TAYLORMADE TP GOLF BALLS
TaylorMade has made a powerful reentry into
the golf ball market by introducing the TP Red
and TP Black models. They compliment the
company’s line of Tour Preferred clubs. The
goal was to design a faster and longer golf
ball that would appeal to both the Tour pro
and the amateur player alike. After three and
a half years they feel the goal has been accomplished. |
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The two balls have their own specific characteristics.
The TP Red has a larger core size
that gives the ball a slightly higher spin rate
and lower launch angle off the driver. The thinner
mantle depth promotes a lower, tour-like
launch angle off the irons and the combination
provides a slightly softer impact response.
The smaller core size in the TP Black provides
longer carry off the driver and irons and
the combination has a slightly firmer sound
and feel than the TP Red. www.tmag.com.
PGA And LPGA Players To Wear
Pink Spikes On Mother’s Day
Weekend
| Marlborough, MA– CHAMP Spikes, the
number one brand on tour, today introduced its
inaugural Mother’s Day Pink-On-The-Links™
program designed to raise funds and awareness
for breast cancer research. Coinciding with both PGA and LPGA Tour events to be
played on Mother’s Day, CHAMP will make a
donation in the player’s behalf to the Breast
Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). Total
funds contributed to the BCRF will be based
on the number of total participants wearing
the commemorative pink spikes at both The
Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass (Ponte
Vedra Beach, Florida) and the Michelob
ULTRA Open at Kingsmill (Williamsburg, VA). |
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Several leading footwear manufacturers and CHAMP partners who have already committed to participate in the Mother’s Day
Pink-On-The-Links spike campaign including Nike, ECCO, and Hi-Tec. These companies represent many of the world’s finest
golfers and as the most trusted spike on all tours, CHAMP anticipates a vast majority of players that wear their spikes on a
weekly basis will participate, helping make this grassroots awareness effort a success.
THE VILLAS OF GRAND CYPRESS
GOLF RESORT BEGINS RESTORATION
PROJECT ON SOUTH COURSE
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ORLANDO, FL– The Villas of Grand Cypress
Golf Resort has begun a six-month restoration/
enhancement project on its South Course,
which was designed by Jack Nicklaus and
opened in 1984.
The nine-hole South Course complements
two other nine-hole courses, the North and
East courses, and the 18-hole New Course,
which is Nicklaus’ tribute to the famed Old
Course at St. Andrews, Scotland. “Because our normal offering is 45 holes
of golf, we can keep 36 holes of diverse and
challenging golf available while we work on
the South Course,” said Director of Golf Maintenance/ Superintendent Tom Alex. |
Play will resume on the South Course in October.
The project includes restoring greens
and tee boxes to their original dimensions,
improving drainage under bunkers, installing
irrigation and building new retaining walls.
Fairways, rough and tees will be replanted
with 419 Bermudagrass, and greens and collars
will feature Mini Verde grass.
More information is available online
at www.grandcypress.com or by calling
800-835-7377.
ANNIKA OPENS HER ACADEMY
The number 1 woman player in the world has
just fulfilled another dream– opening her first
high-end golf academy at Reunuion Resort
outside Orlando, Florida. The academy in
addition to having golf instruction will also
include serious fitness training and possibly
some sports psychology.
There are several packages that will be
available and they are all 3-day packages
and they begin at $1250/day. That includes
breakfast, lunch,green fees, fitness, swing
analysis, golf lessons and lodging at Reunion
esort. The premium package goes for $12,000
and includes golf with Annika.
Annika has fulfilled a childhood dream of
playing on the LPGA Tour and now a recent
dream of the Annika brand and this golf
academy. |
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