Golf Comment: Classy Rory McIlroy and deserved joy for Ian Woosnam May 4, 2015 I doubt he sees him as a direct challenge to his No1 status yet but I do think that Jordan Spieth’s win at the Masters will have niggled Rory McIlroy a little. And so it was that Rory won at his very next tournament, the WGC Cadillac Match Play Championship, which concluded on Sunday after [...]
Golf Comment: Even greats sometimes need to feel they’ve earned right to win April 27, 2015 WHEN it comes to golfing technique, there are two players who stand out from the current crowd, in my opinion: world No1 Rory McIlroy and England’s Justin Rose. Rory’s swing has greater flair, is more dynamic and, when he is on song, is magnificent. Justin’s, meanwhile, has a smooth, Faldo-esque perfection to it; there is [...]
Golf Comment: Plenty years left in Gentleman Jim April 20, 2015 NOBODY was happier than me to see the evergreen Jim Furyk triumph at the RBC Heritage on Sunday, ending the American’s five-year wait for a 17th tournament win on the PGA Tour. I’ve come across him many times in my career and played against him in the Ryder Cup and can attest that there isn’t [...]
Golf Comment: Baby-faced superstar Spieth’s gift is an old head on young shoulders April 13, 2015 FOR SOMEONE who looks like they could shave with nothing more than a rough towel, Jordan Spieth showed extraordinary maturity and composure on his way to winning the Masters on Sunday. His all-round game was excellent, but perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Spieth’s first Major victory was that, at the age of just 21, [...]
Golf Comment: Rory rightly favourite but I fancy Stenson to master magical Major April 6, 2015 THE MASTERS is always very special, not least because we know it so well. We in Britain all grew up watching it on television, beamed from that same immaculate Augusta National setting year after year. We all have favourite parts that we’ll get excited about seeing again this week. I can’t wait to see them [...]
Golf Comment: Late bloomer Walker shows journeymen way March 30, 2015 Watching at close quarters as Jimmy Walker made his Ryder Cup debut for the United States last year at Gleneagles I couldn’t help being impressed with his game. Walker has a superb swing and, now in his 15th year as a professional, he is in the form of his life. That was evident as he [...]
Golf Comment: Stenson may have been innocent but officials entitled to hurry him March 24, 2015 IT WASN’T obvious that Henrik Stenson was being hurried along towards the end of his thwarted challenge at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday, but he made his displeasure about it clear soon afterwards. The Swede complained that he felt hurried into missing putts by officials keen to enforce speedier play over the final few [...]
Golf Comment: Stenson may have been innocent but officials entitled to hurry him March 23, 2015 IT WASN’T obvious that Henrik Stenson was being hurried along towards the end of his thwarted challenge at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday, but he made his displeasure about it clear soon afterwards. The Swede complained that he felt hurried into missing putts by officials keen to enforce speedier play over the final few [...]
Golf Comment: Spieth overtakes Fowler as America’s bright hope March 16, 2015 THE LAST few tournaments leading up the first Major of the year, next month’s Masters, are a bit like heats at the Olympics, and few currently look in better shape than youngster Jordan Spieth. The American, 21, became the third youngest man to win multiple PGA Tour titles when he won a three-man play-off to [...]
Golf Comment: Johnson ready to be contender at the Masters March 9, 2015 DUSTIN Johnson played magnificently on Sunday to win the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami by a single stroke and it continues an impressive comeback following his sixmonth leave of absence. When players return from long layoffs you just don’t know whether that time away from the game will take its toll in some capacity but that [...]