Sweden Golf: Karlsson, Pettersson and Stenson Make Solid Start at Players Championship

Golf lovers in Sweden saw three of their major stars make a impressively solid start to the Players Championship tournament on the PGA Tour at Sawgrass.

Robert Karlsson leads the way for the group of four Swedes, on two under par after the first round in Florida, ranking him T28 overall.

Carl Pettersson and Henrik Stenson are one shot further back on one under, at T38 after the first round.

Fellow Swede Peter Hanson was the only one of the quartet to not break par, finishing on one over after his first round, at position T78.

Karlsson dropped a shot on the 5th hole but fought back well to claim three birdies between the 9th and 13th. Another bogey one hole later was soon cancelled out by Robert’s fourth birdie of the day at the 16th hole. He tees off on day two at 9:00am (local time).

Carl Pettersson had a mixed front nine as he dropped shots at the 3rd, 5th and 6th as well as picking up birdies at the 2nd and 7th. An improved showing on the back nine helped him claw back from one over to one under, with birdies on both of the par fives.

For local boy Henrik Stenson—a resident of Orland, Fla.—it was a day of streaks, as he saw an early birdie on the 2nd hole cancelled out with a bogey on the 3rd, before birdies at the 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th had him at three under. However he couldn’t maintain his progress and bogeyed three times in the last six holes to finish the day level with his countryman Pettersson.

Pettersson will tee off day two at 1:49pm, with Stenson on 11 minutes later.

For Peter Hanson, he will be disappointed to have finished one over par—level with the likes of Peter Kaymer and Sergio Garcia, and one shot ahead of Tiger Woods—after a good start saw him two under at the turn. Another birdie at the 3rd (he played the back nine first) left him at three under with six holes to play, before a shocking collapse saw him finish bogey, par, bogey, par and finally a double bogey 7 on the par 5 9th.

Hanson tees off at 9:00am like Karlsson and will be hoping to recover his form from earlier in the day on Thursday.

Golf News: Three Current Majors Champions Confirmed for Irish Open at Royal Portrush

The Irish Open will see a strong field this year after Keegan Bradley became the latest big name to confirm that he will be participating at Royal Portrush, which takes place from June 28th to July 1st.

Bradley is the reigning US PGA champion, while the US Open champion Rory McIlroy and current Open champion Darren Clarke will also be taking part.

Former majors champions Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell are also confirmed to be appearing.

The field will be competing for the €2 million prize fund, which is an increase on last year’s €1.5 million. 2011′s winner, Simon Dyson, collected €250,000 after posting a total of 269 (-15) for a one-stroke victory.

Bradley, meanwhile, will be competing in Europe for the first time and has spoken about his pride and excitement in visiting Ireland, being of Irish heritage himself.

Dyson will be aiming to become the first person since Colin Montgomerie to successfully defend the Irish Open title, which he achieved in 1996 and ’97.

Previous winners of the Irish Open include the aforementioned Irishman Harrington, as well as Søren Hansen, Sergio Garcia, Ian Woosnam, Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros.

Golf News: Luke Donald Regains World Number 1 Spot from Rory McIlroy

English golfer Luke Donald has regained top spot in the latest World Golf Rankings after finishing third in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, deposing Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy who led for just two weeks.

Having risen back to the top of the rankings earlier in April without having played a round of golf, McIlroy was the world number one for the second time in his career.

Donald, however, needed just a top seven finish in New Orleans to recapture top spot and he duly achieved that with a final round of 67, having earlier carded 73, 65 and 66.

A total score of 17 under par was enough for a third place finish, behind Jason Dufner and Ernie Els, both of whom finished on 19 under.

Dufner ran out the winner after a playoff.

World number four and 2012 Masters winner Bubba Watson was also in action, finishing 11 under for 18th place after only just making the cut after round two, in what was his first tournament since the playoff victory at Augusta.

Despite Luke Donald returning to the top of the rankings, however, his stay there may be a short one as Rory McIlroy returns to action in the Wells Fargo Championships, while Donald has a week off.

Graeme McDowell has had to pull out of competing in the same event after falling ill, but Ricky Fowler, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods are all set to compete.

Since Woods was knocked off the throne 18 months ago there have been nine changes in the rankings leader, with Martin Kaymer also leading as well as Donald and McIlroy.

Pink G20: Ping Drivers Available from The Great Golf Company

The Great Golf Company are delighted to announce that they are now accepting pre-order reservations for the Limited Edition Bubba Watson Pink G20 driver from Ping.

It is expected that numbers will be in extremely short supply and high demand, so we recommend you place your order as soon as possible and we will contact you for specific details.

If you have any questions about the driver, delivery details etc please contact us directly on media@greatgolfco.com or by replying to this blog.

The Great Golf Company and Cleveland Golf Enjoy Great Success on Demo Day at Roda Golf Resort

The Great Golf Company hosted an open demonstration day at Roda Golf & Beach Resort yesterday (18th April) along with Cleveland Golf and everybody involved agreed it was a great success.

Despite a few minor setbacks involving vehicle mechanics, the show got on the road nice and early and golf players teeing off around 10:30am were treated to the first views in Spain of the new Cleveland Classic driver, amongst other things.

Two representatives from Cleveland—Tito and Javier—were present to offer top class support and advice to anybody wishing to try out a new set of irons, the Mashie hybrid or any number of drivers, along with their video launch monitor to show visitors just how their shots were being affected by changing club.

In addition there seemed to be an endless supply of range balls to use!

The Cleveland CG Black irons proved hugely popular with both Spanish and foreign clients, as did the driver of the same range, though of course the new Classic was a big favourite too.

We mustn’t forget to mention the Cleveland XX10 range which was available to use—though priced at a whopping 1.100 € for the driver alone, perhaps it is no surprise that only Robbie from Great Golf’s Campoamor shop was brave enough to “test drive” it!

The Great Golf Company would like to thank Roda Golf Resort, Cleveland/Srixon and all the people who came down to try out clubs and purchase them on the day with fantastic 20% discounts, all of whom helped make the day a real success.

Keep tuned to the Great Golf Company blog for details of future open days when you too can get the benefit of seeing the newest products, receiving the best advice and just as importantly getting big discounts!

You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Pinterest where all of our products, offers and demo days are always posted.

Cleveland Golf: Demo Day at Roda Golf and Beach featuring Cleveland Classic Driver

The long awaited Cleveland Classic Driver will be one of the main attractions in The Great Golf Company’s Demo Day for Cleveland Golf equipment which is tomorrow (Wednesday, April 18th) at Roda Golf & Beach.

We are delighted to announce that the VERY FIRST BATCH OF CLASSIC DRIVERS IN THE WHOLE OF SPAIN will be present at the Demo Day for you to see and experience, and even purchase!

In addition, we will have the facility to make a full set of irons to your own specifications within 40 minutes!

The Demo Day is from 10am until 4pm and you do not need any ticket or purchase to visit, simply turn up and explore the latest range of clubs from Cleveland.

This is a great opportunity to get anything from advice to precision and custom-made clubs from the European Tour Bus which will be present.

Make sure you make time to come on down to Roda Golf & Beach tomorrow! For further details please email or call using the details from the main website.

Bubba Long in Pink: Ping G20 Driver Available July 15th used by Bubba Watson to Win 2012 Masters

Bubba Watson caused quite a stir in Augusta this month in his way to winning the 2012 Masters, both for playing style and his golf clubs.

His well-documented race to raise $1 million for charities this year saw him take on the competition in the Masters using a Ping G20 driver—in Pink.

Now, following demand from buyers and golf fanatics everywhere, Ping are releasing just 5,000 limited edition Pink G20′s—and you can get yours from Great Golf Company from July 15th, 2012.

Limited numbers will be available so we advise getting in contact as soon as possible to reserve yours. Contact Great Golf by email at media@greatgolfco.com for further information.

5% of the proceeds to Ping will go towards charities chosen with the help of Bubba, so you will be aiding a good cause as well as buying one of the most iconic clubs to win the Masters in recent years.

The driver has a pink shaft and a pink head, with the same technology as a standard G20 driver from Ping. The head cover also has pink accents. Click the link below to view more detailed specifications and the pink driver.

Bubba Long in Pink

TaylorMade RocketBallz: Video with Golf Pros Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, Jason Day and Martin Kaymer

TaylorMade have produced a fantastic new instructional video featuring four of their top associated pro golfers—Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, Jason Day and Martin Kaymer—giving tips and showing how to get the best use out of the new RocketBallz fairway wood.

The instructional video covers four main areas of the golfer’s game; the Stance, the Takeaway, the Backswing and the Downswing.

Take a look now at the video below and feel free to leave your comments on the video itself, your personal experiences of the RocketBallz series or anything else!

Remember, you can buy the TaylorMade RocketBallz fairway direct from Great Golf Company at this link, fully authorised and guaranteed. Free delivery to anywhere in Spain for any order, and just one low fee for any order amount to most countries in Europe.

Email media@greatgolfco.com for any questions, requests or further information on buying online.

Golf Putter Range Now Online at Great Golf Company

Great Golf Company continue with the updating and upgrading of their website with a full and wide-ranging collection of putters now available to buy direct from the site!

As with all our hardware golf equipment, every new putter is guaranteed and authorised when buying from Great Golf Company.

Of course, as you’d expect from Great Golf, we have all the best brands lined up with all their latest new models—an impressive total of 35 different models.

The Odyssey White Ice range is well represented, which we also stock Backstryke models. Whether your preference is a blade or mallet putter, the White Ice series is likely to match and exceed your needs.

For the progressive putter, the new White Hot XG Sabertooth belly putter is also on display.

We have both the California series and the Studio Select classics from Scotty Cameron, which are all discounted when you buy direct from our website.

Ping have three separate series of putters out for 2012, all of which can be found on Great Golf’s website. The Karsten Anser, Anser Milled and Scottsdale models offer a great range of attributes and styles to choose from.

Two other big favourites are also well-represented in our new, updated putters section.

Cleveland Classic Collection Black Platinum putters are available at discounted prices, as are the Rossa Ghost Daytona models.

Finally, from the makers of Rossa putters, we have TaylorMade putters from the new and superb-looking White Smoke and Tour Ghost series ready and waiting for your inspection on the website.

All prices are already discounted 10% where applicable for your convenience, and as always delivery is completely free to any location in Spain. Outside of Spain, a charge of 9.95 € is applicable per order—so you can buy a single club or a whole set, without worrying about additional postage costs.

What are waiting for? Get buying!!

Please email any questions about our online store to media@greatgolfco.com

Thanks!

New Golf Magazine: Great Golf Company Launch “Golfer’s Mag”

The Great Golf Company have today received their first delivery of a brand new golf magazine which will be distributed and available throughout Alicante, Murcia and Almeria—absolutely free!

The Golfer’s Mag is a bi-monthly magazine published locally, containing a massive range of fantastic news articles, player profiles, hints and tips and lots more.

Issue One, for April/May 2012, will be distributed to all golf clubs and societies, golf courses and resorts, golf equipment shops and of course our own Great Golf Superstores in Balsicas and Campoamor.

New free golf magazine - Golfer's Mag

Previewed in this issue is the widely talked-about driver, the new Cleveland Classic, and the TaylorMade RocketBallz golf balls.

The Callaway RAZR Fit and X Black ranges are looked at as well as the newest products from Cobra, the AMP and Baffler T-Rail—not to mention the stunning new effort from Ping, the i20 range.

Product reviews are not the only thing in this first edition though; the 32-page glossy magazine also takes a look at the new season’s clothing offerings, tips to help improve your golf swing, a fantastic tour schedule and the current standings in the race to Dubai, and many more exciting features!

Pick your copy up free from your local golf course or shop, or email us (media@greatgolfco.com) to find out where to pick up your nearest copy from.

To find out about stocking the magazine in your shop or club house, or to advertise in it (the magazine will have an estimated reach of 10,000 readers initially, increasing over the course of the year) please email us now (media@greatgolfco.com).

We hope this magazine will be of great benefit to golfers everywhere and appreciate your feedback on it over the coming weeks!