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Srixon ZX Drivers, Fairways and Hybrids

Key Takeaways

The entire lineup features Rebound Frame – face flexing technology designed for ball speed.ZX5 is the more forgiving, higher launching driver; ZX7 is targeted at the better player with adjustable sole weights for fade/draw bias.ZX fairways feature low/forward weighting – called Cannon Sole – for penetrating launch.Crown Step in fairways and hybrids helps lower the center of gravity.

If you feel the need for speed, the new Srixon ZX drivers – and their companion fairway woods and hybrids – are doing their damnedest to feed that need. The entire Srixon ZX metal wood lineup is all about ball speed for one simple reason.

That’s what people buy.

“The whole product line is focused on ball speed,” Dustin Brekke, Srixon’s Director of Engineering R&D, tells MyGolfSpy. “If we can’t stand up to a launch monitor and see the ball speeds we see with competitive products, then you don’t even get a seat at the table.”

The driver table is particularly crowded, with more butts than seats. Srixon is hoping its new ZX drivers are fast enough to at least grab a share of a chair. There’s some interesting tech in the new Srixon ZX drivers so let’s take a gander.

The 151st Open Championship will be played at Royal Liverpool in 2023 and the 2024 tournament will be at Royal Troon, golf's governing body the R&A said on Monday.

Peter Alliss got away with things no one other broadcaster could. He’d grunt, gargle, mock, violate the “norms” of broadcasting and when Alliss turned serious, you knew the tournament was about to be decided. For this American viewer, he joined a cast of legends that marked the Golden Age of golf television and every year at The Open, Alliss’ solo stints were always a highlight of the championship. And it was his general gravitas and light touch that made an otherwise slow sport worth watching.

“The Great Man” was far more than a broadcaster, however, with a Royal Air Force stint, over thirty professional wins, two European Tour Vardon trophies, books (illustrated, fiction and non) and his proudest accomplishment, a long Ryder Cup run including playing on the same team as his father Percy.

He would undoubtedly have loved seeing the start of Reuters’ obituary:

Former Ryder Cup player Peter Alliss, who won 31 tournaments in his career before a successful stint as a commentator in which he was referred to as the "voice of golf," has died at the age of 89, the European Tour said on Sunday.

From Ewan Murray’s excellent Guardian obituary:

Pairings/Results 

Bayonet/Black Horse GC | Carmel Valley Ranch

Dec. 6, 2020

Chris Balough won the championship, but Corey Eagle took home the bigger prize.

Balough, a 42-year-old E-Club East Bay member (pictured, above), shot a final-round 5-over 75 at Carmel Valley Ranch to edge Eagle by a shot in the 36-hole finals. In the opening round at Bayonet/Black Horse, shot a 4-over 76. Helping Balough nab the title was a clutch net birdie on the closing 18th.

“I feel like I didn’t play that well. It was difficult, I think for all of us,” Balough said. “I feel fortunate that I played in the last group with Corey. I’ve gotten to know him from the Tour and he helped ease the nerves a bit. I enjoy playing with him.”

Viktor Hovland holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole Sunday for a 6-under 65 and a one-shot victory in the Mayakoba Golf Classic, his second PGA Tour victory this year.

Angela Stanford won her home LPGA Tour event in front of her parents, closing with a 4-under 67 for a two-stroke victory Sunday in the Volunteers of America Classic.

Former Ryder Cup player Peter Alliss, who won 31 tournaments in his career before a successful stint as a commentator in which he was referred to as the "voice of golf," has died at the age of 89, the European Tour said on Sunday.

Tom Hoge, without a win in his PGA Tour career, birdied four of the last five holes to shoot a 65 and pull within one shot of Emiliano Grillo at the Mayakoba Classic.

Yealimi Noh fell into a three-way tie atop the Volunteers of America Classic on Saturday after she double-bogeyed the par-4 18th.

Frenchman Antoine Rozner claimed his maiden European Tour title in his rookie season by winning the Golf in Dubai Championship by two shots at the Jumeirah Golf Estates on Saturday.

Jessica Korda shot her second straight 2-under 69 on Friday and was tied atop the Volunteers of America Classic with Anna Nordqvist and Yealimi Noh.

Emiliano Grillo will take the Mayakoba lead into the weekend, but don't expect Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka to be around to chase him as both appear likely to miss the cut.

 

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Inaugural NCGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship  | Poppy Hills  |  June 12-13, 2021

 

The NCGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship was created in 2021 as a partner of the annual NCGA Mid-Amateur Championship.

ENTRIES CLOSE: April 19, 2020

ENTRY FEE: $135 per player. Exempt players pay an additional $30 per player.

QUALIFYING for the 2020 Mid-Amateur Championship takes place May 13-16 at the following courses:

England's Andy Sullivan stayed ahead of the chasing pack at the Golf in Dubai Championship on Friday with a steady third round of 68 at the Jumeirah Golf Estates for a two-shot lead.

The Rapsodo MLM  launch monitor claims overall accuracy within 2.5 percent of TrackMan — at 2.5 percent of the price.

That’s an audacious claim.

But who wouldn’t be excited about the possibility of a personal launch monitor for roughly the same price as a new driver?

We’d like to get some feedback from MyGolfSpy readers.

Russell Knox shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday at breezy and wet El Camaleon Golf Club to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour's Mayakoba Golf Classic.

Charley Hull shot a 3-under 69 to take the first-round lead Thursday in the LPGA Tour's Volunteers of America Classic, where afternoon temperatures climbed only into the high 40s.

Annika Sorenstam was elected president of the International Golf Federation on Thursday, replacing the outgoing Peter Dawson.

 

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