The Dubai World Championship will be held at the Jumeriah Golf Estates starting in 2009 for five years with the option to prolong hosting the tournament for another five years.
This tournament will be the world’s richest with $10 million in prize money, surpassing the U.S. Tour’s Player Championship currently offering $9 million. The tournament will be held from November 19th to the 22nd on either the Earth or Fire course, both designed by Greg Norman.
The winner of the tournament will receive $1.66 million in prize money. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem welcomes the tournament as The European Tour has had difficulties competing with the “deep pockets” of the PGA Tour. He feels it is “terrific for the professional golf globally”.
The Mahogany Run Golf Course is on the North shore of St. Thomas in North America and is home of the Devil’s Triangle. This North American golf course has a rugged and beautiful location with imposing cliffs near the ocean. Jim and Robert Armour were the people behind the development of this scenic golf course. They carved it out from the rugged landscape of the region. The Mahogany Run Golf Course is the island’s only golf course and was designed by George and Tom Fazio in 1980. The Golf Digest has praised it as a wonder of engineering because the course had to be carved out by blasting as it stood to be a hard geographical nature of the region. The Mahogany Run Golf Course occupies an area of almost 110 acres and the greens of the course spread over 77,000 square feet with snake like fairways that give it the perfect picturesque look.
The view of the ocean from the golf course is a charming one and the high point of the golf course is its signature hole- the Devil’s Triangle that is always a challenge for golfers. The Mahogany Golf Course stretches 6,022-yard and is a par-70 course with 18 holes. Ginn Resort presently operates this golf course. The golf course welcomes golfers all through the week; the public golf course here is situated in the town of Charlotte Amalie. Visitors can reach there in only fifteen minutes from the ferry dock of Red Hook. Contran Resorts painstakingly developed the irrigation system for the greens in 1994 when they bought it from its previous owners.
The golf ball manufacturers Dunlop has released its latest edition of the Loco Tour De Golf Balls that comes with excellent features. This latest golf ball has been developed keeping in mind the requirements of the high level and average golfers. This new golf ball is a three piece ball with 95 compressions. The outer cover of the ball comprises of a very thin urethane cover which helps enhance spin. This Loco Tour De Golf Ball comes with 432 depression patterns which provide a player with a slight but more piercing ball flight.
Recently three new models have been introduced by Dunlop and Loco Tour De Golf Ball is amongst them. This latest golf ball is a performance ball targeted at the squat to average handicap golfer. The lower compression of the Tour De Golf Ball offers golfers with an increased bounce back off the clubface in spin producing longer tee shots. This ball is softer in the green regions and easier to control on short pitches and chips. The DuPont HPF polymer is been used as its cover that increases softness. Dunlop is the only golf ball manufacturer that uses this new material fro DuPont as a golf ball cover. The DuPont HDF polymer cover of the ball is softer and longer in size than the surlyn cover used in most of the golf balls. This latest golf ball from Dunlop is one of the excellent golf balls as it provides a better performance and a superb sense.
The North American Golf Course, Royal Montreal Golf Club is the region’s oldest golf course and club. This golf club was established in the year 1873 and was initially called only Montreal Golf Club; Queen Victoria awarded the prefix Royal to the club in 1884. In its beginning, the club had a nine-hole golf course, which was in Mount Royal Park; the club is currently in Île-Bizard, Quebec where it moved in 1959. There is the 45 hole golf course at the Royal Montreal Golf Club which today is the biggest in Canada. The Blue golf course of the club enjoys a reputation of being in the top 100 golf courses by the premier golf magazines. Scoregolf in 2006 ranked the course as the 12th golf course in Canada. The Royal Montreal Golf Club’s golf courses add to the reputation of the club and attract many premier golf tournaments.
The golf courses of the Royal Montreal Golf Club are mainly private and are known for their immaculate services and its perfect maintenance of all the greens. The Blue Course of the club will be hosting the Presidents Cup which was originally created by Dick Wilson but then Rees Jones gave it a new face in 2004. No. 16 is the signature hole of this golf course; the course stretches at 444 yards and is par 4 golf course. The best golf players of the world will find the course a challenge when they will have to play off the tee of the course. The course of the club has also hosted some of the important golf events of Canada.
Ballyneal Club is a classified golf course located just few kilometers away from Holyoke, a small city which is situated in the North Eastern Colorado. Designed by one of the famous golf course designers Tom Doak, Ballyneal Golf Course was been opened in September 2006. This golf course is among the retreat golf clubs in the Nebraska Colorado region, this area is been believed to be one of the hot destinations for passionate golfers. This golf course was built in Ballyneal as a result of the popularity of cookie cutter tracks which grew across America in the 70’sand 80’s. Tom Doak’s idea was to of prepare a natural golf course that looks as if it was emerged from the landscapes.
This 18 hole golf course is marked by complex fairways, pleasant route, banked greens and magnificent vistas making Ballyneal one of the most recognized masterpieces of Tom Doak. The vicinity which Ballyneal occupies is situated in the midst of thousands of acres of cornfields. This golf course itself lies in the hilly, rough and moon like area. These gently sloping hills are covered with two foremost forms of sunflowers, yucca plants and vegetation. At a glance, one can see shades of yellow and green rolling over these Scotland like gently sloping hills. The fairways are almost flat and fairly wide as they provide a fair landing spot for the drivers. The bunkers are very jagged and rough around the edges and sand from the native area. It isn’t unusual for the vegetation or yuccas to be growing around the edges of these bunkers.
Callaway Golf Eyewear offers sports series, collection series, and X-series product lines for the golfers and the X602-RD is its latest eyewear offering. This eye wear model is not very flashy but decent and elegant in its looks and is far away from the zaniest looking golf eyewear. The first sight of this eyewear convinces the user that it is really a high tech product and sits comfortably offering cool and soft experience even during your brightest golfing day. The accessories that come with this product are a hard case and also a soft case that takes ultimate care of the eyewear. Everyone knows the disadvantages of having a soft case for the eyewear but here there is double protection for the users. The vision is clear and you can even have great scores during your golf with the 602 on. All the Callaway characteristics are to be found in the 602 with their use of the latest technology.
Callaway has made a free use of the available eyewear technology in the manufacture of the 602. The frame parts of the 602 eyewear are made up of Grilamid and titanium for greater sturdiness of the glasses. The Grilamid is known to have high performance qualities and is engineered in such a way that it has flexibility and sturdiness for rough uses on the course. The 602 features lenses made of Neox, which is the material, used in all the lenses of Callaway eyewear. The Neox material protects the wearer hundred percent from the harmful blue rays and allows a clear vision. With the 602 on golfers can have a clear view of the greens.
The golfing gear manufacturer Titleist has released a new edition of the NXT Tour golf ball that comes with power packed features. This new golf ball has been designed keeping in view the needs of the average and the high levels of golf enthusiasts. Players can control the ball with their short clubs and what’s more, the ball comes at a very affordable price of $40 per box. The three layers and the number of dimples on the ball ensure easy manipulation of the ball’s carrying capacity and other features for the golfers wanting more ease with their balls. Titleist has used a new material in the manufacturing of the ball so that its durability is enhanced. The first two layers of the ball are of Polybutadiene a material used in the manufacture of tires while the third layer is of Fusablend, which is found in all the balls of Titleist manufactures.
The first layer, the core of the ball combines the qualities of solidness and softness where a material called Polybutadiene is used. This material is an artificial rubber that is not much prone to resistance and thus wears little after prolonged use. The recovery rate of the material after applying stress to it is almost 80%, which is thus ideal for a golf ball. The second layer of the ball has a diameter of 1.58″ and is made of Polybutadiene. The second layer of this material ensures the ball travel at higher distance and feels soft when it hits. The third cover of Fusablend is found in all balls of Titleist and combines qualities of toughness and softness.
Built in the year 2003, Black Mesa Golf Club is been designed by a well known golf course designer Baxter span. This 7,307 yard golf course is situated in Santa Clara Pueblo just 20 miles north of Santa Fe in New Mexico. This golf course plays through the dramatic sandstone ridges with Black Mesa which is visible from various locations. Every hole is different and feature characteristics which make them both memorable and strategic in its own distinctive style. This 18 hole course showcases typical bunkering, native rifts as hazards and green contouring in keeping with the scale of the natural landforms. This Black Mesa Golf Course is located at an elevation of about 5400 feet and plays at 7,307 yards, par 72 with 105 bunkers. There are several boring golf courses that have one or more teeing areas where the tee markers are placed. But Black Mesa’s each hole has several different tee areas that are not only at different distances but even they are completely at different elevations and angles. By playing dissimilar tees from one round to another one could be playing what seems like an entirely different course. Black Mesa’s green side and fairway bunkers are rigorous, ragged and rugged. Several golf courses make their bunkers too pretty and pristine. At Black Mesa Golf Club the native plants and grasses are been found growing right into the rough edges of the bunkers. Although the greens at Black Mesa are large and have a countless breaks they aren’t unfair. A skilled and professional golfer could place a shot to the exact section of the green and have a great shot at birdie.
Ogio is arguably one of the most progressive and creative company when it comes to design and functionality of golf bags, backpacks and many other sporting bags. Ogio’s latest Monster Travel Bag can be referred to as the mother ship of travel bags. This monster bag is really big enough to hold most of the golf gears. It is comparatively bigger than any other travel bag as it serves both as a suitcase and a travel bag. The external portion of the Ogio Monster is made up of very hard and tough fabric and the back section what Ogio calls it as sled is the backbone of the bag. This sled consists two wheels for carting it around the railway station or the airport. It even has two rails on the rear side that allows you to easily slide the bag up and down the stairs, bumps and curbs.
It also includes two large pockets on each side of the bag which are easily capable of holding golf shoes, golf balls, or even clothing items. There are three exterior straps that allows you to tighten the load, providing even more protection for the contents once the bag is packed .The internal side of the bag is spacious and the straps allow you to secure the inside load. If the bag is not fully packed the golf bag could really shift without the straps but having the contents secured inside the bag can provide even more protection against damages. With lots of money been spent by golfers on equipments, protecting their investment is imperative. So, with Ogio Monster Travel bag one can easily protect thousands of dollars worth of equipment.