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Following the great tradition of Astro Tour series clubs, we have here the Astro Tour F Titanium Fairway Wood. By utilizing a design to bevel off the toe side of the crown, Astro Tour was able to add 2 sole weights to create the lowest CG ever in their fairway wood lineup. The low CG allows easy launch and maximum forgiveness for players of all abilities. The head design also features a cup face construction made of 15-3-3-3 forged titanium for expanding the high ball speed area across the face for optimal distance performance. The body I made of precision forged 6-4 Titanium. The Astro Tour F head 207cc head with shallow profile and a larger foot print that inspires confidence for players.  Though the foot print is larger, the shape is traditional and beautiful to look at address.  The Astro Tour F Fairway wood are available in 3W+  which is 13.5 deg loft,  3W in 15 deg and 5W in 18 deg.   The larger sole weight in the front is a fixed weight of 20g and the rear weight is an adjustable weight with 5g being the default with 1.5g, 2.5g, 3.5g and 8g sold separately.   The Astro Tour F is a high quality fairway wood with high level of forgiveness and distance performance in a very attractive package. 

Astro Tour F Titanium Fairway Wood Specification

Head Material	(Face) 15-3-3-3 Titanium (Body) 6AL-4V Titanium
Head Manufacturing Method	(Face) Forged Cup Face (Body) Precision Casting
Count	# 3 +	# 3	#Five
Loft angle	13.5 °	15 °	18 °
Rye angle	58 °	58 °	58.5 °
Head volume	207cc	207cc	177cc
Head weight	213g ±	213g ±	217g ±
length	43	43	42.5
Hardness	S / SR / R
gross weight	324g ± (# 3R)

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For those looking to complete their wood set up with an Astro Tour Driver and Astro Tour F Fairway wood,  you absolutely need to consider the Astro Tour U!    The Astro Tour U adopts similar design method as the Astro Tour F where they have bevelled off the toe area of the crown to create discretionary weight to place an adjustable weight the sole for lowering the CG but also provides the option for players to optimize the swing weight of the club. The results are an easier to launch head that is highly forgiving and versatile from any type of lie on the golf course. The Astro Tour U heads are available in 18 deg , 21 deg, 24 deg and  27deg variations to provide a nice range of options to blend in with the rest of your clubs.

Showing no effects from a rules controversy a day earlier, Patrick Reed pulled away for a 5-shot victory on Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open.

Patrick Reed had another rules controversy. Still, even if he did everything right, which he seemed to do at the Farmers Insurance Open, his history won't allow him the benefit of the doubt.

The rules issue that Patrick Reed faced at the Farmers Insurance Open on Saturday is one that Rory McIlroy also confronted -- without a rules official and with virtually no fanfare. The PGA Tour said Sunday that both cases were handled correctly.

Paul Casey left behind one of the unhappiest years of his golfing career by capturing his first title since 2019 with a four-stroke win at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday.

Patrick Reed, who is tied for the lead at the Farmers Insurance Open, picked up his golf ball before a rules official could arrive, claiming he was seeking relief because it was embedded -- despite replays showing that the ball had first bounced.

England's Paul Casey carded an eight-under-par 64 in the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday to take a one-shot lead heading into the final round.

Viktor Hovland closed with a 7-foot birdie putt to take a 1-shot lead over a group of six at the Farmers Insurance Open on a rainy, miserable Friday at Torrey Pines.

The ability to control both the face angle and loft at impact is paramount to playing better golf! This element in the golf swing really plays a major role in my teaching philosophy. Here’s a simple, yet illustrative, video that shows what can go wrong and how it needs to work…

So much of what we do in our golf swings is dictated by the face angle in the early part of the downswing. An open face means a stalled pivot and handle to go along with too much loft and an inconsistent strike. On the other hand an overly closed face will encourage too much lateral drive in the downswing and cause the hands to ultimately be too far forward and de-loft the face too much. This image illustrates the two extremes…

If you can make, even subtle, upgrades during this all important part of the golf swing you’re going to see a marked improvement in both your ball-striking and flight. Give it a go!

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Belgium's Thomas Detry, eyeing a maiden European Tour title, surged to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday.

Althea Gibson’s Second Act

Black History Month

February 1, 2021

Note: February is Black History Month. In celebrating, the NCGA will feature a number of articles on African-Americans who have had an impact on the game. This story was written by Rhonda Glenn and originally appeared on usga.org on Feb. 8, 2006.

Althea Gibson was famous for her amateur tennis career, during which she won one French, two Wimbledon and two U.S. singles titles in the pre-Open era, as well as doubles victories in all four Grand Slam events. Few remember that, in 1963, Gibson took up another challenge when she joined the Ladies Professional Golf Association.

As a young amateur who occasionally played in LPGA events, I first met Gibson in the snack bar of Delray Beach Country Club the day before the Louise Suggs Invitational began. I was introduced as a contestant and, accurately, as an announcer at a small Florida radio station.

“Oh, yeah?” Gibson said with a sunny grin.

The European Tour's Oman Open, slated for early March, has become the first event of the 2021 season to be postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Patrick Reed fired a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Thursday and is tied atop the Farmers Insurance Open with Alex Noren.

The Honda Classic has given Kamaiu Johnson a sponsor exemption two days after COVID-19 kept him from realizing his dream of playing on the PGA Tour at the Farmers Insurance Open.

USGA Announces Local Qualifying Sites for 121st U.S. Open

January 28, 2021

The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced local qualifying sites for the 121st U.S. Open Championship. The U.S. Open will be contested at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), in San Diego, Calif., for the second time from June 17-20, 2021. Local qualifying, conducted over 18 holes at 109 sites in 43 U.S. states and Canada, will take place between April 26-May 18.

 

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South Africa's Richard Sterne got off to a good start at the Dubai Desert Classic carding a 64 in the first round to finish at eight under for a one-shot lead.

According to TheGrint founder Jose Torbay, the purpose of the phone-based application is “to make it easier to carry and maintain a handicap.”

I call it a handicap service with benefits.

Regardless, it started as most solid entrepreneurial pursuits do: a solution to a problem. It wasn’t the kind of solution that radically changed an industry or turned into a proprietary noun (e.g., Kleenex, ChapStick).

But it did result in more than one nasty gram from the USGA.

“TheGrint.” Say What?

After a one-year hiatus, the USGA on Wednesday announced that 109 local sites across 43 states and Canada will conduct 18-hole U.S. Open qualifiers from April 26 to May 18.