It was a quick in-and-out for the author – Monday-through-Wednesday – but still enough time to glean a few tips from the top of the sport that the rest of us can use.
Unlike the rest of us, tour pros aren’t worried about bunker shots—in fact, they often prefer them. Given that they can control the spin on short greenside bunker shots, they are often an easier shot than from the rough. The lone exception? When you get in that no man’s land, around 40 to 50 yards Read more…
There’s not much room for Xander Schauffele to improve his ball-striking, but he’s not letting that stop him. Schauffele finished third in strokes gained/approach last season and seventh the season before that. He’s inside the top 10 in SG/approach this week, and leads the tournament by one shot after 54 holes at TPC Sawgrass. His Read more…
The famed par-3 17th hole is the toast of the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, and by extension, the Players Championship. But for as spooky as that tee shot is, most players admit it’s one that comes on the next hole that is the most terrifying. On the 17th, players at least have the comfort Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Rory McIlroy was one of the first players on the course on Tuesday this week at TPC Sawgrass. The sun had barely appeared over the horizon when I caught Rory, playing alone, as he teed off on the fifth hole of his first practice round of the 2024 Players Championship. I Read more…
My favorite moment during Season 2 of Netflix’s “Full Swing” came when the interviewer asked Justin Thomas how he evaluated his performance last season, shortly after missing the FedEx Cup playoffs. Thomas took a long, deep breath, looked off into the distance and thought. He paused for a moment, then offered his verdict. “Sh—y,” he Read more…
It was the combination of scrapping using an alignment line, and adopting a putter with enhanced alignment features, that landed Scheffler in the sweet spot.
Australian Golf Digest
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