Golf Archive

As chance would have it, Ernie Els found himself sitting next to Peter Dawson at dinner just hours after the ban on anchored putters had been announced.

Sergio Garcia has apologised for what could be construed as a racist remark about Tiger Woods at the European Tour's annual awards ceremony.

The name of the American venue may have stirred up thoughts of home but there was no joy for Scottish hopefuls Martin Laird and Russell Knox in the Open Championship's US leg of International Final Qualifying at the Gleneagles club in Texas.

When the bells strike to usher in January 1, 2016, golfing traditionalists will raise a dram to the game's governing bodies and their decision to ban the anchored method of putting.

The R&A and United States Golf Association today confirmed that the ban on anchored strokes will come into effect from January 1, 2016.

Craig Lee took his earnings to just short of €125,000 this season when he picked up €30,000 yesterday for finishing fourth in the Madeira Open and is now up to 86th in the Race to Dubai rankings.

Scotland's Scott Jamieson bowed out of the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria yesterday after a quarter-final defeat to Thongchai Jaidee.

Scott Jamieson showed he has a head for heights as he breezed into the last 16 of the Volvo World Match-Play Championship with a 5&3 demolition of Thorbjorn Olesen on the dramatic Thracian Cliffs course.

Forget any seeds of doubt.

The old World Matchplay Championship at Wentworth used to be anticipated as eagerly as Santa's annual tumble down the lum.

Auld Reekie or the Costa del Sol?

Rachel Walker, of Dumfries and County, played for a host of Scotland teams last year, but the 19-year-old has yet to win a national title, writes Elspeth Burnside.

Those of you who like counting down to a big event will be pleased to hear that it is only 500 days until the Ryder Cup swings into action at Gleneagles.

Robert MacIntyre, the Oban left-hander, produced a final-round surge last night to claim the biggest win of his young career in the Golf Data Lab Scottish Youths' Open Championship at Lanark.