Originally booked to take place back in April – but postponed, due to the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic – the rescheduled 2020 Masters is fast approaching. Rory McIlroy and this year’s US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau are battling it out for favouritism in the recent US Masters odds, whilst last year’s Green Jacket winner, Tiger Woods, is as far out as 20/1.
Alexa meets the fairways with the new Bushnell Wingman GPS Speaker. Not only will it tell you your distances it can also play your latest happening grooves (Ed - does anyone actually say that?). Totally unique in the golf market players can now listen to music whilst having distances on the course at their fingertips courtesy of some clever GPS and Bluetooth tech.
Saudi Arabia has today announced a world-first initiative that will offer free golf to women across the Kingdom. All players signed-up to the scheme will be designated as a Ladies First Member at either Riyadh Golf Club, Dirab Golf Club or King Abdullah Economic City’s (KAEC) Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, depending on their location.
he European Tour will return to South Africa next month when the Joburg Open is contested from November 19-22. The Joburg Open was first contested in 2007 and boasts an impressive array of past winners such as Major champion Charl Schwartzel and multiple European Tour champions including George Coetzee, Darren Fichardt, Branden Grace, Haydn Porteous, Richard Sterne and Andy Sullivan.
The 24th Faldo Series Europe season came to a dramatic finish at the Scotland Championship, where Scottish talent, Ruben Lindsay, showed resilience and determination through a 6-hole playoff to claim the final title of the Europe Series. Leading final scores and qualifiers from the Scotland Championship: George Ash +4 George Mason +8 Charles Petrie +9 Calum D Scott +3 Lachlan Reynolds +3
England's Georgia Hall and Charley Hull are well placed at level par after the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. For Hall though there was frustration as she got off to a great start reaching the turn in three-under-par but faltered on the way home giving up all three shots including bogies at the 17th and 18th holes. Poor Mel Reid who won last week at the
Lucas Herbert made the most of favourable conditions to take a one shot lead into the weekend at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. The Australian added a second round of 65 to his opening 66 at The Renaissance Club to top the leaderboard at 11 under par as he goes in search of a second European Tour title in 2020 following his victory in Dubai in January
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
There have been a few new clothing lines coming out from the big brands of late and they are all for lack of a better word relatively 'safe'. So when the latest collection from Manors Golf crossed our desk we rather sat up. Manors is never going to be a brand who believes that golf clothing has a rule book. We think it,s about wearing something you feel comfortable in. You do you.
In a new study, can reveal that wearing your favourite sports kits online could affect how lucky in love you are! Apparently the tested who did the swipe left or is swipe right thingamajiggy? The most attractive sports kit to wear on Tinder is rugby. Out of 300 swipes, 208 matched, as it seems the appeal of the rugby hunk is as strong as ever.
Callaway Golf is announced as an Official Sponsor of Women’s Golf Day (WGD), joining an impressive roster of industry sponsors that are supporting the 5th Anniversary of the global event on September 1st. The two organisations come together with a shared vision to empower, support and engage with the diverse female golfer community across the world.
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.”
