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Golf players in particular should be happy as the update will add a new mode specifically for the sport.

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And compared to more sedate sports like baseball or golf, there's a high amount of tumult in an average game — the clock literally does not stop, and players are constantly in motion, dithering back and forth from offense to defense.

Since its launch in 1955, golf legends like Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Bob Hope, Jack Nicklaus, and Bing Crosby have worn the brand while competing at the highest level.

As the PGA Championship kicks off, a look at some of the key players in the golf retail space are showing signs of struggles.

In April, the software was applied to the Masters golf tournament, letting online viewers quickly see the most exciting highlights, which it selected automatically based on factors like crowd noise and player reactions.

The increased wagering on golf won't necessarily go away if Woods» doesn't hold up as a player: His previous comeback bids have ended in disappointment.

But while other sports in China have notable big - name players, golf is still lacking the Chinese equivalent of Tiger Woods.

CNBC's Dominic Chu speaks with Gary Player, Hall of Fame golfer, about the Gary Player Invitational charity tournament and the impact of golf's return to the Olympics in Rio.

There were more than 500 golf courses in China in 2013, according to state media reports, with up to 400,000 regular players.

A former rugby player kicked off an 80 - day golf odyssey in Mongolia to raise $ 100,000 for children's charities.

(L - R) Gary Player of South Africa, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer at The Big Three fund - raiser for the Mountain Mission Kids at the Olde Farm Golf Club on June 8, 2010 in Bristol, Virginia.

Golf cart drivers who are hired to drive the players around Augusta National also pick up the golfers at the airport in the Mercedes they will be using.

I find golf's spiritual side rests in the fact that it calls the player to have a tremendous level of integrity at the smallest, smallest level of their life.

Palmer is among the most universally beloved golf figures in history, revered by players, fans, and media members alike.

But in a non-Ryder Cup year, The Players is definitely their best opportunity at a nice golf rating.

With 49 of the world's top 50 players set to tee it up, the golf world will be set for a show south of the border next week when so many top players are in form.

Tiger Woods enters the weekend of The Players Championship in control of his game, as comfortable as he has ever been on a golf course that has historically given him fits and one stroke back of erstwhile adversary, Sergio Garcia.

In golf, we always overplay and overhype the emotion, character and class of the players.

So, on a day when Hiroshi Iwata matched the major championship - scoring record with a 9 - under 63 and other players golf fans had barely heard of (George Coetzee, 7 - under) scorched Whistling Straits, Woods played like the 286th - ranked golfer in the world.

The Ryder Cup is, simply put, the best event in golf and now we have the Olympics, the FedExCup, and two months of roster debate over which 12 players will represent the United States at Hazeltine.

Ask anyone who follows these things closely — players, media, coaches — who has the best swing in golf?

In addition to shifting The Players back to March, when it was staged before it switched to May in 2007, golf's postseason playoffs would be moved up as welIn addition to shifting The Players back to March, when it was staged before it switched to May in 2007, golf's postseason playoffs would be moved up as welin 2007, golf's postseason playoffs would be moved up as well.

And for the first time since 2011, golf will have four first - time major champions in a season — and each of those players will have spent time in the Top 10 in the world in the last 16 months.

But links golf tends less to reward and find the best player in the world.

Luke List is the highest - ranked player in the FedEx Cup standings in the field at No. 11, and Garcia is the only participant ranked in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Tiger's job is to play golf and prove to the world that he can compete against the best players in the world, not to make racist statements.»

Woods» solid showing at the 18 - player, no - cut Hero World Challenge sparked widespread enthusiasm in the golf community and beyond, with even casual fans anxious to see how Tiger can perform in the latest attempt to revive his career.

• George Van Niekerk, one of Zambia's representatives in the recent world senior amateur golf team championship, on being introduced to one of the U.S. players, Ray Palmer, «Oh, yes, I've heard of Palmer.»

Browse the tee times below and you'll find just one player ranked among the top 30 in the World Golf Rankings, Hideki Matsuyama.

For sure, Na acknowledged in a gut - wrenching interview with Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman Friday night that he was well aware of his reputation as one of the most deliberate players on tour.

As for the actual golf at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa, Kaymer finished in fifth place at 6 - under — five shots back of winner Branden Grace.

We are excited to provide a comprehensive test of golf for the very best female players in the world.»

Every week there are golf tournaments all around the world competing for the top players, who make enough money in this era to only have to play occasionally.

This was what everyone had been expecting, since the feeling is strong in golfing circles that Bobby will be the next star to follow in the footsteps of Palmer, Nicklaus and Gary Player.

Well they are fine players, and Purtzer has one of the best and freest swings in golf, but they are two of the quietest players on the tour.

According to Golf Channel research ace Justin Ray, no player has ever posted four rounds in the 80s in the last 30 years on Tour.

«I said at the start of the year that golf was looking for someone to put their hand up and become one of the dominant players in the game.»

After losing in a playoff at Riviera, Johnson bested the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings, who were all in attendance at the same event for the first time since the 2012 PGA Championship.

«Look, I said at the start of the year that golf was looking for someone to put their hand up and sort of become one of the dominant players in the game.

Many of the best players in the world rose to the top of the leaderboard throughout the week at Oak Hill, just not No. 1 and No. 2, who bombed out and played their final 18 holes of 2013 major golf in non-contending obscurity.

To add insult to injury, the Green Gables Golf Course in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island tweeted out a welcome back to Maple Leafs players Darryl Boyce and Dion Phaneuf.

The Chelsea twitter team shared a picture of five players on what looks like a raft retrieving a golf ball from a lake back in the year 1930.

«I've gone to the Golf Writers» dinner in Augusta,» he quipped, referring to the annual sit - down chat - and - chew that occurs on the eve of the Masters and at which the scribblers» choices for PGA and LPGA players of the year make brief appearances.

The final tournament before the 2012 Masters is the Shell Houston Open at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas, and it features a 144 - player field filled with former major champions like Phil Mickelson, the reigning champion, 2011's PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley, Padraig Harrington, Y.E. Yang, 2011 British Open champ Darren Clarke and the holder of the dubious best - current - player - to - never - win - a-major title, Lee Westwood.

A reprise of the 1992 Solheim nightmare that took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, would have forced the U.S. players to lug around for yet another two years the knowledge that they had failed in the biggest moments of the most important event in women's golf.

Ken Harrelson of the Athletics told everyone he would win the baseball players» golf tournament in Miami, and he did — just as he has been beating people at the game of their choice for most of his 24 years

Although women's pro golf in America over the last five decades has constantly struggled for recognition and credibility, the LPGA's native pros have never had to dig as deep to restore their reputations as the world's best players as they did last week in West Virginia.

The son of a greenkeeper and the youngest of the seven Turnesa brothers — the greatest golfing family ever in the U.S. — Willie was also the only player besides Jones to have a ticker - tape parade in his honor.

Those players who run hot and cold like Walcott, Gibbs, Iwobi and Welbeck need to be given specific and realistic targets to achieve and be held accountable for every performance that is subpar, since subpar is only a good thing in golf!