Golf Datatech, LLC, the golf industry’s leading independent market research firm for retail sales, consumer and trade golf trends, has announced that golf equipment sales throughout the UK have enjoyed their all-time largest July retail sales month since the Company started tracking data in 1997.
As the top 70 in the FedEx rankings get ready to tee it up at Olympia Fields in Chicago, with an eye on qualifying for the lucrative Tour Championship, the Spiv has come up with his selections for the week. Olympia Fields is a par 70 course is a long one at some 7,300 plus yards and a slope rating of 150 and so is no stroll in the park. After his The Spiv has come up with his tips for the win
Sam Horsfield is aiming to make it a hat-trick of victories in the space of four UK Swing events when the Englishman tees it up in the ISPS HANDA Wales Open on the same course upon which he triumphed just last week.
The striking long-range performance of the Titleist T-Series T100•S and T200 player’s irons – powered by breakthrough technology for explosive distance in a player-preferred shape – can now be experienced in a stealthy all-black setup. Josh Talge, Vice President, Golf Club Marketing, said: T-SERIES BLACK ON TOUR T100•S TECHNOLOGY: T100•S BLACK SPECIFICATIONS: • FINISH: High Polish Black
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 :
Following years of rigorous product development, the introduction of the new Titleist Tour Speed – a high performance, multilayer golf ball with a proprietary thermoplastic urethane cover – provides golfers with the fastest, best-performing golf ball in its category. Michael Mahoney, Vice President, Golf Ball Marketing, said:
Graeme is the second player to have to pull out of the Travelers Championship after his caddie Ken Comboy tested positive for COVID-19. Given the proximity player and caddie have been in for the last couple of weeks there is a risk the man from Northern Ireland may also have contracted the virus.
We reported last month that Lefty might be taking on Tiger in a rematch of ‘The Match’ which took place in November 2018 for an obscene prize pot. The good news is that the match is confirmed and as we hoped this time it is for charity.
Golfers will have an opportunity to tee it up with a top-ranked tour player, schedule their next golf lesson with a world-renowned instructor, get fit like a professional, or even experience Pebble Beach with a local resident, while ‘Chipping In’ to make a difference with the COVID-19 Relief Charity Golf Auction.
John ‘Wild Thing’ Daly took to the t’internet at the weekend sending out a video on YouTube wishing everybody to stay safe, stay healthy and stay smart. He then proceeded to offer his cure for the dreaded COVID-19 and surprise surprise it included a bottle of vodka!
American Doug Sanders, who sadly will always be remembered for missing a three-foot putt to win the 1970 Open Championship has died of natural causes aged 86. As we remember the flamboyant golfer from Cedartown, Georgia we look back at an interview GolfPunk was lucky enough to have with the legend that is Sanders, Our Kinda Soldier!
Well, the R&A finally made a decision and somewhat surprisingly for some the decision was to cancel the 149th Open Championship because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Tournament will now take place at the same venue, Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, in 2021.
