Golf

It’s not just players, including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, who have had their eyes opened to new things as a result of Nike deciding to stop manufacturing golf clubs. Take Archerfield Links, for example. Bosses at the East Lothian venue found themselves with an opportunity to come up with something different for its world-class performance fitting centre.

She may be a proud American,
but the player set to be crowned as No 1 on the Ladies European Tour lives in 
Scotland and, moreover, has seen her game move to the 
next level thanks to the input of one of the home of golf’s leading coaches. Step forward Beth Allen, who is enjoying the best season of her career and is now hoping to make it 
really special as the Edinburgh-based player tackles two big assignments either side of her 35th birthday next Tuesday.

Paul McGinley, the 2014 Ryder Cup-winning captain at Gleneagles, and former Scottish Open champion Barry Lane are among the European players setting out in Florida today in pursuit of Champions Tour cards.

Here we go again. Unless he takes cold feet once more at the last minute – and that’s not going to happen when he’s the tournament host – this is the week for Tiger Woods. Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas will be turned into a media circus over the next few days as Woods plays for the first time since a year past August in the Hero World Challenge.

Former world No 1 Tiger Woods is “ready to go” as he prepares for his return to competitive golf after almost 16 months out.

Martin Laird has scrapped plans to travel halfway across the world from his home in America to play in this week’s Australian PGA Championship.

Hail golf’s Great Danes. It was fairytale stuff, after all, from Hans Christian Andersen’s compatriots as Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen claimed a first World Cup of Golf victory for Denmark in the ISPS Handa-sponsored event in Australia.

Scotland, represented by Russell Knox and Duncan Stewart, clawed a few more spots up the leaderboard as Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen closed in on Denmark’s first World Cup of Golf victory in Australia.

It may sound like something that would be chaired by Nicola Sturgeon, but a “Tartan Meeting of the Minds” early next year will be focusing on birdies, not Brexit, as a much-needed effort is made to turn talent into titles in Scottish golf.

Scotland bounced back from yesterday’s disappointing start with a 13-shot improvement in the second round of the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf in Australia.

Pamela Pretswell leapt into the top 10 on the back of a flawless second round as compatriot Kylie Walker slipped down the leaderboard in the inaugural Qatar Ladies Open.

Bad luck contributed to Scotland getting off to a nightmare start in the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf in Australia.

Spain birdied the final hole to sit top of the leaderboard after the opening day of foursomes at the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf.

Scotland are sitting last of the 28 teams after getting off to a disastrous start in the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf in Australia.

A painting portraying a game of golf on one of the nation’s first courses to allow women to play went under the hammer for nearly £900,000 as it became the star lot in a sale of Scottish art.

An attempt to provide better “access” on the European Tour for Challenge Tour and Qualifying School graduates has been welcomed by David Drysdale, who has chiselled away at the coalface on both circuits for the past 17 seasons.

It wasn’t just Nick Faldo who was eclipsed by Matthew Fitzpatrick when he chalked up a third title triumph at the age of 22 years and 80 days in Dubai on Sunday. By just 
54 days – 166 less than Faldo – the new DP World Tour champion also achieved that impressive feat quicker than Bernard Gallacher.

Kylie Walker kicked up a desert storm with a strong finish to sit just one shot off the lead after the opening round in the inaugural Qatar Ladies Open.

Duncan Stewart is quietly confident that Scotland can become World Cup winners for just the second time in Australia this week.