Rory McIlroy and U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick are getting quite comfortable on next year's Ryder Cup course.
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Titleist has added AVX and Pro V1x to its RCT golf ball lineup.RCT balls provide better spin capture in indoor settings.Retail price is $64.99 a dozen. Available now.
While I’m sure many were hoping that Titleist’s next big ball announcement would be the full retail availability of the Pro V1 Left Dot, the addition of AVX and Pro V1x Left Dash to the RCT lineup will have to serve as the next best thing.
About RCT Golf Balls
As a quick refresher, Titleist debuted RCT (radar capture technology) earlier this year with the release of Pro V1 RCT and Pro V1x RCT.
Developed by Titleist in partnership with TrackMan, the idea behind RCT is to provide better spin resolution and, ultimately, more reliable spin data in indoor and limited-flight environments where the ability of Doppler-based launch monitors to accurately capture spin rates is otherwise a little dicey.
The key to the technology is a special mark printed on the mantle layer (under the urethane cover) of the golf ball. In addition to eliminating the need for one of those silly metal dot stickers, RCT simply works better.
How long have you had your wedges? Ever tried groove sharpeners?
Chances are if you’ve been holding on to those old wedges as most of us do–they’re like security blankets. However, the wedge is the quickest deteriorating club in your bag, which means loss of spin, accuracy, and distance control.
Studies suggest you should be replacing your wedges every 75 rounds! That can get expensive… quickly.
In today’s episode of Golf Science we’re diving in on groove sharpening and whether or not it can breathe new life into your old wedges. We conducted a test with 15 different golfers – guaranteed one to match your game.
Bryson DeChambeau insisted he has no regrets about his decision to jump from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.
Ayako Uehara of Japan is the first-round leader at the Portland Classic on the LPGA Tour.
With just about everything new -- from the season to his clubs, coach and caddie -- Rickie Fowler shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday in Napa, one shot behind the early co-leaders.
Bryson DeChambeau, who had surgery in April to shave down the hook of the hamate bone in his left wrist, will compete in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1 in Mesquite, Nevada.
Rory McIlroy shot a 4-under 67 for a share of the clubhouse lead in the opening round of the Italian Open on Thursday at the Marco Simone club outside Rome, site of the 2023 Ryder Cup.
Phil Mickelson, who was among 11 golfers who sued the PGA Tour for allegedly using monopoly power to suppress competition, is considering removing his name from the federal antitrust lawsuit since LIV Golf joined the players as a plaintiff.
Greg Norman says the upstart LIV Golf circuit has "no interest" to talk with the rival PGA Tour about a truce.
There is a lot of cool gear in the golf equipment world that doesn’t always fit neatly into Most Wanted Tests or Buyer’s Guides. You still want to know how it performs. In our We Tried It series, we put gear to the test and let you know if it works as advertised.
What We Tried
SYNLawn Dave Pelz GreenMaker Putting Green
Who Tried It?
Dave Wolfe – The ever-curious MyGolfSpy writer and putter fanatic. When it comes to golf products, I believe impulse control is something to be controlled.
Adding a SYNLawn GreenMaker Putting Green to My Backyard
We all have our golf bucket lists. Maybe you want to play Pebble Beach, break 80 or even achieve those goals simultaneously. Those two things are on my list as well. Additionally, I have longed to build a putting green in my backyard.
Golf is a game of balance. The man who knows the value of each of his clubs, and who can work out when it is proper to play one and when to play another, succeeds at the game. The ability of a golfer to know his power and accuracy, and to play for what he can accomplish, is a thing which makes his game as perfect as can be; while a thinker who gauges the true value of his shots, and is able to play the shot well, nearly always defeats an opponent who neglects to consider and properly discount his shortcomings. GEORGE THOMAS
I recently read an article stating that the worst golf tip ever was “to keep your head down” during your swing. This may be somewhat true but there are times when your can really benefit from keeping your eye on the ball.
That article quoted Bobby Jones. “The average golfer would be a lot better off if no one had ever said anything about the necessity for keeping the eyes glued upon the ball.”
Lifting your leading shoulder as you lift your head during your downswing is really the motion that you WANT TO AVOID for your drives or iron shots. Keeping your eye on the ball DURING THE POINT OF IMPACT is really important. I have watched many professional golfers [INCLUDING RORY MCILROY] during a slow motion swing that clearly show them keeping their head motionless (and their eye on the ball) until the time directly after impact.
Rory McIlroy definitely keeps his head down and his eye on the ball when he is driving or hitting iron shots or putting. Holding that position after impact is the problem.
Bobby Jones and many other pros are only trying to avoid ruining a perfect swing by eliminating the shoulder turn and follow through that you need to complete the ideal swing. So don’t mess up your swing by locking your head and eyes on your ball AFTER the point of impact.
Lock Your Eyes on the Ball when Putting
There is a time when it is extremely critical to keep you head locked down and your eyes focused on the point where your ball is resting. Do this during your PUTTING STROKE. It’s extremely sensitive to any motion which changes your exact line-up with your TARGET LINE. Your minds eye in your brain is actually controlling the target line that your planned to hit.
Documents released by a federal court revealed the league's policies for gambling, fines, terms for relegations and other league rules.
Although others are open to allowing LIV Golf players at next year's Ryder Cup, Rory McIlroy reiterated his stance to the contrary, saying "I don't think any of those guys should be on the Ryder Cup team."
Should I replace my driver with a new 2023 driver this year?
The answer is, “it depends.”
How long has it been since your last upgrade? Has your swing changed in any meaningful way?
Golfers replace their drivers roughly every four to five years. For avid golfers, it’s a little more often and, of course, we all have played with that guy who has a 10-year-old driver in the bag.
Performance gains are typically incremental (and often minimal) from one year to the next. This is a case where the “average” guy probably has it right.
If your swing has changed, you might want to consider a new driver but, before you drop $600, it may be worth working with a fitter on a retro-fit of your existing club.
Carbon. We’ve seen it once; will we see it again?
TaylorMade is 100-percent committed to carbon technology so you’ll definitely see more carbon-faced drivers from them in 2023. Stealth drivers weren’t the company’s first go-round with carbon but it was kind of Gen 1 for the mass-market.
For Gen 1 tech, it was excellent but the weight savings weren’t what they could be. Ample opportunities for improvement remain.
As far as TaylorMade’s competitors go … We’ve heard the requisite stories about the limitations and deficiencies of carbon as a face material. I expect the chatter will continue but I’d be surprised if we don’t eventually see a carbon fiber-faced competitor with a good story explaining why the new tech is different (and better—it’s always better) than TaylorMade’s.
That won’t happen this year, however. For everyone else, it’s titanium-faced drivers for the next little while.
Should I focus more on accuracy, forgiveness or distance?
When we had Titleist’s JJ Van Wezenbeeck on No Putts Given last week, he emphasized the importance of fitting for center-face contact when he works with Tour pros. In a world where every data point spit out by the launch monitor can be over-scrutinized, I think that’s a super-simple, infinitely important and grossly overlooked element of the fitting equation.
I do think that performance of most (not all) drivers is similar enough that average golfers would be better served by trading away a couple yards of distance to bring the ball closer to the centerline.
Having said that, if your fitter can dial in consistently center-ish impact, then distance, accuracy and forgiveness will follow.
What’s the next big change for metalwoods? Carbon woods? Both.
I’m not sure what it is but you can bet there will be something. Speed sells so there’s always going to be a speed story.
For TaylorMade, we know it’s going to be the evolution of carbon face. I’d wager Callaway is ready to move on from, or at least build on, the Jailbreak story in a way that’s different than what we’ve heard for the past few years.
Beyond speed, most everyone is looking to fit the widest swath of the market possible so I expect we’ll continue to see three to four models in every lineup with an enhanced ability to move weight around.
Golfers will compete for $50 million, the richest purse in the sport's history, in LIV Golf's season-ending team championship, which is scheduled to be played at Trump National Doral Miami from Oct. 27-30.
Annika Sorenstam will be the host of a Tampa Bay-area LPGA Tour event starting in 2023. The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican will be the final event before the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.
PING’s 2023 putter line features 10 new and reimagined classic putter models.The line includes both milled and PEBAX insert faces.Pre-orders begin Sept. 13 with a MSRP of $300.
PING’s 2023 putter release is an odd one. Not that the putters themselves are especially odd but rather the overall theme of the release. Maybe that should be the lack of theme.
Most new putter releases feature some unifying piece of new technology. A company develops a new widget and then builds the putters around said widget. This putter production plan has persisted through the years for just about every company. At Odyssey, everything gets a Stroke Lab shaft. Most TaylorMade putters have PureRoll inserts. When was the last time you saw a Scotty Cameron putter without the round sole weights?
Naturally, PING has a long list of putter design innovations and families of putters showcasing those innovations. In recent years, we have had Heppler’s flat faces, Sigma 2’s adjustable shafts and multiple lines with TR grooves with each of their putter lines being built from a core technology.
For 2023, PING’s design team took a different approach. Rather than focusing on a single technology, they focused on the putters.
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