[Photo: Ross Flannigan/Australian Golf Digest] Adam Scott and Cameron Smith played a practice on a balmy Tuesday evening at Royal Troon. The two Queenslanders might be 14 years apart in age, but they’re both chasing the same thing: major championship win No.2. And both hope it comes at this week’s 152nd Open Championship. Fresh off Read more…
Among the many great teachings from performance gurus Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott, here’s one every golfer should take to heart: “One of the most important things of which to be aware in golf is to know how you are when you are great.” In other words, recognize how you’re feeling when you’re playing well, Read more…
Last year in the first round at the British Open, Rory McIlroy was greenside in two shots at the par-5 finishing hole, yet five minutes later he fist-pumped a 10-foot par save. Why? McIlroy was nestled under the lip of one of Royal Liverpool’s nasty bunkers. He tried to play out sideways and failed. His Read more…
Scotty Cameron takes his inspiration from many areas. In the case of his latest creation, the B3 Triple Black Design LTD putters, he was motivated by convertible car culture
TROON, Scotland—You can see it from halfway across the golf course. Not the Postage Stamp—that’s far too small—but the set of steps leading down to it. There are 45 of them in all, meandering down from a tee box that sits almost 30 feet above the green it’s pointed towards. It’s perhaps the most overlooked Read more…
Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we had plenty of time to reflect on our latest close call at the HGGA Championship, AKA my annual buddies trip, while driving the family home from North Carolina. On the bright side, French Lick Resort (I went from there to NC to meet the fam after Read more…
TROON, Scotland — In the aftermath of Rory McIlroy’s painful loss at the U.S. Open, the Northern Irishman received a plethora of encouraging texts and voice mails from family, friends, even the media. Among them was one from Tiger Woods, who reached out a few days afterward. “I just sent him a nice text. That Read more…
Here’s the corrected version with spelling and grammar errors fixed: TROON, Scotland—If you’re reading this article from the United States, the greens at your home course probably roll about the same as the greens the pros will putt on at Royal Troon this week. That’s not an insult, by the way. The grass is simply Read more…
We all have family heirlooms. Maybe a set of opulent pearl earrings, Beanie Babies from the late ‘90s or blurry photos of our great-great-great-grandparents. Very few of us have a signed 1934 Augusta National Invitation Tournament badge (it wasn’t even officially called the Masters yet!) in our house, gathering dust and waiting to break nearly Read more…
TROON, Scotland — Tiger Woods explained that he turned down the chance to captain the United States Ryder Cup team because he felt it would be a “disservice” to the American players and the event. Woods, 48, had long been the prohibitive favorite to helm the red, white and blue for the 2025 match at Read more…
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