Golf

The first major of the year finally takes place this week as TPC Harding Park in California hosts the US PGA Championship three months later than planned. In terms of finding the overall winner, distance off the tee looks to be an important factor at both this tournament and this course. More...

We’ve looked at the PGA Tour’s statistics to reveal every officially recorded drive of at least 450 yards - along with every player who registered a drive of at least 400 yards in a season - to identify who could break the record in the future.  More...

All eyes will be on local hero Rory McIlroy when the Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush for the first time since 1951, but we're hoping another prominent figure enjoys a happy homecoming instead - with Brooks Koepka's caddie Ricky Elliott being from this area too! More...

The Scottish Open continues its tour around the country this week, although 2019 venue The Renaissance Club is just three miles away from last year's host Gullane. It is a new venue for the European Tour, although it did host the Scottish Senior Open in 2017, won by Paul Broadhurst. More...

With The Open coming up at Royal Portrush later this month, we're getting in the golfing groove by picking out our Irish Open predictions. Lahinch Golf Club will stage this European Tour event for the first time and a star-studded field will head to a course described as the St Andrews of Ireland. More...

The big guns are out in force on the PGA Tour this week for the prestigious Players Championship, with the world's top 50 all in the field for the so-called "fifth major", Phil Casey writes. More...

The battle for the Race to Dubai comes down to the wire in the DP World Tour Championship, although Francesco Molinari is a strong favourite ahead of Ryder Cup partner Tommy Fleetwood. More...

It was a case of close but no cigar last week, as 20/1 headline tip Patrick Cantlay finished runner-up in Las Vegas. But the one good thing about the virtually endless golf season is that another opportunity is just around the corner and that's what we have with this week's Mayakoba Golf Classic. More...

Sun City hosts the penultimate event of the European Tour this season, with Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia the star attractions at the Nedbank Golf Challenge. But we'll make former Masters champion Danny Willett our first selection as he looks to claim a first victory since Augusta in 2016. More...

The PGA Tour makes its annual stop in Las Vegas this week for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, where Jordan Spieth is an interesting addition to the field. More...

The battle to finish the season as European number one hots up this week with Tommy Fleetwood looking to close the gap on Ryder Cup partner Francesco Molinari. The Regnum Carya Resort hosts the Rolex Series event for the third year in succession. More...

It is either the final World Golf Championships event of the season or the first, depending on your point of view, but either way a strong field has assembled for the HSBC Champions. Not all of the world's top 50 who were eligible have made the trip to Sheshan International in Shanghai, with four of the top five in attendance. More...

With just three players inside the world's top 100 in the field, this week's Sanderson Farms Championship could be the toughest event of the PGA Tour season to predict. World number 76 Dylan Frittelli heads the entries at the Country Club of Jackson for a tournament which has produced first-time winners in each of the last four years. More...

The PGA Tour stays in Asia for this week's CJ Cup in Korea, where the time has come to back a short-priced favourite. It is impossible to ignore the case for Justin Thomas to make a successful defence of his title on Jeju Island, where he defeated last week's winner Marc Leishman in a play-off. More...

It's crunch time on the European Tour with this week's Andalucia Valderrama Masters representing the last chance to secure playing rights for next season. The top 110 players on the Race to Dubai on Sunday evening earn a full card for 2019. More...

The PGA Tour enjoys a rare trip away from the US mainland this week with the CIMB Classic in Malaysia. Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour, the £5.3million event has been dominated by American players in its previous five editions, with Ryan Moore winning the first two, Justin Thomas the next two and Pat Perez claiming victory 12 months ago. More...

After a case of very close but no cigar last week, attention turns to the British Masters at Walton Heath. Headline tip Tyrrell Hatton looked certain to give us a 16/1 winner in the Dunhill Links before a back-nine collapse in the final round let in Denmark's Lucas Bjerregaard. More...

The dust has barely settled on Europe's brilliant Ryder Cup victory at the weekend, but European Tour action continues as normal with the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Ryder Cup quartet Brooks Koepka, Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau and Tyrrell Hatton have made the trip from Paris to Scotland. More...

Europe have dominated the Ryder Cup on home turf in recent times and we're going with Thomas Bjorn's team to deny the USA a first away win since 1993. Le Golf National will stage the 42nd renewal of this unique competition, with a 7,183-yard par-71 lay-out south-west of Paris. More...

The PGA Tour officially comes to an end this week with the Tour Championship in Atlanta, although the next "wraparound" season is just a fortnight away. Limited to the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings, the lucrative event at East Lake will decide which player wins the overall FedEx Cup title and USD10million bonus. More...

The European Tour heads to Holland this week for the KLM Open in Spijk. The 99th staging of the tournament will be the third at The Dutch, the Colin Montgomerie-designed par-71 course that, while inland, has a strong links feel. More...

After a frustrating week in Denmark the European Tour moves on to Switzerland for its annual trip up the mountain to Crans-sur-Sierre. Matt Fitzpatrick is the defending champion of the Omega European Masters, the first event since the end of Ryder Cup qualifying. More...

The BMW Championship is the third event of the FedEx Cup play-offs and presents a number of problems in finding the winner. Tournament venue Aronimink Golf Club returns to the PGA Tour after a seven-year absence, having hosted the AT&T National in 2010 and 2011, events won by Justin Rose and Nick Watney respectively. More...

The end of Ryder Cup qualifying will dominate the agenda as the European Tour makes its annual trip to Denmark this week. With the corresponding PGA Tour event not counting, the battle for the final automatic place on Thomas Bjorn's team comes down to his fellow Dane Thorbjorn Olesen and the English pair of Eddie Pepperell and Matt Fitzpatrick. More...

The FedEx Cup play-offs continue with the Dell Technologies Championship, where Justin Thomas is fancied to defend his title. Twenty three of the world's top 25 are among a very strong field at TPC Boston. More...

With the regular PGA Tour season over, attention in the States turns to the first of the FedEx Cup play-offs. The Northern Trust is a limited field event for the top 125 on the FedEx Cup standings, after which the top 100 move on to TPC Boston for the Dell Technologies Championship. More...

Qualifying for the 2018 Ryder Cup started with last year's D+D Real Czech Masters and this year's tournament is the penultimate event in the battle to seal an automatic place in Europe's team. Now in its fifth year at the Albatross Golf Resort in Prague, the event has a strong history with the biennial team event. More...

After picking out US PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka and Francesco Molinari (6th), the task is to keep the good run going with our Wyndham Championship betting tips. The first selection from the top of the market is Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, who has hinted at a return to peak form. More...

With the final major of the season in the books, we return to regular European Tour action and another new course for the Nordea Masters. Our golf guru Phil Casey hit the target with 18/1 winner Brooks Koepka at the US PGA Championship and is eyeing another nice pay-out this week. More...

One of the best fields in golf is assembled for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and good cases can be made for a number of star names in Akron. Firestone Country Club hosts the limited-field event for the final time before moving to Memphis next year. More...