CHARLOTTE — Scottie Scheffler has a strange kind of superpower. It’s hard to describe, because I can’t think of any other golfers who have it. The newly minted PGA Championship winner has this interesting quality where he seems more at ease when he’s leading a tournament. When he’s playing poorly—and by that I mean, somewhere Read more…
Scottie Scheffler and his longtime coach, the legendary Randy Smith, unveiled a new move at the PGA Championship this week. At least it was new to my eye, because I haven’t seen the player-coach do this before at a tournament. You can see it right here. Smith grabs hold of Scheffler’s hips and helps twist Read more…
CHARLOTTE — Admittedly, this article became a lot harder to write since I first conceived of it. Bryson DeChambeau was three back at the time I came up with this bright idea but the combination of a bogey-double bogey-par finish down the Green Mile paired with Scottie Scheffler’s par-birdie-birdie finish leaves him six back of Read more…
CHARLOTTE — The 36-hole leader of the PGA Championship works it into his practice swings routine on occasion. So do two former PGA Championship winners in the field. Two players in T-2 coming into Saturday use it during competition, to hit shots around the greens. We’re talking about gripping the club cross-handed. Rather than a Read more…
CHARLOTTE — There’s no bigger red flag than when a pitcher starts losing his fastball. In golf, we measure that by ball speed. And the signs for Max Homa in recent years haven’t been good. Homa ended the 2022 season with an average ball speed of more than 178 mph—faster than 84 percent of the Read more…
On major championship weeks, my Instagram feed is filled with golf things that I either can’t do, I shouldn’t do, or at least need to do much differently. Rory McIlroy launching high draws. Justin Thomas hitting spinny pitches. Bryson DeChambeau dialing in yardages down to the decimal point. If there is aspirational value in regular Read more…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was exactly 362 days ago that I wrote about the scourge of mudballs at the 2024 PGA Championship, and now, here we are again, talking about the same issue during the first round of the 2025 PGA Championship. Let’s run through what’s happening… Mudball Basics Quail Hollow Country Club received more Read more…
There is no good reason to suspect Luke Donald would play well at Quail Hollow this week. That is not meant to disrespect a former World No. 1, and potential future Hall of Famer. Rather to underline the gravity of the task ahead of him this week. Quail Hollow is a long golf course, with Read more…
Golf Games Explained is exactly what it sounds like. You want to mix it up and try something new for once? Well, someone has to do the thankless work of playing different golf formats and telling you if it’s worth it. You can thank me later. If you’re a hardcore gambler on the golf course, Read more…
There’s a famous stat in aviation that most airline accidents happen during takeoff or landing. The same is true for golfers. Amateur golfers are, put simply and bluntly, at their worst during their own takeoffs, which in golf terms, is getting in play safely off the tee. This was something reiterated by Arccos, who doubles Read more…
Nobody likes hitting iron shots off the heel or toe. But honestly, those aren’t as bad as you think. You know what’s really bad? Hitting the ball high and low on the clubface with your irons. Those clankers can leave you bleeding shots. Here’s why. Sports Scientist and PhD Alex Ehlert has done some really Read more…
During the 2023-’24 PGA Tour season, there were seven players who didn’t miss a single putt inside of three feet. Brendon Todd made all 808 of his attempts. What makes these guys so good from close range? For starters, they’re not afraid to hit the ball firmly. There’s nothing tentative about their strokes, whereas many Read more…
Reading the recent MythBusters story on whether you’ll hit it farther by swinging faster or by swinging more efficiently reminded me of a saying my old boss and mentor, Hank Johnson, had: “The quickest way to hit it further is to hit it solid.” I think that still holds true, and the robot data in Read more…
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