Feb 12th, 2016 Article
XXIO 9 Driver
XXIO. You may have seen the name before, but you may not know how to pronounce it correctly. For future reference it's zek-si-oh. And their clubs are seriously good.
XXIO. You may have seen the name before, but you may not know how to pronounce it correctly. For future reference it's zek-si-oh. And their clubs are seriously good.
It has been almost a decade since a GolfPunk last visited Precision Golf in West Byfleet, Surrey, so we decided to check out the facility again. To test the club fitting service we took a guinea pig with us, Chris (‘The Moz’) Morris a keen golfer with a handicap index of 7.5 who required some help from the latest technology.
The tournament, which operates on a rotating basis at some of the best country clubs and golf courses in the entire United States, will take place in the blistering Southern California sunshine this year, slated for Father’s Day weekend between June 15 to June 18 at the Los Angeles County Country Club’s North Course in the beautiful, rolling Beverly Hills.
Aditi Ashok produced a three-under-par second round of 70 to hold a five-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open. The Indian star followed up her first round of 67 with another consistent day at Vipingo Ridge to sit at the top of the leaderboard on nine-under-par after 36 holes at Vipingo Ridge.
Linn Grant carded a four-under round of 68 on day two of the Mithra Belgian Ladies Open and holds a three-stroke lead with one round of competition to play. The Swedish star, who led overnight, had another excellent day at Naxhelet Golf Club rolling in three birdies on her front nine to make the turn in 33 (-3).
Manon De Roey is riding the wave of her first LET win and looking forward to teeing it up in her home country at the Mithra Belgian Ladies Open. It was less than two weeks ago when the Belgian clinched her first LET title winning the Individual crown at the Aramco Team Series – Bangkok.
Motocaddy has signed six-time DP World Tour winner Niclas Fasth as a brand ambassador to represent the world’s biggest-selling electric trolley company on a global stage.
American Sihwan Kim produced an excellent third round to hold an eight-point lead heading into the final day at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Stableford Challenge.
Play-offs aren’t always exciting (remember Mike Weir and wotsisname* in 2003?), but the three-way, 18-hole play-off in 1962 between Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald, showed the most exciting player in the game at his thrilling best.
Lee-Anne Pace was the home heroine once again as she clinched her fourth Investec South African Women’s Open title carding a final round of 72 for a one-shot win over Germany’s Leonie Harm.
Talking ahead of this week's WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession Rahm stated that he believed the green books should not be allowed. Both players and caddies use the books that show maps of the greens along with the various slopes to read greens on tour.
It’s a very challenging time for players of all standards. Attending the course or driving range is out of bounds however this time can be used to good use. Simon Capon offers some ways to use this time productively and illustrate how players can come out of this situation a much stronger psychological player than the one who entered it.