The spiralling prize funds being offered for the world’s best golfers took another significant rise following the announcement that the winner of this year’s 150th Open Championship at St Andrews will pocket a cool £2.1m. That sum represents an increase of more than £300,000 on the £1.7m Collin Morikawa won in 2021, while the total purse for the game’s oldest major has risen by 22% from last year to a new record high of £11.2m. Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, […]
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World no.8 Viktor Hovland has renewed his equipment contract with PING, and will play the brand’s clubs, carry a PING staff bag and wear PING-branded headwear as part of a new multi-year deal. The 24-year-old Norwegian has won three PGA Tour titles and two DP World Tour titles since turning professional in 2019. He also qualified for the European team for the 2021 Ryder Cup. A native of Oslo, Hovland shares a special connection to PING Founder Karsten Solheim, who […]
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Tiger Woods continued his preparations for next week’s Open Championship with a round at Ballybunion Golf Club in the West of Ireland on Thursday, where he teed it up with Rory McIlroy, who was also putting in some finishing touches to his assault on the season’s final major. Having both played at the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor earlier this week, the duo took time to work on their game at one of the world’s most highly rated links […]
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Born in San Diego, California, in 1970, Philip Alfred Mickelson is a professional golfer who was one of the best in the world during the 1990s and early 2000s. He shined especially on the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) Tour during this period. Taking to golf at a very young age, Mickelson was hitting his first golf balls at age 18. Mirroring his father’s swing, the right-handed Mickelson soon switched to playing left-handed, leading to the nickname, “Lefty.” […]
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Bushnell Outdoor Products have unveiled its latest GPS device – the Phantom 2 Slope. Building on the success of the Phantom 2 GPS device launched last year, Bushnell has now added a Slope feature to this upgraded device which offers more precise compensated distances to account for a hole’s incline or decline. Slope Technology can also be simply disabled which makes the Phantom 2 Slope legal for tournament play.Golfers can also enjoy the ease and convenience of getting GPS-provided distances […]
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