Taking a closer look at the career Grand Slam

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FootJoy Fury FootJoy announced its new Fury shoe will arrive on store shelves February 1st. Designed from the inside out, the Fury features a stretchy, one-piece Inner Fit Sleeve lasted underneath the insole board to provide a secure fit. On the upper, the external FlexGrid MLC cage system adds structure and helps to lock the foot into place. The combination of leather and mesh provides breathability while being waterproof. The Fury also brings a new D3 outsole to the mix. Inspired by dripping liquid metal, the outsole offers a rigid platform for lateral stability and flexibility for comfort. Puma Golf Puma and Rickie Fowler will celebrate the 10th year of their partnership in 2019. Over the years, Rickie’s style has matured. As a result, we will see him in more refined looks and elevated fabrics. Two of the showcase pieces in the collection are a hybrid jacket and a quilted pullover. The jacket is stuffed with a thin layer of PrimaLoft Gold insulation and stretchy sleeves. PrimaLoft Gold has a high warmth-to-weight ratio, which means it locks in the heat without the bulk. Ralph Lauren Over the years, Billy Horschel has rocked Ralph Lauren’s high tech RLX line while Justin Thomas has sported more traditional looks from the brand’s Polo Golf collection. This year, both players will mix and match pieces from both lines, giving them added versatility and variety. Both players will also wear Ralph Lauren’s new slim-fit pant with an elastic waistband. The brand’s collections for 2019 find themselves on-trend with stylish micro prints, hoodies, and a crossover athleisure capsule. With ‘90s retro dominating the fashion landscape, Ralph Lauren has dipped into its archives and revived its old-school Polo Golf logo. Original Penguin One trend that stands above the rest at this year’s PGA Show is micro prints. Original Penguin is making a strong statement with micro prints that are fun and whimsical. In addition to prints, Original Penguin is also offering updated takes on iconic designs, including plaid bottoms, contrasting plackets, and rope hats. Royal Albartross Royal Albartross takes an adventure in the wild with its crocodile-inspired Croco shoe. The luxurious leather shoe blends sophisticated style with comfort and performance in a trendy silhouette. In addition to the four base colorways, Royal Albartross will release special editions of the Croco leading up to the majors, starting with a deep green Croco Masters. Joining the Croco is the Driver Collection. The sneaker-style shoe can easily find itself on the feet of the most stylish golfers, on or off the course. ECCO BIOM G3 Comfort. Performance. Style. ECCO hits the golf shoe trifecta with the ECCO BIOM G3. Building on its predecessor, the BIOM G3 offers increased stability thanks he soft and supple Yak leather upper provides flexibility and comfort. The outsole features a mix of ZARMA-TOUR cleats and molded lugs for the traction. Notice the lack of a front spike. ECCO removed it in favor of a rotation system that allows the foot to rotate through the swing. Galvin Green GORE-TEX ShakeDry After 15 years in the making, the revolutionary GORE-TEX ShakeDry technology used on Galvin Green’s Ashton Jacket is said to be the lightest GORE-TEX Jacket on the market. A simple shake of the jacket disperses water from the outer shell. J.Lindeberg Engineered Intarsia Polo One of the more unique pieces on the show floor was the Engineered Intarsia Polo from J.Lindeberg. Intarsia is a complex knitting technique that involves knitting different blocks of color. In addition to the bold green stripes on this shirt, check out the specs of green peeking through the navy blue. Greyson Clothiers Greyson continues to take golf fashion to new levels. The brand’s Fall 2019 Collection combines a healthy dose of bold, yet refined prints with a cool palette of rich blues and purples. A Nordic-inspired theme sees a sweater with a silhouette of mountains and a polo with a Northern Lights print. Cut-away collars add an element of sophistication while a new tech pique fabric offers breathability for warm days. Linksoul Dry-Tek Known of its super soft cotton polos, Linksoul is introducing a new performance fabric called Dry-Tek. The poly rich material is blended with a touch of cotton. The result is a fabric that wicks moisture while offering a soft hand feel. Find the latest styles online at the PGA TOUR Superstore.

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JACKSON, Miss. – Ryan Armour arrived at Aronimink Golf Club’s first tee last month for a round with a familiar opponent. “It’s about time,â€� the man said to Armour. He wasn’t late. It was a reference to the decades that had passed between their rounds together. That other player was Tiger Woods. Armour and Woods are forever linked by their meeting in the final of the 1993 U.S. Junior Amateur (I don’t need to tell you who won). They played together just one other time, at a college tournament, in the quarter-century between their meeting at Oregon’s Waverley Country Club and the third round of this year’s BMW Championship. Woods was two weeks away from winning his 80th PGA TOUR title. Armour finally got his first victory earlier in the season, at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Armour is back at the Country Club of Jackson this week to defend that maiden title. He arrived after an intercontinental commute from South Korea, where he competed in THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES. The spots in two of the PGA TOUR’s limited-field events in Asia, where the paychecks and FedExCup points are guaranteed, were among the myriad rewards that came from Armour’s career-changing season. He finished 49th in last year’s FedExCup after his Sanderson win and runner-up finish at the Quicken Loans National. He was in the top 30 of the FedExCup standings as late as July and began the Playoffs ranked 39th. He advanced past the first Playoffs event for the first time in his career, making it to the BMW Championship before bowing out. “There were a lot of firsts,â€� Armour said. He took his family to Maui for the Sentry Tournament of Champions. He played the first two majors of his career, The Open Championship and PGA Championship. Then he started this season with trips to Malaysia for the CIMB Classic (T33) and South Korea for THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES (T29). This week’s jet lag may be the only negative effect of his newfound success. Armour woke up shortly after midnight Wednesday. He headed to the hotel gym two-and-a-half hours later, after it became obvious that he wasn’t headed back to sleep, knocking out a six-mile run on the treadmill. Only three men – Armour, Brian Stuard and Sungjae Im, the Web.com Tour Player of the Year – made the trip from South Korea to the Deep South. Armour wasn’t going to miss his first title defense. Not after waiting 41 years to lift a trophy on the PGA TOUR. “You put a lot of work in, as all of us do, and to finally reap the benefits of all that hard work and sacrifice that your wife and kids give up, not just yourself, it’s definitely gratifying,â€� he said. He shot 19-under 269 at the Country Club of Jackson to finish five shots ahead of Chesson Hadley, who was the top player on last year’s Web.com Tour. Armour made it look easy. He started Sunday with a five-shot lead, then birdied three of the first seven holes en route to a final-round 68. His path to the winner’s circle was anything but. He’d played just four seasons on TOUR before last year, finishing in the top 10 just four times. He’d considered quitting the game, especially when his trademark accuracy left him in 2012 and 2013. “I really didn’t know what I was doing, I mean, golf-wise,â€� he said. “I was hitting it so poorly. For me to start driving it off line, I mean, I can’t compete if I drive it off line.â€� Instead of hanging it up, he told instructor Jason Carbone to implement any changes necessary to make him better. Three years later, Armour won on the Web.com Tour for his first victory in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event. It came a month before his 40th birthday. “There was no light switch,â€� Armour said. “I wish I could think of this one time that something happened, but it really was a process of just being fed up with being average and going to my teacher and putting all the kind of faith in him. Saying, ‘Hey, make me better. If you want me to do something that’s going to take time, I’ll give you that time.’â€� He translated that Web.com Tour victory into a PGA TOUR card for the 2016-17 season. He finished 159th in the FedExCup, then regained his card via the Web.com Tour Finals. He finished second in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital at the same Ohio State University Golf Club where he played his college golf. He won in Mississippi just a few weeks later. His career hasn’t been the same since.

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