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How to watch the 2025 BMW Championship on Thursday in Maryland, including full BMW Championship TV coverage and streaming info.

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Justin Rose just became the fourth straight winner on Tour to use this type of lob wedge and more companies are offering similar options.

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Augusta's everyman appeal loses out in the quest for luxury, exclusivity and money.

Trouble inside 50 yards? This top teacher reveals the three keys you need to flight your wedges like a pro.

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Do you assume you’ll make every putt and get annoyed when you don’t? While you don’t want to set the bar too high or too low, it helps to know which distances you should be making most of the time.

We pulled Shot Scope data showing make percentages from a variety of distances for each handicap level. Take a look at how your putting game stacks up.

Putting make percentage by handicap (Full chart)

Where the biggest gaps are

The short putts are where you’ll see the largest difference between high- and low-handicap golfers. While 0-3 feet is telling the largest separator in overall performance is in the 3- to 6-foot range.

For context, PGA Tour players make around 87 percent from 3–5 feet. Even scratch amateurs still have room to improve here. The 3- to 6-foot range is where you will see a lot of par-saving putts, and when these can’t convert, there’s a big impact on the scorecard.

Why long putts don’t separate golfers as much

From 18 feet and beyond, the make percentages between low and high handicaps flatten out. In most cases, it’s only a 6 to 8 percentage point difference. While it might sound like good news for higher handicaps, it’s a bit misleading.

Earlier this week, the latest installment of “The Major Cut” series was released.

If you’re not familiar with the concept, The Major Cut follows Grant Horvat and the Bryan Bros. as they take on major championship venues. The threesome plays two rounds at each course, aiming to “make the weekend” based on whatever the cutline was at the most recent major held there.

For example, the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach had a cutline of +2. That was their target score to reach for 36 holes of play.

The series started back in April 2024 and has quickly become a shining example of great YouTube golf content that scratches several itches at once.

For that reason, The Major Cut has become my single-most favorite YouTube golf series.

Golf is a difficult game and sometimes the advice that gets tossed around makes it even harder. For beginners, distinguishing between valuable tips and harmful ones can be a challenge. Here are seven beginner golf myths that are likely making your entry into the sport more difficult than it needs to be.

Myth 1: Start with the cheapest clubs you can find

Being smart with your money when purchasing a beginner set is a great idea. However, if you go out and simply find the cheapest set available, you’re doing yourself a disservice.

In my teaching career, I saw this exact mistake cause golfers to quit.

I’d much rather see you play with a set of used clubs, fitted to your needs and of decent quality. A brand-new, shiny bargain set that will never help you succeed.

Myth 2: You need all 14 clubs to start

Speaking of cheap clubs, I’ll go ahead and add this statement as well.

Collin Morikawa remains one of the purest iron players in the game. He ranks fifth on the PGA Tour in Strokes Gained: Approach this season. While his 2025 campaign has been a mix of highs and lows, there is a lot to learn from the way Morikawa strikes the ball.

In a recent Break 50 YouTube challenge, Morikawa shared three revealing clues about his iron game and they’re things any golfer can learn from.

Clue #1 – Control the clubface with a bowed lead wrist

Morikawa’s iron control starts with how he manages the clubface.

“I hold the face so hard … I don’t really let the club release and turn over. That’s how I think gear effect doesn’t happen. I might have the most bowed wrist out of anybody I’ve ever seen — maybe even more than DJ.”

Morikawa has a lot of bowing in that lead wrist and, because of that, the clubface is pretty square, maybe even a little shut at the top of his backswing. He leaves himself very little work to do on the downswing. Most amateurs struggle to square the face as they swing down.

Hot on the heels of their new Hellcat putter, PXG is rolling out the Battle Ready II Torpedo. Shockingly, the PXG Torpedo is not a zero-torque putter.

Not zero-torque? Oh, the humanity!

Although PXG has produced some of the best zero-torque putters in the marketplace, like the Allan, they know that zero-torque is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

As such, they continue to produce traditional-torque models. The Torpedo continues the rich tradition of PXG’s Battle Ready II putter line, known for its precision construction and novel approach to maximizing stability and MOI.

And, yes, the Torpedo does have a striking resemblance to another popular putter model.

John Daly II, a senior-to-be at Arkansas, was among 32 players who won their matches Wednesday in the first round of match play at the U.S. Amateur, where five of the top 10 amateurs in the world also advanced at The Olympic Club.

Though John Daly II has a lot in common with his two-time major-championship winning father, he's not a carbon copy of his old man.

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The Tour Championship now has the richest individual prize fund in golf with a total purse of $40 million, with $10 million to the winner.

Here are four reasons why Rory McIlroy again said being a Ryder Cup playing captain is unwise. He talked ahead of the BMW Championship.

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Discover essential tips, rules, and strategies to excel in golf scrambles. Improve your game and boost your team’s performance.

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From friendly do-overs to legendary tales—discover the meaning, rules, and quirky origins of golf’s most forgiving tradition.

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Rory McIlroy says he said no to the question of whether he'd be a playing captain for a future European Ryder Cup team.

Scottie Scheffler isn't sure if Ted Scott, his regular caddie, will be back at work at next week's Tour Championship.

As a community of golfers, we often misconstrue the word “value” to mean “cheap”. This completely ignores the reality that what’s cheap may not always provide actual value.

So when I say that the Amazfit Balance 2 is the best value golf watch and fitness tracker, I am not saying that the Amazfit Balance 2 is cheap.

What I AM saying is that it achieves a near-perfect balance of price and performance … and even leans more towards performance in that regard.

If you think of it like a balance scale, the performance slightly outweighs the price point. In short, that means you’re getting more bang for your buck. More mustard for your money.

In more pointed words, if you want or need a new golf watch, a fitness tracker, or both … you’ve found it.

If you’re a brand-loyal golfer who plays only Odyssey putters, you’re in luck. We tested seven Odyssey models in 2025. We’ve pulled the results from the tests along with Odyssey’s own product details to help you decide which model might be best for your game.

Odyssey putter test results

PuttView Handicap is a Strokes Gained–style metric where a lower (more negative) number is better. Short, medium and long putting performance are measured separately, along with an overall average.

Which one is for you?

The best overall mallet putter from Odyssey was the Ai-ONE 7, the blade was the Ai-ONE Milled Two T and the zero-torque was the Ai-ONE S2S Jailbird. If you want to look a little deeper into which one could be good for your game, here is what you should know.