Jan 31st, 2024 Article
LEGION XIII UNVEILED AS LIV GOLF’S FIRST EXPANSION TEAM
LIV Golf today announced its first expansion team, Legion XIII, the first new team to join the league since its inception in 2022.
LIV Golf today announced its first expansion team, Legion XIII, the first new team to join the league since its inception in 2022.
Golf is entering a new frontier in its history following the merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. The breakaway LIV series stunned the world as several leading players were lured away by the riches of the competition. Although there was resistance between the two organizations, the PGA Tour has now combined with LIV to reunite the sport.
The tournament, which operates on a rotating basis at some of the best country clubs and golf courses in the entire United States, will take place in the blistering Southern California sunshine this year, slated for Father’s Day weekend between June 15 to June 18 at the Los Angeles County Country Club’s North Course in the beautiful, rolling Beverly Hills.
Golf Datatech, LLC, and Yano Research Institute Ltd., the golf industry’s two leading independent research and data firms, have introduced the “World Golf Report 2023,” the industry’s only global golf retail study.
La Zagaleta, one of the most exclusive clubs in Europe, located in the Malaga town of Benahavís, will host the 2023 PING Junior Solheim Cup – a competition for junior players that precedes the 2023 Solheim Cup.
Luxury golf shoe brand Duca del Cosma has launched its SS22 collection for men and women with the addition of striking new designs and colour options that incorporate the latest footwear innovations and eco-friendly technology.
The extended three-year qualification process for the men’s golf competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been completed with today’s publication of the Final Olympic Golf Rankings.
GolfPunk send it condolences and prayers to Tom Watson and his family on the sad passing of Hilary Watson just before midnight on Thanksgiving Eve. Hilary, who Tom described as ‘my hero’ had been battling pancreatic cancer for two years.
European Captain Padraig Harrington has named Robert Karlsson as his first vice captain for The 2020 Ryder Cup against the United States at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin next September. Karlsson twice played in the Ryder Cup, in the victorious 2006 team that crushed the USA at the K Club and on the losing side two years later at Valhalla.
Matt Fitzpatrick’s little brother, Alex, led the way for team Great Britain and Ireland at Royal Liverpool yesterday. Following a foursomes win in the morning, with partner Conor Purcell, Fitzpatrick took out world number one amateur Cole Hammer (great name!) in the top afternoon singles game to help The GB&I team to a 7-5 lead after day one.
With all of the majors now done and dusted, attention in the women's game turns to The 16th Solheim Cup which will be played on the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles from 13th to the 15th of September. Here is your GolfPunk guide to all thing Solheimy.
On the day that The Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP becomes the First Lord of the Treasury, or otherwise known as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, GolfPunk ponders the key issues of the day.