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June 2011 - Posts

• PowaKaddy Golf Trolleys/ Cart launch new and interactive golf website

  PowaKaddy, the #1 name in powered carts, is delighted to announce the launch of its new website at www.powakaddy.com. The comprehensive and easy to navigate site features interactive elements for both the PK SPORT and PK TOUCH, where photo galleries and videos explain the significant components that make-up each trolley. Additionally the latest news, support, contact details, newsletters and brochures are available on the all-encompassing site. The clear leader amongst UK golfers according to the latest independent consumer research, over 48% of electric trolley users in the survey own a PowaKaddy, more than double the share of the nearest competitor brand. The new website is further proof of the expert service provided by PowaKaddy, which help make it the nation’s favourite, despite the ever growing choice of brands in the market. “We are extremely pleased with the new website, which is not only easy to navigate but provides answers to the questions most customers have about our products, including full product information and the details of the nearest PowaKaddy stockist,” commented Simon Homer, PowaKaddy’s Sales Director. “It is fully comprehensive and descriptive, we hope it is as well-received by the golfing public.” With the demand for electric trolleys continuing to grow and the internet used more frequently by consumers to research their products, PowaKaddy identified to the need to provide golfers with the most accurate and informative information available. Hence the re-design of the existing site, in particular the production of interactive elements for some of its most recent product releases such as its new flagship trolley, the PK SPORT. Its headline features include a new handle design and speed controller, which combine to make the SPORT the most user friendly electric trolley ion the market. All its details can be found on the website, as well as the ins and outs of the innovative PK TOUCH and ever-popular Freeway models. With a market-leading bag range that feature striking new combinations for 2011 and a host of accessories also detailed on the new website, PowaKaddy underlines its ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction. Posted Jun 16 2011, 12:39 PM by GolfbloggerUK with no comments Filed under: GolfbloggerUK, PowaKaddy

• 2011 US Open Golf Draw groups Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer

  The 2011 US Open Golf groups and tee-times have now been announced and there are a couple of mouth-watering prospects on show. The eye-catcher is the 3-ball grouping of world golf ranking nos 1-3, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer, who are all among the favourites in the US Open Golf Odds. All three players have been World No.1 at some point during 2011 so expect some excellent golf from this grouping. The three European golfers are scheduled to tee-off from the 10th hole at 13:06 on Thursday and from the 1st hole at 18:46 on Friday. GolfbloggerUK shall be providing full coverage of this major golf event to include draws, tee times, news, scores, betting odds, prizemoney, weather forecasts, TV schedule, and results &c., so please stay tuned in. To access all other information from this and all other major golf events click, http://www.golfblogger.co.uk/the-majors The defending champion, Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland, is paired with the current British Open Golf Champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and US Amateur Golf Champion Peter Uihlein. This 3-ball shall tee-off at 12:55 on Thursday and 18:35 on Friday. McDowell's compatriot Rory McIlroy, will be aiming to put his last round at the US Masters firmly behind him at the US Open. The 22-year-old Ulsterman is paired up with Americans Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson at 18:35 on Thursday and 12:55 on Friday. The three Spaniards, Sergio Garcia, Miguel Angel Jimenez and big-hitting Alvaro Quiros, are playing together as are the Swedes Fredrik Jacobson, Henrik Stenson and Johan Edfors. The Italian brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari will be joined by fellow countryman Matteo Manassero. 2011 US Masters Golf Champion Charl Schwartzel will play with former Masters Golf Champions Trevor Immelman and American Zach Johnson. Please find below the golf field, complete with draw at 0700 hours, Tuesday, 14 June 2011. We are unable to bring you live scoring from this event, but this information can be found at usopen.com 2011 US Open Tee-Times (All times are BST (British Summer Time) and the players are U.S unless otherwise stated) 1st Tee Thursday 16 June 2011, 10th Tee Friday 17 June 2011: 12:00 and 17:40 - Daehyun Kim (Kor), Chez Reavie, Shane Lowry (Ire) 12:11 and 17:51 - Greg Chalmers (Aus), Kirk Triplett, AN Other 12:22 and 18:02 - Marc Leishman (Aus), Alex Cejka (Ger), Kevin Streelman 12:33 and 18:13 - Fred Funk, David Chung, Michael Campbell (NZ) 12:44 and 18:24 - Matt Kuchar, Paul Casey (Eng), KJ Choi (Kor) 12:55 and 18:35 - Graeme McDowell (N Irl), Peter Uihlein, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 13:06 and 18:46 - Henrik Stenson (Swe), Johan Edfors (Swe), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 13:17 and 18:57 - Ernie Els (Rsa), Davis Love, Jim Furyk 13:28 and 19:08 - Justin Rose (Eng), Tim Clark (Rsa), Jason Day (Aus) 13:39 and 19:19 - Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, AN Other 13:50 and 19:30 - Brandt Jobe, Nick O'Hern (Aus), DA Points 14:01 and 19:41 - Christo Greyling (Rsa), Adam Hadwin (Can), Joey Lamielle 14:12 and 19:52 - Michael Tobiason, Jesse Hutchins, Michael Smith 17:40 and 12:00 - Ty Tryon, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Scott Barr (Aus) 17:51 and 12:11 - Geoffrey Sisk, Cheng-tsung Pan (Tai), Matt Richardson (Eng) 18:02 and 12:22 - Bo Van Pelt, Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor), Ben Crane 18:13 and 12:33 - Mark Wilson, Martin Laird (Sco), Peter Hanson (Swe) 18:24 and 12:44 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 18:35 and 12:55 - Francesco Molinari (Ita), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 18:46 and 13:06 - Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn), Todd Hamilton, Kevin Na 18:57 and 13:17 - Rickie Fowler, Ian Poulter (Eng), Hunter Mahan 19:08 and 13:28 - Camilo Villegas (Col), Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Brandt Snedeker 19:19 and 13:39 - Kevin Chappell, Dohoon Kim (Kor), Robert Rock (Eng) 19:30 and 13:50 - Jon Mills (Can), Andreas Harto (Den), Scott Pinckney 19:41 and 14:01 - Steven Irwin, Ryan Nelson, Elliot Gealy 19:52 and 14:12 - Christopher Deforest, Chris Williams, Wes Heffernan (Can) 10th Tee Thursday 16 June 2011, 1st Tee Friday 17 June 2011: 12:00 and 17:40 - Chad Campbell, Harrison Frazar, Marc Turnesa 12:11 and 17:51 - Justin Hicks, Marcel Siem (Ger), Sunghoon Kang (Kor) 12:22 and 18:02 - Thomas Levet (Fra), Brian Gay, Gregory Havret (Fra) 12:33 and 18:13 - Heath Slocum, Russell Henley, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 12:44 and 18:24 - Padraig Harrington (Ire), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Stewart Cink 12:55 and 18:35 - Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Anthony Kim, YE Yang (Kor) 13:06 and 18:46 - Luke Donald (Eng), Lee Westwood (Eng), Martin Kaymer (Ger) 13:17 and 18:57 - Jonathan Byrd, Bill Haas, Webb Simpson 13:28 and 19:08 - Bubba Watson, Adam Scott (Aus), Robert Karlsson (Swe) 13:39 and 19:19 - Sam Saunders, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy 13:50 and 19:30 - Matthew Edwards, Brad Benjamin, AN Other 14:01 and 19:41 - Bud Cauley, Adam Long, Michael Barbosa 14:12 and 19:52 - Michael Whitehead, Will Wilcox, John Ellis 17:40 and 12:00 - Alexandre Rocha (Bra), Andres Gonzales, Bubba Dickerson 17:51 and 12:11 - Michael Putnam, Patrick Cantlay, Robert Dinwiddie (Eng) 18:02 and 12:22 - John Senden (Aus), Robert Garrigus, Scott Hend (Aus) 18:13 and 12:33 - Jason Dufner, Stephen Gallacher (Sco), Seung Yul Noh (Kor) 18:24 and 12:44 - Steve Stricker, Retief Goosen (Rsa), David Toms 18:35 and 12:55 - Rory McIlroy (N Irl), Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson 18:46 and 13:06 - Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Zach Johnson 18:57 and 13:17 - Nick Watney, Lucas Glover, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 19:08 and 13:28 - Ryan Moore, Robert Allenby (Aus), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 19:19 and 13:39 - David Howell (Eng), Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn), Briny Baird 19:30 and 13:50 - Charley Hoffman, Alexander Noren (Swe), Sangmoon Bae (Kor) 19:41 and 14:01 - Brett Patterson, Bennett Blakeman, Brian Locke 19:52 and 14:12 - Chris Wilson, David May, Beau Hossler Posted Jun 14 2011, 09:57 by GolfbloggerUK with no comments Filed under: GolfbloggerUK, U.S. Open

• The Prazza Golf Ball Finder, the world’s most reliable golf ball finding system/ golf ball tracker, is going global

  Prazza®, the world’s most reliable golf ball finding system, is going global after appointing key retail partners in America and Japan to sit alongside its European outlets. Since launching last year, UK sales of the revolutionary Prazza® Tracker handset and trackable micro-chipped Prazza® Golf Balls have increased more than 300%. Now golfers in Japan and the USA can experience the phenomenal Prazza® RFID technology after renowned golf retail websites www.par72.co.jp. and www.intheholegolf.com. chose to stock the products. Announcing the international sales agreements, Netherlands-based Prazza® president Jan de Waard: “We’ve been delighted by UK and European sales and now we have a firm footing in two of the largest golf markets in the world in the USA and Japan. “Wherever we take the products, the reaction to Prazza® is sensational. Golfers love our ball-finding technology – it’s fast, reliable and helps make the game more enjoyable.” The hand-held Prazza® Tracker handset, which is roughly the same size as a smart phone, uses Active Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) to track the ball. The micro-chip in the Prazza® Golf Ball is activated when the golfer hits a shot and the handset bleeps, or vibrates in Mute mode, with increasing frequency as the golfer approaches the ball, with a visual ‘arrow’ display to point the golfer in the right direction. The Prazza® Tracker handset can locate the ball from up to 100 metres away (110 yards), in the thickest of golf course rough and even in water up to a depth of eight inches! Visitors to the company’s website www.prazza.com. can see a ‘real time’ demonstration of Prazza® in action, showing a golfer hitting his ball into thick woods and retrieving it using the handset in an un-cut video clip. The video is also on YouTube. New prices have also just been announced for UK golfers interested in experiencing the unique Prazza® ball-finding technology: £210 for Prazza Golf Ball Finder set, which features a Prazza® Tracker handset and two Prazza® Golf Balls and £39.95 for a sleeve of three microchipped Prazza® Golf Balls. For more information, including the latest stockist details, see www.prazza.com. Posted Jun 09 2011, 10:38 by GolfbloggerUK with no comments

• Luke Donald named The 2011 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month for May

  Luke Donald (pictured by Getty Images) has been named The 2011 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month for May following an astonishing sequence of success culminating with a victory in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club with which he claimed the Number One position in the Official World Golf Ranking. Donald, who receives an engraved alms dish and a jeroboam of Moët & Chandon champagne, finished tied fourth in the Players Championship on the US PGA Tour and runner-up in the Volvo World Match Play Championship before leading from start to finish, following an opening 64, to claim the BMW PGA Championship – The European Tour’s flagship tournament – and the €750,000 first prize. In winning on the West Course with a birdie four at the first extra hole of a play-off against Lee Westwood, Donald claimed his second win on The 2011 European Tour International Schedule – he captured the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February – and strengthened his position at the top of The Race to Dubai with €2,581,495. Ian Poulter, who won the Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin by beating Donald 2 and 1 in the final, Thomas Aiken (Open de España), Darren Clarke (Iberdrola Open) and Michael Hoey (Madeira Islands Open) were other winners during another remarkable month which closed with Westwood and Donald duelling over 73 holes for World Number One honours and seven of the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking being European Tour Members. The judging panel – which comprised members of the Association of Golf Writers as well as commentators from radio and television – acknowledged Donald’s spectacular consistency as well as his determination to become the number one golfer in the world. Iain Carter, Golf Correspondent of BBC Radio Five Live, said: “Luke Donald is living his life on the leaderboard. He enjoyed another fabulous month, following an extraordinary run of success, and by winning the BMW PGA Championship he realised two objectives – winning a tournament he watched every year as a youngster, and to be recognised as the best golfer in the world. He has fully earned his Number One status and he is unanimously our choice of Golfer of the Month.” The 33 year old Englishman was also named The Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month for February and, along with other season winners so far; Martin Kaymer (January), Paul Lawrie (March) and Charl Schwartzel (April), he will be considered for The 2011 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Year Award which was won jointly by Graeme McDowell and Kaymer in 2010. Posted Jun 06 2011, 11:56 by GolfbloggerUK with no comments Filed under: GolfbloggerUK, Race to Dubai, Luke Donald