So Yeon Ryu and Jodi Ewart Shadoff left Friday with a share of the lead in the ShopRite LPGA.
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Tyrrell Hatton overcame three bogeys on a frustrating back nine to card a two-under 70 and take a one-shot lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship second round on Friday.
Spirit of the Game: Joe Louis Barrow, Jr.
October 1, 2021
Joe Louis Barrow Jr. didn’t have to look far for inspiration.
His father, Joe Louis (pictured, above), isn’t just regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, but was one the first African Americans to have a cultural impact in the United States.
Even on the golf course. In 1952, Louis, who was as passionate about golf as he was about boxing, was invited to play as an amateur in the San Diego Open. He’d become the first African American to play in a PGA Tour event.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Joe Louis Barrow Jr. has also left an impact, parlaying a successful business career into his role as CEO of The First Tee, a positive youth development organization that introduces the game of golf and its values, such as honesty perseverance and sportsmanship, to young people.
Honma Beres is all about lightweight luxury designed for low- to medium-swing speed players with very deep pockets. Pricing for a Beres driver can range from a low end of $850 for a 2-Star driver all the way up to $4,500 for a 5-Star driver.
Though the 2-Star is ironically considered “entry-level” by Beres (it did finish third in this year’s Most Wanted Super Game Improvement Iron testing), the line goes up to 3-, 4- and 5-Star levels. Just so we’re clear, a full bag of 5-Star Honma Beres wares will set you back roughly $70,000.
With all of that said, we’d like to get feedback from MyGolfSpy readers.
TESTERS WANTED
We’re looking for two couples (four total testers) to try the Honma 2-Star driver and report back.
Bryson DeChambeau finished tied for fourth place on Thursday and will be part of the top 16 that will compete for the long drive world title.
PGA rookie Sahith Theegala carded an 8-under 64 on Thursday to grab a one-shot lead over Nick Watney and Harold Varner III in the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Longtime caddie Jim "Bones" Mackay will significantly cut back on his TV analyst duties to carry the bag full time for Justin Thomas, with whom he won a WGC event in Memphis in 2020.
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Rule of the Month: The Ball
Oct. 1, 2021
Generally, you will hole out with the same ball you play from the teeing area. You can always use a new ball when starting a hole. You can also substitute a different ball any time you are taking relief, including both free and penalty relief. Unless the one-ball Local Rule is in effect, the substituted ball could be any brand. On the putting green however, when you mark and lift your ball, you must replace that same ball to finish out the hole.
When your ball is lifted, you can almost always clean it (except for a few specific circumstances). If you happen to run out of balls, you can borrow one from any other player, including a practice or X-Out ball (which are generally conforming balls).
If you play a wrong ball, you lose the hole in match play or get a two-stroke penalty in stroke play. In stroke play, you must correct your mistake by playing the right ball or otherwise playing under the Rules (for example, by playing under stroke and distance if your ball is lost).
Tyrrell Hatton shook off the disappointment of Europe's heavy loss at the Ryder Cup last week as he took a share of the first-round lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday.
DISTANCE + STRAIGHTNESS = The eRook II Driver! The new eRook II is definitely a driver worth considering for a wide range of players. Let’s start with the basics. It is 450cc’s, this is an adjustable driver face angle, loft, lie, head weight, weight bias. In the neutral setting, the face angle sits at 0.5* open. The standard head weight is approx 200g.
JIGEN the actual brand of the new eRook II driver is driver design-focused and this is their second product to hit market. The first model the eRook RK55z was a hit in Japan, known as a very straight low spin club with excellent distance now the eRook II is completely redesigned from the ground up and it shows.
The center of gravity distance, depth, and height along with gravity angle was intentionally designed to give the player equal to better performance than many of the most well-known golf brands drivers. This is a 3 piece structure (excluding the hosel adapter and weights.) The eRook II is made of the well-known (Body) Ti811 titanium that is wax precision cast while the (FACE) is made of Ti-180 which is pressed into the structure, finally the large encompassing crown/body is thermal pressure molded Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic or (CFRP).
Does that mean anything to you? well a lot of R&D as gone into this driver compared to many other boutique brands which is why the new eRook II really performs. The symmetry wing rib arranged inside of the sole does two big things, it transmits repulsive energy to the ball with extremely low loss and how they achieve this is by controlling rigidity and vibration for a stronger straightness.
The massive CFRP carbon-encompassing crown gives this head a surplus of weight to take advantage of, which for a driver designer is a luxury. In this case, the designers at JIGEN redistributed the weight savings mostly to the sole and combined with the extra weight adjustment screws on the exterior of the club head further lowered the CG while maintaining their ideal characteristics so that the eRook II fit the wides range of player possible.
Foresight and Bushnell have launched GC3 and Launch Pro launch monitors.The GC3 is a pay one-time option while the Launch Pro is largely subscription-based.Prices range from $2,999 to $6,995.
It’s an exciting time for Foresight sports, which means it’s an exciting time for golfers. The company recently was acquired by Vista Outdoors for $474 million. That brings Foresight under the same corporate umbrella as Bushnell Golf. The timing couldn’t be better as Foresight and Bushnell are partnering on the release of two … well, one, but kinda two … new compelling offerings in the personal launch monitor category.
Launching simultaneously are the Foresight GC3 and Bushnell Launch Pro launch monitors.
Foresight GC3 / Bushnell Launch Pro – Technical Details
Let’s get the technical bits out of the way. Both the GC3 and Launch Pro are manufactured by Foresight Sports. The San Diego-based company recently expanded its headquarters where the new launch monitors are assembled. It now has the capability to produce well over 200 units a day to help keep up with the anticipated demand.
Both the GC3 and Launch Pro are photometric (i.e, camera-based) systems. As you might surmise from the name, three cameras give the devices the ability to accurately capture both ball and clubhead data. While that’s not quite a GC Quad, the new device is more powerful than Foresight’s prior-generation GC2. Not bad for what’s being loosely billed as consumer-grade, or at least prosumer-grade, equipment.
The final 32 of the Professional Long Drivers of America World Championships will include PGA Tour star Bryson DeChambeau, who finished second in his group Wednesday in Nevada.
Wouldn’t it be nice to start your takeaway with a move that will guarantee a perfect swing with all of your irons? Well bless your stars because this is your lucky day. I have been working on using a flat wrist swing with lag that will power every shot directly up my target line. I have actually done this for years but I could not find consistency to do this with all of my clubs. 10% to 20% of my shots have often been miss-hits. I finally stumbled over a simple trick to create consistency using a wrist move at the start of my takeaway.
Many pros have used a forward arm “press” to start their backswing. Even Phil Michelson and Jordan Spieth use it for the start of their putting stroke. I have also noticed that a Pete Styles a PGA instructor on the Golf-Info-Guide training videos adds a forward press with a slight shift of his hands at the start of his backswing. No one has explained how this affects their performance.
Flatten Your Wrist to Start Your Takeaway
I have been trying to incorporate a flat wrist in my backswing before I reach the top of my swing where I also add wrist lag (with a 90 degree angle from my forearm to my shaft). Somehow I have not been able to capture these 2 moves consistently so I decided to copy Dustin Johnson.
Dustin Johnson must be doing something right with his swing. In addition to being the #1 golfer on tour, he just won 5 points for the USA Ryder Cup Team. He starts bowing his wrist (forming a bump on the back of his wrist) and gradually adding lag from the start of his takeaway. I don’t have his power so I decided to just STRAIGHTEN my wrist at the start of my backswing (instead of BOWING my wrist). This is my eureka move that creates consistent hits with better direction control.
I noticed that the leading wrist on every golfer during setup has a slight cup shape when you setup for any of your clubs (especially for your driver where you setup with the ball further forward in your stance). Only Bryson DeChambeau sets up with a flat leading wrist for his driver and all of his driving clubs.
Adams Tight Lies fairway woods and hybrids are available now.The value-priced clubs ($179 fairways/$149 hybrids) are available now.Golfers can save even more through combo pricing options.
Adams Golf, which somewhat quietly relaunched last October with all-new Tight Lies fairway woods, has decided to try and make just a little bit more noise with the addition of the Adams Tight Lies hybrids (also all-new) to the collection.
Sorry, guys. Still no irons.
Timing is Everything
The reemergence and now expansion of the brand that, not all that long ago, seemed destined for the scrapheap is just one of the things that makes sense in a world where COVID has created a massive influx of both new and returning golfers. I’d wager a significant percentage of these new golfers fall somewhere in the game- and super game-improvement space and, like many golfers, they’re not particularly interested in spending $350+ on a fairway wood and $250+ for a hybrid.
“The only constant in life is change” Greek philosopher Heraclitus
“Time may change me but I can’t trace time” British rocker Bowie
Honma Golf has had one constant in North America: Change.
For the past three years, it seems Honma has turned to face the strange and put itself through enough ch-ch-changes in strategy and corporate leadership to make both Bowie and Heraclitus proud.
Since 2018, Honma Golf leadership has morphed more times than a Power Ranger—from “strategic advisor” Mark King to former TaylorMade executive John Kawaja and then former Titleist executive Chris McGinley. This past summer, Honma named former Bridgestone Golf executive Janeann Lanning as its new North American chief.
Bryson DeChambeau's five longest drives out of 30 attempts were 412, 408, 407, 403 and 401 yards, which was good enough to advance to the final 64 of the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championships.
The Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines will start a day earlier and finish on Sunday, Jan. 29, a day ahead of the NFC and AFC title games.
The Baldo Corsa Hybrid is all about more distance in a driving iron. The face is made of forged DAT55 which is what you would usually see on a driver. Imagine hitting the 18* 230 yards! The body is made of full 8-1-1Tititanium and internally there is almost 100g positioned on the sole. On paper, this is a tiny driver, DAT55 + Titanium + internal weighting is the recipe for many drivers on the market today but never in any driving irons.
Oh and I almost forgot, Adjustable weights on the sole. Standard it comes with dual 8g weights but you can also buy 2,4,6,8,10,12 and 14 grams. Big selection. Left-handed is also available :).
Baldo considers this the most distance-oriented driving hybrid in the world. It works particularly well for those with faster swings who strike down on the ball yet it is extremely accommodating to slower swingers as well thanks to its high trajectory and low CG. The head itself is made of some very light materials while the majority of the mass is positioned internally near the sole. Accurate, high launching with plenty of distance. The longest and possibly easiest driving iron in the game today.
We can offer the Baldo Corsa Hybrid driving iron head only or shafted with any JDM shaft, I would suggest Fujikura MCH, Modus 3 Hybrid, Loop Hybrid, Bassara Hybrid, Tour AD HY or the NS Pro Zelos 7 Hybrid shaft just to name a few.
Baldo Corsa Hybrid 2020 Specification
