Sam Torrance: Jordan Smith and Seamus Power join the multiple winners’ club October 31, 2022 In golf they say your second win is often harder to get than your first, and two up and coming European players, Jordan Smith and Seamus Power, reached that landmark on Sunday. Winning one tournament makes you feel like you’ve arrived, but the second one makes you feel like it wasn’t a fluke. For self-belief [...]
Sam Torrance: Jon Rahm and Tom Kim are following in the footsteps of golf’s greats October 10, 2022 Jon Rahm knew exactly what was on the line as he tried to close out victory at the Spanish Open in Madrid on Sunday. A third win at his home championship would equal the tally of his late hero Seve Ballesteros. In the end Rahm didn’t just win – he blew the rest of the [...]
Sam Torrance: Effortless Shane Lowry was star turn in perfect advert for European golf September 12, 2022 We saw the best of what European golf and the DP World Tour stand for at the PGA Championship on Sunday, but all the plaudits have to go to Shane Lowry. I was fortunate to be at Wentworth, where Lowry put on one of the finest exhibitions of golf that I have seen in a [...]
Sam Torrance: Rory McIlroy has never been better – and there’s much more to come August 29, 2022 Rory McIlroy’s FedEx Cup victory, clinched at the Tour Championship on Sunday, was the Northern Irishman at his very best. To bogey the first hole but still card a 66 that was enough to pip overnight leader and world No1 Scottie Scheffler was nothing short of magnificent. McIlroy himself remarked how proud he felt at [...]
Sam Torrance: Open champion Cameron Smith is a silent assassin blessed with natural talent July 18, 2022 The 150th Open Championship was a classic and Cameron Smith was magnificent in winning the Claret Jug with a record-equalling score, yet at times it was also tough to watch. Smith barely put a foot wrong in a final round of 64 that propelled him past joint overnight leader Rory McIlroy and into the lead [...]
Sam Torrance’s Open Championship preview: St Andrew’s to be firm but fair for 150th edition July 11, 2022 The Open Championship is the greatest major in my opinion and a standout date in any year. But with this week’s being the 150th edition, and with no Ryder Cup to rival it on the 2022 calendar, the iconic tournament feels even more special than usual. I arrived at St Andrew’s on Monday morning and [...]
Sam Torrance: Fitzpatrick is pick of English hopes in world class Scottish Open field July 6, 2022 City A.M.’s resident golf columnist Sam Torrance previews this week’s Scottish Open The week before the Open Championship is always a very prestigious one for Europe as America’s finest head across the pond to tune up for the major, but this year it is extra special. The Scottish Open, which is taking place at the [...]
Sam Torrance: Flawless Matt Fitzpatrick claimed a US Open that was a great advert for golf June 20, 2022 Watching Matt Fitzpatrick warming up on the driving range during the US Open, his swing looked like a picture of control. He took that out onto the course and showed it all week but especially in Sunday’s sublime final round, which completed his first major victory. Fitzpatrick played beautifully from tee to green at Brookline [...]
Sam Torrance: Stage is set for Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas to continue rivalry at US Open June 13, 2022 Recent form dictates that Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas will be the most fancied players in the field when the US Open returns to the Country Club, Brookline, this week. The Massachusetts venue is a really famous course and one of the oldest in the United States which has held this major three times before, [...]
Sam Torrance: Justin Thomas weathered the storm to win US PGA Championship May 23, 2022 Justin Thomas completed an incredible victory at the US PGA Championship on Sunday night, but the foundations were laid over the first two days at Southern Hills. Thursday and Friday saw the kind of variation in weather that we are more used to seeing at the Open Championship, with four or five shots difference depending [...]
