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Your golf ball plays a massive role in helping you shoot your lowest scores.    If the ball is too firm, you won’t get enough spin and will have trouble shaping shots. If it’s too soft, you might get way too much spin on approach shots and suffer from some big misses off the tee.…

When most golfers think of the home of golf, St. Andrews is pretty much the first track that comes to mind.   But if St. Andrews is the home of golf, who is the father of golf?    Is it Jack Nicklaus? Tiger Woods? Arnold Palmer?   Or someone else…   Surprisingly enough, it’s not…

Match fixing has been around as long as bookies have been in business. For some, the chance at a huge payout outweighs the potential consequences should they be caught throwing the game. After all, big stakes means BIG money. There have been many infamous incidents in major sports throughout history.   Members of the Chicago…

TIME ZONES SUCK     That said, British golf will always be the best.   For a sport that so often is played on manicured lawns and palm-lined fairways—to see pros battling the elements in dingy conditions and looking miserable, it gives me an odd sense of pride. Yeah, that’s f*****n’ golf they’re playing.

Here’s the deal, golf lessons can be great. If you take them from a reputable club pro, you may learn a lot about swing mechanics, the plane of your swing, tempo, swing speed and even impact position. However, lessons don’t tell you how to look at a golf hole and assess the risk vs. reward.…

Rick Shiels is here to prove once again why so many golfers look to him for advice on their golf game. From beginner to wannabe pros, Sheils offers something for everyone. In the video below, he shows off the best shot he ever had.

Whether you know it or not, your golf bag and clubs speak volumes about you as a player.   After playing for 20 plus years, I can pretty much look at someone’s bag on the range and guess their handicap before watching them take a swing. Needless to say, first impressions on the golf course…

Depending on how you look at it, golf can be either the greatest or the worst sport ever.   If you are a golfer, it is the greatest game created. All you need to put you in a good mood is a little time on the course. You basically have to love the sport to…

One of the more difficult challenges about the U.S. Open is just how thick the rough can get. With the brutally tall grass lining the course, the pros definitely have their work cut out for them if they are unfortunate enough to land in it. It’s one of the things that makes for tough competition…

Ever since his crash in February, fans have been anxious to see Tiger Woods back in golf news.   Due to the severity of his injuries, there wasn’t much of a chance at seeing him in the field of competitors. However, many were holding out hope that Tiger may somehow be involved the U.S. Open…

Back in July 2020, when the pandemic was in full swing, players that tested positive were allowed to continue to play at the RBC Heritage Classic. Granted there were no fans, granted they were grouped together, granted we know much more about the virus now than we did then…However, Could there have been another option…

Rickie Fowler, during Thursday’s first round of the Memorial, birdied the par-4 2nd at Muirfield Village after hitting his approach, from 186 yards out, to 20 feet.   He birdied the par-4 6th after hitting his approach there, from 161 yards out, to 9 feet.   Fowler birdied the par-5 9th after hitting his second…