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Plans to roll-back tour driving distances with tour-only golf ball met with mixed reaction

Plans to roll back the distance that a golf ball can fly at professional and elite level amateur events have been met with strong resistance by many top players and by some leading golf ball manufacturers, but are unlikely to prevent a future split between the rules of golf for pros and those for regular club golfers in the coming years.  The post Plans to roll-back tour driving distances with tour-only golf ball met with mixed reaction appeared first on Golf News.

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US Women’s Open announces massive prize fund boost with backing from new sponsor

The USGA has signed a main sponsor for the US Women’s Open that has allowed it to nearly double the championship’s prize fund to $10 million in 2022. ProMedica, a health care company which operates in Ohio and Michigan, has been brought on as the first-ever presenting sponsor of a USGA championship. This will allow the governing body to boost the overall prize money offered at the championship by $4.5 million to a total of $10m. The winner of the […] The post US Women’s Open announces massive prize fund boost with backing from new sponsor appeared first on Golf News.

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2020 MAJORS PREVIEW

With bookmakers having chalked up prices for the rescheduled US PGA Championship, US Open and Masters Tournament, it seems only right that we should investigate who might join the roll call of Major champions. The post 2020 MAJORS PREVIEW appeared first on Golf News.

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2020 MAJORS PREVIEW

With bookmakers having chalked up prices for the rescheduled US PGA Championship, US Open and Masters Tournament, it seems only right that we should investigate who might join the roll call of Major champions. The post 2020 MAJORS PREVIEW appeared first on Golf News.

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