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January 13th, 2025

Nick Taylor emerges an unlikely playoff winner in the Sony Open in Hawaii

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January 13th, 2025

This wild stat shows just how slim the chances were of Nick Taylor winning the Sony Open

Nick Taylor, standing on the 18th tee today at the Sony Open in Hawaii, essentially had no shot to win, according to computations from Data Golf. Forty-five minutes later he had captured his fifth PGA Tour victory.

January 13th, 2025

The clubs Nick Taylor used to win the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii

Taylor ranked fourth in strokes gained/approach the green as well as fourth in greens in regulation with his Titleist T100 irons. He was solid on the greens as well, ranking ninth in putts per green in regulation with his venerable TaylorMade Spider Tour Red putter.

January 13th, 2025

Odyssey Ai-One Silver, Ai-One Mini Jailbird, Ai-One Milled Silver putters: What you need to know

As the names suggest, these new offerings feature all the innovative performance featured in Odyssey’s Ai-One and Ai-One Milled line-ups.

January 13th, 2025

Jordan Doull wins Webex Players Series Perth in playoff

West Australian Jordan Doull won the inaugural Webex Players Series Perth hosted by Minjee and Min Woo Lee at the second playoff hole at Royal Fremantle Golf Club.

January 13th, 2025

‘I kinda went nuts’: Why a made cut was such a big deal to this new PGA Tour rookie

January 12th, 2025

Jordan Spieth talks swing changes since surgery and plans for return

Spieth is looking to smooth out some swing issues that contributed to frequent wrist issues over the past several years.

January 12th, 2025

Mike Davis retired from the USGA, and now he’s helping to build one of the most important new courses in the world

During his tenure as executive director and CEO of the USGA, Mike Davis had the fortune of playing and studying most of the great golf courses in the United States. For over 30 years he traveled the country to explore potential tournament sites for the 15-20 events the USGA organizes each year, and Davis’ job Read more…

January 11th, 2025

Spurned young pro says LIV Golf didn’t deliver much for him besides money

With no opportunity to play for one year on the PGA Tour after his last LIV event, Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra is a man without a home tour at the moment.

January 11th, 2025

Brooks Koepka’s 3-iron has undergone a shocking transformation

Nike has been out of the golf hard-goods game for eight-plus years, but that hasn’t stopped some of the biggest names in the sport from keeping the Swoosh relevant at the highest level of professional golf.

Here’s who Tiger Woods’ teammates will be for TGL Week 2

Hideki Matsuyama sends driver flying into gallery with first signature club drop of the year

Callaway new ERC Soft, Supersoft, Chrome Tour Triple Diamond balls: What you need to know

The PGA Tour’s best putter has switched . . . putters? He explains

Mizuno M.Craft X putters: What you need to know

PGA Tour monitoring Los Angeles fires with Riviera stop scheduled in four weeks

January 10th, 2025

Watch Hideki Matsuyama (unintentionally!) hit his ball through an 8-inch gap in palm trees

Hideki Matsuyama isn’t lighting up Waialae Country Club at the Sony Open like he did Kapalua last week en route to winning The Sentry with a record 35-under-par total. But he did hit one of the most amazing shots you’ll see on the PGA Tour. This one, however, was clearly unintentional. The 32-year-old from Japan Read more…

January 10th, 2025

What we got wrong about Grayson Murray

When Grayson Murray won the 2024 Sony Open in a playoff for his first PGA Tour victory in seven years, it was against the backdrop of a player more known for his public missteps than his performance. It was only after he was gone that I was introduced to the true man behind the headlines. Read more…

January 10th, 2025

Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii

This week marks the PGA Tour’s second event of the season, but first full-field tournament at it remains in Hawaii for the Sony Open. Taking the flight from Maui to Honolulu was Hideki Matsuyama, the record-setting victor from The Sentry last week at Kapalua. The 32-year-old from Japan shot an eye-popping 35-under-par total for four Read more…

January 10th, 2025

Fan makes hole-in-one over Bryson DeChambeau’s house on fifth(!) attempt to win $160,000(!!) prize

Bryson went even more nuts than when he made the same hole-in-one himself.

January 10th, 2025

TaylorMade New Releases for 2025

Looking to learn what you need to know about the latest new products from TaylorMade? These handy thumbnails will keep you up to date on the company’s new releases across all club and ball catetgories. TaylorMade Qi35 Drivers: The TaylorMade Qi35 family of drivers (Qi35, Qi35 Max, Qi35 Max Lite and Qi35 LS) stretch driver Read more…

January 10th, 2025

Cleveland New Releases for 2025

Looking to learn what you need to know about the latest new products from Cleveland? These handy thumbnails will keep you up to date on the company’s new releases across all club and ball catetgories. Cleveland RTZ wedges: Designed using an all-new Z-Alloy material, Cleveland’s RTZ wedge is unlike anything in the marketplace. The specialized Read more…

Rank	Team Name	Total	Score
1	RIPPER GC	-11	277
T2	4ACES GC	-8	280
T2	IRON HEADS GC	-8	280
4	LEGION XIII	-6	282
5	STINGER GC	-15	273
6	FIREBALLS GC	-14	274
T7	CRUSHERS GC	-2	286
T7	HYFLYERS GC	-2	286
9	MAJESTICKS GC	-5	283
10	TORQUE GC	-4	284
11	CLEEKS GC	-1	287
12	RANGEGOATS GC	+4	292
13	SMASH GC	+12	300

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