Swing technique

July 30th, 2026

Do This, Not That: Hitting quality iron shots comes down to these two things

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July 14th, 2026

Open Championship 2026: Wyndham Clark’s low-tech fix ahead of the Open, a coat hanger

Wyndham Clark’s Monday practice session at Royal Birkdale featured one of the more unusual training aids in recent memory, a wooden coat hanger, used to fix his wrist angle ahead of the Open Championship.

July 12th, 2026

Open Championship has a nasty habit of breaking players’ golf swings. Here’s why.

Every Open Championship, wind and firm turf conspire to wreck players’ swings. From ball position drifting back to fighting the wind subconsciously, here’s what goes wrong and how the pros manage it.

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Wyndham Championship - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Ben James	-11	F	2
T2	Doug Ghim	-9	F	2
T2	Max Greyserman	-9	F	2
T2	Sahith Theegala	-9	F	2
T2	Alex Noren	-9	F	2
T2	David Skinns	-9	F	2
T2	Alex Smalley	-9	F	2
T8	Chad Ramey	-8	F	2
T8	Eric Cole	-8	F	2
T8	Michael Brennan	-8	7*	2
T8	Beau Hossler	-8	3*	2
T12	Zach Bauchou	-7	F	2
T12	Matti Schmid	-7	8*	2
T12	Jordan Smith	-7	8*	2
T12	Davis Thompson	-7	6	2
T12	Justin Thomas	-7	5	2
T17	Danny Walker	-6	F	2
T17	Chandler Phillips	-6	F	2
T17	Rafael Campos	-6	F	2
T17	Hideki Matsuyama	-6	F	2
T17	Joel Dahmen	-6	F	2
T17	Adrien Saddier	-6	F	2
T17	Trace Crowe	-6	F	2
T17	Tom Hoge	-6	9	2
T17	Denny McCarthy	-6	8	2
T17	Rico Hoey	-6	8	2
T17	Sungjae Im	-6	6	2
T17	Alex Fitzpatrick	-6	5	2
T17	Tom Kim	-6	4	2
T17	Billy Horschel	-6	4*	2
T17	Hayden Springer	-6	1*	2
T32	Mackenzie Hughes	-5	F	2
T32	Michael Kim	-5	F	2
T32	Brandt Snedeker	-5	F	2
T32	Jackson Koivun	-5	F	2
T32	Harry Hall	-5	F	2
T37	Rasmus Højgaard	-4	F	2
T37	Chris Kirk	-4	F	2
T37	Andrew Novak	-4	F	2
T37	Lee Hodges	-4	F	2
T37	Neal Shipley	-4	F	2
T37	Patrick Fishburn	-4	F	2
T37	Thorbjørn Olesen	-4	9	2
T37	Austin Eckroat	-4	8*	2
T37	Kevin Roy	-4	8*	2
T37	Kevin Yu	-4	5*	2
T37	Bud Cauley	-4	4	2
T37	Ben Kohles	-4	2*	2
T37	John Parry	-4	1*	2
T50	Andrew Putnam	-3	F	2
T50	Matt Wallace	-3	F	2
T50	Keith Mitchell	-3	F	2
T50	Nico Echavarria	-3	F	2
T50	Nick Taylor	-3	F	2
T50	Jordan Spieth	-3	F	2
T50	Patton Kizzire	-3	F	2
T50	Peter Malnati	-3	F	2
T50	Kihei Akina	-3	F	2
T50	Kensei Hirata	-3	F	2
T50	Austin Smotherman	-3	9	2
T50	Taylor Pendrith	-3	7	2
T50	Joe Highsmith	-3	5*	2
T50	Maverick McNealy	-3	5*	2
T50	Kevin Streelman	-3	5*	2
T50	Matt McCarty	-3	4*	2
T50	Jackson Suber	-3	2*	2
T50	Tyler Collet	-3	1	2
T68	Brian Harman	-2	F	2
T68	Ryan Gerard	-2	F	2
T68	Karl Vilips	-2	F	2
T68	Ben Griffin	-2	F	2
T68	C.T. Pan	-2	F	2
T68	Emiliano Grillo	-2	F	2
T68	Takumi Kanaya	-2	10	2
T68	Mac Meissner	-2	9	2
T68	Erik van Rooyen	-2	8*	2
T68	Webb Simpson	-2	6	2
T68	Brooks Koepka	-2	4	2
T68	Ricky Castillo	-2	4*	2
T68	Aaron Rai	-2	4	2
T68	Zac Blair	-2	3	2
T68	John VanDerLaan	-2	2	2
T83	Johnny Keefer	-1	F	2
T83	A.J. Ewart	-1	F	2
T83	Tony Finau	-1	7*	2
T83	Stefano Mazzoli	-1	4*	2
T83	J.T. Poston	-1	4	2
T83	Justin Lower	-1	3	2
T83	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-1	3*	2
T83	Ben Silverman	-1	3*	2
T83	Davis Chatfield	-1	3	2
T83	Luke Clanton	-1	1*	2
T83	Pontus Nyholm	-1	1	2
T83	Kristoffer Ventura	-1	1*	2
T95	Matthieu Pavon	E	F	2
T95	Patrick Rodgers	E	F	2
T95	Lucas Glover	E	F	2
T95	Max McGreevy	E	F	2
T95	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	E	F	2
T95	Jeffrey Kang	E	F	2
T95	Alejandro Tosti	E	F	2
T95	Sam Stevens	E	8	2
T95	Camilo Villegas	E	8*	2
T95	Cam Young	E	5	2
T95	Brian Campbell	E	5*	2
T95	Keegan Bradley	E	4	2
T95	Brice Garnett	E	2*	2
T95	Zecheng Dou	E	1	2
T109	William Mouw	+1	F	2
T109	Matt Kuchar	+1	F	2
T109	Mark Hubbard	+1	F	2
T109	Ryo Hisatsune	+1	F	2
T109	Adam Svensson	+1	7*	2
T109	Steven Fisk	+1	7	2
T109	Aldrich Potgieter	+1	5*	2
T109	Lanto Griffin	+1	3	2
T109	Marcelo Rozo	+1	3	2
T109	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	+1	2	2
T119	William McGirt	+2	F	2
T119	Seamus Power	+2	F	2
T119	Hank Lebioda	+2	8*	2
T119	Harris English	+2	7	2
T123	Troy Merritt	+3	F	2
T123	Stephan Jaeger	+3	F	2
T123	Sepp Straka	+3	F	2
T123	Christo Lamprecht	+3	F	2
T123	Jimmy Stanger	+3	F	2
T123	Marco Penge	+3	3	2
T123	Gordon Sargent	+3	2*	2
T130	Jason Day	+4	F	2
T130	Blades Brown	+4	F	2
T130	Adam Schenk	+4	7*	2
T130	Aaron Wise	+4	4*	2
T130	David Lipsky	+4	2*	2
T135	Dylan Wu	+5	F	2
T135	Davis Riley	+5	F	2
T135	Haotong Li	+5	F	2
T135	Chandler Blanchet	+5	F	2
T135	Jesper Svensson	+5	F	2
T135	Cam Davis	+5	4*	2
T135	Keenan Huskey	+5	2	2
142	Luke List	+8	9	2
T143	Lorenzo Rodriguez	+9	F	2
T143	Cooper Hrabak	+9	F	2
145	Vince Whaley	+11	F	2
146	Nick Dunlap	+13	F	2
WD	Pi Coody	-	-

New York 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Joaquin Niemann	-12	15	2
T2	Lee Westwood	-7	16	2
T2	Sergio Garcia	-7	16	2
T4	Richard Bland	-5	16	2
T4	Tom McKibbin	-5	16	2
T4	Paul Casey	-5	16	2
T4	Harold Varner III	-5	16	2
T4	Lucas Herbert	-5	15	2
T4	Ian Poulter	-5	15	2
T10	Thomas Pieters	-4	16	2
T10	Scott Vincent	-4	16	2
T12	Peter Uihlein	-2	16	2
T12	Yosuke Asaji	-2	16	2
T12	Byeong Hun An	-2	16	2
T12	Marc Leishman	-2	16	2
T16	Brendan Steele	-1	16	2
T16	Carlos Ortiz	-1	16	2
T16	Dustin Johnson	-1	16	2
T19	Travis Smyth	E	15	2
T19	Richard T. Lee	E	16	2
T19	Laurie Canter	E	16	2
T19	Abraham Ancer	E	16	2
T19	Younghan Song	E	16	2
T19	Michael La Sasso	E	16	2
T25	Anirban Lahiri	+1	15	2
T25	Branden Grace	+1	16	2
T25	Charles Howell III	+1	15	2
T25	Talor Gooch	+1	16	2
T25	Josele Ballester	+1	16	2
T25	Danny Lee	+1	16	2
T31	Charl Schwartzel	+2	15	2
T31	Dean Burmester	+2	16	2
T31	Minkyu Kim	+2	16	2
T31	Jon Rahm	+2	16	2
T31	Martin Vorster	+2	16	2
T36	Cameron Tringale	+3	15	2
T36	Thomas Detry	+3	15	2
T36	Victor Perez	+3	16	2
T36	Sebastian Muñoz	+3	16	2
T40	Bubba Watson	+4	16	2
T40	Adrian Meronk	+4	15	2
T40	David Puig	+4	16	2
T43	Caleb Surratt	+5	15	2
T43	Matthew Wolff	+5	16	2
T43	Tyrrell Hatton	+5	16	2
T43	Miguel Tabuena	+5	16	2
T43	Cameron Smith	+5	16	2
T43	Björn Hellgren	+5	16	2
49	Bryson DeChambeau	+6	15	2
50	Do-Yeob Mun	+7	15	2
51	Anthony Kim	+9	16	2
T52	Ben Campbell	+10	15	2
T52	Luis Masaveu	+10	15	2
T52	Martin Kaymer	+10	16	2
T55	Sam Horsfield	+11	15	2
T55	Jason Kokrak	+11	15	2
T55	Graeme McDowell	+11	15	2

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	TORQUE GC	-10	18	2
T2	HYFLYERS GC	-2	18	2
T2	RIPPER GC	-2	18	2
4	MAJESTICKS GC	-1	18	2
5	CRUSHERS GC	+3	18	2
T6	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	+7	18	2
T6	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	+7	18	2
T6	4ACES GC	+7	18	2
T6	LEGION XIII	+7	18	2
10	FIREBALLS GC	+8	18	2
11	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	+12	18	2
12	RANGEGOATS GC	+17	18	2
13	OKGC	+18	18	2

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Do This, Not That: Hitting quality iron shots comes down to these two things

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Open Championship has a nasty habit of breaking players’ golf swings. Here’s why.

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