The U.S. looks well on its way to another Curtis Cup triumph, storming to a 5-1 lead over Great Britain and Ireland after Day 1 on Friday.
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Steve Flesch shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions' American Family Insurance Championship.
Jason Scrivener produced the lowest round of the week so far to sit two shots clear at the top of the 2022 Scandinavian Mixed leaderboard at the halfway stage.
Charl Schwartzel has a three-shot lead entering the final round of the inaugural LIV event, while Dustin Johnson is tied for sixth and Phil Mickelson tied for 26th.
The PING PLD Anser Patent 55 is the second of four limited run putters PING is releasing in 2022This putter features fully machined stainless-steel construction.Only 55 are available at pingpld.com beginning Monday, June 13th, at an MSRP of $790.
On Monday, June 13th, PING releases the second in their 2022 PLD Limited Edition putters series. This time, the PLD Anser Patent 55 putter features fully machined, stainless-steel construction. Like its aluminum bronze predecessor that was released last March, this limited edition Anser commemorates both the creation of the Anser and PING’s continued innovation in golf equipment.
When it comes to golf equipment influence, the PING Man is no strawman. While the Anser is, without a doubt, Karsten Solheim’s crowning jewel design, it isn’t their only influential club design. PING designs have influenced every club that golfers carry in their bags. I bet some of you are still playing, or wish you were still playing, Eye 2 irons. Decades of designs that have lasted decades. There is a reason why Karsten Solheim is the only manufacturer to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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FREE FITTINGWhat does PLD stand for again?
PLD is short for Putting Lab Design. PLD is the central theme for all of PING’s putter releases this year. In addition to the four limited-run PLD Anser 55 putters, PING also released a retail line of PLD milled putters and began offering their previously tour-player-only PLD Custom program to the public. As I said, it’s all PLD all the time this year at PING.
Bryson DeChambeau has joined the LIV Golf Invitational Series, giving the new circuit another former major winner in its stable of competitors.
Forbes is estimating that Tiger Woods' net worth is at least $1 billion, which would make him one of only three athlete billionaires in the world, joining Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
Stewart Golf electric trolleys aren’t the least expensive. But neither are they the most expensive.
But the company’s story—from its conception to three generations of engineers to its “handmade in the UK” ethos—makes it one of the more compelling things you’ll read today.
Unless, of course, Tiger reconsiders and decides to LIV it up with Phil and the gang.
In the electric trolley world, Stewart isn’t what you’d call a big player. Even its CEO doesn’t know the company’s market share. And what’s more, he doesn’t really care.
“We’re not really interested in volume,” says third-generation owner Mark Stewart. “The business case has to stack up but we enjoy doing this. We like designing products and we love playing golf. We make the products we’d like to buy.”
How have players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson performed in the new league's inaugural event?
Nature must always be the architect’s model. The lines of bunkers and greens must not be sharp or harsh, but easy and rolling. The development of the natural features and planning of artificial work to conform to them requires a great deal of care and forethought . . .it is good to have an eye for the beautiful. Often it is possible, by clearing away undesirable and unnecessary trees in the margin of fairways, to open up a view of some attractive picture. Strive to retain as much of the natural ground formation as possible. The most beautiful courses are the ones that hew most closely to nature. STANLEY THOMPSON
Nature must always be the architect’s model. The lines of bunkers and greens must not be sharp or harsh, but easy and rolling. The development of the natural features and planning of artificial work to conform to them requires a great deal of care and forethought . . .it is good to have an eye for the beautiful. Often it is possible, by clearing away undesirable and unnecessary trees in the margin of fairways, to open up a view of some attractive picture. Strive to retain as much of the natural ground formation as possible. The most beautiful courses are the ones that hew most closely to nature. STANLEY THOMPSON
Rocket Mortgage has ended its sponsorship deal with Bryson DeChambeau, a brand ambassador who is set to play in the LIV Series' second event later this month.
Wyndham Clark started the week with a late charge to play his way into the U.S. Open in a qualifier, and then he stayed hot Thursday in the RBC Canadian Open for a 7-under 63 to take the early lead.
Italian amateur Carolina Melgrati made four birdies and an eagle on the back nine to shoot a 7-under 65 and join three men in a tie for the lead at the Scandinavian Mixed event on the European tour on Thursday.
The PGA Tour has suspended the 17 current and former members -- including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia -- who are taking part in the first LIV Golf tournament.
Welcome back to #ASKMYGOLFSPY where readers like you submit questions to our team of experts here at MyGolfSpy! Today, we’re diving into building your best golf bag for your game year after year. Have any more questions for us? Drop them in the comment section of this article! Let’s get into it.
What’s the most important piece of equipment in my bag?
The bag itself. Without that, how are you going to carry your clubs?
Given my experience with Ball Lab, you might expect me to say it’s the golf ball and that’s definitely the right answer in some cases but ultimately the most important piece of gear for building your best golf bag is the one that provides cover.
For some, that’s a hybrid that flies straight for 200 yards (give or take). If you’ve never been able to keep a driver in play and you just got fitted into something that all but eliminates penalty strokes, that’s easily the most important club in the bag. If swapping your blade putter for a mallet significantly increased your make rate from inside 10 feet or cut your three-putt percentage in half—that’s the one.
Bottom line: Whatever has the most beneficial impact on your scores is the most important.
How much does my age and handicap affect the expense or need for “brand name” clubs?
Let’s start with “forgiveness.” Forgiveness has the most obvious correlation with handicap and, while many of us need a forgiveness boost, the nature of golf club design means maximum forgiveness is often paired with moderate swing speed designs so sometimes chasing every ounce of forgiveness can be a liability.
It’s important to find the right balance of forgiveness and other performance characteristics.
To the second part of your question: With age comes wisdom and perhaps an understanding that we don’t really need to spend money on any of this crap.
But if you’re asking about performance implications, it’s not so much age as it is speed but I think it’s reasonable to suggest there is typically a correlation between the two. Golf is a percentage game and speed is a multiplier.
The faster you swing, the more likely deficiencies in your equipment are going to cause problems. A good example is a low-compression golf balls. Faster swings will often over-compress a soft golf ball and lose speed and distance. For moderate swing speed players, the percentage losses are similar but the real-world distance implications are negligible. A good low-compression ball can work just fine.
As we age into the moderate swing speed category, we don’t get nearly the same benefit out of the various technologies golf manufacturers ask us to spend on.
There’s a valid argument that lighter (and longer) clubs that give you back some speed will offer the most benefit as your swing slows and, while there is a fair amount of premium-priced products that fit the description, there are also plenty that offer similar benefits for a lot less money.
Should I keep playing the same golf ball I did when I was younger?
The easy answer is “no” if for no other reason than the fact that most golf balls are on two-year cycles so you don’t have a choice.
Newer isn’t necessarily better but it’s almost always different.
Basically, unless you’re sitting on a stockpile of a certain vintage, you’re changing golf balls whether you want to or not.
Take the Pro V1, for example, Titleist has evolved its flagship balls several times as the company adapts to changing demands both on Tour and within the retail marketplace. Flight characteristics, spin rates, feel … everything has changed with time. The same is pretty much true for any other ball manufacturer.
To the heart of your question, however—Yeah, as your game changes, your choice of ball should change with the realities of the game you have now, not the one you had yesterday (or yesteryear).
Shafts can be expensive but is it easier to just replace the shafts than get a whole new set?
I’m not sure about easier but a shaft change will almost certainly be less expensive, especially if you can do the work yourself. To be sure, there are differing opinions on the subject but here’s my analogy: The clubhead is the big knob that allows for big changes with not a lot of effort. The shaft is a fine-tuning that allows you to make small changes with greater precision.
What does that mean?
If you’re looking for a big performance change while building your best golf bag you’re almost certainly going to need to start with the clubhead(s). If, however, you feel like you’re relatively close with what you have and a little fine-tuning will get you dialed-in the rest of the way, changing shafts can be a better option than replacing a full set of irons.
There are exceptions of course. If your shafts are a particularly poor fit, then finding a particularly good fit can often make a significant difference. That’s more the exception than the rule.
Regardless, as with most anything else, we’d still recommend working with a fitter to find a combination of head and shaft that can produce the desired results.
Nature must always be the architect’s model. The lines of bunkers and greens must not be sharp or harsh, but easy and rolling. The development of the natural features and planning of artificial work to conform to them requires a great deal of care and forethought . . .it is good to have an eye for the beautiful. Often it is possible, by clearing away undesirable and unnecessary trees in the margin of fairways, to open up a view of some attractive picture. Strive to retain as much of the natural ground formation as possible. The most beautiful courses are the ones that hew most closely to nature. STANLEY THOMPSON
While they sound happy to see both go, the amount of First World dirt spilled on Bryson DeChambeau to Golf Digest’s Dan Rapaport suggests his impending LIV departure for a $100 million advance really stings.
And it should. DeChambeau is a draw. Reed is not and never will be.
DeChambeau’s defiant and often erratic behavior began shortly after he played his way onto the PGA Tour in 2016. At an AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am early in his career, DeChambeau unleashed a profanity-laced tirade on a volunteer who failed to spot his errant ball. The incident was reported up the chain of command and, per sources familiar with the tour’s operations, almost certainly resulted in discipline. The tour didn’t speak to the incident, as is their long-standing policy, but according to one tour player, a similar situation played out years later at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
In the summer of 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, tour officials and volunteers were instructed to be particularly conscious of where people could and could not go. After pounding range balls long after sundown, DeChambeau attempted to enter a building without his credential. When he was denied access, he grew agitated. Shortly thereafter, a tour official addressed the incident with an adamant DeChambeau, who was dumbfounded that the volunteer did not recognize him. This was the same week he objected to a cameraman following him for too long, after which he took a thinly veiled shot at the PGA Tour.
