GolfPunk has been looking to review a Duca Del Cosma golf shoe for some time. The brand is not that well known but has surprisingly been around for quite some time. Duca del Cosma was established in 2004 by Italian designer Baldovino Mattiazzo and his German wife Antje Elle, both keen golfers. 5 mm cone-shaped nubs run across the entire bottom for optimal stability and grip as you swing
Shot Scope, an industry leader in advanced GPS and automatic shot tracking technology, has reported a huge increase in rounds of golf played following the easing of lockdown restrictions. “With the UK and US markets recording nearly 40% and 35% growth respectively, and as golf is the perfect outdoor social distancing activity, it is clear that the game is thriving right now.”
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.
Exciting Scottish talent, Cameron Adam, continued his fine form in 2020 with a dominant display in the Faldo Series England North Boys Championship at St Annes Old Link Golf Club.
Following a dramatic two hole playoff finale, Ben Loveard claimed a well-deserved victory at Royal Ashdown Forest to win the England South I Boys Championship. For the second time in as many weeks, the final day of the Faldo Series was live-streamed to the Series’ social media channels and media partners channels with real-time broadcasts from streaming partner ContentLIVE. Harvey Evans (+2)
As the game of golf continues to surge in popularity, especially as one of society’s best outdoor social distancing activities, the sport pauses on August 13 to commemorate the day the greatest swing in golf was born. In 2020, to honor nine-time Major Champion Ben Hogan’s iconic swing, #BenHoganDay on August 13 kicks-off a four-day celebration of the golf swing and honors Mr. Hogan’s...
The Faldo Series made history this week at the Wales Championship with a record-breaking event marking a number of new firsts for Sir Nick Faldo’s global junior golf initiative. All is not lost for Ashton and fellow runners up, who will also be rewarded with invites to the Europe Grand Final come November due to the volume of players validating an extension of the prize. Charlie Salter -4
The Faldo Series is set to break its own record of the largest field in its 24-year history next week as 260 junior golfers tee it up across the Vale Resort and Cottrell Park for the Wales Boys & Girls Championship. “We are looking forward to meeting some of the champions of tomorrow and being a part of a historic moment for the Series as it welcomes its largest field at an event to date.”
Talented English junior golfers, Corey Neville and Ellen Hume, have won the first events of the 2020 Faldo Series Europe calendar, securing their places at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club for the Europe Grand Final in November. Players were tested on the Melbourne Course, a championship design by Ryder Cup duo Peter Alliss and Clive Clarke. Corey Neville -9 Aadam Syed -2
A real headache is emerging for the PGA Tour as Brooks Koepka has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship. Koepka’s caddie Ricky Elliott tested positive for Covid-19 a day after Graeme McDowell’s caddie had a positive test.
It was good news for golfers in England as Boris Johnson announced in his Sunday address that recreational sports could resume, so long it is with members of your household. Sadly, the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have refused to follow Westminster’s lead
I’m just about to pay my annual subscription, a tad late but hopefully given the current circumstances my tardiness is overlooked. I will be signing a cheque, or more likely be doing an online transfer, for a chunky sum of money, at a time when I have absolutely no idea when my next round will come. I am happy to pay up but many up and down the country will be thinking twice.
