[ad_1] Most will agree that traveling for golf ranks relatively low on the list of things that are most important right now, but it’s a missing part of many golfers’ summers in 2020. Even still, some were not deterred this summer, making either local golf trips or shifting to locations that were open with some […]
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[ad_1] Tiger Woods has won golf tournaments all around the world, in all types of conditions, on all sorts of courses. But there’s one style of golf that he prefers more than any other. “If Tiger could, he’d play most tournaments like he’s playing at St. Andrews all the time.” That checks out—Woods has won
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[ad_1] A travel-sized hand sanitizer is a great way to protect yourself from germs on the golf course. Many companies have stepped up to produce hand sanitizers that not only are effective on eliminating germs but have fresh scents, easy-to-apply formulas and is made from a formula that won’t leave your hands with a greasy
[ad_1] Even though Lululemon isn’t a golf-specific brand, the company’s comfortable, performance-ready clothes are gaining a ton of popularity with golfers. That trend will continue with a new pair of women’s golf pants released by Lululemon. The men’s Lululemon ABC Pant ($128) has become an essential in many golfers’ wardrobes for its sweat-pant-like comfort with
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[ad_1] These days on tour, hitting up on the ball is all the rage. In an effort to optimize launch conditions and increase carry distances, players are teeing the ball up higher than ever and sending balls soaring to 150-plus-foot apexes. Tiger Woods prefers to go about it a different way with his self-titled “slap
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[ad_1] Over the past few years TaylorMade has assembled one of the most impressive tour staffs seen in golf, with Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm (each of whom have reached No. 1 in the world during their time with the company) as well as Jason Day, Collin Morikawa, Matthew Wolff and Rickie Fowler
[ad_1] The new Srixon Soft Feel, the 12th generation of the company’s two-piece ball whose primary attribute has long been thought to be evidenced by its name, is staking a fresh claim toward distance now, too. Long about the relatively soft compression of its core, the new Soft Feel employs the latest update to the
Srixon Soft Feel’s 12th generation adds distance through core technology | Equipment Read More »
[ad_1] Just five days before the start of the 2003 U.S. Open at Olympia Fields C.C., Dave Billings, president of Dogleg Right Golf, received a startling piece of news from the USGA: The backweighted Superline putter his company made—and Jim Furyk used—had been ruled nonconforming by the USGA. That sent Furyk scrambling to Bettinardi Golf’s
[ad_1] “It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears. It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears.” Yes, these are the lyrics to “It’s a Small World,” but it’s also the mantra to the Disney-fied NBA Playoffs that are underway in the Orlando Bubble. Just in the opening round, we’ve seen upsets
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[ad_1] It’s an awesome feeling when you drive it great, stripe your irons, hole a bunch of putts and post a score in the low 70s. But if you want to do that regularly, you’re going to have to rely on more than just solid ball-striking and a hot putter. All good players have a
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[ad_1] Golf is not a game of perfect. This is not new information. For decades, the world’s best players and instructors have preached the same mantra: that golf is all about minimizing the damage from your bad shots, not relying on your good ones. Tiger Woods subscribes to this approach. Perhaps the greatest player in
Tiger Woods’ measure of greatness? Hint: It’s not about your best shots | Instruction Read More »
[ad_1] The G425 was put on the conforming list this week, and a Ping spokesman said the driver would be available for some LPGA of Japan players at this week’s Nitori Ladies tournament. The club is expected to be introduced to the Asian market in the coming weeks, but there is no official word on
[ad_1] For those who think the counterfeit business in golf clubs has dried up and gone dark, guess again. A raid in China just turned up 120,000 phony golf products, the largest counterfeit golf equipment seizure in history. The raid was the result of the joint efforts of the U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group
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[ad_1] When Phil Mickelson, a user of classic blade putters his whole career, started putting with an oversize mallet late last year, it was an indication that even for the most ardent blade proponent, the mallet’s benefits are too real to ignore. Luke Williams, Odyssey’s senior director of product, says Mickelson’s switch to a modern
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[ad_1] Countless times during his career, a Tiger Woods shot has summoned a familiar reaction among everyday golfers: Man, I’d love to be able to hit a shot like that. Granted, there are elements of Woods’ greatness that elude even his closest competitors, never mind those of us who pay to play. But what’s still
[ad_1] “Strokes gained’ statistics have become foundational on the PGA Tour for assessing player performance and improvement, yet for most average golfers it remains a mystery. Not merely is it hard for average golfers to understand it without memorizing Every Shot Counts, the 250-page seminal work on the subject by Columbia business professor Mark Broadie,
[ad_1] Most golfers love variety. As long as a golf course is well-maintained, most of us are happy to explore the game in different variations and locations: old expressions and new; public and private; in deserts, mountains and prairies; at parkland courses in cities as well as bare, windswept courses near a coast. Part of
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[ad_1] In 1965, the great Dan Jenkins picked an All-Star team of golf holes for Sports Illustrated, The Best 18 Golf Holes in America, selected by a committee of one, although he allowed Ben Hogan a nod or two. What set Jenkins’ list apart from other pretenders was a self-imposed restriction. His All-Star team, he
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[ad_1] With truncated schedules across golf, basketball and hockey, it seems like there is a playoff happening every time you flip on TV—and there probably is. While the first round of the NBA playoffs commences in Orlando and the NHL is split between Edmonton and Toronto to battle for the Stanley Cup, the PGA Tour’s
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[ad_1] It may not be well understood by the average struggling golfer, but designing golf clubs to combat bad swings, off-center hits, and wildly slicing sidespin is no casual pursuit. In fact, in many cases, says Callaway’s senior vice president of research and development Alan Hocknell, it’s much more challenging to help average golfers gain
