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Grow Golf finds £30,000 for Golf Roots PowaKaddy offer free cart bag
The Golf Foundation’s ‘Golf Roots’ inner-city project is to benefit from a £30,000 PowaKaddy is offering golfers an exclusive offer on its
donation from the British Golf Industry Association’s Grow Golf initiative. world’s best selling Freeway Digital with stylish Gun
The cheque, presented in May during the build-up to the BMW PGA Championship Metal SE finish. All purchases of this special edition
at Wentworth, will help Golf Roots to more than double the size of last year’s model will include a free Sport Cart Bag, worth
programme. In 2008 it will feature 16 cities and urban areas across England and £84.99, in a choice of three colours. This
Wales. offer is running for seven weeks, starting on
Brendon Pyle, Development Manager for the Golf Foundation, said: “We are very Monday 26th May through to Friday 11th
grateful to the partners and trustees of Grow Golf for their significant contribution here July or while stocks last.
at Wentworth. Golf Roots is about letting inner-city youngsters try golf for themselves The Freeway Digital features
and leaving a positive sporting legacy in these areas.” an LED display that lets
Golf will be played in schools and public community events by youngsters aged 5- golfers choose the speed of
16. Organised golf activity will take place at many golf clubs and driving ranges. The the cart, while setting the
Golf Roots project is sustainable, aiming to provide opportunities for youngsters to inbuilt distance function
continue playing golf into the future. takes one fingertip action.
The current Grow Golf partners are Acushnet Europe, Callaway Golf, PING Europe, The cart comes complete
Sunderland of Scotland and TaylorMade-adidas Golf, who all pay an annual levy based with low profile sports wheels
on their UK turnover into the Grow Golf fund. and four-point bag retainer.
• For information on joining Grow Golf see www.bgia.org.uk or call 02476 417141.
PING Collection check in with Ava
Presenting the £30,000 cheque to the Golf Foundation are, from the left: David
Fanning (PING Europe), Warren Sunderland (Sunderland of Scotland), Brian Mair
(Sunderland of Scotland), Ken Schofield CBE (Golf Foundation President) and Ken
Graham (Acushnet Europe).
PING Collection’s new 100% cotton Ava polo shirt features a printed bias check design
designed to be contemporary and feminine.
Kasco irons boost
Part of the Autumn/Winter 2008 range for women, ths shirt comes in Harebell Multi
and Black Multi and at a suggested retail price of £30.
versatility
A contrasting colour fabric collar and button plackets complete the look.
• The Autumn/Winter 2008 PING Collection for ladies is designed around a “Nordic Mist”
The new Power Tornado iron from Kasco colour palette. For more details of range and stockists, visit www.pingcollection.co.uk
(pictured) gives the golfer the chance to
customize the make-up of his iron set.
This hybrid iron set offers the choice of hybrid clubs
Web weather boost for PGA
replacing 3-iron through to 7-iron, with the rest of the set made up from
traditional cavity-backed irons. The PGA has enlisted weatherforgolf.co.uk to provide weather forecasting for its entire
The hybrid clubs have been designed to replace harder-to-hit long and mid- tournament schedule.
irons and are manufactured from 17-4 stainless steel in a compact head design The Met Office-backed web-based system uses cutting edge radar technology to
with a large sweetspot for greater forgiveness. predict thunderstorms, lightning strikes and rainfall within a 50-mile radius of the
The cavity-back irons feature a power-bar centred at the rear of the cavity to venue. It will be used at more than 400 tournament venues across country, at both at
download the weight and optimise the ball flight. The power-bar coupled with a regional and national level, in a one-year deal.
slight offset design ensures forgiveness. weatherforgolf.co.uk lets golfers check the conditions seven days either side of the
The Power Tornado is available with True Temper steel shafts (£299), Kasco tournament – with half-hour updates fed through to a laptop at the tournament.
Ultra-lightweight graphite (£349) or Aldila graphite (£499). Before this, the PGA was reliant on phoning the Met Office for information.
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