Archive for February, 2010

A Golf Challenge Really Worth Supporting

Posted on April 28, 2015 by in News 0
A Golf Challenge Really Worth Supporting

When we challenge ourselves at golf, we often think about improving our scores, hitting the ball further and more accurately, sinking more putts. Well now there’s a different challenge available and it is one you could be a part of and in doing so, help the lives of millions of cancer sufferers that much easier.

It is called the Longest Day Golf Challenge and in 2014, golfers who participated in the challenge raised £740,000 for the MacMillan Cancer Support charity who run the event.

 

MacMillan Longest Day Golf Challenge Pic 1

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How are preparations for the Olympic Golf Tournament in Rio 2016 coming along?

Posted on April 24, 2015 by in News 1
2016 Olympic Games Golf Tournament in Rio

Golf will once again take its place in the Olympics in Rio 2016 after several years of lobbying to have the sport put back on the Olympic roster, but with IOC Olympic Vice President John Coates stating last April that preparations for the Rio Olympics were the ‘worst’ he had ever seen, how are things looking now?

 

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Why EA Sports Announcement Merely Confirms The Obvious: Tiger’s Days Are Numbered

Posted on April 17, 2015 by in News 0
Why EA Sports Announcement Merely Confirms The Obvious: Tiger’s Days Are Numbered

For 15 years, for many console enthusiasts, there has only been one golf game worth its salt to play and that has been EA Sports Tiger Woods golf in all its various formats and incarnations.

Over the past 15 years, through sales alone, the game series has raised an estimated $771 million in revenue for EA Sports and has proven an equally lucrative deal for Woods, who lent his name and image to secure the deal and who, at conservative estimates, has earned tens of millions of dollars through this one endorsement alone.

 

Tiger Woods EA Sports Games

 

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The key differences between winter and summer golf

Posted on April 14, 2015 by in Tips 0
The key differences between winter and summer golf

For most amateur golfers, dealing with a golf course can be a mighty struggle. Holes that have been designed to trip you up combined with those dreaded long par fours can see an amateur’s blood pressure rise and a few 8, 9 or even more written on their cards.

Courses on their own can be mightily tough to get your head around but then you have to factor in the weather and the simple fact of the matter is, change the weather and you change the golf course.

 

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The Masters A Historical Perspective

Posted on April 9, 2015 by in News 0
The Masters A Historical Perspective

With just a short time before the first Major of the season, let’s take a historic look at The Masters tournament, the traditional first major of the season.
 

Foundation

The Masters owes its existence to one of the biggest names in golf in the early 20th century. When Bobby Jones retired from the playing golf as an amateur, he sought out Clifford Roberts (who later became the chairman of the club) to help him find a suitable piece of land upon which to build Jones vision of a top quality golf course.

The land they found was on a former indigo plantation situated between Atlanta to the west and Myrtle Beach to the east.

 

 

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Who Will Master The Masters This April?

Posted on April 7, 2015 by in News 0
2013 Masters tournament

The build up to the first major tournament of the year is already well under way with the world’s best golfers already tweaking their schedules with Augusta in mind. From the 9th April through until the 12th  the 79th Masters tournament will take place at this famous Georgian course and the cream of world golf will be fighting it out for the coveted green jacket.

So the question is; just who looks ready to potentially succeed Bubba Watson as the 2015 Masters Champion?

 

bubba watson green jacket

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