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Jon Rahm's Sunday collapse at the Paris Olympics revealed a rare side of the 2-time major champ ... and the Games themselves.

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With the men's Olympic golf event in the books, here's what stood out, plus a look ahead to plenty more action (from the women!) to come.

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In this edition of Timeless Tips we pulled an article from the 1970s about what you can learn from your divots.

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You already know from our extensive testing here at MyGolfSpy that we are serious about finding the best and brightest when it comes to absolutely everything golf, including golf balls. While performance and data will always be at the heart of what we do, color and design are in the eye of the beholder.

Every golfer has a preference when it comes to ball color and if you find yourself straying away from the classic white, your options have never looked this good!

These are our five favorite golf ball designs.*

*No particular order

1. Vice Shade

One of the more understated designs on this list, the Vice Shade features a gentle gradient between two different colors. Available on the Pro and Pro Plus, I’ve really enjoyed playing these and have found them super-easy to spot in the rough. Look, y’all, we all wind up there from time to time ….

Golf roared back at the Olympics, Scottie Scheffler showed his priorities, Jon Rahm had a shocking finish and we collected exit interviews.

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Have you ever dreamed of a golf side hustle?

Seriously, how much fun would it be to turn that great idea you’ve been kicking around into an honest-to-goodness money-making golf business?

Fun? Absolutely. But there’s also risk, angst, worry, uncertainty and the long hours of thankless hard work, with no guarantees anything will ever come of it.

MyGolfSpy recently spent time with several side hustle business owners. We discovered two common threads: a relentless, infectious enthusiasm for their businesses and an endless supply of energy and self-confidence to forge their ideas into reality.

Products aside, their stories are fascinating. Tiffany Eddy was a TV news anchor turned P.R. professional before starting her company. Jordan Yanni turned an off-hand, off-color remark on the golf course into a hat, and Zach Haber just wanted to go into business with his best friend since kindergarten.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about my five favorite golf shoes. When you’ve tried as many as I have, it’s fairly easy to find a few that you gravitate towards. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are always a few that just don’t jive with your vibe.

Whatever the reason, there are just some golf shoes I can’t get along with. Call me a snob, sure, but when you’ve got a finite amount of closet space, certain shoes have to hit the donation pile.

Here are five golf shoes I won’t be wearing again.*

*This list reflects only my personal opinion, and is in no way related to Most Wanted shoe testing.

1. FootJoy Premiere Series

This may come as a shocker but I don’t find the FootJoy Premiere Series to be comfortable. While I absolutely love the way some of the limited stuff looks, it’s just too stiff to be something I’d wear on the course.

While many golfers fight a slice, there are plenty of us who struggle with a hook. And that can be even more trouble. As Lee Trevino once said, “You can talk to a fade but a hook just won’t listen.”

Believe it or not, the hook is generally accepted as a better miss than the slice because the theory is that you are closer to hitting straight iron shots than you may think. 

Let’s take a look at why you’re hooking your irons and how to fix it.

Clubface too closed at impact

The angle of the clubface at impact will determine where your golf ball goes. If it’s closed, it goes left (for a right-hander).

The best players in the world have a square to slightly closed face at impact. Your problem is the face is just too closed for the ball to go straight.

Moriya Jutanugarn topped a tight pack late Sunday afternoon to win the Portland Classic for her third career LPGA Tour title and first individual victory in more than six years.

On this week's episode of Subpar, Sepp Straka told hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz why this pro is his ace in the hole — literally.

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GOLF's editors discuss the thrilling men’s Olympic Golf finish, the biggest winners, disappointments, and preview to the women's competition.

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Leta Lindley closed with a tournament-record 7-under 64 for a two-stroke victory Sunday at the U.S. Senior Women's Open, after having finished second the previous two years.

A new belt can enhance your outfit by making a serious statement with exotic leathers or bright colors. Check out our favorites from Nexbelt.

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The men's Olympic golf competition delivered the most exhilarating finish we've seen all season. Here's what it looked like and felt like.

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American Scottie Scheffler won the gold medal at the Olympic men's golf competition on Sunday with a final score of 19 under par at Le Golf National.

After coming agonizingly close to claiming a gold medal at the Olympics on Sunday, Tommy Fleetwood says he's focusing on the positive.

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PARIS—On a wild final day at the Olympic golf competition, as a United Nation of players raced up the leaderboard and future Hall of Famers crumbled and all of France seemed to be carrying along their favorite son, as songs were sung and flags fluttered, as the entire giddy, thrilling Sunday teetered on the edge of anarchy, it was left to Scottie Scheffler to restore order. He may be only 28 but the balding Scheffler radiated dad vibes long before he and wife Meredith welcomed a baby boy this summer. While Rory McIlroy forfeited his medal chances with typical heedlessness and a glowering Jon Rahm kicked away a four-stroke lead, Scheffler ho-hummed his way around a booby-trapped Le Golf National. He was utterly unbothered by Rahm’s front-nine 31 or the wall of sound that followed France’s Victor Perez as he came home in 29. Scheffler just picked apart the golf course and snatched the gold medal with his unflappable excellence, along the way breaking hearts of Great Britain and Japan, as Tommy Fleetwood had to settle for silver and Hideki Matsuyama for bronze.

Scheffler’s glittering triumph puts an exclamation point on an all-time great year, as a gold necklace looks great with green formalwear. Along with the Masters he has taken five big-time PGA Tour events: the Players, Bay Hill, Memorial, Hilton Head and Hartford. Yet the Olympics will be remembered as his defining performance. Four strokes behind 54-hole co-leaders Rahm and Xander Schauffele at the outset of the round, Scheffler announced his attentions with birdies on the first three holes thanks to laser approach shots. But six straight pars followed while Rahm made birdie on six of his first 10 holes. Scheffler was six strokes back and at best fighting for the bronze. At least, that’s how it felt to everyone but the only person who matters. For all of his spectacular ballstriking and deft chipping, Scheffler’s secret weapons are his unshakable belief in himself and ability to tune out all the noise. Arriving on the 10th tee he hadn’t made a birdie in an hour and a half and Le National was on tilt but Scheffler simply put his head down and went to work. “I felt like at the time it was definitely slipping away,” he says. “[Caddie Ted Scott] always does a really good job of keeping me in the right head space and making sure I was staying committed to what we’re doing and not focusing on the results.” 

And just like that the results came, as he stuck a wedge to 12 feet on the 10th hole and finally made a putt, and then Scheffler did it again on the 12th. After a sweet two-putt birdie on the par-5 14th he nearly jarred his approach on 15. Across the grounds at Le National and Golf Twitter a familiar refrain could be felt: Scottie’s coming. His aw-shucks demeanor is not fooling anyone; he has become the game’s most feared closer, his very presence on the leaderboard tightening the collars of his competitors. “He’s got such a complete game, he’s really hard to play against because you know that he’s never going to make a mistake,” says Jason Day, who finished tied for 9th. “But that’s something that we have to elevate our games to.”

Yet the biggest names on the leaderboard were overwhelmed by the magnitude of the moment. Rahm bogeyed 11 and 12 and then took five strokes to get down from 170 yards on 14. Rory McIlroy found himself one shot off the lead but made a shocking (yet somehow unsurprising) mistake by coming up short of the 15th green with a wedge, ending his medal bid in the moat protecting the putting surface. Schauffele bogeyed 12 and 13 and doubled 15. Scheffler suddenly had the air of a cat cleaning canary feathers from his whiskers. Perez, who played the round of his life (63) but finished one shot from bronze, said, “I don’t think there are many birdie chances on the final four holes.” No one told Scheffler. He flagged his tee shot on the 16th hole for a third straight birdie and then at 17 produced the shot of the tournament. An errant drive left his ball ensnared in the tangly rough. From 157 yards, Scheffler opened the face of his 8-iron and sent his ball to the moon. It landed 17 feet from the hole. On Twitter, Smylie Kaufman enthused, “His clubface control even through the rough is just a joke.” Scheffler gutted the putt to finally claim a share of the lead. When Fleetwood played 17 he faced a similar shot but his ball skittered over the green, leading to a bogey that gave Scheffler the outright lead.

On 18, what Matthieu Pavon calls “maybe the toughest hole I’ve played,” Scheffler made a stress-free par for a back-nine 29 and a 62 that tied the course record. “I mean, 9-under is a joke of a round out here,” Rahm said after his 70, not trying to hide the pain he felt for, in his telling, letting down all of Spain. When Fleetwood’s final desperation chip missed the hole at 18 the gold medal belonged to Scheffler.

Rory McIlroy says he believes golf needed the Olympics and called the four days at Le Golf National in the Parisian suburbs one of the "best individual competitions I've been a part of."

Titleist has introduced the GT Drivers and fairways, signifying “Generational Technology”, a significant shift in materials, construction and performance from their previous TS models. Despite appearances suggesting minimal change, substantial advancements lie beneath the surface.

Our Tony Covey and Chris Nickel have done full breakdowns and articles on the drivers and fairway woods which can be found here (drivers) and here (fairway woods). Here is a brief overview to whet your appetite. 

About The Titleist GT Line

Titleist’s goal was to enhance performance without altering their familiar look and feel. This approach ensures players have a familiarity with their clubs year over year while hopefully experiencing performance gains. The GT models feature refined aerodynamics with changes focused on the underside to reduce drag and increase speed, notably through the raised aft section.

The introduction of Split Mass Construction redistributes weight to the driver’s perimeter, enhancing stability and optimizing performance. Additionally, the GT lineup incorporates a seamless thermoform composite crown, marking a departure from previous designs. This innovative crown integrates a Proprietary Matrix Polymer (PMP), improving acoustics and mimicking the sound of titanium.

The GT drivers emphasize lowering the center of gravity, promoting consistent spin rates and enhancing forgiveness. Titleist’s Speed Ring with Variable Face Thickness (VFT) face technology aims to boost speed across the face, catering to off-center hits.