Smith speaks about the new Titleist Pro V1x ball he recently put in play, why he carries a 7-wood in his bag and the retro set of clubs and balls he plans to play a round with at TPC Sawgrass.
It wasn’t quite the green jacket, but a congratulatory text message from cricket legend Shane Warne was Cameron Smith’s consolation prize after finishing runner-up to Dustin Johnson at the Masters on Monday morning.
Reflecting on the 2020 Masters, last year’s Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne looks like an event that’s still growing in significance historically as a turning point for things to come.
The mechanical hum that periodically emanates from several grates on the course are not proof that the tournament is a Matrix-like simulation created by green-jacketed aliens. Instead, the grates provide ventilation for Augusta National’s extensive subterranean turf-conditioning system.
The long-time swing instructor watched with great satisfaction from his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, as his top pupil, Paul Casey, carved up the rain-softened course with a bogey-free, seven-under-par 65.
While it’s preposterous to even think someone would record the first 59 in Major championship history this week, the current low mark of 62 isn’t out of the question.
It’s a conversation that has been amplified in 2020, partially due to the R&A and USGA’s Distance Insights Project but mostly because of Bryson DeChambeau.
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