The third major of the year is The U.S. Open, which will be the first major championship held at The Los Angeles Country Club and will be contested on the North Course. A host of both PGA Tour players and 15 LIV Golf Tour players will be competing for one of the most prestigious titles in golf.
There’s no stopping Topgolf at the moment, as they have now announced that they are off to Orlando, for what will be their thirty third US location.
Adidas has signed PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, Xander Schauffele, and three-time European Tour winner Tyrrell Hatton, and convinced Sergio to sign a new extended contract.
COBRA GOLF, today announced the multi-year signing of former US Open champion Gary Woodland. Heading into the Sony Open in Hawaii, Woodland is slated to play a bag full of COBRA clubs, including their 2023 unreleased driver, fairway woods, and irons. He will continue his long-standing relationship with PUMA GOLF and wear head-to-toe PUMA apparel.
In unprecedented times, we have one more men’s golf major to look forward to this year. The Masters at Augusta is scheduled in November for the first time, after the cancellation earlier in the year. It has thrown the plans of golfers into the air, but we have seen events running every week for some time now, so there can be no claims of rustiness or a lack of practice.
James Heath is the first European professional to wear TravisMathew on tour.
Stop Press: Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam is set to become the first female professional to compete in the PNC Father Son Challenge. We’ve just picked the Brigadier up off the floor spluttering something about it never happening at West Hill or something. Yes, it is called a father son event but this is 2019 and actually the fairer sex has competed before.
Excellent interview with Tiger Woods speaking to GOLFTV’s Lead Tour Correspondent, Henni Zuel about the upcoming 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black. He discusses the course, his preparations and his playing partners for the first two days - Brooksie and Franny!
European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley insists he will not be afraid to change the rules regarding Ryder Cup eligibility following last month's defeat at Hazeltine.
Week in, week out, the TaylorMade Tour Truck follows the PGA Tour around the USA, building clubs for the best players in the world. Looking like something from Mad Max on the outside, these rolling workshops have everything on board to build perfect golf clubs for the likes of Jason Day, Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson, and Sergio Garcia. TaylorMade's Senior Tour Technician, Wade Liles, shows us how quickly he can make a driver from start to finish.
Half the guys and girls at GolfPunk think Jordan Spieth is really boring – he never says anything interesting. The other half can't believe this, they think he's the dog's whatchamecallits, the second coming, a bit of Alright! Who's right? Gorgeous George goes deep to find out how a goofy kid became the World's Number 1 golfer, and finds out a load of stuff we didn't know...
As Bryson DeChambeau celebrates yet another win in an incredible 2018, my mind is cast back to April 2017 and The Houston Open. I was on the range watching Phil, Beef, and Rickie launching drives when I noticed a lone, almost forlorn figure over by the short game area.
