It’s 2024, which marks a clean slate to fix the various things in our golf game that we’re not happy with. The list can get long in a hurry, but where’s the best place to start?
Chinese Taipei’s Chuan-Tai Lin and China’s Wenyi Ding shared the 36-hole lead at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on a day when Royal Melbourne’s fickle breezes brought many rounds undone. Chinese-Taipei’s ‘Teddy’ Lin fired the day’s lowest score, a 4-under 67 that catapulted him into a tie for the lead. He credited his caddie, a Royal Melbourne member, Read more…
You need stable legs to make a powerful swing, but lower-body stability doesn’t require hours in the gym doing Olympic lifts or other complicated exercises. You can build a sturdy platform to swing from in your lounge room.
There are some common themes that arise in Bobby Jones’ teachings of the golf swing: The importance of the golfer remaining tension-free during the swing. The role of the trail arm (which is the right arm for most golfers) and why it should stay close to your side on the downswing. The importance of shifting Read more…
Things like this don’t win and lose Ryder Cups. It’s just a minor nuisance for the US Team, and a subtle perk for Europe. A charming and clever piece of home team gamesmanship.
How do players navigate the terrifying task of hitting a golf ball, with millions of people watching and feeling more nervous than you’ve ever been? Just ask Justin Rose…
ROME — You won’t see players on opposing sides agreeing on much this week, especially with the contest officially underway. Yet cruising around the grounds this week, there’s one exception: A VISIO practice mat training aid, which has been littered around the Marco Simone Golf Club and used religiously by players on both sides. By Read more…
ROME — The youngest player at Marco Simone Golf Club this week isn’t Ludvig Aberg, who was picked for the Ryder Cup team despite only turning pro in the summer. Nor is it any player on the American side. It’s Nicolai Hojgaard, the 22 year-old European Tour rising star who earned Captain Luke Donald’s 12th Read more…
ROME — It was a big call for European captain Luke Donald to pick Ludvig Aberg at the expense of another, more experienced player. For most players, becoming the first player in Ryder Cup history to make the team without playing in the major would bear a heavy burden of expectations. Especially considering how glowing Read more…
ROME—No player is working harder this week than World No.1 Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler has been pouring in the hours on the practice putting green in the lead up to the 2023 Ryder Cup. Alongside him throughout was his new putting coach the legendary guru Phil Kenyon. The pair started working together in the weeks leading Read more…