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Tiger Got His Incredible Edge From This Game Changer

Tiger Woods’ 2000 season will go down as one of the greatest in the history of the sport. Three consecutive major wins. Nine worldwide victories. An astounding 17 top 10 finishes in 20 starts. A scoring average that was nearly three shots better than the Tour average. And the list goes on and on. Woods was in…
Rahm Ends Remarkable Streak, Spieth’s Wild Ride, & Hovland Turns Heads

Cameron Young broke the 36-hole scoring record for the Genesis Invitational, a pretty big deal considering the annual PGA Tour stop at Riviera dates back nearly a century. There’s just one slightly disappointing part about the 24-year-old’s first two days: He’s not even leading the golf tournament. That’s because 23-year-old Joaquin Niemann broke that record as…
Check Out These Insane Club Distances from a 6’9″ European Tour Pro

If you haven’t heard of James Hart du Preez, now’s your chance to get in the know. At 6’9″, the 26-year-old South African is tough to miss, and after making his PGA Tour debut at the American Express in January, he’s itching to continue to test his talents on Tour — and his prodigious driving distance…
Schauffele’s Thorny Encounter with a Cactus

Welcome to the desert, Xander Schauffele! During the first round of the WM Phoenix Open Thursday, Schauffele had yanked his tee shot left on the par-4 6th, and when he found his ball, it was safely just outside of a prickly cactus. Or so he thought. Schauffele took his stance over the ball, his back to…
Here’s When First Tee Excuses are Acceptable – Golf Ettiquette

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” — George Washington That pearl of wisdom from the age of wooden teeth and wooden woods remains as apt today as ever. There’s no excuse for poor excuses. Not at work. Not at home. And never, ever on the first tee. You’ve probably heard them all.…
Weekly Breakdown: Rory’s contentious decision, Torrey Pines props, and shaky putting

Welcome back to the Weekly Breakdown, where we’re wondering if Tom Brady is getting out now to give himself a few years to get ready for the Champions Tour… Let’s get to it! FIRST GROUP OFF Torrey Pines. There is a contingent of diehard golf fans who have a notably complex relationship with Torrey Pines. There…
Daniel Berger Plans to use His 11-Year Old Irons to Win at Pebble Beach

Despite all the technological advances in golf equipment, Daniel Berger still uses TaylorMade MC irons he fell in love with when they were first released in 2011 while he was in high school. They’ve certainly worked. The world No. 16 has won four PGA Tour titles, his most recent coming in last year’s AT&T Pebble Beach…
More Golf Today’s Top 3 Favorite Puma Golf Shoes

A pair of PUMA Golf Shoes, as worn by PGA Tour players Bryson DeChambeau and Rickie Fowler, is without a doubt one of the best value premium golf shoes available on the market in 2022. Price reductions on the sports giant’s popular IGNITE FASTEN8 Pro shoes, which have been reduced, have been made possible by…
Our Bold & Weird Predictions for the 2022 Season

If you’d told me at the beginning of 2021 that Phil Mickelson would win more majors than Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka (as well as roughly 7.9 billion other people) combined, I’d have waved you off. Same if you’d told me that Tiger Woods wouldn’t play a single PGA Tour event,…
Insane Cart Path Bounce Helps Golfer Capture Title at Torrey Pines

Add one more quirky circumstance to the lore of the 18th hole of the Torrey Pines South Course: the cart-path bounce. Tied for the lead with Tim O’Neal as they stood on the 18th tee on Sunday in the APGA’s Farmers Insurance Invitational, Patrick Newcomb hit his worst drive of the day, way right of…
This Pro Perfectly Executed ‘Phil Mickelson’s’ over-your-head shot

Santiago Tarrio, on Sunday on the par-3 17th at Yas Links, hit his tee shot into a right greenside bunker, and we’ll stop it right there. What was to come next may best be described by the shot’s innovator. Take it away, Phil Mickelson. “The backward shot. This shot is fun.” Sure is. It’s a film-a-tutorial-on-how-to-hit-it…
A PGA Tour wedding, a football-TIGER crossover & Golf Twitter Beef

Hello friends! It’s time for another edition of the Weekend Report. I’m feeling really good this week because I’m officially on the way to becoming a Football Gal™️. I grew up “watching” the Patriots and Boston College football, but never really paid attention. Last week, I made it my goal to finally start to understand…