Jun 11th, 2016 Article
Golf is on the up
After more than a decade of year-on-year steep falls, golf participation and club membership in England has risen in the last year. Has golf turned a corner?
After more than a decade of year-on-year steep falls, golf participation and club membership in England has risen in the last year. Has golf turned a corner?
We had everything on Friday at The Masters: A stellar leaderboard; birdies galore; storm threats; unbelievable recovery shots; a marshall slide-tackling Tiger Woods on the 14th hole (he still made birdie) and some truly comical moments starring Zach Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Television host and golf fan Vernon Kay will co–host the new GolfSixes tournament.
Michael Jordan still tops the Rich List as the sportsman with the highest net worth of over $1.4 billion. And according to commentator and former player Charles Barkley, he does like a punt.
Dunlop have today announced that they have extended their sponsorship agreement with Lee Westwood. The deal has been extended for a further three years and the announcement comes ahead of Westwood teeing off at Baltusrol tomorrow.
Sergio Garcia went round the back nine at the Byron Nelson in just 29 shots to move within four shots of leader James Hahn.
It’s the end of an era. When the Official World Golf Rankings get announced later today, Phil Mickelson will have dropped out of the top 25 for the first time in 20 years.
England’s Lily May Humphreys received a confidence boost ahead of the Big Green Egg Open after she sealed her maiden professional win last week. Rosendaelsche Golf Club, which is a GEO Certified Course, plays host to the sixth LET tournament of the season and welcomes a field of 126 players from 29 countries.
The Ladies European Tour announce a record-breaking 2021 schedule featuring 27 events in 19 different countries, the Solheim Cup and the Summer Olympics, with players competing for a combined prize fund of more than €19 million: an increase of €2 million on the proposed pre-COVID-19 announcement for the 2020 season and €6 million on 2019.
The unrivalled craftsmanship, performance and technology of Vokey Design SM8 wedges – the overwhelmingly most played wedges on the PGA Tour – will now be available in a tour-inspired all-black configuration. Limited Jet Black SM8 wedges are available in golf shops August 28th, with all 23 loft, bounce and grind combinations (in both RH and LH) available through custom order or WedgeWorks on :
With the Solheim cup a month away they have the Solheim tartan, they even have a tartan fairway what they don’t have is a home player. Yesterday, Carly Booth may have answered Catriona Matthew’s prayers and give the Team Europe captain the excuse she needed to select a fellow countrywoman for the team.
It’s the perfect phone call. The opportunity to go somewhere great and play golf. On the line is my Austrian friend Natascha, who had just offered me the chance to come out to her homeland and sample a new golfing Mecca. Yesss.