The Hootie & the Blowfish frontman has played something like 70 of our Top 100 Courses in the World. Seriously.
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Set to open in 2025, Jack's Bay in the Bahamas has courses by Nicklaus Design and Tiger Woods, and a new collection of luxury homes.
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Scotty Cameron's 2024 Catalina ‘My Girl’ putter sold out in minutes, but there's a way to not miss future drops on Fairway Jockey.
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Tyrrell Hatton was caught criticizing the finishing hole at this week's DP World Tour Championship. And he may have good reason to.
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If you're looking for the perfect gift that is sure to please the golf-lover in your life, check out 45 of our editor-approved selections.
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Charley Hull's unusual wager with her boyfriend is keeping her motivated as the LPGA season reaches its conclusion.
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To help clarify the thinking behind GOLF's rankings of Top 100 Courses in the U.S., two panelists take sides in a "which is better" debate.
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In this edition of Our Picks, we asked GOLF staffers to dish on their favorite, go-to golf shoes they can't leave home without.
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Shopping for the golfer in your life? This 'world-famous golf sale' from Druids is one you won't want to miss. Check it out today.
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Golf course architects tend to get around. But few get around like David McLay Kidd, the rare designer who pilots his own plane.
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Odyssey is releasing three new Square 2 Square Ai-ONE putter models.The putters are zero-torque designs that incorporate Odyssey’s Ai-One technologies.In stores Nov. 29 with MSRP of $299.99
You might mistakenly accuse Odyssey of jumping on the zero-torque putter bandwagon. I get why you would make that assumption. Thanks to the success of L.A.B. Golf putters over the past few years, consumer demand for this style of putter is at an all-time high. As a result, multiple companies are designing zero-torque putters this season.
What separates Odyssey from the other companies is that they have previously dabbled in zero-torque putter designs.
Do you remember the 2010 Odyssey Backstryke? That was the putter where the shaft entered at the rear of the head. In 2016, Odyssey released the Toe Up line. As you can likely guess, all of the Toe Up putters had toe-up toe hang and, once again, zero torque. That release was when Odyssey first used the Square to Square tag line for face rotation.
A combination of the two Odyssey designs emerged in 2020 with the Odyssey Stroke Lab Black Toe Up Big Seven Backstryke putter. Not only did that putter have the longest name ever but it was yet another reduced-torque design from Odyssey.
The bottom line is that the Square 2 Square line is not Odyssey’s first zero-torque rodeo. They have been tinkering with zero-torque designs for quite some time and believe that this new design plan is their best yet.
The path is clear for Rory McIlroy to clinch the year-long Race to Dubai title and be crowned the European tour's best player for a sixth time.
As part of our equipment testing, we extract key bits of information to help golfers make smart purchasing decisions. This year, we learned a lot, especially about drivers and MOI. If you are in the market for new clubs, let our testing and research help you make more informed decisions. Here are the 2024 equipment testing key takeaways.
Subjective feedback and performance don’t always align
Golfers often assume a club’s look, feel and sound reflect its performance.
Not true.
Models like the T Squared TS-912 and Cleveland HB Soft 2 #1 putters performed well despite low subjective ratings in our putting test. This theme was also seen throughout the iron and driver testing.
Yes, plenty of clubs had strong data to back up the subjective feel and ratings but feel and looks alone are not enough to succeed on the course.
It’s an age-old question that we can argue about for days.
Is it the person holding the putter? Or the putter itself that matters?
I’ve found it borderline humorous that, of the people who will swear putting is all about the person holding the putter, more than a few game something that costs north of $200. A few more game a putter north of $300. And many more will sport a Scotty, a Betty or a PING PLD that sells for over $400.
If you firmly believe a person who putts well can putt well with anything, why are you putting with what you’re putting?
Like I said, we can argue about this for days.
Just below the Arctic Circle, nestled among the fjords of Iceland is the fishing city, Akureyri. Pronounced “aa·kr·ay·ree”, this city, known as the “capital” of northern Iceland, holds a gem of a golf experience that many casual golfers may not have heard of before.
Who can blame them? When it comes to golf many of us avoid any chance of inclement weather when we tee it up. As for golf destinations, golfers don’t often seek out locations with the word “ice” in its name for a golf trip.
Akureyri is home to the aptly named Akureyri Golf Club, host of the “Arctic Open” an event that takes place every June during (you guessed it) the summer solstice. Created in 1986, this unique event is one of – if not the only – golf event in the world that allows golfers to tee off at 11pm at night and play during the VERY early hours of the morning. Encroaching darkness may be a concern for those at lower latitudes but in Iceland, the “midnight sun”, allows golfers to traverse the course without delay or visibility issues creating 24-hours of golf during the summer months.
Spread out over two days, the Arctic Open pits players against one another in a Stableford format across two rounds with winners crowned among various flights and age-groups. The event draws a large amount of interest each year. Participant totals are normally capped around 120 golfers of varying skill levels. The result? An intimate event that allows golf diehards to experience a challenging golf landscape in a country that is only home to fifteen, 18-hole courses and 50, 9-hole courses across a land mass roughly the size of Virginia.
Talk about the land of fire and ice.
Forgive my cynicism—it’s been a very long past three years in professional golf—but I don’t like how money is dominating the Ryder Cup conversation.
The gold standard for dramatic, big-time events in professional golf, the Ryder Cup is undoubtedly one of the great spectacles in all of sports. Nobody could argue that.
It’s about love of country and continent. In a game known for diplomacy, the intense competition regularly boils over traditional boundaries. It’s a team sport in an individual game, a match that makes millionaires cry tears of joy and sorrow. The American and European fans play prominent roles in the proceedings, cheering and jeering with a certain ruthlessness that transfers back to the players.
In any sport, we just want the athletes to care. We want to see them nervous and passionate. The Ryder Cup has regularly delivered on that, creating riveting drama in a sport that often struggles to do so.
One would assume the Ryder Cup stays that way forever. What could slow it down?
Rory McIlroy and other Europeans this week scoffed at the idea of compensation for participation in the Ryder Cup, saying they remain delighted to participate in the event merely for what European captain Luke Donald called "passion" for golf and country.
Charley Hull and Jiwon Jeon each opened with a 6-under 64 on Thursday at The Annika, while Nelly Korda was two shots back in her first competition in nearly two months.
Hayden Springer, who came to Bermuda at No. 125 in the FedEx Cup, shot a 6-under 65 for a share of the lead at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
