New radar technology will allow the Golf Channel to provide exact measurements of golfers’ swings and ball movement during next year’s PGA Tour, the network said Wednesday. It will use the TrackMan Tour System, a Doppler radar technology, to measure a golfer’s exact, three-dimensional club movement and ball flight and provide precise data on ball [...]

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A couple of Asian Tour titles by seasoned campaigners may not count for much but Indian golf was clearly on the upswing as the year gone by set the tone for a bumper 2008 with mega co-sanctioned events lined up in the country. Individually, however, it turned out to be an average season for the [...]

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Tiger Woods, a four-time PGA Champion and winner of 13 major Championships, made his first appearance at the PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Monday as the featured guest of Nike Golf’s media launch of the SQ SUMO2 5900 driver and 360 Clubfitting System. With the Nike swoosh symbol painted into the eastern [...]

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Holder and tournament host Tiger Woods, refreshed after a two-month break, will hunt his eighth title of the year at this week’s Target World Challenge. The world number one has not played competitive golf since the Presidents Cup in late September and is eager to return after working hard on his fitness. “I enjoy being [...]

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Liang Wenchong will be the first Chinese player to compete at the Open when he lines up at Royal Birkdale next July. The 29-year-old booked his ticket for the oldest of the world’s four majors by finishing top of the Asian Tour’s order of merit. Liang was voted the players’ player of the year at [...]

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