Belgian Thomas Pieters fired a three-under-par 68 in the final round of the Portugal Masters on Sunday to clinch the title by two strokes for his fifth European Tour crown.
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Saying that he "fought my way through the round," Tim Petrovic birdied the final two holes for an 11-under 61 and a share of the lead with Jim Furyk Saturday in the TimberTech Championship in Boca Raton, Florida.
Viktor Hovland posted the lowest score of his PGA Tour career at 9-under 62 to take a 2-shot lead in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba.
Thomas Pieters and Matthieu Pavon will enter the final round of the Portugal Masters sharing a four-shot lead after the pair rose to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday.
Keita Nakajima became the first No. 1 amateur to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, closing with a 3-under 68 and outlasting Taichi Kho on the second hole of a playoff Saturday.
Matthew Wolff bogeyed the 16th and 18th holes on Friday and settled for a two-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler in the World Wide Technology Championship.
Nino Bertasio saw his lead halved to two shots at the halfway stage of the Portugal Masters, with Thomas Pieters among the players to move into contention.
Keita Nakajima of Japan shot a 4-under 67 on Friday to take a 1-shot lead going into the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.
Information is great. Actionable information is vastly better. That’s the premise behind Rapsodo’s Insights analysis.
Simply, Insights is an investigative addition to Rapsodo’s MLM (Mobile Launch Monitor) platform. Every personal launch monitor produces, with varying degrees of accuracy, shot data such as ball speed, launch angle and carry distance. Assuming the information is relatively consistent, that’s great. But, what should a golfer do with it?
That’s the million-dollar question.
As with a good bit of personal technology, the device is really a gateway into something much more robust. Consider your smartphone. And now make a list of everything you do with that phone beyond dialing up a restaurant for some take-out. The point is that a product is important. However, perhaps its greatest asset is how it allows for expansion and integration, primarily through software-based applications.
In that vein, Insights is both a short-term value-add for Rapsodo users and perhaps a harbinger of what consumers should expect to see in this space moving forward.
Greg Norman announced the addition of two key executives to his staff at LIV Golf Investments, the group that announced his hiring as CEO last week and that is behind an effort to start a new golf league.
Matthew Wolff kept the ball in play and ripped off a 10-under 61 to match his career low on the PGA Tour, giving him a two-shot lead at Mayakoba.
Italy's Nino Bertasio carded a bogey-free 61 to claim a four-shot lead after the opening round at the Portugal Masters on Thursday.
Bo Jin, a sophomore golfer at Oklahoma State, made five birdies over his last eight holes on Thursday to post a 7-under 64 at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, good for a 1-shot lead.
MyGolfSpy Ball Lab is where we quantify the quality and consistency of the golf balls on the market to help you find the best ball for your money. Today, we’re taking a look at the 2021 Costco Kirkland Performance + V2. To learn more about our test process, how we define “bad” balls, check out our About MyGolfSpy Ball Lab page.
About the Kirkland Performance + V2
While the world awaits another four-piece Kirkland golf ball that will hopefully be the equal of the original, golfers still have the option of choosing Costco’s three-piece Performance + V2.
At less than $13 a dozen, it seems like a great deal but when we ran the original through Ball lab, we found that although the ball was cheap, it was of no value. Nearly a quarter of the sample had a significant concentricity issue and the diameter consistency easily qualified as poor.
In our recent robot test, we found that Costco’s ball doesn’t always hold its own against the premium balls on the market. The Performance + V2 is shorter than most due largely to its high spin properties and there are some question marks around its performance in the wind. Those details alone suggest it’s not a ball for everyone but for those it fits (or for those who are willing to sacrifice some performance for value), the question of quality lingers (or at least it should).
Bellerive Country Club has been selected to host the Presidents Cup in 2030, making it the seventh American course to host the biennial event.
Seven golfers, including defending champ Yuxin Lin of China, share the lead at 4-under-67 at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Dubai. Lin is vying to be the event's first three-time winner.
