Bonhams is to offer the most famous golfing painting in the world: The Portrait of Henry Callender standing in a landscape, in the red coat of Captain General of the Blackheath Golf Club and holding a putter by the Leicestershire artist Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803). It is estimated at £600,000 – 800,000.
The Cobra F6+ is the most adjustable driver Cobra have ever produced. It's an absoute beast.
A new initiative from North Yorkshire Police is encouraging golfers to mark their golf clubs in order to reduce crime. We're right behind it. We know the pain of club theft, big time.
Cruel School: The 40-Year History of Golf’s European Tour Q School is new book that’s going to be published next month to celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of golf’s most compelling tournaments.
Vice Golf are a new golf ball brand that offer premium quality golf balls at a significant discount from the usual price. Oh, and they're pretty cool too. GolfPunk has a look at what they're all about.
The most forgiving forged iron that Mizuno have ever produced, the JPX EZ Forged is a true distance iron. Yet with it's forged head, it should feel incredibly soft at impact.
Golfers at Suffield Springs Golf Course in Ohio spotted this little fellow, and he’s an absolute dead ringer for an Angry Bird.
TItleist are on a roll this year. The Pro V1 is on fire. The 915 Woods have been a massive success. And Titleist irons win a tour event seemingly every other week. The one area people don’t to think of Titleist though is forgiving mid handicap irons. Yet with the AP1, they’ve got a set of irons that combines offers shed loads of help, without looking like a chopper big bat.
Titleist are known as the serious brand for serious golfers. And golfers don't get any more serious than if they are using a set of muscle back blades. In an ideal world I'd be good enough to play the Titleist 716 MB. Seriously just look at it. It's stunning. But reality hits for most of us, as soon as we miss the tiny sweetspot.
What do you do when you find yourself in a world of technically driven sportswear when you’re a heritage brand originating in woolen underwear? You give yourself a makeover is what! And that’s exactly what Scottish heritage brand Lyle & Scott have done, fusing a whopping 141 year heritage with technical, performance golf wear for AW15.
On the quiet Maximilian Kieefer is having one of the best seasons on the European Tour. At this point the 25 year old from Germany has not missed a cut, with highlights being his resultts at the Nordea Masters and the Dubuai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by Rory McIlroy. In total he's had four top tens this season, and currenty lies in 46th place on the Race to Dubai.
John Richardson was a typical weekend golfer who enjoyed the game but couldn't break one hundred. But he differed from the average 24-handicapper in one crucial way. He was determined to break par within a year at the local golf course.
