SOUTHPORT, England— Ludvig Aberg’s preparation for the Open got off to an inauspicious start. In a walk-and-talk with Open Championship media at Royal Birkdale Tuesday morning, Aberg relayed that he had some travel difficulties arriving to the United Kingdom earlier this month. For starters, his bag was lost for three days. Not necessarily an uncommon Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Newly-crowned PGA champion Aaron Rai is used to long journeys, having grown up in the West Midlands of England. From the middle of the country, he had to drive several hours to watch the Open Championship as a fan at venues along England’s and Scotland’s coastlines. But he had no qualms setting Read more…
The super-game-improvement is the purest expression of what the game-improvement category was built to be. Oversized heads, generous soles, deep low centers of gravity and faces engineered to keep the ball on target. This recipe is for golfers who are learning the game and/or need help achieving playable impact. To be clear, the 2026 super-game-improvement Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England— Matt Fitzpatrick joined the growing chorus of players concerned about the impact gambling is having on crowd behavior. Wyndham Clark’s treatment on Sunday at Shinnecock, where the eventual U.S. Open champion faced repeated issues of jeers and heckling, has been the latest flashback regarding the deterioration of fan etiquette. There were a number Read more…
Royal Birkdale returns to golf’s grandest stage to host the 154th Open Championship, welcoming the world’s elite for the 11th time. Renowned for its iconic white Art Deco clubhouse and dramatic towering dunes, the Southport venue is universally respected as one of the purest and fairest examinations in championship golf. Unlike traditional links layouts that Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Aldrich Potgieter came in third in the Last Chance Qualifier on Monday morning, but later in the afternoon he found his way into the field of the 154th Open Championship anyway. That’s because South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen announced he was withdrawing from the championship at Royal Birkdale, opening a spot for Potgieter, Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — With respect to the 2015 Masters and U.S. Open, the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale was the magnum opus in Jordan Spieth’s borderline artistic career. Much like Spieth himself, Royal Birkdale looks a lot different nine years later. MORE: Royal Birkdale looks like it’ll run firm and fast thsi week His Read more…
The assorted tales of bad bounces in golf could double as campfire ghost stories. There’s Joe Daley at Q School in 2000, whose bogey putt dropped into the dead center of the 17th hole, but then improbably ricocheted off the bottom of the cup and popped out. Daley ended up missing his PGA Tour card Read more…
This might be one of the stranger superstitions to uphold if William Mouw buys into what happened to his putting in the second round of the ISCO Championship on Friday. Mouw, the tournament’s defending champion, only made 50 feet of putts in Thursday’s opening round and ranked 116th in the field in strokes gained on Read more…
Well, we’re somehow already at the final men’s major of the calendar year. And so far, we’ve seen Rory McIlroy, Aaron Rai and Wyndham Clark win at Augusta, Aronimink and Shinnecock Hills, respectively. This is one more chance for Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and the best golfers in the world to add to their already Read more…
For decades, the game-improvement iron category has offered golfers the equivalent of a bowling lane with bumpers. Whether you’re new to the game or simply don’t have enough time to groove your swing, it’s always nice to know the mishit protection is generous and you’ll see plenty of distance, regardless of impact location. These irons Read more…
For golfers, not all sunglasses are created equal—and the difference from the appropriate to inappropriate can cost you strokes, not to mention eye issues. Here’s what you need to know:If you don’t like wearing sunglasses while you play, especially when you putt, it’s probably because the lenses and frames weren’t designed with golfers in mind. Read more…
Welcome back to another edition of The Feed, where we begin with the controversy surrounding YGT … yes, already. The YGT Apology Tour Late last week, the much-hyped Your Golf Tour—the new upstart YouTube creator circuit helmed by Grant Horvat and the Bryan Bros—premiered its inaugural episodes. The matches came and went over the holiday Read more…
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