Month: July 2018
R&A: Amateur game key to closing gender pay gap in pro golf | News
Thursday, July 19, 2018 12:05 a.m. CDT By Tony Jimenez CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) – While gender equality is clearly prevalent in tennis, Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber both scooped $2.94 million for winning Wimbledon last […]
The trusted secrets of a member-guest juggernaut
Tom McQueeney Jr. is 80 now, his golf in abeyance as he waits to have his right hip replaced. Tall and regal, he likes to give junior golfers lessons on the putting green, and he […]
Ping i210, i500 irons give better players the shape they want with a little (or a lot) something extra
The new Ping i210 (the compact, cavity back players iron) and i500 (a fast-faced players distance iron) reveal that iron technology for today’s better players adroitly balances two pressing characteristics: precision and power. The good […]
Where To Play U.K.-Style Golf In The United States
If you believe that golf was invented in Scotland, then there’s a little bit of the United Kingdom in every American golf course. But which public courses really provide an Old Country golf experience? Here’s […]
US government paid Donald Trump’s Scottish golf course $77K for weekend visit
President Trump’s Scottish golf resort raked in more than $77,000 in government money thanks to his visit there this past weekend, federal spending records showed. US State Department documents, cited by Reuters and The Scotsman […]
Five Shots You Need To Master Links Golf
Links golf is an unusual experience for all of the land-locked golfers out there. The rolling, seaside courses are first striking in how visually different they are, but it doesn’t take long to realize that’s […]
18Birdies mobile app expands to include “strokes gained” and virtual caddie features, plus more social outlets, too
18Birdies, the social media savvy mobile GPS range-finding app, is expanding its platform to bring users new options that extend from before you even make a tee time to beyond the 19th hole as you […]
British Open 2018: Carnoustie Golf Links: Course Tour
To most, Carnoustie Golf Links is known as the toughest test in the Open Championship rota. You know the Barry Burn—that snaking ribbon of water that has bitten winners and losers alike, from Paddy Harrington […]