Category: Golf Tournaments

Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced several updates to its 2020 championship schedule, as the organisation continues to reconfigure its season due to uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.   The 120th US Women’s Amateur, scheduled for August 3-9 at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland, and the 120th US Amateur, scheduled for August 10-16 at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, will […]

Juno Beach, Florida, United States: The world may be forever altered by the Covid-19 pandemic, but one thing hasn’t changed – Rory McIlroy still knows how to win on the golf course. The two-time FedEx Cup champion edged Matthew Wolff in a sudden-death, closest-to-the-pin competition to earn six skins and beat Wolff and Rickie Fowler, […]

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States: The PGA Tour has taken the next step toward its safe return to golf, outlining to players the health and safety measures the organisation will undertake when 2019-20 FedEx Cup play resumes at the Charles Schwab Challenge next month. The 37-page document, which was sent to players on May […]

Tokyo, Japan: The Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) boasts many jewels in its tournament crown. But few have shone quite so brightly as the Diamond Cup. A high-profile professional championship that is co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour Organisation and the Asian Tour, the Diamond Cup is steeped in history and tradition. Dating back to 1969, […]

Lausanne, Switzerland: The 2020 World Amateur Team Championships scheduled for October have been cancelled due to the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This decision follows the International Golf Federation (IGF) announcement in February that the biennial event for men and women, originally to be held in Hong Kong, was moving to Singapore due to […]

Lausanne, Switzerland: The International Golf Federation (IGF) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) have announced an adjustment to the qualifying system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to accommodate the new dates of competition in 2021. In light of the one-year delay, athletes now will accumulate Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) points through a period ending on […]

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: The inaugural Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund, the first female professional golf tournament to be played in Saudi Arabia, has been rearranged for October following its postponement last month due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic. A new date for the US$1 million event at Royal Greens Golf & […]

Wisconsin, United States: Instead of lining up at Augusta National for the 2020 Masters Tournament, which was scheduled to take place this week, the world’s best golfers are hunkering down. Like golfers all over the world, the game’s elite players are staying at home in a bid to combat the Covid-19 outbreak – and counting […]

London, England: United by what may still be possible this year for the world of professional golf, and with a goal to serve all who love and play the game, Augusta National Golf Club, European Tour, LPGA, PGA of America, PGA Tour, The R&A and USGA have issued the following joint statement: “This is a […]

Phoenix, Arizona, United States: The 2020 Major Champions Invitational (MCI) presented by Golf Saudi lived up to its high billing with an action-packed finish to both the Boys and Girls events at Lookout Mountain Golf Club, Japan’s Yuki Moriyama and American Zoe Campos claiming top honours. In the Boys event, after 13 birdies and an […]

Manila, Philippines: Motivated by the prospect of a return trip to Vietnam, Miguel Ilas motored to an emphatic triumph in the 12th edition of the Faldo Series Philippines Championship. Six strokes clear of the field after back-to-back five-under-par 67s, Ilas closed out the 54-hole tournament with a controlled even-par 72 at Valley Golf and Country […]

Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand: Pavit Tangkamolprasert created Asian Development Tour (ADT) history with a two-shot victory in the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship, courtesy of a closing four-under-par 67. Pavit, who held a two-shot advantage going into the final round, held his nerve after trading five birdies against one bogey for a winning total of 23-under-par 261 to […]