After a career as a rugby league referee, one which saw him officiate at the highest levels, Tim Mander turned his attention to serving the community, where he is currently the Member for Everton in the Queensland State parliament. Inside golf’s Peter Owen profiles a man who since introduced to the game as a 12-year-old,…
BY PHIL CASEY Masters champion Jon Rahm hopes golf can achieve “some type of union” as he set his sights on a Sunday showdown with his PGA Tour rivals at Augusta National. The Tour’s six player-directors met with officials from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) in the Bahamas on Monday as efforts continue to…
As well as being among the worst players never to win a major, I’m also renowned for my gritty determination in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, an inexhaustible supply of swing thoughts that are as ineffective as they are original, an appalling short game and a suspect putting stroke. Since a list of those…
Rory McIlroy says a world tour is his “dream scenario” for golf. The four-time major champion mapped out his ideal schedule including nations such as Australia, South Africa, Japan and Singapore when speaking to John Huggan of Golf Digest. Now accepting of LIV Golf’s existence and welcoming Saudi Arabian investment, McIlroy wants the game to…
The evolution of golfing equipment has been in the ‘space age’ for some time now – and the bigger brands have established themselves as literal heavy-hitters in the industry. There is a clear division between the very top brands and the best of the rest. Now, this doesn’t mean that you should focus all your…
When the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced a framework agreement to merge their commercial operations, Tour commissioner Jay Monahan appeared the future leader and golf and LIV Golf’s Greg Norman a casualty of the deal. Monahan lauded the “historic day,” and was hailed as the man who would oversee both the…
As one of the first LPGA Tour staffers for Cobra, few players have done as much for a brand as Lexi Thompson has for the Puma Golf offshoot. Cobra now have three Major winners on their books, but there might not be any at all were it not for Thompson. Off the tee, Thompson still…
