Author: Aaron Nicholson

North Berwick, Scotland: To mark the conclusion of Scotland’s ‘Summer of Golf’, GEO Sustainable Golf Foundation has published a new ‘outlook paper’ exploring the future of sustainable golf tournaments, specifically the collaborative and leadership efforts that support them. This document is shared at sustainable.golf. GEO Sustainable Golf Foundation is an international not-for-profit based in Scotland, but active in more than 75 countries. The Foundation is dedicated to helping accelerate worldwide sustainability and climate action in and through golf. As it happens, all five of this year’s ‘Summer of Golf’ venues are recognised as GEO Certified for their leadership in sustainable golf practices: • The…

Meronk is a four-time DP World Tour winner; world No. 16 Tyrrell Hatton is being linked with Jon Rahm’s new team. Adrian Meronk, who earned his PGA Tour card for this season via the DP World Tour, is headed toward the LIV Golf League next week as it begins its 2023 season in Mexico. Meronk, a four-time winner on the DP World Tour who was left off the victorious European Ryder Cup team, will join Martin Kaymer’s Cleeks team. He finished second to Rory McIlroy on Sunday at the Hero Dubai Classic—moving him to a career-high 39th in the world rankings—and was scheduled to…

LIV Golf’s signing of Jon Rahm may not suggest the Saudi-backed league wants peace, but it means the PGA Tour urgently needs an agreement before the fracture grows even larger. Somewhat overlooked as part of a tumultuous week in golf was the $200,000 payday for a golfer who won a qualifying event on Sunday in the Middle East. You’d have needed to finish top 11 at the recent RSM Classic on the PGA Tour to earn that kind of payday, another reminder of the immense riches flowing through golf now. Finnish golfer Kalle Samooja earned the top spot in LIV Golf’s…

The sport of golf exploded during the pandemic with new people flocking to one of the only sports still happening during lockdowns. And now, the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) is looking to keep up that momentum by attracting youth into the game by offering free rounds of golf at participating courses. “Golf is cool, the clothes are cool. Playing it is cool,” said David Deluzio, the head pro and general manager at Roseland Golf and Curling Club in Windsor. “Before it was mostly adults playing the game and now we’re seeing a lot of youth and ladies come…

DURHAM – Coming off a standout collegiate career with the Duke women’s golf program, recent graduate Erica Shepherd will make her professional debut this week on the Epson Tour. She will compete in the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship, which will be contested at the Battle Creek Country Club in Battle Creek, Mich., June 9-11. Shepherd received a sponsor invite to compete in the championship and will tee off beginning at 7:52 a.m., off hole No. 10 on Friday along with Nikita Arjun and Chanelle Avaricio. A two-time All-America and three-time All-ACC selection, Shepherd collected a 73.12 stroke average over four seasons with the…

For months, Rory McIlroy walked the ramparts of the PGA Tour fortress, besieged by the Saudi-funded LIV Golf. He and other holdouts spoke about staying true to the PGA’s traditions, even as their peers accepted millions and millions of dollars in incentive money and guaranteed payouts to join its rival. Now, McIlroy says, he feels like “a sacrificial lamb,” after the PGA Tour made a deal to merge with LIV Golf’s backers, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. That’s not all he’s feeling: McIlroy, ranked the world’s No. 3, still sees LIV Golf as the enemy. “I still hate LIV. Like, I…

Michael Feagles made a left-to-right, curling 30-footer for birdie on his final hole Thursday to shoot 59 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am. It marked the ninth sub-60 round all time on the Korn Ferry Tour and the second this year. Mac Meissner shot 59 in April’s Lecom Suncoast Classic. Prior to that, no one had broken 60 on tour since 2017. The lowest score ever recorded on the KFT is a 58 by Stephan Jaeger at the 2016 Ellie Mae Classic. Feagles had never shot better than 64 in his KFT career, which includes 33 previous starts. The 25-year-old former…

The way you place your hands on the golf club will directly influence what the golf ball does. That’s why it’s important to understand some basic golf grip fundamentals that will help go a long way in your overall improvement. Below, I address some common grip fundamentals that every amateur should know about. From a stronger grip to a weaker grip — and plenty in between — these can help you identify how certain adjustments that may improve your swing. So take a look below at some of my most important golf grip fundamentals to familiarize yourself with. 10 important golf grip fundamentals 1.…

It’s not everyday that two golf legends design courses within one development, but Jack’s Bay on the Bahamian island Eleuthera is the first of its kind. Jack’s Bay is an exclusive resort club and residential community that will offer homesites and one-of-a-kind amenities. Primed for golf enthusiasts, the development will include the first Jack Nicklaus Heritage golf course by Nicklaus Design, as well as a 10-hole short course designed by Tiger Woods. Nicklaus and his team have designed hundreds of courses around the world, but Jack’s Bay is unique in that it is set to become the top, high-end golf destination in the Caribbean. There will also…

Cameron Smith has never been interrupted mid-round by a headline act DJ rushing from the galleries to “do a shoey”. But even after hitting “the worst shot of the day” at the 12th hole, otherwise known as the “Watering Hole” at The Grange on Friday, the Aussie LIV superstar welcomed the intruder, Fisher, who was performing on course, amid what Smith called a “really good day” despite finishing seven shots off the lead. Smith conceded the overwhelming and fanatical home crowd support, on every hole from the first until his birdie on the last, was even “tiring” but the sort…