Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 23 July 2013
We’re giving you the chance to win the clubs, bag and balls identical to the ones Phil Mickelson used to win The Open at Muirfield. We’ve teamed up with american golf and Callaway to offer you this exclusive prize, which includes the Callaway RAZR tour bag, the 3 Deep Fairway Wood, X Forged irons, the Mack Daddy wedge and the Odyssey Versa...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 22 July 2013
Eighty one per cent of competitors (126/156) trusted Golf Pride grips at the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield. It meant the brand continued its vice-like grip on usage at the 2013 Majors with 82% of the field trusting the company’s grips at this year’s Masters and 79% of the field at the US Open at Merion. Eight out of the last 10 Masters and US Open winners...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Sunday 21 July 2013
Just as he did at Merion during the US Open, Phil Mickelson opted to not carry a driver at Muirfield, using a 13-degree Callaway X Hot 3Deep fairway wood as his longest club in the bag. The strategy paid off perfectly for the American as he used the club twice on Muirfield’s 17th to reach the par 5 in two and make a...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 19 July 2013
Titleist has continued its run as the number one golf ball of choice at The Open Championship since records began As the world’s best players compete to mark their name in history as the 2013 Open Champion, the legendary Titleist Pro V1 franchise continued its own historic run at the world’s oldest Major championship. The superior performance and precision of Titleist golf...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Thursday 18 July 2013
Who said slow play was a problem in golf? Not the TG readers and competition winners who descended upon Archerfield Links for the TW14 Nike Golf Speed Challenge on the eve of The Open. Some 39 players travelled from far and wide across the UK, to ‘Just Do It’ and take part in teams of three, each golfer kitted out in Nike...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Ahead of The 142nd Open Championship, adidas Golf today staged a unique golf experience at North Berwick Golf Club to launch its new GORE-TEX waterproof outerwear, in preparation for the infamous Scottish weather conditions. To celebrate the release of their innovative performance range, the brand created the ultimate weather simulator designed to replicate the worst of Mother Nature, and then threw...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 16 July 2013
Phil Mickelson won a thrilling sudden-death play-off against Branden Grace to claim the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart. The American had three-putted the 18th to put himself in a playoff with the South African, after the pair finished on 17-under-par. Mickelson birdied the first playoff hole though, thanks to a sublime chip that left him a tap-in birdie, a score Grace could not match. Henrik Stenson’s title attempt...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 16 July 2013
Nikon is celebrating its 21st anniversary as a patron of The Open Championship in style by offering spectators a unique bunker play experience. To mark its long-standing support of The Open Championship, Nikon will be offering a few lucky visitors the chance to be part of an exciting photo experience. Working with TimeSlice, experts in “bullet-time” photography, 60 Nikon cameras, each...
Wednesday 10 July 2013
LEAD COACH FOR THE ENGLAND’S BOYS PERFORMANCE SQUAD All the elite amateurs and European Tour pros I work with have one thing in common – they keep a track of their stats so they know which parts of the game they need to work on. It’s something few amateur players do – but it should be second nature, and NG360 makes...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 8 July 2013
Motocaddy, the top-selling trolley brand, has produced an animated showcase video of its compact new M1 PRO electric trolley for screening in-store, online and on its own website. “The compact folding M1 PRO trolley has proved to be extremely popular already,” said Marketing Manager Oliver Churcher. “This new video will further highlight its key product features and has been designed for...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 8 July 2013
Graeme McDowell clinched his third win of 2013 as he shot a closing 67 to finish four ahead of South African Richard Sterne at the French Open. McDowell and Sterne battled for most of the final round, but the Northern Irishman was stronger over the closing holes as the South African faded. The victory earns McDowell more than £430,000 and...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 4 July 2013
On Monday the 22nd of July Ian Poulter will be hosting the 8th Ian Poulter Junior Invitational where he will welcome 100 junior golfers from around the world to play competitive golf on the challenging Marquess Course at Woburn Golf Club. IJP Design, Ian’s official clothing line, is the main event sponsor and will have full access to Ian on the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 3 July 2013
Master Craftsman Scotty Cameron’s commitment to the creative process and collaborating with the best players in the world has helped lay the groundwork for the new Futura X putter. Futura X is a high MOI, modern mallet design with advanced perimeter weighting that provides exceptional stability and forgiveness with solid feel. It comes as a direct result of Cameron’s extensive...
Written by Today's Golfer on Tuesday 2 July 2013
Do you play a game, or do you play a sport? To celebrate the release of the new TW’14, the world’s most athletic golf shoe, we’ve partnered with Nike for the TW14 Speed Golf Challenge to help find the UK’s most athletic golfers. The Open Championship always excites and inspires us to reach for our golf clubs, hit the course and dream...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 2 July 2013
Cleveland Golf has announced the extension of its wedge trade-in promotion, following unprecedented levels of success for the promotion since its launch in March 2013. The promotion, which allows golfers to trade in any wedge and receive £25 off a new Cleveland 588 RTX wedge or 588 Forged wedge, will now extend from July 1st until September 30th 2013 in the...
Written by Equipment Editor, Joel Tadman on Tuesday 2 July 2013
Wedge guru Roger Cleveland has used feedback from Callaway’s Tour players like Phil Mickelson to create the new Mack Daddy 2 wedges. They feature an aggressive “5V” groove pattern, increasing the surface area and size of the grooves by 39 per cent and creating 25 per cent more spin than Callaway’s previous X-Forged model. A laser-milled, micro-groove pattern increases surface...
Written by TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 2 July 2013
Callaway has unveiled its lightest and most aerodynamic woods to date. The new FT Optiforce driver is made from lightweight forged composite and has been designed with an aerodynamically enhanced head shape to reduce drag by 23 per cent. A 43 gram PX Velocity shaft, the lightest shaft Callaway has ever produced, reduces the weight even further. It also features an advanced...
Written by Harriet Linton, Senior Web Producer on Monday 1 July 2013
Rejuvenated Paul Casey claimed his first European Tour win since 2011 when he won the Irish Open at Carton House. Paul Casey scored a brilliant five-under-par 67 on the final day of the Irish Open to secure first place with a final score of 14 under. Joost Luiten and Robert Rock finished joint second and Pablo Larrazabal came in fourth. This...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Monday 24 June 2013
Ernie Els birdied the last hole to seal a one-shot victory at the BMW International Open in Munich. The 43-year-old finished with a 69, which included four birdies and a bogey, for a final total of 18-under-par. Dane Thomas Bjorn, who had Billy Foster on his bag, also fired a 69 to finish runner-up on 17-under. South African Els, who won last year’s Open, began the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 21 June 2013
Lynx Golf has been chosen as the exclusive provider of golf coaching at the first-ever SportFest – a unique festival of family fun and sport supported by O2 and involving some of the UK’s greatest sporting legends. Taking place over the weekend of 3-4th August at the beautiful Wormsley Estate, up to 3,000 visitors will share world-class sports coaching, enjoy fun...