It’s official: Curtis Luck is Masters-bound. The West Australian amateur star is among the recipients of 2017 Masters Tournament invitations, which were sent from Augusta National Golf Club last week.
Generating forward roll as soon as possible has been a primary goal of putter makers for years, with manufacturers employing several different methods in an attempt to achieve that. Odyssey today unveiled another tool aimed at that very goal, using what it calls “microhinge technology” in its new line of O-Works putters.
Hideki Matsuyama, with four wins in his previous five starts, might have arrived in Maui as the hottest player in golf, but the one guy he can’t beat is Justin Thomas.
The US PGA Tour’s Tournament of Champions at Kapalua in Maui is already unique for a couple reasons. It’s always the first event of the calendar year and it’s the only tournament that only features winners from the previous season.
After going 16 months without teeing it up in a tournament, Tiger Woods plans to play four times during an early five-week stretch in 2017. What a difference a year makes.
Two weeks after the Ryder Cup, Patrick Reed was still exhausted. Going 3-0-1 over three days at Hazeltine National to help lead the US to a victory – highlighted by his emotionally charged slugfest over Rory McIlory in Sunday singles – had taken everything out of the 26-year-old. The results in Reed’s next two starts were predictable if not understandable. He finished 51st in Malaysia and T-60 the following week in China.
The 2017 calendar is on the wall and the resolutions set (surely to be scuppered within weeks), but what’s in store for the year in golf? On the eve of the first US PGA Tour event of 2017, here are nine compelling questions with pending answers this season.
It’s official, Tiger Woods will make his 2017 US PGA Tour debut at the Farmers Insurance Open. The tournament, which runs from January 26-29, announced news of the 14-time major champ committing to the field this morning in a press release.
What constitutes a long drive? For most golfers, they turn to the TV for context. Sadly, the bombs produced by Dustin Johnson and Jason Day aren’t realistic standards (even for most pros). Moreover, despite the advances in technology and fitness, 300 yards remains a desired and hallowed target, mainly for one reason: most golfers can’t come close to sniffing that distance.
Callaway’s Great Big Bertha Epic drivers already have Rory McIlroy’s attention. And one reason just might be a design theory that’s contrary to the conventional wisdom.
Jason Day has acknowledged the gravity of his back injury, telling media in Hawaii on the eve of his return to tournament golf that he may need to shorten his swing as a precaution.
Sydney’s Kogarah Golf Club is investigating a potential relocation so up to 5,000 new homes and a new FIFA-approved stadium can be built on its present site under a $100 million proposal.
Jay Monahan is starting his first week as the US PGA Tour’s new commissioner, and he’s not wasting any time getting to work. According to an interview with the Wall Street Journal, one of his proposals involves a major reshuffling of the schedule.
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