Golf

The DP World Tour heads to Germany this week for the staging of the BMW International Open, an event that has been won by the likes of Viktor Hovland, Martin Kaymer, Henrik Stenson, John Daly and Colin Montgomerie. Key Stats/Skill Set Required ● Birdies● Bogey Avoidance● Par 4 Scoring● Strokes Gained: Putting● Putts Per GIR● Strokes Gained: Around The Green● Scrambling● GIR Golfclub Munchen Eichenried hosts the BMW International Open for the sixth-straight year. It is one of the easier courses on the DP World Tour with -18 or shorter claiming three of the last four stagings. Scoring well, bringing…

Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay and last week’s Travelers Championship winner Keegan Bradley go in favoured in this week’s Rocket Classic in Detroit with two-time winner Cameron Davis back to defend his crown.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Putting Average  Strokes Gained: Putting  Birdie or Better  Par 4 Scoring  Strokes Gained: Approach  GIR  Proximity  Bogey Avoidance  Scrambling  Strokes Gained: Around The Green  The Detroit Golf Club is a Donald Ross design that turns 126 this year. It tends to be a very easy course to score on, ranking in the 16 easiest courses the last six years including three in the top…

LIV plays its third US event of the season with Bryson DeChambeau hosting the inaugural LIV Dallas event from Maridoe Golf Club.  Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Strokes Gained: Off The Tee  Driving Accuracy  GIR From Rough  Approach: 150-175 Yards  Putting Average  Par 5: 575+ Yards  The Maridoe Golf Club is a long course with penal rough so playing from the fairway is important and if not, recovering is key. Putting well will be important as will getting through the incredibly long Par 5s.   Key Correlation Courses  Nil  BEST BET Joaquin Niemann @ $8.00 There have been eight LIV tournaments this…

Following one of the most remarkable US Opens in recent history, the PGA Tour stages its final elevated event of the season with Scottie Scheffler once again favoured to claim another win in The Travelers Championship.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Putting Average  Strokes Gained: Putting  Birdie or Better  Par 4 Scoring  Strokes Gained: Approach  Ball Striking  Proximity  Bogey Avoidance  TPC River Highlands is a typical NorthEast course, a Par 70 where conditions dictate how this plays. All styles are suited with form on the greens typically dictating the victor. Making birdies and minimising mistakes are the key here.   Key Correlation…

The third women’s major of the year comes to us from Fields Ranch East in Frisco, Texas with the staging of the Women’s PGA Championship. Mao Saigo and Maja Stark have won the first two majors of the year while Amy Yang looks to defend her crown.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Strokes Gained: Tee To Green  GIR  Strokes Gained: Approach  Driving Distance  Strokes Gained: Putting   Fields Ranch East is set to be a feature of PGA of America events in the next decade with two men’s PGA Championships, another two women’s and a senior scheduled for the course. It is…

The third major of 2025 is as highly anticipated as any other with the famed Oakmont Country Club hosting this year’s US Open. Oakmont is revered as the quintessential US Open course, arguably the sternest test in professional golf. No venue has hosted the US Open more with the Pennsylvania venue staging its first US Open in 1927 with its 10th to be staged 98 years later. Tommy Armour won the inaugural staging at Oakmont with the likes of Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller and Dustin Johnson all winning at the esteem property. PGA Championship winner Scottie Scheffler, Masters…

First staged in 1904, the Canadian Open is the third oldest continuously running tournament on the PGA Tour and the oldest non-major. Rory McIlroy, the favourite this week, has won the event twice. Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Lee Trevino and Byron Nelson stand out among the long list of illustrious winners. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Bogey Avoidance Par 4 Scoring Strokes Gained: Approach Proximity Scrambling Strokes Gained: Around The Green TPC Toronto hosts the time-honoured Canadian Open for the first time this year. Fairways are about as wide as you will see on the PGA Tour so finding fairways won’t…

LIV plays its second US event of the season with the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia hosting the inaugural LIV Virginia.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Driving Distance  GIR  Approach: 50-100 Yards  Approach: 200-225 Yards  Sand Saves  Putting: 15-20 Feet  The Robert Trent Jones Golf Club gives an advantage to big hitters off the tee but it will be form with the irons that will determine this tournament.   Key Correlation Courses  Nil  BEST BET Joaquin Niemann @ $7.50 Chilean superstar Joaquin Niemann has won three of the seven LIV events this year and has unquestionably been the best…

It has had many names over the years but Austria’s premier golf tournament is back on the DP World Tour after a four-year hiatus under the new banner of the Austrian Alpine Open. Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Birdies  Putts Per GIR  Strokes Gained: Off The Tee  Driving Distance  Gut Altentann was Jack Nicklaus’ first European design and staged this event from 1990-92 but has not been seen on the DP World Tour since. It has undergone a significant redesign. While the course is short, it will favour big hitters with so many drivable Par 4s. Going low will be a…

Staged at Muirfield Village and hosted by Jack Nicklaus, The Memorial has a list of winners to match any major with the likes of Nicklaus, Watson, Woods, Norman, Els, Rahm and   Scheffler all winning arguably one of the most elite regular season events on the PGA Tour.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Strokes Gained: Approach  GIR  Proximity  Strokes Gained: Off The Tee  Strokes Gained: Tee To Green  Scrambling  Strokes Gained: Around The Green  Sand Saves  Par 4 Scoring  Muirfield was designed by Jack Nicklaus and he regards it as his masterpiece. It is a tight course where a strong approach game…