McIlroy heads for the Horizon

US Open Champion Rory McIlroy has announced that he has officially parted company with Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler and ISM in favour of a move to the Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management.

McIlroy had been with ISM ever since turning pro four years ago. Since that day the young Ulsterman has shot to the forefront of world golf and is now one of the leading lights in the game, especially after his memorable win at this year’s US Open. Read more

Top 5 Golf Shots – Under Pressure

Virtually every player on tour these days is good enough to shoot the lights out on the majority of the golf courses they play but it is the ability to cope with the pressure of tournament play that determines how effectively they put their sublime skills to use. Needless to say that pressure grows the further into a tournament and the closer to the title the player in question gets. For avid golf fans there is nothing quite like watching two golfing heavyweights fighting it out down the stretch come Sunday in a big tournament. In many cases this situation produces a spectacular collapse which hands the tournament to another golfer or an amazing “clutch” shot to which wins the player in question the title. Recently we saw one of the finest clutch shots of recent years at the Tour Championship as Bill Haas splashed out of a water hazard to three feet to save par and win the tournament and of course the $10,000,000 FedEx Cup. This got us thinking about the best pressure shots in golf’s history and here are five of our favourites. Read more

Your Golf Travel at The Open

So it’s three majors down and one to go in 2011. The Masters got the ball rolling in stunning fashion with birdies and eagles flying in all over the course on a Sunday afternoon the golf world will not forget. The US Open was equally as entertaining as the whole world watched Rory McIlory dismantle the Congressional course and the rest of the field and the Open couldn’t have produced a more popular champion. Your Golf Travel were at Royal St Georges watching the drama unfold from the safety of the Bollinger tent…that’s not to say there wasn’t any work being done as some intrepid marketeers braved the weather to get in on some Guerrilla Marketing. Read more

Top 10 Expensive Golf Breaks

Golf is becoming more and more accessible the world over. As more and more public courses appear money is no longer a barrier to the masses who may not have been able to play so conveniently 15 years ago. There are however still those marquee names in the game that are a bit special. Places and courses that would be atop many a golfers list of dream golf holiday destinations. So here we go…ten of the most expensive golf holidays you can go on today…if it wasn’t for the small matter of money!

Needless to say such it does cost a bob or two to gain entry to golfing heaven…at least the below prices include flights! Read more

Major Championships – Sunday Struggles

As we all know the four major tournaments are the highlights of the golfing calendar. The US Masters, Open Championship, US Open and the US PGA Championship are the most important tournaments in golf as far as both the players and the fans are concerned. They also carry great importance when considering a player’s place in golf’s history books. It comes as no surprise then that players covet them above all else and as such experience more nerves during the majors than at any other point in their careers. Such expectation and desire can have both positive and negative effects on the top player’s ability to play their best stuff. Great Champions including Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Ballesteros and Woods seem able to summon the power to play spell binding golf when it matters most but unfortunately others wilt in such pressured situations. Read more

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