Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, has been announced as the Title Partner of the Hero Open – the second of six events in the European Tour’s new UK Swing. Originally announced as the English Open, the newly named Hero Open takes place at the Marriott Forest of Arden, Birmingham, England from July 30 – August 2.
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
The US PGA Championship will go ahead behind closed doors on the rescheduled dates of 6th to 9th August. The event moved from its original date in mid May will be the first major of the year and is taking place at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.
Charley Hull crushed local girl and event organiser Liz Young’s dreams of a home course victory when she holed a 15-foot birdie putt at the first extra. Sadly there were no spectators at Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club in the New Forest to witness the exciting climax to the first Rose Ladies Series event.
Hot on the heels of the TAG Heuer Connected comes Garmin’s latest claim to the luxury smartwatch market. The timepiece is crafted from titanium with a ceramic bezel and comes stuffed with heaps of Garmin features.
As part of a group-wide initiative, Almarose Hotels & Resorts will be offering three free tee-times every Thursday during June, exclusively as a thank you to local key workers. With its seven golf venues across the UK now open, Almarose has set aside three complimentary start times from 3 pm each Thursday at each venue.
Hot on the heels of the Tiger and Phil announcement we have some more golf on telly coming our way with Team TaylorMade. In the socially distanced red corner, and standing a good six feet or so apart, will be Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson and in the blue corner will be Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff. The players will be taking to the fairways in a $3 million charity skins game on 17th May.
Tuning in to the craze on the PGA Tour for pros to personalize their wedges TaylorMade continues to grow its personalised offerings, with the latest instalment in the TaylorMade “My” family joining MySpiderX, MyHi-Toe and MySpider. Go on you know you want to!
A quite mind-boggling act of vandalism took place at Walton Heath at the weekend as thugs on motorbikes delighted in churning up a green one of the courses. This truly unbelievable video footage shows the animals doing doughnuts on the green and then riding off as walkers watched in disbelief.
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.
Evnroll is celebrating once more after winning MyGolfSpy’s 2020 ‘Most Wanted’ blade putter test. The technologically advanced putters from fabled designer Guerin Rife feature a unique patented face mill pattern offering unprecedented accuracy and zero dispersion.
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.
