Brandt Snedeker won the Tour Championship on Sunday and in the process, captured the FedExCup. Snedeker, a third-round co-leader, shot a 2-under 68 on Sunday and finished at 10-under 270. He won by three shots over fellow overnight leader Justin Rose at East Lake Golf Club. Watch the first to last round recap.
The final stretch for the 2012 FedExCup kicks off at the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola with Tiger Woods and Justin Rose getting off to an early lead. But wait, there’s more
As of this week’s European Tour BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth news comes that there will be no mor
e of sporty adidas Golf wear for 31 year-old Justin Rose as he moves across the adidas TaylorMade house of brands to Ashworth.
Justin Rose is Ashworth’s newest brand ambassador.
From the press release, here’s what Rose had to say about the move:
“I am really excited about partnering with Ashworth going forward; I think that it comes at the right time for me”, says Rose, “I am now into my thirties; my sense of style has evolved over the last couple years and I am certainly a lot more clear about what I want to achieve going forward and how I want to look doing it.”
This is dear reader, may be what target demographics are all about, but here at CNG we are of the belief that style is more a state of mind than it is of brand, or of age. But wait, there’s more
Check out the top five shots of the week from the 2012 PLAYERS Championship featuring highlights from Tim Clark, Brian Gay, Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Jonathan Vegas.
Shared from – Chapeau Noir Blog – Trends in Golf Apparel.
In support of THE PLAYERS Championship’s “Pink Out” on Sunday, May 13, TaylorMade-adidas Golf ambassadors will be wearing in custom pink apparel and footwear and will have with pink TaylorMade accessories on display in celebration of Mother’s Day and to draw awareness to breast cancer research via the 26.2 with Donna Foundation.
2008 Players champion Sergio Garcia and PGA Tour star Jason Day will wear pink adidas Golf TOUR360 ATV footwear and a Fashion Performance pink pique polo, while Justin Rose will pair a pink Fashion Performance polo with a unique pair of pink adicross footwear.
Martin Kaymer, Jim Furyk and Retief Goosen will sport custom adiPure footwear and a Fashion Performance pink pique polo, while Sean O’Hair’s Ashworth Cardiff shoe will be highlighted in pink accents while wearing an Ashworth pink polo.
All TaylorMade athletes will carry a pink TaylorMade headcover, pink TaylorMade towel and wear custom pink TaylorMade headwear.
Justin Rose has finally hit is stride, winning four events in less than two years; and his success is all due to improved iron play.
The golf course at the Legends Golf & Safari Resort in South Africa is an amazing stretch of 18 holes designed by 18 different top-flight golfers, including Padraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, K.J. Choi, Retief Goosen, Justin Rose, Trevor Immelman and Vijay Singh. The golf course is designed as an 18 hole championship golf course. It is at once the longest golf course in South Africa, providing all golfers, irrespective of their handicap, the experience of a true African challenge. The course plays at 6,534 metres for daily play but is capable of being extended to 7,748 metres for tournaments, making it one of the longest in the world.
Set on the legendary 22 000 hectare Entabeni Safari Conservancy, the course has flowing fairways which wind through the open grasslands and dense bush. The design and layout of the course are in complete harmony with the natural resources. The pristine bushveld environment has been preserved and the course remains one of the most environmentally sensitive in Africa.
The sheer scale of the golf course, with gently undulating greens and strategic bunkering ensures a unique golfing experience with breathtaking views of the Waterberg Mountains as a backdrop. On any given hole, a range of 5 tees allows the golf course to be set up for both professional and amateur players and creates the flexibility that one needs for an enjoyable golfing experience. 
The Nedbank Golf Challenge is an annual men’s professional golf tournament played at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, North West province, South Africa. It is not an official money event for any of the major tours, and like many high profile unofficial tournaments in professional golf it takes place between the conclusion of the PGA Tour in early November, and Christmas. It usually attracts many of the world’s highest ranked players.
The tournament is a twelve man invitational stroke play event, with the field being made up of defending champion, the Sunshine Tour order of merit winner, the four major winners and then completed with the top players in the Official World Golf Rankings following the U.S. PGA Championship. In 2006, the tournament carried world ranking points for the first time since 1999.
When it was conceptualized by Gary Player and founded by Sol Kerzner in 1981, the tournament was known as The Million Dollar Challenge because of its US$1 million prize fund, with the winner’s share being $500,000. In 1987 the event was played on a “winner takes all” basis, with the winner claiming the whole of the million dollar purse. This was designed to overcome any qualms the world’s top golfers might have about competing in South Africa during the apartheid era, and it was successful in doing this in many cases. In 1988 the winner’s prize was again $1 million, but additional prizes were introduced.
From 2000 to 2002 the first prize was increased to $2 million, but the following year the winner’s share of the total prize fund was reduced from more than half to around 30%. The standard winner’s share on the PGA Tour is 18% and on the European Tour it is 16.67%. In 2006 the winner received $1.2 million out of a total purse of $4.385 million, so the prize distribution is now not far from the normal pattern for a professional tournament, once allowance is made for the small size of the field. That $2 million first prize remains the largest in professional golf.
This year the Nedbank Golf Challenge hits this world-class golfing estate from the 2nd to the 5th of December, the tournament will be celebrating its 30th anniversary with a total prize money of $5 000 000 with a $1 250 000 for the first prize. But wait, there’s more
