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Golfonline News Archive April 2008
| |  The Royal and Ancient Golf Club will host a conference to discuss golf sustainability across Europe at St Andrews at the end of May.
Experts from both golfing and environmental circles will congregate at "The Course for Europe" conference. Continue Reading: Golf sustainability to be discussed at conference  | |
| |  Royal Birkdale has been revamped for its staging of the 2008 Open Championship, organisers revealed yesterday (Tuesday, April 29th).
The Southport course will be stretched by 155 yards to 7,173 yards in total ahead of this year's event - still relatively short for a championship course. Continue Reading: Royal Birkdale altered for Open | |
| |  Building upon the success of the "On the Fairway" Challenge, we have released a new competition for May in conjunction with Nike Golf.
In the Nike Driving Range Contest, you have to get the highest average drive using three different Nike clubs. Continue Reading: Golfonline - Nike Golf Driving Range Contest Online Game Now Open! | |
| |  Darren Clarke does not intend to rest on his laurels following a BMW Open victory in Shanghai on Sunday (April 27th). The Northern Ireland man has no time to bask in the achievement of his first European Tour title in five years with the Spanish Open at the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla teeing off on Thursday (May 1st). Continue Reading: Clarke gears up for Spain | |
| |  A well-known US announcer has been drafted in to host a series of power golf events which will feature eight of the longest drivers of a ball on the planet.
Veteran Rick Allen, who has appeared in many advertisements stateside as well as being the voice of NASCAR racing, will take to the mic on the HorsePower Tee Shot Tour. Continue Reading: Announcer called in to host power golf series | |
| |  Phil Harison, a starter at the US Masters for over 60 years, has died aged 82.
Harison became one of the familiar voices of golf in his job introducing the players on the first tee at the Augusta National Golf Club. Continue Reading: Long-standing Masters starter passes away | |
| |  Greg Norman has become the latest figure in the upper echelons of the golfing fraternity to announce his approval for the proposal that golf should feature in the Olympic Games.
The former world number one likes the idea of each country fielding teams made up of both amateurs and professionals. Continue Reading: Norman throws weight behind Olympic cause | |
| |  Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke ended a European Tour drought with victory at the BMW Asian Open in Shanghai.
The Ulsterman had not won an event on the tour in nearly five years before a momentous 40 foot putt on the 18th in yesterday's (Sunday, April 28th) final round gave him the win. Continue Reading: Clarke victorious in Shanghai | |
| |  A putter which weighs in nearly twice as much as conventional clubs has earned glowing reviews from golf product analysts. The new DF G3 putter from Boccieri is designed to induce the use of more of the muscles of players when making a stroke and encourage a smooth, pendulum-like action. Continue Reading: Heavy putter induces "muscle stroke" | |
| |  Brit Owen Wilson was accompanied by countryman Miles Tunnicliff in the upper reaches of the leaderboard on day two of the BMW Asian Open in Shanghai, China.
Wilson could only manage a two-over par 74 in his second outing, having registered a first round 68 yesterday (Thursday, April 24th), which was enough to leave him tied for sixth, four shots off leader Robert Jan Derksen of Holland. Continue Reading: Wilson joined by Tunnicliff in hunt for Asian Open | |
| |  A recent putter review by Golf magazine found the F3-DF model Heavy Putter (see picture) the best better for MOI rating, with a value over double some of the other top brands. The test was conducted to see which putter had the highest Moment of Inertia (MOI) resulting in more accurate putts. Continue Reading: "Stealth" putter bombs the competition! | |
| |  A new travel bag has been named as one of golf's top five next great inventions. Sun Mountain's ClubGlider made the cut from 1,000 entrants to the Golf Channel's Fore Inventors Only reality show. The case has heavy-duty two-way zippers, thick foam padding extending down the travel bag to protect clubheads and shafts, two dual-entry storage pockets and vinyl-reinforced wear areas, as well as a lift assist handle, but the stand-out feature is a set o. Continue Reading: Next generation travel bag wins judge's approval | |
| |  Henrik Stenson is nicely placed, tied for second at four-under, after one round of the BMW Asian Open in China
The tournament's highest ranked player went round in 68, birdying the 18th to gain top spot, before eventual clubhouse leader Peter O'Malley of Australia bettered the Swede with a five-under par 67. Continue Reading: Stenson looms as O'Malley leads in China | |
| |  Players who feel the urge for some glamour and glitz on their golfing holiday might want to check out the Spanish Trail Golf and Country Club in Las Vegas after the completion of its $15 million (£7. Continue Reading: Las Vegas course gets £7.5 million makeover | |
| |  Padraig Harrington, who comes into this year's Welsh Open at the Celtic Manor Resort next month as the Open champion, feels he can learn a lot from the course.
The Irishman, who consolidated his status as one of the world's top players by becoming the first European player to win the major in eight years, has noted the fact that the Newport venue will host the Ryder Cup in 2010. Continue Reading: Open winner turns his attention to Wales | |
| |  Purchasing training equipment could prove to be a valuable investment for golfers of all abilities to improve, according to one expert.
Robert Riles of Skyfire Products has shed some light on the different forms of practice kit which are available to help players work on their short and long game. Continue Reading: Training equipment can aid progression, says expert | |
| |  Henrik Stenson intends to reclaim his number one spot on the European Tour Order of Merit at this week's BMW Asian Open.
The Swede is aiming to take top spot back from newly-crowned US Masters champion Trevor Immelman when the event gets underway at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club on Thursday (April 24th). Continue Reading: Stenson gears up for BMW Asian Open | |
| |  Cuba is gearing up to turn itself into a golf tourism destination with plans to build ten more courses, according to new reports.
The Cuban Tourism Minister, Manuel Marrero, says his country aims to build on the solitary course situated in capital Havana as part of a $177 million (£88. Continue Reading: Cuba to focus on golf | |
| |  The new Earth course, part of Dubai's most prominent residential golf complex Jumeirah Golf Estates, is to play host to the first Dubai World Championship tournament in November 2009, the PGA European Tour has announced. Continue Reading: Earth course to host world's most lucrative tournament | |
| |  Damien McGrane battled through heavy downpours to secure his first European Tour title in the China Open yesterday (Sunday, April 20th).
The 37-year-old Irishman was one of the few players to negotiate the conditions during the final round, with a one over-par 73 giving him a nine shot cushion, having started the day three strokes ahead of the field. Continue Reading: Rain can't stop McGrane in China | |
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