Andy’s Golf Lab Weekly — 5 October 2026

Persistence Pays — But So Does the Ability to Respond

There was a point late on Sunday in Hawaii when this week's newsletter suddenly acquired another chapter.

Jeeno Thitikul had been in control of the LOTTE Championship. Then she drove into the water at th...

Andy’s Golf Lab Weekly — 28 September 2026

America turns Medinah around, Nishimura breaks through and Fitzpatrick makes it four

Professional golf gave us three very different versions of pressure this weekend.

At Medinah Country Club, the International Team went into Sunday with a three-point adv...

There are some Sundays when a tournament slowly settles into place. This was not one of them.

The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth gave us almost everything: a packed leaderboard, world-class players making a charge, a stunning late run from the eventual champion and, at the other end of the emoti...

I sat watching the final day of the Solheim Cup with the remote control working almost as hard as the players.

On one screen, Europe and the USA were locked in a compelling singles contest at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. At the same time, I was flicking across to the Formula 1 in Spain and ke...

What a weekend for team golf.

There are weeks when professional golf produces the biggest story, and then there are weeks when the amateur game reminds us why match play, national pride and playing for something other than prize money can be so compelling.

This was emphatically one of those weeks....

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Scheffler answers the FedExCup question, Dean produces a Sunday for the ages, and women’s golf heads towards the Solheim Cup

Last week I asked a question: with the majors finished and no Ryder Cup this year, does the FedExCup genuinely retain our interest when so much of the...

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Clark survives Rory’s charge, Jamieson ends a 14-year wait, Yamashita dominates in Canada and La Sasso breaks through

There was a common theme running through professional golf this weekend: holding your nerve when the tournament suddenly changes.

At Bellerive, Wyndham Clar...

Weekly Tour Review: Scheffler, Thitikul, Winther & Rahm’s LIV Future

Another week of professional golf, and once again the results only tell part of the story.

We had Scottie Scheffler reasserting himself at exactly the right time on the PGA Tour, Jeeno Thitikul producing a brilliant Sunday charge...

The Monday Review

Ryan Fox Claims the Claret Jug as Golf’s Summer Continues to Deliver

Golf has a wonderful habit of producing stories that nobody could have confidently predicted at the start of the week.

The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale gave us another one.

Ryan Fox arrived on Mer...

Notes on the PIF Women’s Championship at Centurion, I review both my own experience and also the tournament as a whole.

Women’s golf is… shocking……….ly good.

Yes, that’s a deliberate clickbait line — because what it should read is: women’s golf is shockingly good. 

I took my son to the PIF Wom...

LIV Golf UK 2025 – My Honest Take

My last experience at a LIV Golf event was at Centurion Club, London, in 2023. It was a fascinating insight into a new format — a different kind of golf crowd, a different vibe, and while the attendance was decent, it didn’t feel packed.

Fast forward to 2025...