Mar 4th, 2017 Article
King Edward VIII: Leaders' Drives
Ruling the nation or improving your golf? No competition…
Ruling the nation or improving your golf? No competition…
Justin Thomas takes a one shot lead into the weekend at the Zozo Championship at the Sherwood Country Club in California. Thomas matched his opening round of 65 with a flawless round which included a stretch of five birdies in six holes on his first nine. "Got off to a hot start today and kind of coasted coming in," said Thomas
Did you know that this tournament is the second oldest Open championship in the world, having first been formally played in 1903? No? well, now you do. Check out Donaldson's ace and Southgate's incredible wedge shot from South African Open, as Grace makes three eagles in the first round.
Defending Masters champion Jon Rahm and Legion XIII teammate Tyrrell Hatton will head to Augusta National this week after celebrating their second LIV Golf team victory of the season. Stinger GC’s Dean Burmester isn’t in the field for the year’s first major, but he made a bold statement Sunday on one of golf’s toughest courses.
South Africa's Thriston Lawrence became the first winner of the DP World Tour era after the Joburg Open was reduced to a 36-hole event. The home favourite had matched his lowest DP World Tour round on days one and two, with a pair of 65s sending him into the weekend at Randpark Golf Club at 12 under and with a four-shot lead.
Ryder Cup hero Tony Jacklin CBE is to return as tournament host for the 2018 Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship.
When a set of golf clubs that were once owned by Berkshire Hathaway CEO and legendary investor Warren Buffett sell for nearly $40,000 (approx. £32,000) then you have to wonder if the world has not gone slightly mad, and where we draw the line on how much is too much?
Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall added a two-under-par bogey-free round of 70 to yesterday’s effort of 65 to maintain a narrow one-shot lead at nine-under-par from England’s Meghan MacLaren heading into the final round at the OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic. Luckily tomorrow’s final round doesn’t begin until 5 pm (local time), giving her adequate time to turn in her papers before the deadline.
There is not much to say really, Sei Young Kim never looked in trouble as she strolled to victory at Aronimink to take her first major title. Inbee Park had a run at Kim but the 27-year-old was unflappable and never looked in trouble. "This golf course is really challenging," said Kim after grabbing her first major title. "I tried to keep the focus on my job. It was really tough.
Golf’s most desirable-looking wearable tech joins the award-winning 2020 SkyCaddie GPS family today in the form of the new LX5C with ceramic bezel GPS Smart Watch from SkyCaddie, makers of the most-trusted rangefinders in golf. Both LX5 models pack golf’s only truly comprehensive ground-mapped course data into the game’s largest and most-brilliant wearable HD colour touch screen at 1.39 inches. .
With a potential ban for green books on the horizon, we’ve looked back at what other bits of golf equipment have been banned in competition (and occasionally had the ban lifted again) throughout the history of golf!
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (June 15, 2023) – At the 1949 U.S. Open at Medinah Country Club, more players chose to put a Titleist golf ball in play than any other brand, with 32 (20%) of the 159-player field teeing up a Titleist. For the first time, Titleist was the #1 ball at the U.S. Open Championship.