Search results for ‘golf’

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  • 24 Feb 2021

    Tiger Woods is “awake and responsive” in hospital after being pulled from the wreckage of his car, which somersaulted off a road in Los Angeles yesterday.

  • 21 Aug 2020

    Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary has resigned following a scandal in which members of the Irish parliament and an EU Commissioner all attended a parliamentary golf society event just a day after restrictions on gatherings were introduced.

  • 14 Jul 2018

    After three days of anti-Trump demonstrations, the US President has finally seen some protesters in the UK. They were shouting from the perimeter of his Ayrshire golf complex as he played a round of golf. Thousands more demonstrated against him on Edinburgh’s streets. Meanwhile, the police are investigating how a paragliding protester got so close…

  • 23 May 2015

    A huge sinkhole opens up in a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in Missouri. The giant cavity, stretching 80 ft wide, is thought to have formed when two separate sinkholes developed together.

  • 28 Nov 2014

    A storm tore through Brisbane on Thursday, uprooting trees and ripping roofs off homes. Hail the size of golf balls fell, 12 people were injured and 83,000 homes left without power.

  • 25 Sep 2014

    Europe and the US are ready for battle in golf’s Ryder Cup. Oh, and Ukip leader Nigel Farage has popped up in a pretty odd Paddy Power ad for the contest too.

  • 25 Jul 2014

    After one of Vladimir Putin’s daughters fled her Dutch penthouse amid outrage over the MH17 crash, there are rumours about another Putin residence on a golf course in Surrey. Cordelia Lynch reports.

  • 12 Jun 2014

    It is the greatest sport in the world, and after a year of intense preparation and anticipation it has finally arrived. That’s right, golf’s US Open kicks off today.

  • 29 Mar 2014

    Good and bad news for golfers this week. Sport England axed funding for golf – but St Andrew’s swung behind allowing female members. Jordan Jarrett-Bryan looks at what’s happening in sport this week.

  • 27 Feb 2013

    A judge dismisses a legal challenge from the National Trust and allows the construction of a £100m golf course near the famous Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.

  • 13 Aug 2012

    As the world’s watched the Spice Girls reunion at the end of London 2012, golfing wonder boy Rory McIlroy pulled off a stunning victory in the US PGA championship, writes Ben Monro-Davies.

  • 9 Aug 2012

    The Olympics have left everything in their shadow since the Queen uttered: “Good evening Mr Bond”, not least other sports.

  • 23 Jul 2012

    Aaaaggggghhhhh. Adults who have spent far too long watching men and women swing a stick at a tiny ball all hope never to see it again, writes Ben Monro-Davies.

  • 20 Jul 2012

    In major golf championships the margins between immortality and oblivion are so fine that bizarre acts of fortune can assume overwhelming significance, writes Ben Monro-Davies.

  • 18 Jul 2012

    Can deposed golfing king Tiger Woods regain his Open crown or will one of the sport’s “warlords” emerge from the shadows? Ben Monro-Davies takes a look.