Written by Michael Catling on Friday, 24 October 2025
After securing his LIV status for another season, Richard Bland sat down with Michael Catling to discuss his deal with the Saudis, the blocks being imposed on him by the DP World Tour, and why retirement is edging closer. Richard Bland is a compelling man to interview. He’s not interested in PR spin, nor is he that bothered about reading from...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday, 24 October 2025
He changed his game. He changed his clothes. Now, Jason Day is changing golf itself. Michael Catling sat down with the World No.1 to find out how. Jason Day is leaning back in his chair, cradling a golf club wrapped in a towel and admiring the fruits of his endeavours. “This is my barn,” he says proudly, referring to a sprawling...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday, 30 September 2025
In this raw and unfiltered interview, Marcel Siem reveals all about his mental health struggles, the ‘regrettable’ swing change that cost him his tour card, and how a shock cancer diagnosis forced him to get his career back on track. If there’s one thing Marcel Siem could never be accused of, it’s being boring. For the better part of two decades,...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Exclusive: LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam opens up about her secret matches with Tiger Woods, the misogyny she’s faced as a female golf course designer, and why the Ladies European Tour needs to merge with the LPGA before it’s too late. There are not many golfers in the world who need to build an extra trophy cabinet in the garage because...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday, 7 July 2025
In just his second start back after a long injury absence, Alex Noren contended for the biggest title of his career at the PGA Championship alongside the best player in the world. The Swede spoke to Michael Catling about the mental gymnastics that dogged his final round, the imposter syndrome that followed him to America, and why he’s finally feeling...
Written by TG staff on Thursday, 12 June 2025
We rank and rate Tiger Woods’ 15 Major wins to determine which was the greatest of his career. With the 2025 US Open underway at Oakmont, it got us thinking back to Tiger Woods’ incredible victory in the event 25 years ago. The 2000 US Open saw Tiger smoke the field in incomparable fashion, finishing 12-under-par while second place was a...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday, 12 May 2025
In the most candid interview you’ll read all year, Lyle & Scott ambassador Brandon Robinson-Thompson opens up about his mental health and money troubles, how close he came to quitting golf, and why he’s now living the dream on the DP World Tour… Brandon Robinson-Thompson doesn’t quite know what to make of the last 24 hours. The 32-year-old has just spent...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday, 10 March 2022
Maurice Flitcroft was not a golfer, but that didn’t stop him trying to qualify for golf’s most famous tournament. Fitting then that Sir Mark Rylance had only played a handful of rounds himself when he was cast to play ‘the world’s worst golfer’ in new film The Phantom of The Open. We’ve long been fans of Maurice Flitcroft’s extraordinary story here...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Thursday, 17 October 2024
Playing with a tour professional isn’t something you expect when you sign up to a charity golf day. Here’s Deputy Digital Editor Sarah Pyett’s experience of a day with a Dame. ‘Good morning and welcome to Foxhills. Today you’ll be playing with Dame Laura Davies.’ That’s not something you expect to hear as you check in for a round of golf. So...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday, 24 November 2022
Meet the tour stars, YouTubers, Instagrammers, equipment designers, company CEOs, course architects, legends, rule-makers, deal-breakers and controversial disruptors who’ve had the biggest impact on our game this year. JUMP TO: How we did it | 100-76 | 75-51 | 50-26 | 25-11 | 10-1 Welcome to The 100 Most Influential People in Golf 2023. The word ‘influencer’ has evolved significantly over the last...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday, 14 April 2023
Reigning US PGA champion Justin Thomas joins Today’s Golfer for an exclusive interview ahead of his title defense at Oak Hill Country Club in May. Justin Thomas is an hour late for our Zoom call, but he has a good excuse. The Rolex testimonee has just won perhaps the most exclusive tournament in golf, the Pro-Member at Seminole Golf Club in...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday, 15 May 2023
Matt Wallace is back in the winner’s circle and has one eye on the Ryder Cup after several years in the wilderness. It might not make the second season of Full Swing, but Matt Wallace’s breakthrough victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship deserved far greater acclaim than being given second billing behind the WGC-Match Play. Given all that had gone before,...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Collin Morikawa on the ‘brutal thing’ about being a major champion – and why he is feeling quietly confident about winning the PGA Championship for a second time. Collin Morikawa has that knack of making the game look incredibly easy. He rarely looks flustered, and his swing remains the envy of almost everyone on the range. In full flow, his iron...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday, 26 May 2023
Brooks Koepka reveals how he overcame injury and failure to join an elite group of Major winners. Out of sight but never out of mind, Brooks Koepka has been showing glimpses of getting back to his best for a while now. A win at LIV Golf Orlando was the precursor to a near miss at the Masters, where he led after 54...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Michael Campbell never tires of telling his underdog story. There have been many in golf, but the New Zealander’s is surely one of the best. This is a man who worked as a telephone repairman for five years after leaving school at 16; who topped his first-ever tee shot as a pro; and two years later squandered a two-shot lead...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Henrik Stenson sacrificed more than most by hitching his wagon to the war chest being offered by the Saudis. Now he wants you to hear his side of the story and why he feels vindicated in his decision to join LIV. As far as statement signings go, convincing Henrik Stenson to switch sides must surely rank as one of LIV Golf’s...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday, 4 September 2023
In the shadows of the Swiss Alps, Ludvig Aberg announced himself on golf’s world stage in the most timeliest fashion From one “cool cucumber” to another – it takes one to know one. That’s European Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald’s description of how the Swedish rookie went about his business at the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, making Aberg his sixth and final Captain’s...
Written by Chris Bertram on Monday, 11 September 2023
It’s hard to pinpoint the most surreal moment from playing in the Legends Tour’s season finale. Is it hitting balls on the range and for Paul McGinley to shuffle into the next ‘bay’ and start his own warm-up? Is it chatting to Thomas Bjorn as you wait for your omelettes to be prepared at the hotel breakfast? Is it putting the...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Billy Horschel is hoping to repeat his BMW PGA Championship heroics of two years ago at Wentworth this week, but first, we grabbed the American for an interview with a difference. In order to get the former FedEx Cup champ a little better, we caught up with him on the range in Surrey and asked him a host of questions that...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday, 14 September 2023
Europe’s vice-captain Francesco Molinari reflects on his unhappiness since winning The Open, going down the rabbit hole, and why he’s got one eye on captaining Europe at the Ryder Cup in the future. How do you reflect on your five years since winning The Open? “I would say 2019 was still a pretty good year, but after that it’s been a bit...