2025 KPMG Women's PGA Championship tee times for Thursday's first round at PGA Frisco, featuring Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko and more.
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Nelly Korda's heartbreak at Erin Hills is still fresh, but she is using her mistakes as fuel to chase major No. 3 at the KPMG Women's PGA.
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How to watch the 2025 KPMG Women's PGA Championship at PGA Frisco, including a full KPMG Women's PGA TV schedule, streaming info and more.
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2025 Travelers Championship tee times for Thursday's first round at TPC River Highlands, featuring Rory McIlroy, J.J. Spaun and more.
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Michael E. Jordan was just a teenager watching baseball in his mother’s basement when he heard the word that would define his future apparel brand.
Jordan looked on as the Boston Red Sox won the 2013 World Series. When a player was interviewed in the aftermath, he said the same word a lot of athletes like to use moments following a championship victory: “Unreal.”
That one word—a symbol for the indescribable that leaves us speechless—sent him on a path.
The journey led Jordan to found UNRL, an apparel brand that was not manufactured in a board room or accompanied by massive budgets and decades of industry expertise.
No, UNRL was born out of a basement. It was created out of sheer willpower and grit. It was birthed through a grassroots, word-of-mouth, hands-in-the-dirt kind of effort.
Sometimes, maybe often, golf doesn’t have much going for it. It’s frustrating, expensive, time-consuming, and as complicated as you want to make it. On your best day, it’s the greatest game ever invented. On your worst day, you wonder if your time wouldn’t have been better spent slamming your head in a car door.
Most days, I suppose it beats mowing the lawn.
Fair warning: What I’m about to share won’t help you simplify the game. In fact, I’m about to suggest you spend a bit more money for the privilege of adding complexity to your equipment strategy. I’ve already given you a reason to overthink your golf ball selection and now I’m going to introduce you to one of my favorite equipment philosophies. I call it Two in the Trunk.
No, this isn’t a euphemism for the kind of thing some of you are googling at 2 a.m. I’m suggesting that, quite literally, you should keep two extra clubs in the trunk of your car.
(Though, truth be told, the trunk isn’t the ideal place to store clubs. Maybe keep those extra two in the garage for when you need them, although “Two in the Garage” doesn’t have nearly the same ring to it.)
If your answer to “which hole at Oakmont was the hardest?” is “all of them,” you’re not far off. It’s been a while since we’ve seen pros humbled the way Oakmont did it this week. While birdies and eagles are fun to watch, sometimes it’s refreshing for the best players in the world to face challenges.
From the Church Pew bunkers to brutal par-4s and long par-3s, Oakmont demanded precision and punished mistakes. Here’s how every hole played, ranked from the most difficult to the least based on scoring average.
Full Hole-by-Hole breakdown at Oakmont
| Rank | Hole | Par | Yards | Avg Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 4 | 472 | 4.520 |
| 2 | 15 | 4 | 507 | 4.505 |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 289 | 3.466 |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 462 | 4.450 |
| 5 | 18 | 4 | 502 | 4.367 |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 488 | 4.349 |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | 346 | 4.313 |
| 8 | 7 | 4 | 485 | 4.309 |
| 9 | 16 | 3 | 236 | 3.300 |
| 10 | 10 | 4 | 461 | 4.232 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 200 | 3.167 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | 408 | 4.153 |
| 13 | 11 | 4 | 400 | 4.092 |
| 14 | 14 | 4 | 379 | 4.070 |
| 15 | 13 | 3 | 182 | 3.032 |
| 16 | 12 | 5 | 632 | 5.018 |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | 611 | 4.991 |
| 18 | 17 | 4 | 312 | 3.845 |
Brutal front nine stretch
The front nine played nearly three shots over par on average. The ninth hole was the most difficult o the tournament at +0.52 over par. Between holes 3, 8 and 9, players were simply trying to survive.
The Church Pew bunkers: Prediction vs. reality
Shot Scope warned us: If you end up in the Church Pew bunkers at Oakmont, expect real damage.
On Hole 3, players were expected to lose 1.25 strokes after finding the Church Pews.On Hole 4, the expected loss was 0.61 strokes.That prediction held up.
Hitting a bad drive or slicing a fairway wood is frustrating but it’s also expected. These are tough shots that demand speed, timing and precision from a long way out. But duffing a short pitch shot from just off the green? That’s a different kind of pain. You’re close. You’re in position and then, all of a sudden, you are trying to save bogey.
For most golfers, those chunked pitches aren’t swing issues; they’re setup problems. In this Chris Ryan video, he walks through a few simple setup changes that helped a student go from chunking everything to spinning shots cleanly and confidently.
Shift your weight forward at address
Most amateurs set up too centered. Some even put weight on the trail foot in an effort to lift the ball. This weight distribution at setup causes a fat shot. The goal is to get more left-sided for right-handed players (or lead-sided) in the setup.
Let your lead hip bump slightly forward.Move your head just ahead of the ball (about the “middle of your hat” over or in front of the ball).You don’t need a massive lean, just enough to feel pressure on your lead foot.This forward bias helps you stay over the ball and encourages a cleaner, more confident strike.
Narrow your stance and stand closer
If you’re too far from the ball, you’re more likely to swing with stiff arms or hit off the toe of your wedge. For pitch shots, it helps with feel and distance control to get closer to the ball.
We’ve all been there: standing over a three-foot putt on the first hole to save par. It looks straight as an arrow. You are confident about your line. You make your stroke. It’s right on your start line, looks good … and then abruptly puts on the turn signal and just cruises past the hole.
Not too encouraging for the day ahead on the greens, especially as your playing partner has just drained a 20-footer with more break than a mountain road.
Sound familiar?
Most golfers think green reading is some kind of mystical talent that only pros possess. They’ll spend hours on the driving range perfecting their swing but walk onto every green like they’re playing pin the tail on the donkey.
Here’s the truth about green reading: it isn’t magic—it’s a skill you can learn.
I went to The Kingdom to test the new TaylorMade Spider ZT putter. Here’s why this zero-torque mallet might be the most stable Spider yet.
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Nelly Korda skipped the champions dinner before the KPMG Women's PGA Championship because of a sore neck that flared up during a practice round.
Can Scottie Scheffler win back-to-back titles at the Travelers Championship? Here's how to catch the action on ESPN+.
Here’s a breakdown of the main types of golf chip shots, used to control trajectory, spin, and roll near the green:
1. Basic Chip Shot
Purpose: A low shot with minimal airtime and maximum roll.
When to Use: Just off the green with plenty of green to work with.
Club: Usually a 7–9 iron or pitching wedge.
2. Bump and Run
Purpose: A low, running shot that travels just over the fringe and rolls out like a putt.
In golf, everything (or at least something) old is new again. You’d be hard-pressed to come up with a better example of that than the re-release of the Titleist 680 MB.
About the 680 MB
Your brief history lesson is that the 680 MB was originally released in 2003. Despite being roughly 22 years old, you can still find 680s in play on Tour. Case in point, Webb Simpson still carries 680s in his 5-9 irons.
For additional reference, the current MB in the Titleist lineup – the 620 MB – hasn’t been updated since 2019. If nothing else, it confirms what many golfers inherently understand – in the world of forged blades, technological breakthroughs aren’t really something that happens.
The hook here is that despite their advanced age, the 680 MB irons still enjoy a following, and if the current release plans don’t involve offering something new for purists, I suppose there’s a case for offering up something beloved—regardless of its vintage.
680 MB vs 620 MB
Differences between the 680 MB and the current 620 MB are almost entirely driven by shape. According to Titleist, the 680 MB offers a more classic, old-school blade look at address. In practice, that means it has a shorter blade length, a bit more offset, a higher toe, thinner topline, and narrower sole with a pre-worn leading edge.
For years, TaylorMade staffers have been spotted with competitive wedges in their bags—particularly when it comes to lob wedges. It’s one of those open secrets that makes equipment geeks cringe and begs the question: if your own guys won’t play your wedges, why should anyone else?
The answer, at least partially, has been TaylorMade’s historically limited grind offerings. While the MG series has earned multiple Most Wanted awards and built a case as perhaps the most underrated clubs in all of golf, the lack of grind variety has been a legitimate knock against an otherwise exceptional product line.
The limited release of the MG Proto wedge suggests that’s about to change.
From tour van to your bag
Previously exclusively for Tour athletes, the fully forged TaylorMade MG Proto is now available in limited quantities. Billed as genuine tour parts, the MG Proto represents something of a rarity in the equipment world—an actual tour prototype making its way to retail.
The Proto features a raw finish and comes stock with a Dynamic Gold Wedge 115g shaft and Golf Pride Z-Grip. More importantly, it introduces two new grind options that should help address TaylorMade’s historic weakness in wedge fitting.
The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that commissioner Jay Monahan will be stepping down at the end of his contract in 2026, as new CEO Brian Rolapp takes over day-to-day responsibilities.
Who will be the favorites in The Open? Will J.J. Spaun's unlikely victory propel him to more wins? With the U.S. Open finished, we look ahead in the 2025 season.
Unless you are living in a bunker (an underground shelter, not a sandy pit on the course), you saw what J.J. Spaun did to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont.
Spaun got off to a dreadful start Sunday, making bogey on five of his first six holes. He appeared to shoot himself out of the tournament as Sam Burns took the lead.
Just when all looked lost, inclement weather forced a stoppage of play. It was just the kind of reset that Spaun needed.
What happened next will go down in U.S. Open lore.
He made how many feet worth of putts?
After the delay, the 34-year-old journeyman went nuclear.
Picture this: You’re standing in the golf ball aisle at your local pro shop, staring at what appears to be an endless wall of white dimpled spheres. The prices range from “reasonable” to “You can’t be serious!” You grab what looks like the latest Pro V1, confident you’re getting the newest technology that will finally drop your handicap into single digits, only to discover later that you’ve bought a model as old as your set of Tommy Armour 845 irons.
We’ve all been there. The golf ball market is a minefield of model years, packaging changes and inventory that sometimes feels like it’s been sitting on shelves since the second Bush administration. With manufacturers constantly updating their offerings and retailers moving through old stock, knowing what you’re actually buying has become more complicated than reading a green at Augusta.
Here’s the thing: golf ball technology actually does improve (or at least change) from generation to generation. Sure, it’s not going to transform you into Scottie Scheffler overnight but the differences between a current model and something from three years ago can be significant enough to matter. More importantly, if you’re paying premium prices, you deserve to know you’re getting the version you actually want.
So how do you navigate this maze without getting burned? It’s simpler than you may think but it requires a little detective work. Here’s your field guide to making sure you’re not the sucker who pays full price for last year’s model.
When in doubt, check the manufacturer’s website
This is Golf Ball Shopping 101 but you’d be amazed how many people skip this step. Manufacturers want to sell their newest stuff—that’s where the margins are. So, what you see prominently featured on their websites is almost always going to be their current generation.
