Although conventional thinking among golfers is to carry a 3-wood because you want to hit your fairway woods as far as possible, the fact is you’re likely doing yourself a disservice.
From tee to green he was simply dominant, ranking first in strokes gained/off the tee and first in strokes gained/approach the green picking up a combined 12 shots on the field. Scheffler also ranked second in greens in regulation.
Among the Masters more endearing traditions is its long history of handing out various awards to participants for a wide array of achievements during tournament week. Of course there are prizes for the winner, runner-up and low amateur, but the club provides cherished mementos for other accomplishments, such as crystal glasses for eagles and crystal Read more…
When Tiger Woods won the 1997 Masters, he re-wrote a good portion of the tournament’s history by breaking 20 records and tying seven others. In the ensuing 26 years, Woods has continued to match or erase marks at Augusta National with remarkable frequency—it’s what happens when you win the event five times. Although some of Read more…
After posting a first-round 65 at Augusta National on Thursday to take the early lead at the 2024 Masters, Bryson DeChambeau noted, “I put new irons in this week. I think that’s a pretty big change. And been using this new driver, 3-wood and 5-wood. So pretty much my whole bag is different since [winning Read more…
Tony Finau helped Ping design a putter. His influence was so significant that his name is on the patent for it (along with John A. Solheim and Tony Serrano, Ping’s principal putter design engineer). Wednesday at Augusta National, Serrano presented Finau with a plaque containing some of the patent details of the small-headed putter inspired Read more…
It’s said you need to play the Masters several times in order to understand the nuances of Augusta National. In the case of Tony Finau, as he prepares to play in his seventh Masters, a realization sunk in: he doesn’t need a 3-wood but could use a second driver instead. That’s right, Finau is going Read more…
In November of 2020, as the golf world prepared for an unprecedented Masters played in the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bryson DeChambeau had an interesting take on Augusta National. DeChambeau posited, “I’m looking at it as a par 67 for me because I can reach all the par 5s in two, no problem. Read more…
In the run-up to the Masters each year I spend a great deal of time sifting through the tournament’s extensive media guide. In particular, the statistics and records section, which spans 40 pages, is always of interest. In 2023 alone 14 individual records were either broken by new players or re-written by the current record Read more…
McIlroy swapped his 4-iron, going from TaylorMade’s P760 model to a prototype with a muscle cavity after a visit to TaylorMade’s test centre in Carlsbad, California.
Masters tournament founder Bobby Jones was once credited with saying, “You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank” after he was lauded for calling a penalty on himself. Problem is, nowadays, competitors aren’t always sure whether they’ve committed an infraction or not. The changes to the Rules of Golf—rewritten to help Read more…
Augusta National and the Masters is long on lore. That’s to be expected for a tournament that’s been held, save for World War II, since 1934 at the same venue—including a fan-free November Masters in 2020 courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such familiarity, along with the mystical appeal of the club itself, has lent to Read more…
If you’re a Phil Mickelson fan and into omens, then you might be rooting for Lefty to damage his driver before this year’s Masters. That’s because the last time that happened to Mickelson, it set off a wild chain of events that ultimately led to his third Masters title. Although Mickelson is far better known Read more…
Jaeger overcame mediocre driving and iron play by making up for it with a solid short game and putting – an area of his game that he has been working on.
What you need to know: Bettinardi ventures into the iron category with a pair of offerings. The MB24 irons are a muscleback blade aimed at those with mad skills while the CB24 is a slightly more forgiving iron that promotes a higher launch. Of course, both irons are forged from 1025 carbon steel. Price/Availability: $1,600 Read more…
A common mistake everyday players make is thinking of their clubs as a “set”. Instead, a better approach is to think of them as 14 individual clubs, each suited to perform a specific task. It is a mindset that contributed mightily to Peter Malnati’s win at the Valspar Championship.
It seems only fitting that at a tournament littered with colourful paint buckets that Peter Malnati, wearing a bucket hat and using a yellow golf ball, won.
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