Author: Axton Fulton

Following a successful event last year, the Rovers Golf Day returns, on Sunday 27th October at the Brighton Golf Club. Reserve your spot now. It’ll be 18-hole Ambrose format, with tee times from 6:30am, off both the first and tenth holes. The cost is $75 per head, which includes 18 holes of golf and a BBQ lunch, with drinks available at bar prices. Spots are limited and you must pre-purchase via the Rovers Online Shop to secure your spot. Bookings close September 30. Click the button below to book now and reserve your spot! For further details, get in touch…

Retired grand slam champion Ash Barty is preparing for a “nerve-wracking” experience when she makes her competitive sporting comeback, on the golf course in New Zealand. Barty, who shocked the sporting world when she announced her retirement, aged just 25, following her Australian Open triumph in 2022, has been announced as a headline act at the New Zealand Open in Queenstown in February. The three-time grand slam singles champion, an avid golfer who plays off a handicap of four, has baulked at any talk of a return to competitive sport having recently given birth to her first child, Hayden, in…

Bella Simoes may be just nine years old, but she is already shooting for the stars. The young Brazilian golfer is aiming to qualify for the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open in Naples, Florida. If she were to achieve the feat, Simoes would become the youngest-ever golfer to take part in the U.S. Women’s Open.The three-time U.S. Kids World Champion is the daughter of Rodrigo Simoes and Adriana Simoes. They discovered her interest in golf very early on in her childhood. She was only two-and-a-half years old when she started teeing up at the Brasilia Golf Club alongside her father, who…

Speaking to The Telegraph, Matt Wallace revealed that he had been approached by LIV Golf in its early stages but it’s the “highs and lows of golf” that keeps him going, not the monetary value. Wallace, who recently claimed his first PGA Tour title at the Corales Puntacana Championship, is indeed good friends with Talor Gooch, the first player to secure back-to-back LIV titles and, in the process, picked up around $10 million. However, to Wallace, the two wins were simply “a cheque and a trophy.””I saw my mate Talor Gooch has earned £19 million on LIV now or something,” stated Wallace. “Great…

Following his drought-breaking $2.6 million win at the Byron Nelson in Texas, Jason Day has made a raw admission about just how close he came to giving it all away. Since his last win at the Wells Fargo some 1834 days ago, Day has been dealing with numerous back injuries which forced him into making wholesale swing changes. Then last March came the death of his mother. It was nearly the catalyst for an early retirement.”To be honest, I was very close to calling it quits. I never told my wife that, but I was okay with it, just because it was a very…

The PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf drama has inspired a slew of content since its onset. Articles, podcasts and even books are being written about the Saudi-backed breakaway tour and its disruption of the professional golf landscape. Now, the controversy seems to have sparked an idea in yet another medium. According to a Deadline report, Will Ferrell will star in a new golf comedy series about “a professional golfer who becomes the face of a controversial new league competing with the PGA.” While the subject of the sitcom isn’t confirmed, it sure sounds like a show based on LIV Golf and its…

On Wednesday, the PGA of America released its eligibility criteria for this year’s championship—which will be held at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y., from May 18-21. CEO Seth Waugh acknowledged the ongoing PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf divide, but reiterated that the PGA Championship’s goal is to put on a competitive tournament with an appropriately strong field. “Our decisions are always based on what’s in the best interest of the PGA of America and conducting the best Championship possible,” Waugh said. “Sadly, the current division in the professional game is not good for the sport or the future of the…

PHOENIX, Ariz. – No. 15 Arizona Women’s Golf will return to action in its home state for the PING/ASU Invitational, beginning on Friday, March 24 at Papago Golf Club. The Wildcats will take on the field of Arizona State’s home tournament with a new-look lineup as sophomore Carolina Melgrati will miss the event as she prepares to participate in the prestigious Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Arizona is one of seven Pac-12 teams competing in this weekend’s event. “I am excited to watch our team play some great golf this weekend after a three-week break from tournaments,” said head coach Laura…