Annika Sorenstam has filed an entry as a fully exempt player for the 77th U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented by ProMedica, which will be contested June 2-5 at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.
The three-time champion has competed in 15 U.S. Women’s Opens, most recently at Interlachen Country Club in 2008. She will return to Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, where she successfully defended her 1995 U.S. Women’s Open title with a six-stroke victory in 1996.
The Sea Pines Resort’s Inn & Club at Harbour Town has been named one of the top 12 hotels in the country for 2022 by U.S. News & World Report, a global authority in rankings and consumer advice.
It is the second consecutive year, and third time in four years, that The Inn & Club at Harbour Town has appeared in the publication’s “Best Hotels” rankings, which recognize properties for providing top-of-the-line amenities and hospitality for travelers. The Sea Pines Resort also was singled out in these prestigious rankings for a Gold badge, symbolic of hotels that scored in the top 10 percent of the overall rankings.
Mizuno, the Japanese equipment manufacturer long renowned for its beautiful, industry-leading forged irons and technically advanced golf clubs, introduces three new M-CRAFT OMOI putters featuring a heavier head for greater stability.
Forged from premium 1025 carbon steel and CNC milled, using all the successful fundamentals of the original M-Craft models, the OMOI putters feature a heavier head weight to increase MOI for improved stability.
Walk in the footsteps of your favorite PGA TOUR stars and test your skills at TPC San Antonio, host of the 100th Anniversary of the Valero Texas Open (March 31 – April 3rd, 2022).
The “Play Where the Pros Play” package features Golf for Two (per night) on one of two championship golf courses: The Oaks and The Canyons.
Tour Edge, the pound for pound industry leader in performance and innovation, introduces their new Exotics 722 Series of golf clubs that are available today for pre-order.
The new Exotics 722 Series includes the revamped C722 Iron and the perfected E722 Iron. And also the new C722 Ti-Utility Iron.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the 26 qualifying sites for the 77th U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented by ProMedica, which will be contested June 2-5 at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.
Qualifying will be conducted over 36 holes at locations in 17 U.S. states plus three international sites between April 19-May 16. The championship is open to female professionals and amateurs with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 2.4. Online entry applications open on Wednesday, Feb. 16 and continue through Wednesday, April 6 at 5 p.m. EDT at champs.usga.org.
Exclusive products from golf’s top brands will soon be available via The Vault, a new e-commerce platform from club fitter, Club Champion. This new space combines Club Champion’s mission for better golf with an exclusivity and style that appeal to the discerning golfer. The intention is to partner with golf’s innovators to offer unique, attractive, and limited-edition items to a wide range of golfers.
“This is just another way to truly customize the game of golf for our customers,” said VP of Marketing, Pat Duncan. “The OEM partners we have lined up for these collaborations are bringing incredible creativity to the table and we’re thrilled to have the freedom to create the products we’ve always wanted to see.”
The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced local and final qualifying sites for the 122nd U.S. Open Championship. The U.S. Open will be contested at The Country Club (Championship Course), in Brookline, Mass., for the fourth time from June 16-19, 2022.
Local qualifying, conducted over 18 holes at 109 sites in 44 U.S. states and Canada, will take place between April 25-May 23. Those players who advance out of local qualifying will join a group of locally exempt players in final qualifying, which will be conducted over 36 holes. The final stage will be held in Japan and Canada as well as nine U.S. sites on May 23 and June 6.
New Balance Golf introduces the Fresh Foam X Defender and Fresh Foam X Defender SL to its 2022 Spring Collection.
The Fresh Foam X Defender is built for on-course performance with a waterproof FantomFit® upper, a new Fresh Foam X® midsole, and a TPU outsole. This combination provides golfers with a secure fit, perimeter stability, and comfort in every step.
Walt Disney World Resort, a business founded by Walt Disney in Orlando in April 1971 that features theme parks, hotel lodging, cruises, timeshare, guided tours, travel packages and licensing, is celebrating its first 50 years with “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” – where visitors can celebrate its past, present, and future!
While developing the original Walt Disney World Resort concept, Walt Disney sketched a plan for his vision for EPCOT – an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. On the first drawing – to the right of the property’s central hub with space devoted to the Magic Kingdom Park, resort hotels, convention facilities, and man-made lakes – Disney identified a large area designated for “golf.”
LA Golf has announced its first putter, solving the three most common problems typical golfers have: 1. Missing the sweet spot, 2. Inconsistent launch angles, and 3. Wiggle in the head.
The LA Golf Putter is the most technologically advanced putter in decades showcasing an all-carbon head, large diameter anti-vibration shaft, stainless steel hosel, and Descending Loft Face Technology. To add to the excitement of the performance advantages, the putter is already creating buzz with its sexy design.
This is a giant week for sports. We have the Super Bowl. We have one of the PGA Tour's most popular events, the Waste Management Phoenix Open. And this year to make it all absolutely bananas we also have my PGAPappas Go Deep with Club Champion Giveaway.
The Rams and Bengals will be going deep at SoFi Stadium. The best players in the world will be going deep at The Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale. And one of you will be going deep from the tee box this year as I'm hooking someone up with a free driver fitting at Club Champion and custom driver of your choice!
Tour Edge has announced the all-new Exotics 722 Series metalwoods in their biggest Exotics launch in company history.
For the first time in an Exotics lineup, the 722 Series will offer two distinct ranges covering every product category in the series, the E722 and C722. This means there will be two separate drivers, fairways, hybrids, and iron designs. There is also a new Ti-Utility iron being launched on the C side of 722.
PING Golf has announced their new i525 irons, players distance irons designed to deliver distance gains and improved sound and feel. Custom fittings are available beginning today, February 8th.
“What’s most satisfying in the i525 iron from an engineering standpoint is how our team has been able to maximize the flexing of the metal-wood-style face structure while creating a pleasing sound and feel,” said John K. Solheim, PING Golf president.
In the past, it was assumed that golf shoes needed to look a certain way. Adidas is continuing to challenge that mindset and has introduced REBELCROSS. It’s yet another silhouette Adidas is adding to their adicross range meant to capture the cross-section between streetwear style and a pin-seeker attitude.
REBELCROSS is Adidas sleek and progressive design that subtly gives golfers the performance they would expect from a golf shoe. Built on the comfortable YEEZY last, the rubber spikeless outsole features GRIPMORE in the forefoot so golfers get a great combination of wear-anywhere versatility and high-level performance.
Neuropeak Pro, a Precision Breathing, Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and brain performance company that trains elite athletes to enhance performance under pressure, introduced today the first-of-its-kind mobile, real-time precision breathing training device and performance app designed to unlock optimum performance.
Wearable “trackers” are everywhere. Neuropeak Pro’s NTEL BELT is different. It’s a real-time training device designed to align diaphragm-based performance breathing and HRV. Each training session is scored, enabling users to track their performance gains through the App. The wearable Bluetooth device (MSRP $399) is positioned around the torso, while the app and instructional videos guide users through training sessions designed to optimize an individual’s ability to respond to stress and unlock “zone-like” performance potential.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that The Home Course, in DuPont, Wash., will host the 8th U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship. The dates of the championship are May 13-17, 2023.
This will be the second USGA championship to be held at The Home Course, which hosted the 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links. The course also served as the stroke-play co-host for the 2010 U.S. Amateur and 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, each of which was contested at Chambers Bay. The U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship returns to the Pacific Northwest for the first time since the inaugural event was played in 2015 at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, in Bandon, Ore.
Callaway Golf has announced a three-year extension as the Official Golf Club Sponsor of Women’s Golf Day (WGD). The equipment manufacturer will support this year’s global initiative and Women’s Golf Day on June 7, 2022.
WGD and Callaway share a vision of empowering, supporting, and engaging with the diverse female golfer community across the world. As the Official Golf Club Sponsor since 2020, Callaway is demonstrating its commitment to elevating the women’s game and recognizing the important role that WGD plays in bringing together women who play or are interested in finding out more about golf.
Reynolds Lake Oconee will serve as the epicenter for top collegiate golfers during the next four weeks as it plays host to women’s and men’s intercollegiate golf tournaments, including the 17th annual Linger Longer Invitational (LLI) next month.
Hosted by Mercer University, the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational — set for Friday, Feb. 18 to Sunday, Feb. 20 — will attract some of the country’s top women college players. Other highly ranked programs include East Tennessee State, defending champion North Florida, Chattanooga and Wisconsin.
Mizuno is delighted to confirm that two-time Major champion and former World Number One Stacy Lewis has rejoined Mizuno and will be playing Mizuno equipment on the 2022 LPGA Tour.
As well as playing Mizuno equipment, including the new ST-X 220 Driver and JPX921 Forged irons, Lewis will also become a mentor to Mizuno’s younger talent.
