Shot Scope, the industry leader in GPS and automatic shot tracking technology, has today unveiled details of its all-new virtual social community, Course Hub. Free for Shot Scope users, the new social community is based within the Shot Scope app and allows the brand’s more than 50,000 users to come together virtually.
The 32-man field for the third round of the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown will be finalised on Saturday morning after darkness suspended play on day two at Aphrodite Hills Resort. The 30 players still to complete their rounds will resume play early on Saturday.
The Ladies European Tour is back this week with Nuria Iturrioz set to defend her crown against an international field in the latest event on our 2020 schedule at the OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic from 4-6 November. In such a unique format, it is not very often that a player has experience playing under the floodlights but Iturrioz let us into a little secret ahead of her first round.
Home-favourite Kim Metraux and Finland’s Sanna Nuutinen take a two-shot lead from the chasing pack at the close of day one at the 2020 VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open with sublime opening scores of 66 (-6). A trio of gains from the 13th took her to five-under-par before a 10ft putt on the 17th took her to six. The birdies are important but sometimes it is the pars that matter most.
Leading Japanese golf brand HONMA is running a nationwide #DiscoverHonma promotion over the next three months that offers golfers the chance to win a set of premium clubs from its latest competitively priced ranges. The promotion is open to those aged 18+ attending any HONMA club fitting session in the UK and Ireland. . Detail of the #DiscoverHONMA promotion can be found at .
HONMA, best-known for the quality of its high-end and player’s golf clubs, has expanded its range of multi-layer golf balls to offer golfers the most exciting selection the brand has ever launched on the market outside Japan. More information about HONMA Golf equipment can be found at
Sophia Popov continued her love for Royal Troon as she opened up a commanding three-stroke lead heading into the final round of the AIG Women’s Open. American duo Austin Ernst and Lindsey Weaver, helped by a miraculous chip in for par at the 12th, are two shots further back in a tie for fourth place at one-over-par, alongside another German, Caroline Masson.
Srixon has announced the launch of the New 3rd generation UltiSoft golf ball. The new UltiSoft officially launches into stores across the UK & Ireland on the 19th September 2020. UltiSoft is true to its name as the ultimate golf ball for softness and feel. It’s the lowest compression ball in our lineup, delivering unmatched performance on every strike.
It seemed like it was just a matter of time and sure enough the new bulked up Bryson DeChambeau delivered on Sunday when he fired a seven-under-par final round of 65 to clinch the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. The big-hitting man from California won by three shots from overnight leader Matthew Wolf. “I've shown people that there's another way to do it."
The Spiv tipped him for the win at Colonial at the week and he came with a whisker of making the play-off. However, as anticipated by GolfPunk Muscles DeChambeau made headlines for the immense driving distances he achieved. The R&A and USGA must now sit up and seriously prepare regulations governing the golf ball used in tournaments.
Coming to a store, or computer, near you on Friday 21 August is the latest iteration from the folks at 2K, PGA TOUR® 2K21. The game will be available on several platforms and will be the first golf game for some time to feature actual PGA Tour Pros.
I must say as a lefty I am in awe of these young pros who seem to be able to switch around and bomb the ball, playing left-handed. It is well known that lefty-in-chief Phil Mickelson is very handy playing right-handed, but it seems a couple of the world's best can switch round with ease and bomb it!
