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What's Happened This Week In Golf

PING SIGN FOUR-TIME PGA TOUR WINNER AARON BADDELEY

NAPA, CA - OCTOBER 11: Aaron Baddeley of Australia with his new Ping gear during practice for the Safeway Open at Silverado Country Club(North) on October 11, 2016 in Napa, California. (Photo by Chris Condon/PGA TOUR)

Aaron Baddeley, whose most recent victory came in July with a PING G LS Tec driver and G 3-wood, has signed an agreement to play PING equipment, PING Chairman & CEO John A. Solheim has announced.

As part of a multi-year agreement, the US-born Aussie will wear a PING hat, carry a PING staff bag and play a minimum of 11 PING clubs, including a PING driver and PING putter. At the Safeway Open, in addition to the G LS Tec driver and G 3-wood, he’ll make his PING debut with iBlade irons and a PING prototype putter.

THE ELS CLUB DESARU COAST OPENS IN MALAYSIA

The Els Club Desaru Coast

Owned by Themed Attractions Resorts & Hotels Sdn Bhd (TAR&H), the highly anticipated 27-hole golf course is set to become one of South East Asia's flagship golf and tourism projects.

Course designer and four-time Major Champion Ernie Els commented; “It certainly has the makings of one of South-East Asia’s top destinations. You have a great location, in close proximity to so many major Asian hubs. You have a corner of coastline that simply takes your breath away and an ownership group dedicated to creating some of the finest tourism attractions in the world. When you add these ingredients together, you have the makings of something very special.”

For More details go to www.elsclubmalaysia.com

USA WINS INSPIRATIONAL SIMPSON CUP

 

The annual Ryder Cup-style tournament between injured servicemen from GB and the USA took place this week at Oak Hill Country Club. USA triumped with a 12-6 victory. Check out the inspiration video above of the week. Check out more about the event at www.simpsoncup.com

 

Thomas Patrick Clarke
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Tom Clarke joined Golf Monthly as a sub editor in 2009 being promoted to content editor in 2012 and then senior content editor in 2014, before becoming Sports Digital Editor for the Sport Vertical within Future in 2022. Tom currently looks after all the digital products that Golf Monthly produce including Strategy and Content Planning for the website and social media - Tom also assists the Cycling, Football, Rugby and Marine titles at Future. Tom plays off 16 and lists Augusta National (name drop), Old Head and Le Touessrok as the favourite courses he has played. Tom is an avid viewer of all golf content with a particularly in depth knowledge of the pro tour.