Tee to Green

Brooks Koepka holds the Wanamaker Trophy after he won the PGA Championship golf tournament at Bellerive Country Club, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Golf

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: After a year without majors, Brooks Koepka is still the big dog

August 4 2020

The European Tour is back this week

Golf

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: The European Tour returns with caution and why The Open For The Ages didn’t do it for me

July 21 2020

Jordan Spieth lifts Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale

Golf

STEVE SCOTT: A 31-year Open Championship streak broken by the damned virus…here’s the most memorable element from all of them

July 14 2020

The Old Course, St Andrews

Golf

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Bryson DeChambeau’s new power game is a huge threat to the Old Course

July 7 2020

TPC River Highlands was almost deserted for the Travelers Championship but the coronavirus still found a way in.

Golf

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Maybe these ‘bubbles’ just don’t work

June 30 2020

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Nick Watney signals after a tee shot during the first round of the RBC Heritage Golf tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. Watney has tested positive for coronavirus and did not play in Friday's round
Virus Outbreak PGA Tour, Hilton Head, United States - 18 Jun 2020

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: The PGA Tour’s ludicrously lax protocols will mean more infections

June 23 2020

Fans weren't allowed into Colonial for the PGA Tour's restart, but watched from afar anyway.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Odd, entertaining, but no bubble

June 16 2020

Kevin Na defends the title he won at Colonial Country Club when the PGA Tour restarts behind closed doors this week.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: The blinkered bubble of the PGA Tour as it restarts this week

June 9 2020

European Tour chief Keith Pelley

Golf

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley comes up with the plan

June 2 2020

Sporting shutdown prompted debate about different formats

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Fans not strictly necessary at golf?

May 26 2020

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Dustin Johnson left, and Rory McIlroy shake hands on 16th green at the end of a fourball match on the opening day of the 42nd Ryder Cup in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris, France. Johnson and McIlroy headline a $3 million charity match for COVID-19 relief that will mark the first live golf on television since the pandemic shut down sports worldwide. The May 17 match will be played at Seminole Golf Club in South Florida
Seminole Match Golf, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France - 28 Sep 2018

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Elite golf from a safe distance is no fun

May 19 2020

Scottish golf remains locked down until the end of the month.

Golf

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: A clumsy Covid-19 muddle…decision south of the border has put considerable pressure on Scottish Golf and bodies in other devolved nations

May 12 2020

Golf tourism is worth an estimated £270 million to the Scottish economy.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Golfers tantrumming about the lockdown is an dreadful look

May 5 2020

Scottish Golf needs to focus on primary activities like the Scottish Amateur Championship, won by George Burns at Crail in 2019.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Scottish Golf has lost its core values

April 28 2020

Ryder Cup captains Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: The Ryder Cup – and any sport – is soulless without fans

April 21 2020

Open infrastructure had begun to arrive at Royal St George's before the 2020 Open was cancelled last week.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: The PGA Tour’s new schedule is just a rainbow drawing for golf

April 14 2020

The luxury resort was once dubbed the Augusta of the North.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: The ‘inevitable’ cull may finally be here as lockdown pushes golf clubs close to the edge

March 31 2020

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Sutton Coldfield United Kingdom : European Team Captain Sam Torrance (c) Hold the Ryder Cup As His Team Surrounds Him After They Won the 34th Ryder Cup 29 September 2002 on the Brabazon Course at the Belfry in Sutton Coldfield England the Europeans Won the Ryder Cup15 1/2 To12 1/2
VARIOUS - Sep 2002

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Delaying the Ryder Cup for a year makes sense even if sport restarts by September

March 24 2020

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The flag on the 13th hole blows in the wind during the first round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. Augusta National decided, to postpone the Masters because of the spread of the coronavirus. Club chairman Fred Ridley says he hopes postponing the event puts Augusta National in the best position to host the Masters and its other two events at some later date. Ridley did not say when it would be held
Masters Postponed Golf, Augusta, United States - 11 Apr 2019

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: The games will go on, later…if this crisis does anything positive, hopefully it underlines a much-needed perspective about what sport means

March 17 2020

David Drysdale lost a five-hole playoff at the Qatar Masters in his 498th tour appearance.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Team Double D are often an antidote to the characterless world of the modern golf tournament

March 10 2020

19/06/10 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Clubhouse

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: My stock-take of the 10 Open Championship venues that make up the R&A’s pool

March 3 2020

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland
WGC Championship, Golf, Mexico City, Mexico - 19 Feb 2020

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: PGL is not DOA quite yet

February 25 2020

Dustin Johnson tees off on the second hole at Riviera, host of the Genesis Invitational, last weekend.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: Another old golfing myth to drop

February 18 2020

The ladies Scottish Open is held a month after the men's version at the same venue, but suffers at the box office.

TEE TO GREEN, STEVE SCOTT: An equal opportunity

February 11 2020

Graeme McDowell will be a valuable asset at the Ryder Cup as player or backroom man.

TEE TO GREEN: GMac and Westy would work in any Ryder Cup role

February 4 2020