Golf nonetheless to return in 2023: Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, LIV drama, ladies’s majors, FedExCup and extra
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant Brian Harman playing cards a one-under 70 on the ultimate day to win The Open by six photographs at Royal Liverpool. Brian Harman playing cards a one-under 70 on the ultimate day to win The Open by six photographs at Royal Liverpool.
The lads’s main season could also be carried out and dusted for an additional 12 months, however there’s nonetheless a lot extra golf to stay up for within the coming months reside on Sky Sports activities.
Brian Harman claimed a powerful victory at Royal Liverpool, following on from Jon Rahm’s success at The Masters, Brooks Koepka including to his PGA Championship tally and Wyndham Clark claiming a maiden main win on the US Open.
We should wait one other 9 months for the subsequent males’s main, when Rory McIlroy may have one other probability to finish the profession Grand Slam at Augusta Nationwide subsequent April, however what can golf followers get enthusiastic about earlier than then?
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant A glance again at one of the best bits from Rory McIlroy’s ultimate spherical of the 2014 PGA Championship, his most up-to-date main victory A glance again at one of the best bits from Rory McIlroy’s ultimate spherical of the 2014 PGA Championship, his most up-to-date main victory
Listed here are 5 the explanation why you possibly can’t change off from golf throughout the remainder of the 12 months…
Again-to-back ladies’s majors in Europe
We’re solely 60 per cent of the way in which via the ladies’s main season, with the Evian Championship reside this week from France forward the AIG Ladies’s Open subsequent month.
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the 2022 Evian Championship, received by Brooke Henderson Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the 2022 Evian Championship, received by Brooke Henderson
The primary three this 12 months have all been received by first-time main champions, with Lilia Vu popping out on high on the Chevron Championship, Ruoning Yin securing the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship and Allisen Corpuz successful the US Ladies’s Open.
Such depth within the ladies’s sport means it will be little shock to see that streak proceed within the coming weeks, with England’s Charley Hull and Eire’s Leona Maguire amongst these chasing who may doubtless problem for a maiden main title.
Can Charley Hull declare a maiden main title this summer time?
Europe chasing Solheim Cup three-peat
Suzann Pettersen signed off her skilled profession in model by securing the successful level within the 2019 Solheim Cup in Gleneagles, with the Norwegian now having the possibility to guide Europe to a report third consecutive victory over Staff USA.
The likes of Hull, Maguire and Georgia Corridor will all doubtless play huge roles for Staff Europe at Finca Cortesin in Spain, which is internet hosting the event for the primary time, with the hosts now trying to win three consecutive editions for the primary time ever.
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant A glance again at one of the best of the motion from an exhilarating ultimate day on the 2021 Solheim Cup A glance again at one of the best of the motion from an exhilarating ultimate day on the 2021 Solheim Cup
Carlota Ciganda will like characteristic on dwelling soil, whereas Celine Boutier and Linn Grant will virtually actually be concerned after wins on the LPGA Tour this season, with Staff Europe arguably having the strongest pool of gamers out there they’ve ever had. Thrilling instances!
Race for glory in new-look FedExCup Playoffs
Simply two occasions stay within the PGA Tour’s common season, which means time is operating out for gamers to increase their campaigns and proceed their hopes of FedExCup victory.
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For the primary time this season, solely the top-70 within the season-long standings ebook their place on the FedEx St Jude Championship from August 10-13, with the highest 50 then progressing from there to the BMW Championship the next week.
The highest 30 will then have an opportunity to win the FedExCup and its bumper jackpot, the place McIlroy shall be on the lookout for a report fourth victory, with gamers must characteristic within the play-off occasions to keep up their full taking part in standing for the 2024 marketing campaign.
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant One of the best of the motion from the ultimate spherical of the 2022 Tour Championship at East Lake, the place Rory McIlroy secured FedExCup glory One of the best of the motion from the ultimate spherical of the 2022 Tour Championship at East Lake, the place Rory McIlroy secured FedExCup glory
Europe look to increase dwelling Ryder Cup streak
Luke Donald will doubtless have a new-look European workforce at his disposal for the Ryder Cup this September at Marco Simone Golf Membership, the place the hosts shall be determined to avenge the record-breaking defeat at Whistling Straits in 2023.
The qualification race reaches its climax over the subsequent few weeks, with the likes of Yannik Paul, Robert MacIntyre, Sepp Straka and Nicolai Hojgaard amongst these pushing for a Ryder Cup debut, whereas Donald shall be hoping Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose discover some type forward of the biennial contest.
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant Legendary golf coach Pete Cowen claims that 51-year-old Padraig Harrington deserves a spot within the European workforce forward of the Ryder Cup in Rome and divulges that elevated energy has helped him enhance his sport just lately. Legendary golf coach Pete Cowen claims that 51-year-old Padraig Harrington deserves a spot within the European workforce forward of the Ryder Cup in Rome and divulges that elevated energy has helped him enhance his sport just lately.
Staff USA will as soon as once more be pre-tournament favourites to say a primary victory on European soil since 1993, with captain Zach Johnson having world No 1 Scottie Scheffler and three of the present main champions at his disposal, though McIlroy and Rahm shall be key for Europe in the event that they’re to regain the trophy in Rome.
Extra solutions on LIV Golf and the way forward for its gamers
The sporting world was left shocked final month when the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Public Funding Fund, who bankroll LIV Golf, introduced a framework settlement to attempt to unify the boys’s sport, with extra info prone to emerge over the rest of 2023.
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant Justin Rose raises questions on what the brand new settlement between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF really means for the gamers, forward of the US Open. Justin Rose raises questions on what the brand new settlement between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF really means for the gamers, forward of the US Open.
Specifics over the enterprise are a good distance from being confirmed and rumours proceed to flow into about what’s going to occur consequently, with the deal – ought to it go forward – leaving loads of questions on golf’s future.
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