Google West Dunbartonshire Council said it could no longer afford to subsidise Dalmuir Golf Course after a decline in membership A golf course near Glasgow that earned the support of major winners Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Rose is to close over funding issues. West Dunbartonshire Council said it could no …

Rory McIlroy says he does not think a deal to unite golf is “any closer” despite talks between the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and United States president Donald Trump. The sport has been fractured since Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf launched in 2022 and recruited some of the sport’s leading players …

Strongman Eddie Hall takes on rival Thor in one of the heaviest boxing matches in history. BBC News

Tiger Woods is a doubt for the Players Championship after saying his “heart is really not into practising”. The 15-time major champion missed the Genesis Invitational in February following the death of his mother earlier in the month. Woods competed in a TGL event on Monday night, with his Jupiter …

US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau has urged the local authority that operates Dalmuir to keep the municipal course on the north-west outskirts of Glasgow open. The public-run course’s future will be debated by West Dunbartonshire Council at a budget meeting on Wednesday evening. Dalmuir could be closed completely, reduced to …

Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Links GC and Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf have been eliminated from the TGL after failing to reach the play-offs. Boston needed to beat New York on Monday night to secure a play-off spot but lost 10-6, with Cameron Young, Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele scoring five …

There are 722,000 golfers affiliated to England Golf through clubs and the number is continuing to rise. Since November 2020, 38m handicap scores have been submitted to the federation’s central database, with 10m in the last year alone. Players do not have to be a member of a club to …

Peel L&P A bid has been made for the 2035 Ryder Cup to be held at Hulton Park “If you build it, he will come.” Those famous whispered words inspired Kevin Costner’s farmer character in the film Field of Dreams to turn a cornfield in rural Iowa into a baseball …

Home favourite Dylan Naidoo claimed a dramatic play-off win over England’s Laurie Canter after Sunday’s final round at the South African Open was washed out because of rain. The pair shared the lead on 14 under after both round two and three needed to be completed on Saturday, but the …

Former Australian motorcycle gang member and prisoner Ryan Peake has qualified for this year’s Open at Portrush after winning the New Zealand Open. However, because of his conviction, the 31-year-old left-hander from Perth will need clearance to travel to the tournament, which takes place in Northern Ireland from 17-20 July. …

England’s Charley Hull goes into the final round of the Women’s World Championship in Singapore one shot off the lead despite struggling with illness. The 28-year-old, who has won twice on the LPGA tour but is searching for her first win since 2022, carded a four-under 68 in the third …

Englishman Dale Whitnell carded a remarkable two holes-in-one during his round on the second day of the South Africa Open. Whitnell aced the 179-yard second and repeated the trick on the 149-yard 12th at Durban Country Club. The 36-year-old immediately followed his first hole-in-one with an eagle and he was …

Jake Knapp became the 15th player to record a sub-60 round in PGA Tour history when he shot a 12-under-par 59 in the Cognizant Classic in Florida. The world number 99 began his opening round with five straight birdies and added a further seven in the remaining 13 holes at …

2011 Open champion Darren Clarke and 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell have had holes named after them at Royal Portrush golf course in Northern Ireland. The venue will host the Open Championship in July this year. Read more from McDowell on the future of golf here BBC News

Despite failing to add to his tally of four majors last year, Rory McIlroy plays the prominent role in the third season of Netflix’s Full Swing docu-series which has just dropped on the streaming service. This is golf’s inside the ropes answer to the hit Formula 1 series Drive to …

Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist has been named Europe captain for next year’s Solheim Cup against the USA in the Netherlands. The 37-year-old, a three-time major winner, has played in nine Solheim Cups, winning 17, halving three and losing 15 of her 35 matches. She was a playing vice-captain in 2023 and …

The PGA Tour has held “constructive” talks over the “reunification” of golf with LIV Golf chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan and United States president Donald Trump at the White House. Talks have been ongoing since the PGA Tour and DP World Tour agreed a shock merger with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund …

Tiger Woods described a yardage mix-up that left TGL team-mates Kevin Kisner and Tom Kim in fits of laughter as “one of the most embarrassing moments in my golfing career”. The 49-year-old, playing for the Jupiter Links team in the partially virtual indoor tournament, left himself 199 yards to the …

Northern Ireland teenager Beth Coulter will make her debut at Augusta when she competes in the National Women’s Amateur in April. The 19-year-old, who is ranked 50th in the amateur rankings, is in her junior year as an athlete at Arizona State University. County Down’s Coulter helped Great Britain and …

Shane Lowry’s The Bay defeated Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf Club to conclude the Tomorrow’s Golf League (TGL) triple-header on Monday in Florida. McIlroy, who along with Tiger Woods is fronting the indoor competition, was playing alongside United States Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama. …