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Callaway’s Great Big Bertha is back!

It’s almost 25 years since the original Great Big Bertha was launched. At the time the driver changed the game and was quickly adopted as the #1 on Tour. With such pedigree its no surprise Callaway have decided to redesign and relaunch this legendary model for 2015.

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TG Driving Week: The A-Z of power!

Power

Power has always been important in golf. You need it to impress your mates and intimidate your opponents. You need it to turn par 5s into birdie opportunities.

Without it, long par 4s can fill you with dread. You don’t need to be the longest hitter in the field to win a competition, but the game becomes a lot easier if you don’t have to hit a 3-wood into every green. The traditional standpoint was that distance and power were just for the ego, while your short game and putting were the key factors in determining your scores. But ground-breaking research from PGA Tour professor Mark Broadie cast new light on the debate, revealing that the only ones convinced power isn’t important are the ones who don’t have it.

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Padraig Harrington revealed his top 10 UK courses.

Harrington

Carnoustie and Royal Birkdale – scene of the Dubliner’s two famous Open victories – were always going to make Padraig Harrington’s hit list. It was highly likely too there would be a strong Irish contingent – and sure enough four of his homeland’s finest feature in his top 10. Harrington has played many of the world’s best courses, but these are the ones he rates the highest on these shores. Of the rest of the world he singles out Augusta National, Riviera and Oakland Hills, where he won the US PGA in 2008. But he insists: “There are a number of other courses that deserve a special mention, places like Chantilly, Fontainebleau, Paris National, Pebble Beach, Pine Valley, Royal Melbourne, Hong Kong GC (Fanling), Durban Country Club and Spain’s Sotogrande Old.”

Find out where Padraig loves to play >>

 

 

 

Golf at the Olympics is only a year away!

Golf

The Olympics gets underway exactly a year today and that’s great news for golf which makes a welcome return to the world’s biggest sporting arena – it last featured in 1904!

Sixty players will be battling to strike gold, along with silver and bronze, over 72 holes of strokeplay, with no team component, for both men and women.

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