Fred Couples Named 2019 Ambassador of Golf - Will be Honored at Bridgestone Senior Players Championship

World Golf Hall of Fame member and 1992 Masters champion Fred Couples has been named the 2019 recipient of the Ambassador of Golf Award, which is presented by the FirstEnergy Foundation.  The Ambassador of Golf Award honors a person who has fostered the ideals of the game on an international level and whose concern for others extends beyond the golf course. 

 

Couples will be presented the award on Thursday, July 11 at Firestone Country Club following the first round of the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship.  FirstEnergy Corp. and Westfield are the Founding Partners for this PGA Tour Champions major championship debuting at Firestone Country Club, July 10th to the 14th. 

Mitsubishi and Aldila Golf Shafts Pick Up Two More Wins On PGA and European Tour

The Mitsubishi and Aldila shafts train just keeps rolling, and there's no sign it's going to slow down anytime soon.  Mitsubishi and Aldila won Sunday on the PGA and European Tours, making that multiple wins for both brands this season. 

 

Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer both played Aldila shafts in their drivers helping them win the Zurich Classic in team play on the PGA Tour on Sunday.  While Jorge Campillo won the Trophee Hassan II using a Mitsubishi shaft in his driver on the European Tour. 

Aerotech SteelFiber Shafts Top LA Open and Race To The CME Globe

Aerotech SteelFiber graphite iron shafts, designed and manufactured by Aerotech Golf, won the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open at Wilshire Country Club on Sunday, and now hold the top-3 positions in the Race to the CME Globe standings. 

 

Minjee Lee shot 14-under par for the tournament and played SteelFiber i80 graphite shafts in her irons during her dominating victory.  In the final round Lee was automatic with her irons, hitting an incredible 16 of 18 greens in regulation. 

KBS Golf Shafts Win Big In The Big Easy

KBS shafts formed part of the winning team down in The Big Easy on Sunday as Ryan Palmer teamed up with Jon Rahm for a winning score of 26-under par to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. 

 

Palmer played KBS Tour 130X shafts in his irons, and Tour 125 Stiff+ shafts in his wedges for his fourth career PGA Tour win and first in nine years. 

G/FORE MG4.1 Golf Shoes Preview: Limited Edition Run Available May 1st, 2019

Luxury lifestyle brand and golf footwear innovator G/FORE has announced that it's making a very limited quantity of its new MG4.1 crossover goles shoe available to purchase on www.gfore.com on a first-come first-served basis from May 1st. 

 

This decision follows unrivaled demand from loyal G/FORE customers eager to get their hands on the innovative MG4.1 shoe that launched to much acclaim at the PGA Show in January.  Once this limited quantity is sold, the MG4.1 won't be available again until the full range is officially launched in June. 

ECCO Golf S-Lite Golf Shoes Preview: Breaking Boundaries In Lightweight Design

ECCO Golf has released a new hybrid shoe called the S-Lite, which breaks boundaries as the brand's lightest-ever leather golf shoe ever. 

 

The S-Lite is a fresh, innovative approach to golf shoe design for ECCO, blending cutting-edge engineering and comfort to ensure an ultra-light on-course experience. 

Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer WITB What's In The Bag - The Golf Equipment Rahm and Palmer Used to Win The 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

John Rahm and Ryan Palmer won the PGA Tour's only team event on Sunday at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, holding off the team of Sergio Garcia and Tommy Fleetwood by three strokes at TPC Louisiana. 

 

For Rahm, it was his third career Tour victory, having now won in each of his three seasons on Tour.  While Palmer picked up his fourth career victory, but his first since winning the 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii. 

If Rory Wins the PGA Championship, Your TaylorMade M5 or M6 Driver is Free!

If Rory McIlroy wins the PGA Championship next month at Bethpage Black, you could get a TaylorMade M5 or M6 driver for free.  Yes you read that correctly, a free M5 or M6 driver.  Boom! 

 

DICK'S and Golf Galaxy are running a promotion where anyone who buys a TaylorMade M5 or M6 driver between April 20th and May 15th will have their purchase price completely refunded if Rory wins.  And given how Rory has been playing of late, this might be a great time to pick up that new TaylorMade driver if you've been eyeballing one. 

Sea Pines Resort "Play Where The Pros Play" Golf Package: Take Your Shot at Harbour Town, Atlantic Dunes, and Heron Point

You watched all the great action at Harbour Town Golf Links last week at the RBC Heritage.  And you saw my hole-by-hole Harbour town review here on my blog and on social media.  And now the legendary Sea Pines Resort is giving you the chance to play Harbour Town for yourself, along with world-renown Atlantic Dunes and Heron Point in an incredible "Play Where The Pros Play" golf package. 

 

The package includes one round of golf per guest on Hilton Head's three top-ranked courses: Harbour Town and Heron Point, both designed by Pete Dye, as well as Atlantic Dunes, designed by Davis Love III, a five-time RBC Heritage winner.  And bonus!  You can also enjoy complimentary afternoon replays on Heron Point and Atlantic Dunes (cart fee not included). 

The 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Inside the Course (TPC Louisiana Review)

The last time a two-man format was used in an official PGA Tour event, "internet" wasn't even a word yet, Sergio Garcia was in diapers, and the PGA Tour changed its name to the "TPA Tour," for Tournament Players Association (fortunately it reverted back the following year). 

 

The Zurich Classic of New Orleans has been an annual Tour event since 1958.  And this year for the third consecutive playing, the event will ditch traditional stroke play and borrow from the flourishing format used in the Ryder Cup and President Cup. 

5 Things To Know About The 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

The PGA Tour's only team competition format returns to The Big Easy this week for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.  Dating back 81 years to 1938, the tournament has been an annual event since 1958.  The 2019 edition however, will be only the third time a two-man team event on Tour has been used since 1981. 

 

Contested on the Pete Dye designed TPC Louisiana, this par-72, 7,425 yard course boasts a series of short but compelling par-4 holes to balance the longer ones.  The signature hole is the risk-reward par-5, 585-yard No.18, where water runs along the entire right side of the hole and spectacular bunkering around the green complex provides all kinds of compelling shots. 

Limited Edition Bridgestone Tour B XS Golf Balls That Commemorate Tiger Woods Historic Masters Victory Hit Retail This Friday

Bridgestone Golf. is releasing limited edition Tour B XS golf balls this Friday, April 26th to commemorate Tiger Woods historic win at The Masters, and if you want them you better set your alarms. 

 

Bridgestone has already sold out of their entire inventory of Tour B XS balls with "Tiger" on the side just like the 15-time major champion plays, and the new commemorative balls coming this week will be in even greater demand. 

Nippon Shaft Wins on Web.com and LPGA Tours for 9th and 10th Victories of the Season

Nippon Shaft continued their season of excellence this weekend when the N.S. PRO MODUS 3 Series of steel shafts added wins on the Web.com and LPGA Tours. 

 

Lanto Griffin trusted the MODUS 3 winning the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill in a playoff, while Brooke Henderson also used the MODUS 3 to win the Lotte Championship.  The two wins over the weekend marked victories nine and 10 for Nippon MODUS this season, and an incredible 164 victories on professional Tours since the shaft's introduction. 

Tour Edge Exotics Staffer Scott McCarron Wins Mitsubishi Electric Classic: Vaults to No. 1 Ranking on the PGA Tour Champions

Tour Edge Exotics staff player Scott McCarron won the 2019 Mitsubishi Electric Classic on the PGA Tour Champions Sunday playing a Tour Edge Exotics CBX 119 hybrid, and his wire-to-wire win is the third victory on the PGA Tour Champions for McCarron since switching to Exotics in 2018 

 

McCarron used a 19-degree CBX 119 with a Project X Even Flow Black shaft, which is the same shaft available to consumers as a stock offering in the CBX 119 line. 

Aerotech Golf Limited Edition SteelFiber Black Label Shafts Preview: Tour Winning Performance in a Bold New Look

Aerotech Golf is introducing new limited edition SteelFiber Black Label graphite iron shafts that offer the same tour winning performance and extreme precision you've come to expect, but now also in a striking and bold new look. 

 

SteelFiber shafts are the number 1 graphite iron shafts in the world, and the limited edition Black Label shafts are engineered to the industry's most extreme weight tolerances for the ultimate graphite iron shaft performance. 

C.T. Pan WITB What's In The Bag - The Golf Equipment Pan Used to Win the 2019 RBC Heritage

Coming into the RBC Heritage, C.T. Pan had missed four cuts and finished in the top-25 just three times.  However Pan fought back from an opening round 71 at Harbour Town with three straight rounds in the 60s at Harbour Town to capture his first career PGA Tour win. 

 

Pan finished 12-under for the tournament, and his final round 4-under, 67 was particularly brilliant coming in tough, windy conditions, as he held off Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, and Patrick Cantlay.  

Sea Pines Resort - Harbour Town Golf Links Course Review: The Back-9 (RBC Heritage)

Sometimes a golf course can exceed all expectations with fantastic playability, unforgettable views, and unique challenges for all skill levels.  Playing it becomes the ultimate escape where all your cares in the world melt away, and all you focus on is the world-class golf.  Harbour Town Golf Links is like that.  Only better. 

 

Around every corner of this masterpiece golf course is a wow-moment and "I was here" photo spot that can turn memorable rounds into some of the most favorite we ever play.  And the conditioning is every bit as pristine the day you play it, as it is the week the PGA Tour comes to town for the RBC Heritage. 

Piretti Potenza II Preview: New Classic Series Putter is Edgy, Sleek, and Mad Genius

Piretti Potenza coming y'all. 

 

Actually it's the new Potenza II and it qualifies as one of the most badass putters Piretti Golf has ever created based on looks alone. 

Joe LaCava Reveals Emotional Text Tiger Woods Sent After Masters Victory: We Did It

We did it. 

 

Those were the words Tiger Woods sent caddie Joe LaCava in a text message after Woods shook the sports world on Sunday winning his 15th career major championship.  Three simple words that would have been inconceivable to imagine the last time Woods won a major. 

Sea Pines Resort - Harbour Town Golf Links Course Review: The Front-9 (RBC Heritage)

Harbour Town Golf Links is one of the ultimate bucket list courses you can play in golf.  This Hilton Head track hosts the RBC Heritage every year on the PGA Tour, and is a pure golf experience that lets you walk in the footsteps of the game's greatest players. 

 

To play well here you have to think your way around this Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus design and find the correct sides of fairways for optimal angles into the greens.  Harbour Town is not a long golf course (with five sets of tees ranging from 5,084 yards to 7,099 yards), but that's part of its soul and charm for amateurs and professionals alike.