In this edition of Play Smart, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Dave Phillips explains a move pros use to generate a positive angle of attack off the tee.
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Davis Chatfield made an albatross on the par-5 15th and closed with a 30-foot birdie putt for a 12-under 59 in the Korn Ferry Tour's Compliance Solutions Championship.
One of the biggest culprits of poor clubface control is the thumb on your lead hand. Here's how to make sure it's in the proper place.
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The European Ryder Cup players are better at foursomes than the American players. There's a reason for that.
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Derek Sprague, head of the PGA of America, has apologized to Rory McIlroy and his wife for how the Ryder Cup played out.
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Look, I’ll be honest with you. I’m not sure who’s such a Halloween fanatic that they’re willing to drop $400 on a themed putter, but apparently TaylorMade believes you’re out there somewhere.
Available now, TaylorMade has unleashed its Midnight Howl collection—a Halloween-themed Spider Tour X putter and matching headcovers that look like they escaped from a supernatural golf course.
The werewolf in Spider’s clothing
The centerpiece of the collection is the Midnight Howl Spider Tour X L-Neck, featuring an all-black head with neon green accents and a werewolf howling at the moon. It’s the same high-MOI design that World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has used to rack up 15 worldwide wins since making the switch in early 2024.
Those 15 wins, for the record, translated to a 1-4-0 record at the 2024 Ryder Cup.
I digress.
Paul Azinger ripped a U.S. Ryder Cup team move made ahead of the event at Bethpage Black while appearing on GOLF's Subpar podcast.
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How to watch the 2025 Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday at the Country Club of Jackson, including full Sanderson Farms TV coverage.
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PXG doesn’t run sales often, but when they do, it’s worth a look.
Right now, you can save $280 on a complete set GEN7 irons, which, according to PXG, are the best they’ve ever made. The GEN7 irons ranked highly for us too, which we ranked as the 2025’s top game improvement iron for distance. If you’re looking for pure distance in an iron, PXG 0311XP GEN7 is a phenomenal option.
2025’s top-ranking driver for forgiveness, the Black Ops Tour is also on-sale at a $150 discount, and for a premium driver in 2025, $500 doesn’t sound half bad to us. In fact, the entire Black Ops line of fairways and hybrids is discounted, and it’s never a bad idea to consider upgrading the top of your lineup.
Both lines are built for performance. The GEN7 irons’ calling card is distance, while the Black Ops line was engineered for forgiveness, speed, and dispersion especially off the tee.
If you’ve had PXG gear on your radar, this is one of the better price drops we’ve seen lately. Inventory tends to move quickly when PXG runs sales like this. Consider this your heads-up.
We recently looked at the golf clubs that cost amateurs the most strokes and nearly across the board, the answer was the 5-iron. But if you tell that to the player who just set up for a “cute” little lob shot and watched their 60-degree wedge rocket 20 yards over the back of the green, you’ll probably get a very different opinion.
The lob wedge has long carried the reputation of being a club for “emergencies only.”
It’s seen as high-risk, high-reward, and something average golfers shouldn’t lean on too often. To find out if that’s the truth, we asked Shot Scope for amateur performance data specific to the 60-degree wedge. The numbers reveal how golfers at different levels use it and whether it really helps or hurts.
How golfers actually use the 60-degree wedge
Before we dive into performance, it’s worth looking at usage. The 60-degree wedge shows up in very different ways depending on distance and on the player’s handicap.
Usage climbs steadily as skill improves with scratch golfers pulling the lob wedge far more often than higher handicaps. Even at the elite level, the 60-degree doesn’t dominate every situation.
One of the things I enjoy most about MyGolfSpy’s Most Wanted testing is seeing how brands perform over time. Golf equipment is always evolving but the real story is how these clubs perform in the hands of amateur players year after year. Looking back at five years of fairway wood testing reveals some clear patterns. If you’re looking for more distance from your woods, this may be a good place to start.
The longest fairway woods (2021-2025)
To find the longest fairway woods of the last five years, we pulled data from every Best Fairway Wood test we’ve done dating back to 2021. By stacking the results side by side, you can see which models led the way each year and which brands consistently remained at the top.
Key findings and interesting takeaways
1. TaylorMade’s distance dominance
TaylorMade has been the clear distance leader, winning three of the last five tests (2022, 2023, 2025). Their Stealth and Qi lines consistently produced the longest numbers in testing.
For me, the most striking part is that there hasn’t been a single year without a TaylorMade model in the top five and, in some years, they held down two of the five spots. That kind of consistency from a brand, regardless of the metric, is hard to find.
2. Callaway and COBRA stay in the chase
Callaway claimed the crown in 2024 with the Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond and has six total top-five placements across the span. COBRA isn’t far behind, with four appearances. Interestingly, COBRA is often thought of as the more forgiving mid- to high-handicap selection but there are some distance benefits to COBRA as well.
I want to get ahead of this because I know the comments will be made.
No, I am not writing this story because the U.S. lost. I honestly wasn’t even rooting for the Americans to win the Ryder Cup, although that Sunday comeback bid was riveting television that had me unable to take a bathroom break for about 90 minutes straight.
Having said that, I think this Ryder Cup made it obvious that three old-fashioned rules should be modernized.
Are they the only three aspects of the Ryder Cup that should change? No. This edition at Bethpage was a bit of a gong show, led by the PGA of America’s total incompetence to run a functional golf tournament (but that is a story for another day).
I’m focusing on these three rules—which can be viewed as minor or massive depending on your perspective—because it’s time for the tournament to evolve.
Chances are you know someone who’s fighting breast cancer or its aftereffects.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual international campaign to raise awareness – and cash – to promote early detection and, most importantly, research. You’ll see plenty of pink ribbons, fundraising walks and educational events throughout the month and you’ll see companies offering limited-edition products to help support the cause.
Without getting too deep into the weeds, friends, this one is personal.
So, I’m going to start October with a grateful tip of the cap to Vessel for its wonderful Limited-Edition Rose Collection, created in partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Vessel Limited-Edition Player V Rose stand bags
“We are honored to partner with the National Breast Cancer Foundation, an organization renowned for its impact in helping women now,” says Vessel CEO Ronnie Shaw. “This collaboration allows us to use our platform and products to contribute to a cause that touches so many lives.”
Bryson DeChambeau earned the top spot again this month but the headline was depth.
Grant Horvat landed multiple top-performers, Big Wedge stacked several strong entries and Bob Does Sports stayed hot with its signature match-play chaos.
September’s YouTube content is a mix of great matches, sports stars and the chaos that has become standard with YouTube golf.
1. Can I Break a Public Course Record in One Try? (Famous Holes)
Channel: Bryson DeChambeau
Views: 2.4 million
Bryson DeChambeau takes on Tour 18, a public course with replicas of golf’s most famous holes, trying to break the course record of 63. The video blends huge drives, tricky wedges and plenty of humor as he shows the fine line between pro-level brilliance and frustration.
Akie Iwai shot an 8-under 64 in calm morning conditions Wednesday at Hoakalei Country Club to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's Lotte Championship.
European star Matt Fitzpatrick fired back at PGA of America president Don Rea, calling his comparison of the crowds at Bethpage Black and Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, which hosted the 2023 event outside Rome, "pretty offensive to European fans."
Comedian Heather McMahon drew scorn at the Ryder Cup for heckling Rory McIlroy. On her latest podcast episode, she spoke about the incident.
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In this edition of Play Smart, LPGA professional Gia Liwski shows us how to find the proper setup position to make a good swing.
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