May 12th, 2016 Article
GolfJunk: The Latest Equipment News
The latest golf equipment news including Ping's new iron, and Justin's and Dustin's putting woes...
The latest golf equipment news including Ping's new iron, and Justin's and Dustin's putting woes...
As the Coronavirus crisis rumbles on golf tours facing an uncertain future. Every week that passes means that both the PGA Tour and European Tour are losing millions in TV and sponsorship revenues. The Americans have a plan for survival but their European counterparts face the perfect storm of challenges that threaten the existence of the European Tour itself.
Sam Horsfield is aiming to make it a hat-trick of victories in the space of four UK Swing events when the Englishman tees it up in the ISPS HANDA Wales Open on the same course upon which he triumphed just last week.
TaylorMade Golf Company continues its technological innovation in the fairway wood and Rescue™ categories with the announcement of the Stealth 2 fairway and Stealth 2 Rescue family. The latest line of Stealth 2 fairway woods and Rescue™ clubs continues to feature with breakthrough movable weight technologies and versatile designs.
What is wrong with Patrick Reed? He is a great golfer but a rather marmite character who seems you either love or hate. Sadly, given his propensity to sail close to the wind with the golf rules, supporters are few and far between.
Six-time Major champion and golf course designer, Sir Nick Faldo, anticipates strategy as being the key to win around his Dubai-based course ahead of the iconic Ladies European Tour event, the 2020 OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic. “This is a unique event, absolutely, and it will do a great deal to highlight where the Ladies game is at right now.”
GolfPunk favourite Ian Poulter saw red following comments by Paul Azinger at the weekend suggesting the European Tour was a lot easier than the PGA Tour. Poulter took to Twitter and did not hold back on what he thought about what was said by the ex-Ryder Cup captain.
Dunning is continuing its quest to establish itself as the brand of choice for the aspiring elite golfer.
PING has announced the introduction of the Glide 4.0 wedge series, its next generation of speciality wedges engineered to bring golfers lower-launching, higher-spinning performance into and around greens. The tour-proven Glide 4.0 wedges are available for custom fitting and pre-sell at authorised PING golf shops around the world.
Golfers and their caddies appearing at The ISPS Handa Wales Open will today be taken out to the opening tee in a driverless shuttle, powered by Vodafone’s 4G network. The tournament will be the first major sporting event to use driverless technology, supporting social distancing guidelines.
The LPGA has announced the movement of the Evian Championship to 6th to 9th August, the week before the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open. At the same time, the signs are that both the R&A and USGA will announce the postponement of the Open and US Open in the coming week.
It came as no surprise when on Friday the LPGA announced the postponement of three more tournaments. What was not expected was that the LPGA has set a date for the ANA Inspiration, which is to take place between 10th and 13th September.