After a spell in the wilderness Ian Poulter has returned to Europe’s Ryder Cup team at 42. Many things had to alignHow Ian Poulter will relish the familiar feeling. Two years ago he quietly exited stage left at Hazeltine having sampled the Ryder Cup in…
• Woods takes three-shot lead into Tour Championship finale• Rose and McIlroy leading the charge from the 30-man fieldThe moment the golf world has been waiting for – not long after it collectively doubted it could ever happen – is tantalisingly close….
Americans are firm favourites but home advantage and strong putters could allow Thomas Bjørn’s Europe to upset the oddsIt is an indicator of how perceptions around the United States’ Ryder Cup team have altered that the disarray surrounding their last …
• Woods has not won on PGA Tour since 2013• Rose recently installed as world No 1Tiger Woods sits joint top of a PGA Tour leaderboard after 36 holes for the first time since 2015 after a second round of 68 at the Tour Championship. Woods, who is seekin…
• Former No 1 holds 28-foot putt on 18 for an eagle• Rory McIlroy shoots 67 with seven birdiesThe Ryder Cup marketing boost money cannot buy relates to Tiger Woods’s return to the competition falling immediately after a first victory in five years. The…
• Talks between men’s and women’s tours in US and Europe• Brittany Lincicome featured as exemption on PGA Tour in JulyThe prospect of golf’s leading men and women competing in the same event is edging closer, according to the head of the LPGA Tour who …
• Scotland have won just one match in previous five • McLeish: ‘This is where it really begins’It would be unfair – for now – to draw comparisons between this Scotland setup and Only Fools and Horses. Nonetheless, smiles were inevitable on Sunday as Al…
• Hosts beaten 4-0 by Belgium in Friday’s friendly • One win from five matches since McLeish’s returnIf it seems extreme to be in the territory of must-win matches within seven months of an international managerial appointment, Alex McLeish has become …
• Young Scot will lead team out to face Belgium at Hampden• Robertson set to be deployed as wing-back alongside back threeAndy Robertson’s career regularly prompts flashbacks. The most pertinent one for now relates to 16 July 2014 and a Dundee United p…
On the eve of his first Old Firm derby as manager, Gerrard says his motivation is making Rangers fans happy againA city derby has seldom felt so personalised. From the moment Steven Gerrard was appointed as Rangers manager, his duel with Brendan Rodger…
The fans are behind him but the manager’s relationship with the club’s board has been highlighted after recent setbacksThat storm clouds gathered over Celtic Park at all was surprising enough. For Brendan Rodgers – the revered, untouchable Brendan Rodg…
Thunder and lightning disrupted play on day two of the final major but home golfers were firmly in control in the clubhousePerhaps it is appropriate that the 100th playing of this major sees the US firmly in control of the US PGA. On a Friday where Bel…
• Hall is only the fifth British woman to win a major• The golfers will pair up at the European championshipsLaura Davies, Britain’s most famous woman golfer, has urged Georgia Hall to develop a ruthless streak as she seeks to build on her British Open…
Golf is trying to appeal to a younger market with an online experiment beginning at Bellerive in Missouri on ThursdayHow golf can appeal to a broader and younger market has been the subject of much discussion. This week, the biggest departure yet from …
Golf is trying to appeal to a younger market with an online experiment beginning at Bellerive in Missouri on ThursdayHow golf can appeal to a broader and younger market has been the subject of much discussion. This week, the biggest departure yet from …
Women’s British Open winner with her plasterer father as caddie could not afford to play in three previous majorsTo suggest life was not always this way for Georgia Hall is something of an understatement. The 22-year-old from Bournemouth began Monday w…
Everything from his caddie to his demeanour has been criticised but this hides the fact that he’s been playing well leading up to the season’s final majorLight was fading badly the last time Rory McIlroy claimed a major. You do not have to scratch far …
Hibernian and Aberdeen have also risen to the occasion as Celtic prepare to set out for an eighth title in a rowThe swagger returned to Scottish football in recent days. A close battle between Aberdeen and Burnley, Hibernian’s success over the fifth-ra…
Brendan Rodgers’ side are in the box seat for an eighth championship running but Rangers’ new manager adds interestThe extent of Celtic’s favouritism for what would be an eighth title in succession has been diminished by excitement surrounding Steven G…
The 2009 British Open golf champion, returning to the scene of her win, reflects on her triumph shortly after giving birthThe legend of Supermum was established even before Catriona Matthew claimed the Women’s British Open of 2009. The mere fact the Sc…
