Ariya Jutanugarn has made playing without a driver fashionable. And as you might expect from someone who has 12 clubs that are irons or wedges in her bag, it was those clubs that propelled her to her second major title at the US Women’s Open.
Viewed by some as a better, simpler way to play and by others as a gimmick, DeChambeau’s Cobra utility irons, King Forged irons and King wedges all are 37.5 inches in length, about that of a 7-iron.
DeChambeau said this week at the Memorial Tournament was the best he had putted since his US Amateur victory in 2015. So it was fitting that when he needed to hole a 10-footer for birdie to earn his second career US PGA Tour title in a playoff, he poured it in, defeating South Korea’s Byeong Hun An on the second extra hole.
As part of its commitment not only to the domestic Vision 2025, the sport’s governing body has sent this note to The R&A this week to signify its desire for action as part of the international Women in Golf Charter.
Muirfield Village, the site of his first victory in 2014, proved to be the slump buster Matsuyama needed, as he carded a seven-under 65 highlighted by a five-hole stretch of six-under par on his final nine