2017

  • Read the letter Jack Nicklaus wrote when he turned pro 56 years ago

    Tuesday 7 November 2017

    Jack Nicklaus took to twitter on Tuesday to post a letter he wrote 56 years ago to Joseph Day Jr, who was at that time the executive director of the U.S. Golf Association. Walking down memory lane, Nicklaus shared the letter from this date 56 years ago, which stated his intent to leave the amateur ranks behind and turn professional...

  • WATCH: Henrik Stenson snaps club against a tree

    Thursday 2 November 2017

    Henrik Stenson escaped the 15th hole with a par at the Turkish Airlines Open- but his club wasn’t as fortunate! It’s not often we see clubs snapped on a follow through, but Henrik Stenson’s iron suffered the unfortunate fate after the World No.8 found his drive had nestled in a difficult spot up against a tree on the par-five 15th. At one-over...

  • Jordan vs Corden: Target practice on The Late Late Show

    Friday 27 October 2017

    James Corden invited Jordan Spieth on to The Late Late Show last night for a little bit of target practice…plus he talks what it was like playing golf (and losing) to Barack Obama  And it was hilarious. With the host strapped to a target, Spieth was given 60 seconds to chip as many golf balls as he could in to three...

  • Tiger shows off the stinger is his latest swing video

    Tuesday 24 October 2017

    Tiger Woods posts ‘return of the stinger’ swing video for first update since being cleared to play again by the doctor last week. Another week, another slow-mo swing update. But one thing is for certain: Tiger Woods is very keen to play golf again. The latest ‘stinger’ video is the fifth in a series of recent swing updates Woods has posted...

  • Episode 2: Luke Donald & Chris Wood talk swing thoughts

    Friday 20 October 2017

    In the second of three episodes, Mizuno Tour staff players Luke Donald and Chris Wood talk swing thoughts as they play with Mizuno’s MP-18 irons for the first time in a 6-hole Texas Scramble Given just half a set of Mizuno MP-18 irons each, Donald and Wood were challenged to a Texas Scramble over 6 holes at Royal Mid-Surrey – but...

  • Jordan Spieth donates club from famous driving range shot to Royal Birkdale

    Thursday 19 October 2017

    It’s a shot noone will ever forget, and now a replica of the three-iron Jordan Spieth hit from the driving range to the 13th green will take pride of place at Royal Birkdale. The host of the 2017 Open tweeted on Wednesday that they had received a ‘special delivery’, in the form of Jordan Spieth’s three-iron.  Don’t remember why it was so...

  • Ryder Cup Captains recreate Palmer’s famous shot from Eiffel Tower

    Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 17 October 2017

    2018 Ryder Cup Captain’s Thomas Bjorn and Jim Furyk spent Tuesday morning recreating Arnold Palmer’s famous shot from the Eiffel Tower. In honour of the 2018 Ryder Cup being held in France for the first time at Le Golf National next September (28th-30th), the Captain’s from the United States and European teams spent the morning promoting the event – and paying...

  • Tiger Woods ‘making progress’, hitting driver in Sunday red

    Monday 16 October 2017

    Another day – another Tiger video. But this time, he’s hitting a driver and wearing his Sunday uniform of black and red.  In his third video update in the space of a week, Woods took to social media to share that he had progressed from wedge and iron shots to being able to hit drivers – in his Sunday red no...

  • Luke Donald & Chris Wood’s offer advice to amateurs during six hole scramble

    Friday 13 October 2017

    In the first of three episodes, Mizuno Tour staff players Luke Donald and Chris Wood were challenged by their equipment makers over 6 holes Given just half a set of Mizuno MP-18 irons each, Donald and Wood were challenged to a Texas Scramble over 6 holes at Royal Mid-Surrey – but this video isn’t just about the competiton.  In the first episode...

  • Rory McIlroy’s boyhood home up for sale

    Thursday 12 October 2017

    If you’ve ever wanted to practice like Rory McIlroy – your chance has come as the major champions childhood home is up for sale Complete with a space for video swing analysis in the garage and an artificial putting green outside, the four bedroom house where McIlroy grey up in Holywood, Northern Ireland, is on sale for about £240,000, reports the Belfast...

  • Tiger hits more shots at golf clinic, shows off classic club twirl

    Wednesday 11 October 2017

    Watch as Tiger Woods hits shots during golf clinic with Kevin Chappell and shows off a vintage club twirl  Tiger Woods has been a lot more active since he told the press during the Presidents Cup that he was only hitting 60 yard shots. Yesterday was his second post in the space of three days – but even better was the video...

  • Edoardo Molinari: 500 shots and chasing a hole in one

    Wednesday 11 October 2017

    Ever wondered how many shots it would take a professional golfer to make a hole-in-one? The odds of an average golfer making an ace are roughly one in 100,000, while stats suggest a European Tour pro’s chances are closer to one in 2,500. Do you think if you could get 500 golf balls and hit consecutively to a hole you would get...