If you’ve followed the American junior golf circuit over the past couple years at all, you’ve probably heard the name Miles Russell. If you haven’t, this is name golf fans might want to learn. Quickly.
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We often focus on the shots that we don’t have on a given day and not the ones we do. It’s a concept that sports psychologist Dr Bhrett McCabe calls capability versus capacity, and it is key difference between us and the pros.
Gordon Sargent, the world’s top-ranked amateur golfer, announced on Thursday that he’ll be returning to Vanderbilt for his senior season. It was a decision that thrilled his teammates and coaches, but surprised others. After all, Sargent had already earned his PGA Tour card for the rest of this season and next year. Was he really Read more…
I first met Stephen Malbon 10 years ago at golf’s annual PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. I had attended enough of them to know the unofficial dress code for men: navy blazer, tie, khakis and the most deceptively comfortable dress shoes you could find for traipsing the harshly carpeted miles between appointments on the convention Read more…
When we opened our store, Malbon Golf, on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles in 2017, we were warned that golf was a dying sport, that a golf boutique in this location was never going to work. But we are each stubborn and headstrong and trusted that more people like us would see the future of Read more…
The season isn’t half over, but Keith Mitchell wins Golf Digest’s Best Dressed of 2024. If the PGA Tour created such an award, you can bet it’d be remunerative. (Sorry, Cashmere Keith, but our editorial team doesn’t have outsize “financial reserves” to play with, so all you got was this photoshoot.) Now in his seventh Read more…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — It has become a pressing, even annoying question: What do we make of the 20 percent decline year-over-year in CBS’ final-round ratings for the 2024 Masters? Sports Business Journal reported on Tuesday that the network drew 9.58 million viewers on Sunday. It was the lowest viewership since Hideki Matsuyama’s 2021 win Read more…
Maybe you think golf needs another league like a Pro V1 to the head. As the pro-golf schism has pressed into its third year, the furor has turned to fatigue, TV ratings plummeting faster than LIV pros’ OWGR rankings. Meanwhile, TGL remains a 3D rendering on the simulator horizon line as its biggest benefactors struggle Read more…
HILTON HEAD — On Monday, the day after his top-five finish at the Masters, Max Homa needed something to do on his drive from Augusta to Hilton Head, where he’ll play in this week’s RBC Heritage. He called some friends, reminisced on what he might have done better over the weekend, and then did something Read more…
If they gave out gold medals for the latest wrist set in modern golf, Jake Knapp would take home the gold, says his longtime swing coach John Ortega. Knapp’s wrists don’t fully hinge until the club nears the top of his backswing, which is one reason why his club runs well past parallel. So just Read more…
No. 12 at Augusta National gets a lot of credit for creating drama and dashing dreams at the Masters. But on Sunday of the 2024 Masters, it was No. 11 that saw two crucial shots end up in the water. Both Collin Morikawa and Ludvig Aberg were in the fairway off the tee, but saw Read more…