by Steve Pike | Apr 10, 2024 | Equipment, golf balls, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Privare clubs, The Masters, Tiger Woods
Masters Chairman Fred Ridley said today reiterated Augusta National Golf Club’s support of the USGA and R&A’s decision to roll back the golf ball beginning in 2028. ANGC’s support, however, appears to be a bit self-serving, as Ridley said he hopes the Masters will...
by Steve Pike | Apr 10, 2024 | Equipment, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, The Masters, Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods’ scoring average across 96 competitive rounds at the Masters in 71.10. The five-time Masters champion, who this week is making his 26th start at Augusta National Golf Club, has shot low rounds of seven-under 65 twice in his career – in 1997 and 2005....
by Steve Pike | Apr 10, 2024 | Equipment, Events, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, The Masters
It’s an oddity when any PGA Tour switches to a long – or broomstick putter – but Akshay Bhatia seems to have made it work. Bhatia and his 44-inch putter – with an Odyssey Versa Jailbird 380 head – won this past week’s Texas Valero Open in a...
by Steve Pike | Apr 10, 2024 | Events, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour
In the world of sports – or any business – the best way to succeed is to keep a cool head while others are losing theirs. In professional golf, nobody has his head on better than Jon Rahm. And nowhere is that evident than at this week’s Masters, where the...
by Steve Pike | Apr 8, 2024 | Events, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour
Former McConnell Golf Junior Scholar Akshay Bhatia captured a thrilling Valero Texas Open this past Sunday to secure the final spot in this week’s Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. The 22-year-old left-hander withheld a jaw-dropping late run by Denny McCarthy and...
by Steve Pike | Apr 3, 2024 | Events, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Resorts
The LIV Golf League is looking to create its own history. That’s nearly impossible for any start-up in any professional sport or business, but it helps when that professional sport – in this case LIV Golf – goes to history. That is, LIV Golf this week...
