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29th July – 1st August

A couple of weeks ago we saw South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen win the British Open at St Andrews and today marks the start of the Ricoh Women’s British Open 2010. This event is one of the golfing highlights of the sporting calendar.

This year the Championship returns to the famous links of The Royal Birkdale Golf Club, one of the most historic golfing venues in the UK. Here we will see the worlds best lady golfers battle for the prestige title. The field for 2010 will include the likes of world number one Lorena Ochoa, Michelle Wie, Paula Creamer, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen and the UK’s own Melissa Reid, Laura Davies and the reigning champion Catriona Matthew.

This year’s ladies open championship is a great opportunity to see the latest clubs that the  top ladies golfer are using, as well as seeing what they are wearing.

Ladies golf is increasing in popularity year by year, thanks in part to players, such as, Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie and the availability of ladies golf products reflects that status.

Here at Golfbuyitonline we have a huge rage of ladies golf equipment, including ladies drivers, fairways, putters, bags, balls, shoes, clothes, accessories and much more. If you are an established golfer looking for a new piece of equipment or if you are a new golfer then Golfbuyitonline has all the latest golf equipment and the very best prices.

So Ladies, start shopping today!

Congratulations to South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen on winning the 2010 British Open Championship. The 27 year old won on a seven stroke victory over Lee Westwood  this weekend and is the second South African to win the Open at St Andrews after Bobby Locke in 1957.

At the start of the week Oosthuizen was ranked 54th in the world. He won his first European Tour title at the Andalucia Open in March and had missed the cut in seven of his eight previous major appearances – including the 2009 Masters and US Open this year.

Here at Golfbuyitonline we love to know what golf equipment was used to lead winners to victories, so here you go, here is what was in the bag of  Louis Oosthuizen, the winner of the 2010 British Open

DRIVER: Ping Rapture V2 (9°) with a Project X 6B7 shaft
FAIRWAY WOODS: Nike SQ II (13°, 19°) with a Project X shafts
IRONS: Ping S56 (3-9) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X-100 shafts
WEDGES: Ping Tour S (47°, 54°, 60°) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X-100 shafts
PUTTER: Ping Redwood Anser
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x

If you are looking for any of the equipment that Louis Oosthuizen played with check out our online golf shop. Here you will find all the latest golf equipment from all the top brands in golf including Ping, Nike and Titleist.

Today marks the official opening of the 150th British Open Championship at St Andrews. Today we will see some of he greatest players in the world playing with the latest high tech golf clubs and balls on the world’s oldest course. At the end of the 19th centrury the rules of golf were drawn up at St Andrews so this course is now known as the “Home of Golf”. The Open was first played on this course in 1860 and since has produced many great winners. The last two championships that have been played here, Tiger Woods has won, so can he be third time lucky at St Andrews this year.

With the start of the Open Championship here at Golfbuyitonline we recognise that many new golfers will start to get interested in the game, so this is why we have a huge selection of low priced golf started packs, junior golf clubs, clothing and much more.

The junior golf game is growing and in order for us to produce some of the world’s greatest players we need to let kids have a go at the game. Golf isn’t just for adults its a game that can be played from as little as 3 years old and thanks to players like Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie who have popularised the game, children are now realising that golf can be fun.

Many golf manufactures have also realised that the game has become popular for children so have started to produce golf equipment for junior golfers. If your child is just starting out at the sport its probably best that you invest in a package set, here the junior will have everything they need (apart from clothing and footwear) to hit the course on. Most of the package sets are divided up into age groups (when buying a package set please take into consideration the height of the child) these groups are 5-8 and 9-14, after 14 if the child is still interested in golf its suggested that they move onto adult clubs, with many clubs having the option of shaft length etc it will be easier for the child to get clubs that fit them.

What used to be a boring game for kids to play has suddenly become increasingly popular, so if you child is interested in golf think Golfbuyitonline. We have got all the golf equipment for every budding Tiger such as junior golf drivers, junior golf putters, junior golf shoes, junior golf gloves and clothing as well as Junior Golf Bags and much more specifically designed for kids. So start shopping now.

It’s that time of year again and here at Golfbuyitonline we are looking forward to the start of the British Open Championship at St Andrews.

Qualifying has already taken place and there are 156 players due to play the field this year starting Thursday 15th July – Sunday 18th July, including last year’s Open Championship Winner Stuart Cink.

Last year the Open was held as Turnberry and Cink ended up beating Watson by six shots in a play-off after the two had both finished the tournament two under. However it could have easily been a different story had 59-year-old Watson not missed an eight foot putt for par on the final hole of Sunday’s final round that would have given him a momentous sixth Open victory.

Here at Golfbuyitonline will we be glued to out TV’s watching the Open this year. This event is one of the most important and exciting golfing events of the year and we cannot wait, the atmosphere around our Golf Academy is electric. We cannot wait to see who will win the Open, we are also looking forward to seeing what the pro’s are playing with and what they are wearing too.

If you like any of the golf appeal that you see at the Open this year then there’s a good chance that we will stock it, so check out our huge range of men’s golf clothing, with low prices and fast delivery you could have your new golf dear with you by the weekend.

Mickelson wins by three shots at the Masters at Augusta on final day as close competitor Lee Westwood looses out!

Mickelson’s closing 67 gave him a 16-under-par aggregate of 272. The left-hander was overjoyed with emotions as he made his final shot.

After his fantastic win a bet a lot of you out there are wondering “whats in the bag of Phil Mickleson, 2010 U.S Masters Golf Champion?”

Driver
Callaway FT-9, Driver

Fairway Woods
CallawayBig Bertha Diablo
FT-Hybrid 2H
X-Hybrid 2H

Irons
Callaway X-Forged 3 and 4 iron
5-PW Callaway prototype

Wedges
Callaway JAWS 53, 60, 62

Putter
Odyssey White Hot XG Blade

Ball
Callaway Tour ix

Gloves
Callaway Pro Series

Shoes
Callaway Golf Tour-Exotic Chev & Tour Series

Golfbuyitonline has an incredible range of left handed golf equipment for men, ladies, senior and junior golfers from irons to putters and drivers to wedges and more. As a Callaway Official Internet retailer, Optifit custom fit centre, and I Mix retailer Golfbuyitonline is the perfect place to purchase all your Callaway golf products as we stock the full range from Callaway drivers, woods and rescues to Sets of irons, putters and wedges not to forget every style and model of golf bag available and the matching Callaway golf accessories and gloves.

Throughout the whole competition Tiger Woods was on fire, and it looked as though he was going to take the winning title from the USPGA. However Yang Young-Ean took the victory the first Asian player to win a major championship first prize of $1.35 million (about £820,000).

The 37-year-old was two shots adrift of overnight leader Woods but held his nerve to card 70 to the American’s 75 to win by three on the final green. Yang’s victory ended Woods’s run of winning all 14 of his major titles when leading going into the final round. The other main player in this competition was defending champion Padraig Harrington, level with Yang at the start, however he blew his chances with a quintuple-bogey eight on the par-three 8th.

Yang, who was ranked 110th in the world before the event came to the final hole leading by a single shot, playing with TaylorMade Clubs he sank a ten-foot putt for birdie at the 72nd hole that guaranteed victory and sent immediate shock waves around the world.

Catriona Matthew became the first Scottish lady golfer to clinch a major title when she won the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham and St Anns.

The 39-year-old, who led by three overnight, won by three shots from Karrie Webb after birdies on 13, 14 and 15 gave her a one-over 73. Her new nickname of Supermum, did not succeed without the odd wobble. Two dropped shots in her opening three holes had doubters believing external factors had caught up with her at last. Another bogey at the 10th, combined with the imposing figures of Karrie Webb and Paula Creamer in the background, threatened to ruin Matthew’s remarkable bid altogether. By her last hole Matthew had the cushion of three shots and could enjoy every moment before returning a three-under aggregate score. “There was a tear in my eye at that point,” she said. “I knew after my tee shot on 18 that I had won.”

Scotland’s Matthew, who only gave birth 11 weeks 1 day ago, and was back on the course just 5 weeks after giving birth, is only the fourth Briton to win a major and the first since England’s Karen Stupples in 2004. And only two mothers Nancy Lopez and Juli Inkster have won majors since 1960.

Stewart Cink, 36-year-old, is the new Open champion, snatching the title from the hands of Tom Watson in a four-hole playoff after they tied on a two-under-par total of 278. Cink an American golfer took up the game when his parents, both single handicap players, left him at the driving range before he was old enough to go on the course. He now becomes the ninth different American to win the Open since 1995.

Cink ended up beating Watson by six shots in a play-off after the two had both finished the tournament two under. However it could have easily been a different story had 59-year-old Watson not missed an eight foot putt for par on the final hole of Sunday’s final round that would have given him a momentous sixth Open victory. Watson was said to be disappointed that he allowed the chance to become golf’s oldest-ever major champion by 11 years to slip through his grasp on a course where he claimed the fourth of his five Open championships 32 years ago.

The clubs that helped Cink win the Open can be seen in the above  clip “In the Bag: Stewart Cink”.  They of the clubs he identifies in this clip include:

•    Driver – Nike SQ 9.5 Degrees
•    Irons – Nike CCI Irons – 2, 3 & 4 Irons
•    Nike Wedges
•    Yes! Lizzy Plus Putter

The British contingent suffered a disappointing first day at the Open at Turnberry as the home challenge failed to get going, despite fine conditions.

Lee Westwood, Anthony Wall, Graeme McDowell, David Howell and Paul Casey all shot 68 to finish two under, four shots off leader Miguel Angel Jimenez.

Ross Fisher, who finished fifth at the US Open, was a shot further behind, alongside Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy.

Ian Poulter suffered a disastrous day, ending five over after a 75.

It had looked so promising when Westwood started with three birdies in a row in the morning, only to double bogey the 16th.

Fisher enjoyed his best major last month at Bethpage Black, finishing only three shots behind winner Lucas Glover.

He endured a difficult start at Turnberry but the 28-year-old – who is about to become a father – finished in style with birdies at each of the last three holes to fire a 69.

After a fine start, Casey dropped shots at the 12th and 14th to fall back into the pack and he admitted he missed a chance to shoot a lower score.

Poulter was disconsolate after a birdie-free round that has put him in severe danger of missing the halfway cut.

Will Harrington make it three in a row?

Will the Brits make it into high positions by the end of the weekend?

Let us know your thoughts below, or on our Facebook or Twitter pages.

Tiger Woods plays almost entirely with Nike golf clubs and equipment. Nike is one of his biggest sponsors, from his famous Nike Swoosh hats and shirts, right down to his golf bag and golf balls. Playing at Turnberry for the British Open Championships Tiger Woods is once again playing with his major sponsors’ equipment. Kitted out in head to toe in Nike gear his bag contains:

Tiger is using a Nike prototype driver (10.5 degrees), his fairway woods consist of the Nike SQ II 3 Wood (13 degrees) and the Nike SQ II 5 Wood (19 degrees). All of his Irons are 1 degree upright, have D4 swing weight, standard size, tour velvet grips and true temper dynamic gold X-100 shafts. He uses the Nike 56 degree VR SW and the Nike 60 degree SV LW wedges. Then finally his putter is the Scotty Cameron by Titleist Studio Stainless Newport 2 putter (standard loft and lie, 35 inches long). His Club line up is dependent upon the course set up and the weather conditions.

Nike Golf is passionately dedicated to honouring and respecting the traditions of the game, and to providing golfers with the absolute best equipment. Nike Golf Drivers deliver state of the art technology for maximum speed, distance, forgiveness and accuracy giving you the tools you need to help you improve your game.