Jan 20th, 2016 Article
Darren Clarke & Shorts
There has been another small step forwards for golf, as at last week's EurAsia Cup Darren Clarke – the Victorious Captain – managed to persuade the powers that be to let his players wear shorts.
There has been another small step forwards for golf, as at last week's EurAsia Cup Darren Clarke – the Victorious Captain – managed to persuade the powers that be to let his players wear shorts.
Some companies are known as woods companies, others as irons companies, and more still as putter companies. While TaylorMade are perceived as a company that excels with their drivers, their putters are phenomenal too. Good enough for Jason Day to win his PGA Championship that’s for sure. These new OS putters are their latest models.
The PGA Tour is trying to organize a test event for the new Olympic course in Rio de Janeiro. But the Tour is struggling to find anyone who has time in their already hectic schedules. But they have to do it. Can they pull it off?
EA Sports have announced that the TPC Stadium Course at PGA West will be the new free course for Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, and it’s arriving this week.
Just the other day we were writing a piece on the news that Jordan Spieth had now officially become the top earner in golf with combined winnings and sponsorship deals of $53 million. But we also discovered that Arnold Palmer was still, at the tender age of 86, the fourth highest golf earner after Jordan, Tiger and Rory. And we wanted to find out why.
Golf GPS Distance Measuring Devices can seemingly take any shape these days. Gone are the days of a chunky unit that looked like a walkie–talkie. Roger that! Now it's full colour touch screens, iPhone apps, and watches that have become the most popular ways to measure how far from the hole you are on any given shot. The new GolfBuddy CT2 is smaller than any of those other GPS devices though.
Swedish apparel brand, Oscar Jacobson has signed 22-year old Englishman Callum Shinkwin.
Back in November we saw the FootJoy FreeStyle for the first time. A golf shoe inspired by a tree frog? Now hear us out, it all sounded a bit crazy frog to us, but it does actually make a lot of sense.
Forget about all the clever Star Trek tech that’s packed into it - does it actually tell the time? Funnily enough, yes.
Darlington Golf Clubs members have voted 221-36 to back a partnership with developer Theakston Estate. But there is a silver lining.
It's back, the GolfPunk weekly Fantasy Challenge. Jimmy Walker has won this the last two years, can he make it a hat trick? Or will Brandt Snedeker do the business? Who will you put in your team of 10? Get stuck in chaps! and win a Golf Buddy GPS watch for your trouble!
We've been watching the Hyundai all weekend but in the breaks have been keeping an eye on Joaquin Phoenix in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line. And then Zach Johnson walked on set...