Perhaps the biggest shock of the US Open was the non-performances of Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, the world’s two biggest players. World Number 1, Dustin Johnson, started off the year very well, winning tournament after tournament. However, he stumbled in the first real test, The Players Championship, pulled out of the Masters because of…
With the US Open fast approaching, the golf world has been abuzz after Jason Dufner’s recent performance at the Memorial Tournament. The 33-year-old from Utah seemed dead and buried after a third-round 77, but took advantage of a calamitous final round from three-shot leader Daniel Summerhays to grab his very first PGA Tour title. His…
With the US Open almost upon us, we sat down with three-time Ryder Cup captain and Golf Care ambassador, Bernard Gallacher, to get his thoughts on the upcoming major. US Open greens are notorious for being difficult. We’ve had the ‘broccoli’ in 2015, then the ‘melon-twister’ in 2016. This year’s problem surface at the US…
What would you ask three-time Ryder Cup captain, Golf Care ambassador and all-round golfing legend Bernard Gallacher if you had the chance? We challenged him with three quick-fire questions covering the hottest topics in the golfing world. 1) There seems to be a recent trend in top players adopting new fitness or dietary regimes…
The R&A and USGA have recently announced they are ‘reviewing’ the use of green-reading materials – mainly green maps and books. As the joint statement from the game’s rule makers made clear, being able to read a green and putt accordingly is considered an essential part of the sport of golf – and they are…
Each May, the world of golf celebrates National Golf Month. This year, the chosen theme is ‘Women in Golf’. More specifically – getting women into, or back into, golf. This may be easier said than done. As the widely-cited KPMG research from 2016 showed, only 15% of golfers in the UK are female – a…
