As rumoured for a couple of weeks, Brooke Henderson has formally agreed to a multiyear contract with TaylorMade to play its clubs, ball and use a TaylorMade staff bag. The signing comes on the heels of the company inking another LPGA star, Nelly Korda, earlier in the week. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The 2023 LPGA Tour season begins this week in Orlando with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the first of 35 events in which a record $101.4 million will be on the line.
By now, Tom Hoge has heard all your jokes about TCU getting blown out in the National Championship Game. Heck, he was getting roasted by fellow PGA Tour pros before he took quite a side trip to watch his beloved alma mater in action.
Callaway has unveiled new ball offerings covering a wide range of price and performance levels, specifically the new ERC Soft and lower-priced Warbird models.
Gareth Bale ended one of the most decorated and, at times, electric careers in modern football, announcing his retirement at the age of 33. Bale will walk away from the game with five Champions League trophies, three La Liga titles, and one MLS Cup to his name. It is an unimpeachable resume but for one thing: he loved golf too much.
The new G430 driver family, which includes the neutral flight, ultra-forgiving Max (RRP $995), the increasingly draw-biased SFT and the compact, low-spinning LST (RRP $1,050), continues the company’s theme of forgiveness. These drivers put more weight in the extreme perimeter but also feature thinner, more forgiving faces, as well.
It’s been less than two months since Jon Rahm called the Official World Golf Ranking “laughable.” And after what happened Monday morning, we’re pretty sure he’s still not in a laughing mood when it comes to that system.
Late last year, the rumours were running wild, and yet Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele stood back probably chuckling, and just watched the circus for a while.
While technically it isn’t the start of the PGA Tour season, this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii often marks the start of the new equipment season.
Rory McIlroy enters 2023 as the No.1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking, the third time the Northern Irishman begins a calendar year in the top spot having done it previously in 2013 and 2015.
A package that arrived on Harrison Crowe’s doorstep reminded the Australian amateur golf star that 2023 is going to be bigger than 2022, if that is even possible.
Australian Golf Digest
