Category: Golf
Callaway Paradym A.I. Smoke drivers on USGA Conforming Driver List
Early Monday morning, as 2024 was being ushered in across the United States, Callaway’s newest drivers were being added to the United States Golf Association’s List of Conforming Driver Heads. That means the USGA has tested the heads to ensure they meet equipment standards and comply with the Rules of Golf. Once added to the…
When does the PGA Tour’s 2024 season start?
The 2024 PGA Tour sees a return to a calendar-based schedule starting in January. Occupying the coveted spot of PGA Tour opener is the Sentry Tournament of Champions which starts on 4 January 2024. The 2024 PGA Tour will be the 109th season of the pro tour and the 56th season since separating from the…
PGA Tour and PIF extend talks after failing to meet NYE deadline
The PGA Tour’s talks with the Public Investment Fund will rumble into 2024. Tour chief executive Jay Monahan told players in a memo the deadline of December 31 would be extended into the new year “based on the progress made to date.” The memo described talks with the PIF and the DP World Tour as…
Tillie Claggett, Ian Gilligan capture 2023 Patriot All-America titles
It was an impressive final round for Vanderbilt sophomore Tillie Claggett. She fired a tournament-record 9-under 61 on Sunday to win the women’s division of the 2023 Patriot All-America, a year-end amateur tournament filled with plenty of the best amateurs from across the country in Litchfield Park, Arizona. Claggett entered the final round six shots…
How do golfers qualify for the golf tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
The number of competitors in the golf tournament in Paris 2024 is precisely 120, with 60 athletes competing in each of the men’s and women’s categories. This figure matches that of Tokyo 2020 when Nelly Korda and Xander Schauffele topped the podiums. The Paris 2024 golf competition will take place between 1 and 10 August…
Groovy! You can still use your old clubs in competitions
Rules on grooves and punch marks that could make many golf clubs made before 2010 illegal to play in club competitions will not be applied any time soon. The R&A told NCG it would make a final decision in the future whether to make regulations on groove conformity apply to all golfers, but stressed any…
Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry strengthen PGA Tour American Express field
Fan favorite Rickie Fowler, who returned to the PGA Tour winner’s circle in 2023 for the first time in four years, and past British Open champion Shane Lowry of Ireland are among the latest golfers to commit to The American Express PGA Tour event in La Quinta, California, in January. Fowler and Lowry join a…
These 7 gems show why Puerto Rico is ‘the golf capital of the Caribbean’
Puerto Rico is one of the largest Caribbean islands measuring some 100 miles long by 40 miles wide, but it is still quite surprising how many great golf courses abound on the so-called ‘Island of Enchantment’. With around 30 courses to choose from and a few more under development, Puerto Rico already has a great…
STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE – Golf News
Payne Stewart US Open, Pinehurst 1999 The picture of Payne Stewart celebrating holing the putt that won him the 1999 US Open is one that inspires and horrifies in equal measure.At first glance, the sheer joy written large on his face, and the typically over-the-top response from a man who wore his heart and his…
INTERVIEW WITH TIGER WOODS – Golf News
Tiger Woods tackles a wide variety of subjects – from the state of his leg to the state of his swing, and from the state of the professional circuits to the state of the stadium where he had hoped to launch his new indoor golf league, and why he’s against one rule for all players…