Luxury lifestyle brand and golf footwear innovator, G/FORE is excited to announce the release of their 2022 Holiday Gift Guide and Catalog.
The holidays are coming in hot and G/FORE has the perfect presents FORE everyone on your list this year. The Holiday Gift Guide and Catalog, out now, feature exclusive new styles that customers can explore only online at gfore.com, on their new site gfore.co.uk, or at their flagship store in Palm Beach, FL.
NBC Sports will present more than 55+ hours of golf coverage this week across four events on GOLF Channel, Peacock and NBC Sports digital platforms.
Headline events include the PGA TOUR’s Cadence Bank Houston Open and the LPGA Tour’s Pelican Women’s Championship.
PXG Founder and CEO Bob Parsons is a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War Veteran and a recipient of the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. As a veteran owned company, PXG is proud to pay tribute to our nation’s finest and commemorate the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Birthday and Veterans Day this holiday season.
Standing apart from other military branches, the U.S. Marine Corps is the only branch of service to commemorate its birthday. In honor of its 247th year, and in celebration of Veterans Day, Parsons has released his annual U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Salute.
PXG, a global research and development company dedicated to creating the world’s finest golf equipment and apparel, has opened its first Indiana-based retail store. A state-of-the-art facility, PXG Indianapolis will enable the brand to deliver its unique direct-to-consumer golf club fitting and shopping experience in a prime golf market.
“Indianapolis is an exceptional location for PXG’s newest retail store,” PXG Founder and CEO Bob Parsons stated. “The new location is the latest in a series of store openings that will further enable us to provide our PXG Troops with easy access to the absolute best, personalized golf experience in the business.”
The Atlanta Athletic Club (AAC) has completed the renovation of its Riverside Course. Golf course architect Tripp Davis re-envisioned the routing, playing strategy, and visual quality of this storied course set alongside the Chattahoochee River.
The renovation of the course had three principal goals: completely update the course infrastructure from tee to green to allow for heightened playing conditions; accentuate the beautiful Riverside terrain in a more natural way; and enhance the playing interest and enjoyment for members and high-level players alike.
The USGA and The R&A have unveiled a regular update to the Rules of Golf as they continue to make the Rules easier to understand and apply. The new Rules will go into effect on January 1, 2023.
The 2023 edition continues the modernization process, with an emphasis on both inclusion and sustainability. For the first time, the modified Rules for players with disabilities have been fully incorporated into the playing rules without the need to adopt a local rule. The governing bodies, supported by longstanding partner Rolex, will also promote digital and mobile app access to the Rules while significantly reducing the production and distribution of more than 4 million printed books.
After the success of the previous RB Tour range, Mizuno set two research and development teams the task of working together to enhance the original design. 99 prototypes and 3-years of exhaustive testing later, Mizuno has created a golf ball that provides golfers with the perfect harmony of dimple configuration, construction, compression and cover.
"The ultimate difference with the new RB Tour has been the time spent working on the prototypes. 3-years of player, robot and greenside feedback across every possible performance attribute. Via parallel R&D teams - our original ball group in Japan, backed up by a new unit in Atlanta US," says David Llewellyn - Director of R&D, Mizuno USA.
Tour Edge staff player Bernhard Langer added to his legacy Sunday at the TimberTech Championship in his hometown of Boca Raton with his 44th PGA TOUR Champions victory.
Langer moves within one of Hale Irwin’s record 45 PGA TOUR Champions titles.
Cleveland Golf®, is proud to introduce the new HB SOFT Milled line of putters. Discover how milling is available for all with the HB SOFT Milled, officially launching on Nov. 18, 2022.
“The HB SOFT Milled putter line delivers milled precision at a remarkable value,” said Haley Wian, Business Planning Manager at Cleveland Golf. “With a variety of head shapes, alignment options, and a fitting system to match any stroke type, there is an HB SOFT Milled putter to help upgrade your putting performance.”
Cobra Golf®, a leader in golf club innovation, today released its third generation T-RAIL hybrid-iron combo set. The next evolution of T-RAIL is the latest COBRA product to debut H.O.T Face Technology that delivers next level ball speed and distance.
The new version continues to utilize a hollow, hybrid-iron shape with innovative Hollow Baffler Split Rail Technology, giving players an impressive combination of high launch, longer distance, and extreme forgiveness.
To add more flare to the fairways, leading high-performance apparel brand Galvin Green has introduced a new premium COOL COLLECTION of garments in refreshing colorways and patterns designed to appeal to serious golfers.
Ideal for those looking to brighten up their golfing wardrobe throughout Autumn and Winter, the latest range from the innovative Swedish brand features a versatile water-resistant jacket; warm full-zip sweatshirt; plus four stylish and highly breathable shirts in the fashionable Cool Grey color with bold shades of Orange in distinctively different prints.
True Spec Golf, the global leader in custom club fitting and club building, announced that they have partnered with Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego, California. True Spec San Diego is open to golf enthusiasts as of November 1st and is the latest undertaking in a series of partnerships that brings True Spec’s bespoke fittings and best-in-class customer service to prominent venues around the country.
The premium facility features outdoor fittings operated by one of True Spec’s signature state-of-the-art mobile fitting units equipped with Foresight GCQuad technology. True Spec’s brand-agnostic fitting matrix has more than 50,000 club head and shaft combinations from every major equipment manufacturer which helps its master fitters find the best equipment to improve a player’s game. Each club will be custom built at True Spec’s Scottsdale headquarters to the exact specifications derived from the fitting process.
Phoenix Country Club will host the PGA TOUR Champions Charles Schwab Cup Championship next Thursday – Sunday, November 10 – 13. The final event of the PGA TOUR Champions season, and the third and final event of the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs, will feature the top 36 golfers in the standings and determine the annual Charles Schwab Cup Champion.
Steven Alker currently leads in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, with Pádraig Harrington, Steve Stricker, Jerry Kelly, and Miguel Angel Jiménez rounding out the top five. World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer, who secured his record-sixth Charles Schwab Cup in 2021, will be back again this year at Phoenix Country Club. Other notable golfers to secure spots in the season-ending event include Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk and Retief Goosen.
TMRW Sports, which is focused on building progressive approaches to sports, media, and entertainment, has announced its initial investor group, an influential roster of icons across sports and entertainment matched with business titans in technology, sports, media, and finance. The institutional investment was co-led by Connect Ventures and 25madison Ventures.
The investment group’s sports experience includes team ownership in every major league and ranges across F1, NFL, NBA, Premier League, MLB, NHL, MLS, tennis, esports, surfing, and golf with a combined social reach of nearly 500 million followers across Twitter and Instagram. The announcement was made by Mike McCarley, founder and CEO, TMRW Sports (pronounced “tomorrow sports”), who unveiled the formation of the company in August with co-founders Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, as well as early investor Dick Ebersol.
Bradford A. Becken, Jr.,Donald Ross Society president since 2018, has authored and presented a detailed analysis of Ross’ work relying on approximately 1,500 hole and green and routing drawings that still exist and having played and extensively photographed each one. Starting with the opening of Oakley CC in 1901, Donald Ross, the most important North American architect has 420 design and redesign golf courses to his credit. 370 courses remain today in the US and Canada. The book looks at Ross’ design characteristics and also discusses the restoration movement of Ross’ courses that began in the 1980’s.
The new golf architecture book entitled, “The Golf Architecture of Donald Ross – A Study of the Work of America’s Greatest Golf Course Designer” is published by Classics of Golf and is available for purchase in a limited edition copy for $395.00 and eBook for $49.95 direct at www.classicsofgolf.com. Book specifications: 9” x 12” with 384 pages and a limited-edition of 500 copies, signed and numbered by the author.
GOLF Magazine announced its newest inductees into the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame. The 2022 class includes legendary instructors Randy Smith, Mike McGetrick and the late Ben Doyle.
The ceremony to induct this year’s honorees will be held on Monday, November 14th at GOLF’s Top 100 Teachers Retreat, at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The USGA has announced that Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, Ill., will be the host site for the 2033 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by ProMedica and the 2036 Walker Cup Match. The historic club has previously hosted 12 USGA championships, most recently the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open in 2018.
“The history of the USGA and American golf can’t be told without Chicago Golf Club, and just over 125 years after hosting its first USGA championship, we’re thrilled to announce our return for two additional significant events,” said John Bodenhamer, USGA chief championships officer. “With the tremendous support of its members and some of the game’s most iconic architecture, we’re confident that Chicago Golf Club will deliver memorable moments and an opportunity for golf fans around the world to see one of America’s finest golf venues.”
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced that Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, in Nichols Hills, Okla., will be the host site of the 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, which will take place from May 10-14.
The club hosted the 1953 U.S. Amateur, when future U.S. Open champion Gene Littler defeated Dale Morey, 1 up, in the final match. Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club has also held qualifiers for the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur.
Callaway Golf has officially announced their new Great Big Bertha Family of drivers, irons, fairway woods and hybrids, which will be available at retail on 11/11.
The irons are Callaway’s first ultra-premium multi-piece, titanium design. Callaway is combining driver-like power with the precision of an iron.
Golf’s top companies and market-leading brands are making plans to showcase their newest innovations in equipment, technology, fashion, accessories, training aids and golf-related services to PGA Professionals, golf retailers and influential industry leaders from around the world at the 70th PGA Show in Orlando, Jan. 24-27, 2023. Complimentary registration for PGA and LPGA Professionals, golf buyers and industry executives is open at PGAShow.com.
The PGA Show, organized by the PGA of America and PGA Golf Exhibitions, will reunite the golf industry for the 70th edition of golf’s longest running and largest global business gathering. Following two years of business disruptions by the global pandemic, the PGA Show will bring together thousands of PGA Professionals, golf leaders, industry executives and retailers from around the world who will source new products from some 800 golf and golf lifestyle brands, attend high-level industry presentations, participate in education and career workshops, and connect in person with peers and golf leaders to drive continued growth of the sport and the business of golf.
