Dec 13th, 2015 Article
Golf stabilises!
Golf participation appears to be continuing to stabilise after the latest Active People Survey figures from Sport England.
Dec 6th, 2015 Article
The Sunday Driver: Williams Racing Golf
It's the Sunday Driver, we've found you another long hitting golf ball smasher you may never have heard of. This one uses Formula One aerodynamics in the quest for longer distance.
Dec 4th, 2015 Article
Free Westwood!!
For the duration of this weekend's Nedbank Golf Challenge, at the Gary Player Country Club, in Sun City, the popular Lee Westwood's Masterclass golf app will be free to download from the iTunes app store.
Nov 28th, 2015 Article
Trump plays fast and loose
When Donald Trump bought a golf club on Lowes Island for $13 million in 2009, he spent millions more in reconfiguring its two courses. Trump then decided that the course’s history needed a bit of an upgrade as well.
Nov 21st, 2015 Article
Wentworth Members Fight Back
As we reported last month, members of Wentworth are up in arms at plans by its new Chinese owners to double their annual dues and levy a massive joining fee. Now's there's talk of a fight back and legal action from the members.
Nov 5th, 2015 Article
A Quick Getaway: Tuscany
Tuscany - one of the most beautiful places you can get to in under three hours. With fantastic golf courses, stunning places to visit and don't even get me started on the food....
Nov 1st, 2015 Article
Anger as council closes municiple golf course
According to a report on the BBC local news site, a 105-year-old golf course in Leicester has closed as the city council looks to save £90m by 2018. The closure of Western Park municipal golf club will apparently save the authority a paltry £123,000 a year.
Oct 26th, 2015 Article
Rule Changes for 2016 from USGA and R&A
The USGA and R&A have announced four changes to the Rules of Golf, including the much-anticipated ban on the anchored stroke. This is that they have come up with.
Oct 6th, 2015 Article
Fore Sale!
If you’ve got a spare £1.75 million then this has got to be any golfers dream home and location. 19 Pilmour Links has an extraordinary setting right on the corner of Granny Clark's Wynd, the world famous road which cuts across the first and 18th fairways of The Old Course, St Andrews.
Oct 6th, 2015 Article
Mizuno JPX EZ Driver
For 2016 Mizuno have simplified things. They set out to design a very EZ (say it in an American accent) to hit driver designed for forgiveness and distance. Rather than hundreds of adjustable options they've given you a handful to make things obvious.
Oct 2nd, 2015 Article
Sacked! For playing golf
A routine Golf Bunk went terribly wrong for a a vice mayor in a southeastern Chinese city. He's been sacked for playing golf when he should have been working, a move taken as part of a corruption crackdown.
Oct 1st, 2015 Article
Callaway Apex Pro 16 Irons
Callaway’s Apex Pro 16 is the most forgiving forged players iron they have ever produced. With a shape and size similar to the X forged, but with the forgiveness of the original Apex Pro’s, expect these to be filling up both tour and club bags next season.
