Results tagged “golf”

Entries are open for the sixth annual Banks and Brokers Golf Championship, with the finalists getting a trip to Spain to fight for the prestigious trophy.

Up to 18 teams can enter, and they'll all be looking to knock last year's winners City Golf Clubs off their perch.

Television presenter Kirsty Gallacher was in Reuters Plaza last Thursday encouraging workers to try their luck on a golf green made of money.

The one time junior golfer and daughter of Ryder Cup legend Bernard Gallacher was keeping an eye on the American Express Platinum Cashback campaign competition to find the fastest putter on the Wharf. Every hole in one sunk on the replica cash course raised £100 for Cancer Research UK.

Strong winds failed to blow away the enjoyment for competitors in the 2010 Banks and Brokers Golf Championship final.

The Doonbeg Golf Club in County Clare in Ireland hosted the golfers last Sunday and Monday, with the City Golf Clubs team of Elliott Lake, Ashley Moore, Matt Cave and Ian Holloway, claiming victory with a score of 71 points under Stableford rules.

Sam Torrance had a word of warning for golf fans expecting Europe to have it easy during next month's Ryder Cup.

The biennial competition will be contested between Europe and the USA at Celtic Manor Golf Club in Wales from October 1, with many pundits predicting a strong European side will stroll to victory.

Canary Wharf got a little taste of the Ryder Cup yesterday and one Wharfer walked off with tickets to the big showdown in October.

Peter Foster, from Credit Suisse, hit a magnificent 337 yard drive on a simulator to earn himself a pair of tickets to the eagerly anticipated Europe v USA match at Celtic Manor.

One of the legends of European golf believes the decision to stage this year's Ryder Cup in Wales in October is "daft".

Tony Jacklin, captain of the victorious European team in 1985 and 1987, cannot understand why the biannual competition between the USA and Europe is being held so late in the season.

Golfer Sam Torrance was getting into the swing of things when he dropped into the area this week.

The former Ryder Cup winning captain was at top clothes designer Tony Q'aja's Docklands base getting kitted out for next season, and he thinks British golf is in pretty good shape.

When it comes to golf, it seems everyone's got a word of advice to pass on.

Talking about clubs and courses is like musing about the best route from Kensington to Durham or the ideal way to shift a hangover. Just a single whisper dislodges an avalanche of tips and tricks.

Do you have the balls to beat Samuel L Jackson at golf?

The star of Pulp Fiction and the Star Wars prequels is to transport his clubs to the London Golf Club for a charity benefit next month.

Citybunker has become the latest venue to close its doors during the downturn.

Baliffs marched into the Cannon Workshops bar and padlocked the doors after operator Kar Ventures defaulted on rent payments.

Director of golf at Canary Wharf's Citybunker Pete Fuller reckons he can take anyone and turn them from a beginner into a confident and competent player. In his regular Wharf column, Learning Golf, the PGA pro passes on his knowledge and skill through a step-by-step guide. This lesson sees the Pro taking the beginner through the stages of Bunker Shots.

Director of golf at Canary Wharf's Citybunker Pete Fuller reckons he can take anyone and turn them from a beginner into a confident and competent player. In his Wharf column, Learning Golf, the PGA pro passes on his knowledge through a step-by-step guide. This lesson sees the Pro taking the beginner through the stages of Putting.

Director of golf at Canary Wharf's Citybunker Pete Fuller reckons he can take anyone and turn them from a beginner into a confident and competent player. In his Wharf column, Learning Golf, the PGA pro passes on his knowledge through a step-by-step guide. This lesson sees the Pro taking the beginner through the stages of Pitching.

Director of golf at Canary Wharf's Citybunker Pete Fuller reckons he can take anyone and turn them from a beginner into a confident and competent player.
In his Wharf column, Learning Golf, the PGA pro passes on his knowledge through a step-by-step guide.
This lesson sees the Pro taking the beginner through the stages of Chipping.

A WHARFER struck it lucky in the West India Quay hole-in-one challenge this week.

Ian Hiege won £2,000 in the competition which sees golfers fire balls towards a temporary green in the middle of the marina.

Ian's shot hit the flag before dropping in to the hole to earn him the star prize.

One of the organisers, Ken Coetzee said: "He was ecstatic."

There's still a weekend of play left at the golf challenge, as it is finishing on Sunday.

It costs £5 for three shots and 10 per cent of the fee goes to the male cancer charity, Orchid.

The competition has been running for two weeks. Pictured right is a golfer.

THERE was no “holding back the tees� when The O2 hosted a golf event with a difference this week.

Top golfer Justin Rose was joined by Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall on top of the building on Monday morning to hit a few balls officially to launch the BMW PGA Championship.

Rose, Europe’s number one player, and Hucknall both hit their shots off a specially built tee on The O2 roof, 50 metres above the River Thames. For Rose it was a departure from the normal surfaces he enjoys at places like St Andrews and Augusta.

THE GOLF Show delievered its usual mix of fun, fashion and big names when it rolled into Docklands.

The annual golfing extravaganza at ExCeL London last weekend always attracts big crowds and this year was no exception with thousands heading to the Royal Docks venue.

A sprinkling of celebrities added to the fun with two Ronnies – diminutive comedian Ronnie Corbett and former Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson – both at the show.

LEE WESTWOOD had fans flocking to the Golf Show and the Ryder Cup star hopes 2008 will bring him a long-awaited first major title.

Westwood, 35, has been one of Europe’s top golfers for more than a decade but has yet to claim one of the game’s majors. His best finish was fourth at The Open in 2004, and it’s a tournament he’s determined to win.

“The Open is the most prestigious and important to any British player, with it being the only major held outside the States. Everybody wants to win the claret jug,� he said.

Nigel Seeley - "The Wizard of Odds" - from Betbrokers gives his top betting tips for this week.

Another great week with a second successive 100 per cent score for the Wizard.

This week’s sporting action focuses on the US Masters golf, which starts at the Augusta National Club today (April 10).

Punters are asking if anybody can stop Tiger Woods and can you honestly back him at odds of 5/4
to win? Tiger, bidding for his fifth Masters title, goes into the competition as the shortest priced favourite in Masters’ history and is without doubt at the top of his game.

THE FULL Monty hit Canary Wharf and he revealed he’s ready to head off on his own “Tiger hunt�.

Colin Montgomerie chatted to The Wharf about his ambitions for 2008, including trying to topple the world’s best player, Tiger Woods. Currently just outside the world’s top 50, ‘Monty’ hopes to qualify for the US Masters in Augusta next month.

Should he make it he will have to beat Woods to claim the coveted green jacket. Monty feels the American is the hardest player to compete with on the circuit.