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Joaquin Niemann: How I control iron shots from the rough
Even the most accurate guys on the PGA Tour are missing fairways on at least 25 percent of their tee shots. That means we all have to know how to hit good approach shots out of the rough. Part of it is recognizing how the ball is going to come out based on the lie. Read more…
How Dustin Johnson rediscovered his iron game
My iron play in 2019 wasn’t as good as I wanted, so after the surgery on my left knee at the end of the season, I worked on getting my ball-striking back to where it was a few years ago. I think a lot of golfers can relate to dealing with the ups and downs Read more…
How Dustin Johnson rediscovered his iron game
My iron play in 2019 wasn’t as good as I wanted, so after the surgery on my left knee at the end of the season, I worked on getting my ball-striking back to where it was a few years ago. I think a lot of golfers can relate to dealing with the ups and downs Read more…
Joaquin Niemann: How I control iron shots from the rough
Even the most accurate guys on the PGA Tour are missing fairways on at least 25 percent of their tee shots. That means we all have to know how to hit good approach shots out of the rough. Part of it is recognizing how the ball is going to come out based on the lie. Read more…
Cobra’s new Air-X woods and irons: What you need to know
Cobra debuts the latest version of its Air-X line of clubs, including drivers, fairway woods, hybrids and irons designed with lighter weights to appeal to more moderate swing speeds.
Ryder Cup 2023: Does have a pairing that plays the same ball really matter in foursomes?
Isn’t it best to pair players who use the same ball? As it turns out, it has proven of little actual value in generating success in foursomes play.
Ryder Cup 2023: 9 interesting things we learned this week from Europe and U.S. player interviews
ROME — Over the course of two days, 24 players sat on the relative hot seat in the Ryder Cup interview room. They were mostly insightful, enthusiastic, introspective, rarely touchy and, most welcomed of all, sometimes hilarious. These guys are the most sought-after interviews in the game, and they can sometimes switch into auto-response mode. Read more…
Stop playing swing and start playing golf
How the U.S. Champion reversed a path to self-destruction.
Ryder Cup 2023: All 24 players competing at Marco Simone, ranked
By name it is an exhibition, for there is no money or ranking points to be had, and it’s intended to be a showcase of the game and, by extension, a match of goodwill. But anyone who’s played in it, been around it, experienced it, understands the Ryder Cup transcends such simple constraints, because players Read more…
PXG 0317 T irons: What you need to know
What you need to know: Better players have different demands than the rest of us when it comes to irons. Although no one wants to hit it short, they’ll sacrifice a couple yards for better distance control and a tighter dispersion. And while most everyday players benefit from less spin to reduce wayward shots, those Read more…
Today’s 7-irons have the lofts of yesterday’s 4-irons. Is this really a good thing?
While the industry has fully embraced iron lofts that in some cases are two and three clubs stronger than they were a generation ago, making them work for you ultimately requires re-thinking the make-up of your iron set.
Jason Day says his wife told him to keep on playing if she goes into labour with child No.5
Jason Day is trying to avoid looking too far into numbers this week at the Tour Championship, the FedEx Cup season finale.
The surprising reason you should be playing more from forward tees
What I found is that a shorter course changes the game not only in the type of shots you hit, but the targets you take.
TaylorMade P·790 irons (2023): What you need to know
TaylorMade’s fourth-generation P·790 irons continue the trend of bringing high-speed face flexing and a progressive approach to forgiveness across the full set in the guise of compact shaping that better players prefer as much as those aspiring to be better players.
Billy Horschel says he might have gone a couple years with his irons at the wrong specs
Billy Horschel needs a very high finish at this weekend’s Wyndham Championship just to make the FedEx Cup Playoffs this year. Turns out, an equipment alteration might have been made just in time to save his season.
Titleist T-Series irons (T100, T150, T200, T350): What you need to know
Titleist’s biennial iron launch includes four models in ascending order of how much help they provide the user, but this time with a renewed emphasis on improved feel.
Callaway Apex Pro series irons: What you need to know
With three new irons in the Apex Pro series (Apex Pro, Apex CB and Apex MB), Callaway refocuses its efforts on the distinct demands of elite players.
US Women’s Open players face a test at Pebble Beach that they’ve rarely seen
In setting up how Pebble Beach will play this week for the first US Women’s Open held on the famed links, USGA senior director of championships Shannon Rouillard would be perfectly happy to have a winning score that resembles those that the men have recorded in recent majors here.
Amy Olson, seven months pregnant, is playing for more than herself at Pebble Beach
The attention will be about how Olson feels; how she can possibly swing and putt with her belly literally growing by the day. But let’s not forget or underplay how Olson got here. That’s the truly remarkable part of the story.
