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On July 29 2019 at the Marriott Worsley Club in Manchester the Coronation Street Golf Day will be played, this year supporting the Blossom’s Legacy Charity. It is run by Alan Hallsall (Tyrone), Sam Aston (Chesney) and Andy Whyment (Kirk). This film shows what has gone on in previous years,

Arsenal FC legend Ian Wright plays Ping and has in his bag

G419 driver, 3 and 5 wood 4 hybrid

i500 5-pitching wedge irons

50, 55, 60 degree wedges

B60 putter

He has played golf since 2000 when he retired from professional football. He is a single figure handicap player and member at Brockett Hall GC and Loch Lomond GC

Binky and Jamie from Made In Chelsea. Liking Binky’s response to the instruction “that’s standard”

So that is how he dodges fans when he wants to get on with his golf

This week at the limited field WGC-Mexico Championship the PGA Tour will finally allow players to weat shorts during practice rounds and Pro-Am events. The European Tour have allowed this since 2016 and the PGA of America allowed it during the 2017 PGA Championship which brought some valuable feedback. Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was initially resistant but when not just the players but sponsors wanted it he agreed. Sponsors said that it makes the tour players more relatable and brings them closer to the spectators. Except – would we want bulbous calves like these?

It will be interesting to watch this weeks event because the venue, the Club de Golf Chapultepec is 8000 feet above sea level (compared to 285 feet above sea level in Los Angeles last week). This will mean that the ball will fly about 15% further and much higher.

At 3pm GMT the announcement of the next United States Ryder Cup Captain will be announced, It is widely thought that Steve Stricker, pictured right with 2018 US Captain Jim Furyk will be nominated.

Last week Sergio Garcia apologised, the way this generation do, in an Instagram post for the behaviour which led to his disqualification at the Saudi International. He said

This is all very well but this is just the latest in a long line of abuses directed at golf. He doesnt like lakes, he throws clubs in them, he doesnt like bunkers, he thrashes at them, he spat into a golf hole after calling the ball a sonofabitch ball and then he thwacked at bushes. At this point I object. It’s not like in professional football where players physically tackle and injure each other, but abusing the parts of the golf course which are living things is not on. And there was the time at the World Matchplay at Wentworth when I watched him take off his shoe and hurl it at people in the gallery. This is all pathetic. And if he does anything like this again he should be suspended from the tour.