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If reports are correct Bubba Watson could be playing with a pink golf ball to go with his pink driver and there’s suggestions he could also tee-up at Augusta using a green ball. The JoongAng Daily newspaper in South Korea is reporting that Watson has agreed to a deal to use the Volvik golf ball starting next month. The Korean ball manufacturer mainly has been used on the LPGA Tour and is best known for golf balls it produces in a variety of colours. And that might be the perfect fit for the ...

Tiger Woods announced today that he has committed to play in the 2017 Genesis Open, February 13-19, at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Woods, whose TGR Live is the host of the Genesis Open, which benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, made the announcement following his return in early December at the Hero World Challenge after more than 15 months away from competitive golf. “I’m very excited to come back to Riviera and compete in the Genesis Open. This is where it all started ...

European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley has unveiled the full 2016/17 European Tour schedule at a luncheon the Tour hosted earlier today in London. Standout events include the seven Rolex Series events, which will feature $7 million minimum purses: the BMW PGA Championship (May 25-28), Dubai Duty Free Irish Open (July 6-9), Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open (July 13-16), Italian Open (Oct. 12-15), Turkish Airlines Open (Nov. 2-5), Nedbank Golf Challenge (Nov. 9-12) and DP World Tour Championship (Nov. ...

It has been a double delight for Sweden’s Henrik Stenson being named 2016 European Tour Golfer of the Year and a day after the Association of Golf Writers (AGW) bestowed a similar award on the reigning Open Champion. And like his AGW award, it is the second time Stenson has won prestigious annual award in four years. Stenson has enjoyed a magnificent 12 months on the global stage, winning the BMW International Open in June before lifting the Claret Jug less than a month later at The 145th ...

Open champion Henrik Stenson has won the Golf Writers Trophy for the second time. The award is voted by members of Association of Golf Writers and recognises the person or persons, born or resident in Europe, to have made the year’s most outstanding contribution to golf. Having claimed his first major at the Open at Royal Troon by winning a thrilling duel with Phil Mickelson, Stenson won this award with an overwhelming majority in the voting.  This was despite stiff competition from the Masters ...

Orlando, Florida …. David Duval teamed with his step-son Nick Karavites to capture the 2016 PNC Father Son Challenge today on the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes course in Orlando, Florida. The duo, who led by a shot going into the second and final round, posted a 21-under par tally in overcast and windy conditions and win by a shot from the trio of Stewart and Connor Cink, Retief and Leo Goosen and Fred and Taylor Funk. The effort not only earned Duval and his step son $US 100,000 each but also ...

Orlando, Florida … Golf’s greatest-ever golfer Jack Nicklaus remains uncertain if he and his wife, Barbara will accept the invitation to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony later next month in Washington. Nicklaus, and a winner of 18 Majors, revealed it is the third occasion in his illustrious career, he’s be asked to attend a USA Presidential inauguration having previously received an invitation by 38th US President Gerald Ford and 43rd US President George W. Bush. “I ...