Karsten Solheim designed the first PING putter, known as the PING 1A, in his garage in 1959 before founding Karsten Manufacturing, manufacturer of all PING product.
The Icons Series is a golf event where iconic American athletes representing Team USA compete against iconic international athletes representing the Rest of the World.
The Nedbank Golf Challenge, first played in 1981, is an annual men's professional golf tournament played at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa.
The answer is no. Although most professional golfers do wear gloves some of them who don’t were/are: Ben Hogan, Fred Couples, Arron Oberholser, Lucas Glover, and Jonathan Byrd (on occasion).
The “Sawgrass Splash” is the signature drink of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. It is made with fresh lemonade, fresh orange juice, fresh lime juice, simple syrup and vodka.
Karsten Solheim came up with a unique way to reward tour professionals for winning tournaments using ping putters. Each victory is commemorated by creating two gold plated replicas of the winning putter. One of them is given to the winning champion and the other one is kept at Ping's headquarters in Phoenix.
Forged irons are shaped from a solid piece of steel. For cast irons a mould is made of the shape of the head and molten metal is poured in to the cast.
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