8 years
October 24, 2016 by
Harrington made a 5-footer for the win. (Getty Images) Padraig Harrington is a winner again on the European Tour for the first time in eight years. He pulled off the victory at the Portugal Masters on Sunday, closing with a 6-under 65 at Victoria Clube de Golfe to beat Andy Sullivan by a shot at […]
Former Euro Ryder Cup captain McGinley: Expect '18 captain by Christmas
October 23, 2016 by
Paul McGinley was the winning captain in 2014. (Getty Images) The Europeans are already deliberating about who will take the reins from Darren Clarke for the 2018 Ryder Cup matches in Paris. According to winning 2014 captain Paul McGinley, the Europeans will identify the new captain around Christmas. “We’ll be appointing a new skipper probably […]
Euro Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke labels his team underdogs
December 30, 2015 by
The European Ryder Cup team has won eight of the last 10 biennial matches. Their only losses in that stretch have come on American soil, thanks to the Miracle at Brookline in 1999 and a Paul Azinger-led trouncing in 2008 at Valhalla. The Ryder Cup returns to American soil next fall, with the Americans looking […]
Schwartzel wins Alfred Dunhill Championship for fourth time, 10th Euro Tour win
November 29, 2015 by
It must be that home cookin’ for Charl Schwartzel. The 2011 Masters champion won the Alfred Dunhill Championship for the fourth time on Sunday, taking the title at Leopard Creek in his native South Africa with a 15-under 273 total. Schwartzel was four better than Frenchman Gregory Bourdy, with Bourdy’s countrymen Benjamin Hebert and rookie […]
Rory McIlroy rallies, then holds on for Euro Tour finale, season-long titles
November 22, 2015 by
Rory McIlroy is again the king of the European Tour. McIlroy, who trailed three-time 2015 winner Andy Sullivan by a shot heading into Sunday’s final round in Dubai, closed with a final round of 6-under 66 on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates to win the DP World Tour Championship and the tour’s season-long […]
Poulter wants Euro Tour membership rules to remain the same
October 28, 2015 by
Despite having to fly halfway around the world last week to save his European Tour membership, Ian Poulter doesn’t think the Tour or its chief executive Keith Pelley should change its rules for determining who is and isn’t a member. Two Sundays ago, Poulter fell out of the top 50 in the Official World Golf […]
Rich Beem pulls out of Hong Kong Open so Ian Poulter can keep Euro Tour membership
October 21, 2015 by
Ian Poulter can thank 2002 PGA champion Rich Beem for allowing him to keep his dream alive of making the 2016 European Ryder Cup team. When the new Official World Golf Ranking was released on Sunday night, Poulter had dropped out of the top 50 for the first time since 2006. That meant Poulter was […]
