Tiger Woods Rumoured To Be Involved In Purchasing TaylorMade.

Long-time Nike sponsored Tiger Woods is rumoured to be linked with plans to purchase rival golf manufacturer TaylorMade.. The US-based TaylorMade was put up for sale earlier this year by Adidas along the the sister golf brands, Adams Golf and Ashworth. News of Woods possible involvement is being reported by the U.S. based PGA Tour radio network after the network picked up rumours on social media. Strangely, the rumour comes some six weeks after Nike Golf announced it was quitting the golf equipment ...

Geoff Ogilvy Taking ‘One-Time’ Career Money Exemption To Compete On 2016/17 PGA Tour.

Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy will draw on a ‘one-time’ PGA Tour career money list exemption to compete on the wraparound 2016/17 PGA Tour. The former U.S. Open champion ended his 16th PGA Tour season falling well short of retaining his Tour card in finishing 161st on the money list. It is understood the 39-year old, who turned pro in 1998, had thought about playing last week in the secondary Web.com Tour Finals and also this week’s Albertsons Boise Ppen in Idaho but also declined ...

Graeme McDowell Has PGA Tour Boss & Fellow Pros On Hand For Opening Of Nona Blue Ponte Vedre.

After falling shy of qualifying for the Tour Championship and Graeme McDowell enticed PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem along with Jacksonville-based PGA Tour players Russell Knox, Billy Horschel and David Lingmerth on hand to celebrate the opening of his Nona Blue Ponte Vedre restaurant. It is the second restaurant bearing the Nona Blue name after McDowell’s initial foray into the restaurant business at Lake Nona and located just wedge shot from the Lake Nona Resort where McDowell resides. In ...

Andrew Marshall Captures Second MENA Tour Title Capturing Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open.

Andrew Marshall broke free from a late tie with fellow Englishman Adam Sagar with a birdie on the first playoff hole to win the Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open for his second title on the MENA Golf Tour at Al Badia Golf Club on Wednesday. Marshall conjured a piece of magic at the first extra hole, the par-5 18th, drilling his six iron from 195 yards to within 10 feet and two-putted for the winning birdie while Sagar found the water with his approach in a tense finish the event. A good two shots in ...

Monty ‘Feels’ For Knox But Questions Whether Clarke’s ‘Made Right Call’ In Picking Pieters.

Former Celtic Manor victorious captain Colin Montgomerie says he’s ‘feels’ for fellow Russell Knox after his fellow Scot was snubbed for a Hazeltine ‘wildcard’ pick. And while expressing support for the PGA Tour based Knox, Monty has also questioned whether 2016 European Team captain, Darren Clarke will have got it right in picking Belgium’s Thomas Pieters in lieu of Knox. By selecting the 24-year-old Peiters, Clarke ignored the ultra-strong claims of Knox, who ...

Andrew Marshall On Target For Second Success In Maiden MENA Tour Season.

England’s Andrew Marshall barely took his foot off the pedal as he returned another bogey-free round to take a two-shot lead after the second and penultimate round the MENA Golf Tour’s Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open at Al Badia Golf Club on Tuesday. Playing solid from tee to green, European Tour veteran backed up his opening 68 with a 67 to reach nine for the tournament, taking a big stride towards clinching his second title in his debut season on the MENA Golf Tour. In-form Rayhan Thomas, ...

Jason Day Signs Multi-Million Dollar Swoosh Deal To Wear Nike Attire.

No sooner was the golf world left reeling with news Nike was pulling the plug on its equipment-making business and we learn the sports clothing giant has singled Australian-born World No. 1 Jason Day to an unknown multi-million US dollar deal to wear the ‘Swoosh’ logo on his clothing. It means Day joining the likes of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and England’s Paul Casey as a Nike clothing ambassador. While no details of the deal has been released by Day’s management team is ...