Thai teen Atthaya Thitikul, 19, becomes the second-youngest to reach the No. 1 women's world golf ranking since the ranking began in 2006.
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Welcome back to Retro Golf where we take golf’s most iconic clubs and put them up against their futuristic counterparts.
Today’s episode: The OG TaylorMade Burner Bubble head to head against the 2022 TaylorMade Stealth.
How many yards does 20-plus years in storage equal?
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There are so many ways I see that golfers can improve without ever going to the range, or gym, or without having to take a lesson. Better understanding and decision making is the low hanging fruit for improved performance and scoring. As a result I came up with my five part, strategy cheat sheet quite a while ago. Here you go….
The Five Yard Pact
Five yards is fifteen feet. If you hit any full swing shot to that distance from the hole, you’ve done nicely. My pact is simple. If you have a front pin, try to hit your shot 5 yards long. If you have a back pin, try to hit your approach 5 yards short, and the same goes for left and right pins. The only time the Pact is off is if there is a center pin and there are no “major” hazards around the green. However, if the pin is centered and there is a water hazard on the left edge of the green the Pact kicks in and you must plan for 5 yards right of the centered pin. Make sense?
You might wonder why you need the Five Yard Pact? These are some of the best players in the world trying to keep their golf ball between the left bunkers and the water on the 17th hole in the 2021 PGA Championship. Any more questions?
Stick to One Shot Shape
Yes, we all like to think that we can work the ball both ways, but all the data shows that we are “less good” at our atypical pattern than our regular shape. Play one shape on every tee and on every approach, unless you have an obstacle in your direct path. Moral of the story - dance with who ya brung and work on improving or upgrading your typical pattern on the range.
The wealthy Saudi-backed LIV Golf league embodied its "Golf, but louder" slogan in its first season. But can a league that embraced 54 holes, team golf and shotgun starts sustain? What about its players?
In John Huggan’s wide-ranging interview with Martin Slumbers, the R&A Chief addresses several issues of the day, from Trump Turnberry’s status to Open qualifying to Greg Norman. He makes clear that any talk of bans is not on the table.
Dustin Johnson's 4Aces GC squad captured the season-ending LIV Golf team championship at Trump National Doral on Sunday in Florida, outlasting Cameron Smith and Punch GC by one shot.
Seamus Power won the Butterfield Bermuda Championship for his second tour title, an achievement helped by the fact that rookie Ben Griffin relinquished the lead afterf going 4 over on the back.
Teams captained by Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Louis Oosthuizen and Brooks Koepka advanced to the finals of the LIV Golf Team Championship.
Seamus Power knows the wind and Port Royal well enough to realize he'd better do his scoring early. He did just that Saturday, added a few birdies late and had another 6-under 65 to share the lead with Ben Griffin in the Butterfield Bermuda...
In a deciding singles match, Cameron Smith made birdie at the last hole to beat Phil Mickelson and eliminate his team in the LIV Golf Team Championship.
- Ben Crane took advantage of a rare start on the PGA Tour with his lowest score in 10 years, a 9-under 62 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
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
Inesis High MOI Putter: A premium offering from Inesis focusing on forgiveness and alignment.
YOUR INESIS HIGH MOI PUTTER REVIEWER
Phillip Bishop – A woeful putter. Perhaps, this is the one.
ABOUT THE INESIS HIGH MOI PUTTER
Well, you guessed it. This is a putter that concentrates on MOI. Not just any amount of MOI but high MOI. If you have a different name suggestion, feel free to leave a comment below.
If you are an avid MyGolfSpy reader, you are most likely familiar with Inesis and/or Decathlon. However, if you are not, they are an active sports brand from France.
Arjun Atwal walked off Port Royal on Thursday with an 8-under 63 that left him one shot behind Austin Smotherman and Harrison Endycott.
Despite feeling unwell, Jordan Smith shot a 9-under 62 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead at the Portugal Masters.
Bryson DeChambeau said he remains a plaintiff in LIV Golf's federal antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour because the PGA Tour won't pay him a $1.75 million bonus it owes him.
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
The new adidas fall/winter 2022 collection: the adidas FW22 Fleece Collection.
Your Apparel Tester
Hi, I’m Harry and I am a professional golf apparel tester. (Yes, they exist.) I actually test a lot of things at MyGolfSpy and play professionally when I’m not checking and comparing specs on shoes, gloves, rangefinders, bags, ball retrievers, etc.
You can call me the Director of Soft Goods Testing here at MGS. You can also just call me Harry. That’s fine, too.
What’s New in the Lineup
It’s not unusual to receive a press release on new product releases from OEMs throughout the year but adidas took it to the next level. They invited some select golf media to put their new FW22 Fleece Collection to the test in Whistler, British Columbia.
Accuracy. Distance. Which is more important?
Think of the best players you know. Do they hit towering bombs off the tee? Or does it seem like they’re always putting for birdie?
To help provide some context, we gleaned some data from the more than 200 million recorded shots in Shot Scope’s database.
Let’s take a look.
Accuracy
Many golfers likely believe that more skilled golfers are more accurate than golfers with higher handicaps. However, Shot Scope’s data suggests that isn’t exactly the case—at least not when considering the percentage of fairways hit per round. In fact, scratch golfers (0 hdcp) hit fewer fairways than any other handicap range.
Phil Mickelson has responded to Rory McIlroy's most recent criticism of LIV Golf by saying the Saudi-backed breakaway series is "a force that's not going away."
I forgot where it happened but in the middle of a round which I was regarding with the usual distaste, a small voice within me said, you know, you don’t have to do this and I thought, No, by God, I don’t. A great wave of relief came over me and on D-Day 1968, I put the clubs up in the loft with the water tanks, closed the hatch, removed the steps and walked away. Nor have I for one second regretted it.
HENRY LONGHURST
This is the third in a series of blogs to help you simplify your knowledge of golf and hopefully improve your game. [These tips are distilled from an article published by Luke Kerr-Dineen for a GOLF franchise called “Play Smart”. These nuggets of knowledge will provide you with a quick reference to sharpen your games.]
9/ Randomize Your Practice: A study was performed in multiple sports to determine the best way to practice. (a) Block Practice, practicing one thing over and over again and (b) Random Practice, where you never do the same thing back-to-back. Randomized practice is by far the best where you hit different shots with different clubs and never the same shot twice in a row. It makes you think about each shot and make adjustments to get them right.
An iron swing and a driver swing are totally different. Vary your swing and your clubs to learn from each swing that you practice.
10/ When to Hit Driver (or NOT): So, you’re standing on the tee of a tight hole, wondering what to do. Should you play it safe? Or hit driver and hope for the best? DECADE Golf founder Scott Fawcett dived deep into the PGA Tour’s ShotLink data to find the answer. He says that to solve that problem, golfers need to answer two questions:
a. Are there less than 65 yards between penalty hazards?
b. Is the fairway less than 40 yards wide to the spot where your driver would land?
If you answered “yes” to either of these, then you should play it safe. Club down. If you answered “no” to either—or can carry your driver over the hazards—then pull the big stick and in Fawcett’s words, “Send it!”
11/ A speed-boosting concept: When it comes to hitting the ball far, more muscle mass certainly helps. But you can only get so far with brute strength. In order to maximize how efficiently you transfer your body’s strength into your swing, pros are using a concept that’s known as “over-speed-under-speed training.” It’s the concept that helped Matt Fitzpatrick boost his speed to win the 2022 US Open. Overspeed training is when you swing some-thing like the shaft of a club at very high speeds to increase your swing speed. Underspeed is the opposite: Swinging your weight loaded driver slower than your driver. Overspeed trains your muscles to be explosive and Underspeed improves your strength. Fact: You need to train both ways to hit booming drives.
12/ Change Up Your Breathing: An intriguing point of interest among pro golfers is learning how they use their breathing to play better golf. Nick Bolhuis, who works with Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, among others, the vice president of performance programs at Neuropeak Pro, explains: Golfers perform their best in an optimal zone. “Sometimes that means taking slower, deeper breaths” (to reduce their heart rate when they are nervous). “Other times it means quicker, shallower breaths.” to speed up your heart rate and help you focus during those mid-round lulls.
