Paul Higham
Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.
Latest articles by Paul Higham
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TaylorMade Golf Announce Multi-Year Contract Extension With Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler has signed a new multi-year contract with TaylorMade to continue using their equipment
By Paul Higham Published
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Viktor Hovland Makes Surprising Coaching Change On Eve Of New PGA Tour Season
Viktor Hovland made the surprising decision to part ways with his coach Joe Mayo on the eve of the new PGA Tour season, according to the Golf Channel
By Paul Higham Published
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World No.1 Scheffler 'Excited' To See Improvements With The Putter After Off-Season Work On The Greens
Scottie Scheffler says the emphasis of his off-season work was improving on his putting that prevented him from adding more wins in a stellar season of ball striking
By Paul Higham Published
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Eric Cole Become Second Oldest Winner Of PGA Tour Rookie Of The Year Award
Eric Cole became the second-oldest player to win the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award as the 35-year-old beat Ludvig Aberg to the trophy
By Paul Higham Published
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Scheffler Beats Rahm And McIlroy To Win Second Successive PGA Tour Player Of The Year Award
Scottie Scheffler beat off competition from Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy to win the PGA Tour Player of the Year award for the second year running
By Paul Higham Published
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Who Hits It Further - Bryson DeChambeau Or Rory McIlroy?
It's Rory McIlroy v Bryson DeChambeau as we look at the driving distances, longest drives and stock yardages to see who hits it further
By Paul Higham Published
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14 Records Set At This Year's Men's Majors
Take a look at some of the new records set in the four Major championships in golf this year
By Paul Higham Published
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The PGA Tour, LIV Golf And PIF Saga - A Timeline Of Events From 2023
The biggest soap opera ever in golf continued to play out in front of our eyes in 2023 - take a look at the timeline of events from the biggest saga in sport
By Paul Higham Published
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’Tis The Season… Masters Run-In Has Officially Started As Players Receive Golf’s Greatest Invitation
The best piece of mail in golf is being received by the world's best players as Masters invites from Augusta National are starting to arrive
By Paul Higham Published
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What Will A PGA Tour Deal With PIF Look Like In 2024?
Golf fans are the biggest losers in the continued battles between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, so what would an ideal solution look like in 2024?
By Paul Higham Published
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Who Finished Top Of The Men's Golf Majors Leaderboard For 2023?
Only 12 players managed to make the cut of all four men's Majors in 2023, and the player with the best overall score did not actually win one.
By Paul Higham Published
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Padraig Harrington Makes Bold Prediction For Women's Game
Padraig Harrington says the golf ball rollback could end up helping some players in the women's game to compete with the men in the future
By Paul Higham Published
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PNC Championship Tee Times Brought Forward Due To Bad Weather Forecast In Orlando
The first round of the PNC Championship has been brought forward and split into a two-tee start due to bad weather being forecast in Orlando
By Paul Higham Published
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'It's For The Greater Good Of The Game. To Be Honest, Five Percent Was Soft' - Padraig Harrington Goes On Passionate Rant To Defend Golf Ball Rollback
Padraig Harrington has backed the golf ball rollback plan as much-needed for "the greater good of the game" and thinks that it could have gone even further
By Paul Higham Published
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Angel Cabrera Plays First Competitive Round Of Golf After Release From Prison
Angel Cabrera shot level par in his first competitive round following his release from prison earlier this year
By Paul Higham Published
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'I'm Still Sitting Here' - Greg Norman Hits Back At Critics As He Hopes For PGA Tour-PIF Deal For The 'Betterment Of The Players'
Greg Norman hopes a PGA Tour-PIF deal can be done for the sake of the players, but it won't affect his position at LIV Golf which he says is rock solid
By Paul Higham Published
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'I Am Under Very Strict Instructions Not To Do Public Events' - Jon Rahm On Media Blackout Until LIV Golf Starts
Jon Rahm says he will not be doing any more media until LIV Golf starts in February as he lets the dust settle on his shock move
By Paul Higham Published
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'It Will Create A Domino Effect' - Greg Norman's Phone 'Blowing Up' As Players Line Up To Join Jon Rahm's LIV Golf Team
Greg Norman says that "eight to 12 players" have been in touch wanting to join Jon Rahm's LIV Golf team after the Spaniard's big move validated their format
By Paul Higham Published
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A Day After Rollback News, Amateur Star Launches 418 Yard Missile During DP World Tour Event
South African amateur Christo Lamprecht launched a drive over 400 yards at the Alfred Dunhill Championship just when distance is in the news
By Paul Higham Published
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Brooks Koepka Signs LIV Golf Number One Talor Gooch As Wolff Finally Departs Team
LIV Golf No.1 Talor Gooch has signed for Brooks Koepka's Smash GC as Matt Wolff finally departs to end his rocky relationship with the team captain
By Paul Higham Published
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Why Drivers Might Be Next In The Big Golf Rollback Plan
In the R&A and USGA statement on rolling back the golf ball, the governing bodies also stated that they'd look at the possibility of limiting how forgiving drivers are
By Paul Higham Published
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'In The Next 15 Or 20 Years We’re Probably Going To Be Right Back To The Same Distance We Are Today, But That Would Be Considered A Huge Success And A Win For The Game'
USGA chief Mike Whan says the golf rollback plan is just to slow down distance gains and is not aimed at bringing older courses back into hosting Majors
By Paul Higham Published
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'He's Got My Number' - Fred Couples Offers To Caddie For Tiger Woods At Riviera
Course specialist Fred Couples has offered to caddie for Tiger Woods at Riviera if he tees it up there in February
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Former Pro Sticks Up For Will Zalatoris After 81 On Return
Will Zalatoris' new putter didn't work as well as he would have hoped on his return, but one former pro saw some promising signs
By Paul Higham Published