Continuing the Quadrilateral countdown to the 2023 U.S. Open with everything to know about a difficult par-4 and the historic real estate surrounding one of George Thomas and Billy Bell's most innovative design touches.
The fifth at LACC North, with a touch of Norma Desmond for good measure.
Kurt Kitayama will take a one-shot lead into the final round at Bay Hill, which could be wide open with Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland one back, and the likes of Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas all within range.
PGA Tour rookie Nico Echavarria shot a 7-under 65 and holds a two-shot lead entering the final round of the Puerto Rico Open.
Defending champion Jin Young Ko shot a second consecutive 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead over Nelly Korda into the final round of the LPGA's Women's World Championship.
Brett Quigley fired a 7-under-par 65 and leads the Champions Tour's Cologuard Classic by 1 shot over John Huston, Kirk Triplett and Brian Cooper.
Kurt Kitayama took advantage of Jon Rahm's struggles on Friday, shooting a 4-under 68 to grab a two-shot lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
PGA Tour rookie Carson Young, seeking his first win, posted a 5-under 67 on Friday and built a 4-shot lead going into the weekend at the Puerto Rico Open.
The PGA Tour announced the field for what's often known as golf's "fifth major," and Tiger Woods was not part of the group that will tee it up at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Players had until 5 p.m. ET Friday to commit to the event.
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While I’ll concede the core coloring of the PXG ball bears a strong resemblance to that of the original Kirkland, the core of the PXG ball is unique and proprietary to PXG. From a compression standpoint, it falls in the upper 90s which is appreciably firmer than the Kirkland ball.
The PXG ball will be faster (and longer) off the tee.
That said, it likely uses the same tooling and the dimple patterns are identical. With that, my expectation is that the PXG ball will fly similarly to the Kirkland though flight should be a tick lower because the PXG ball won’t spin quite as much.
For those of you who aren’t in the loop: “The Best Finish” is the Slate Blue that found its way into the SM8 lineup. For Season Two of the SM9, Vokey is using what it calls Jet Black Premium as its, well, “premium” finish option.
Jon Rahm started his round strong and ended it even better Thursday, closing eagle-birdie-birdie for a 7-under 65 and a two-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Carson Young gave his rookie season on the PGA Tour quite a spark Thursday when he made three eagles on his way to a 9-under 63, giving him a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Puerto Rico Open.
Flex on them, FootJoy!
This week the self-proclaimed “No. 1 shoe in golf” introduced the redesigned, retooled HyperFlex and HyperFlex Carbon. Surely you’re no stranger to the Hyperflex line of spiked golf shoes but this year is different. Behind the new sleek, sexy look, FootJoy has some bold claims to live up to.
With the release of the HypefFlex and HyperFlex Carbon golf shoes, FootJoy promises hyper power, hyper control and hyper fit for men and women. Let’s dive straight into the technology behind the shoe and how it can possibly benefit your game.
The biggest difference between the two HyperFlex models is the addition of a carbon fiber shank plate on the HyperFlex Carbon. But, for $45 more than the standard variant, it’s important to understand the purpose of the added carbon fiber. After all, you need to be sure you’re getting what you pay for—that FootJoy delivers what they promise.
The molded carbon fiber “power plate” should make the HyperFlex Carbon more stable, thanks to added rigidity in the midsection of the foot bed. Carbon fiber plates aren’t new to footwear (distance running shoes take advantage of the same stiffening and energy return properties) but they are still fairly new to golf shoes. The HyperFlex Carbon is undoubtedly not the first shoe to feature this technology and it surely won’t be the last. However, this is the first time FootJoy has outfitted the popular HyperFlex with carbon fiber.
The Acushnet 2022 financials are out and you can look at them a couple of different ways.
From one perspective, you could say Acushnet’s image in Topgolf Callaway’s rearview mirror is getting smaller by the day.
But from a slightly different perspective, it could be a case of the image in the mirror being closer than it appears.
Acushnet is reporting 2022 sales of $2.27 billion. That may sound like a pittance compared to the nearly $4 billion in sales reported by Topgolf Callaway last month. But as the new corporate moniker suggests, Topgolf Callaway is in the process of morphing into a golf-focused lifestyle and entertainment brand.
Acushnet is morphing, too. Just not to the same extent nor in the same direction as its chief competitor.
You don’t know it yet but you probably need a Sunday golf bag. Not just for Sunday but for every day of the week.
Do you spend every afternoon counting down the seconds until you can escape for a little golfing “me” time? Do you enjoy the occasional twilight nine under the setting sun? Do you love a quick round at a par-3 course? If so, you need a Sunday golf bag.
So what’s a “Sunday” golf bag and how is it different than what you’ve got now?
The parameters that define a Sunday golf bag have shifted drastically over the last decade. What was once a bare-bones, ultra-lightweight golf bag for a quick weekend nine has swiftly turned into a slimmed-down carry bag, although some have nearly as much storage and functionality as their heavyweight siblings. It is important to note, however, that not every Sunday bag is a stand bag, but that the addition of a stand has become more standard as of late in the Sunday golf bag category.
Even so, the DNA of a good Sunday bag hasn’t changed. The best Sunday golf bags of 2023 feature lightweight construction, comfortable carry straps and enough storage for the essentials.
Elizabeth Szokol shot an opening-round 64, and she leads by 3 strokes in the Women's World Championship at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore.
Every time you setup to hit a ball you need the right plan in your mind. You are either planning to LAUNCH with your driver by hitting up or you are trying to POWER off the deck with all of your fairway clubs. You can’t afford to mix these up or you will pop-up your drives and top your fairway shots. Positioning your ball forward for drives and centering your ball for fairway shots is easy to do but your mind also should focus on the right swing ANGLE OF ATTACK.
Too often we generate power off our back foot when we drive and then repeat the same swing and fall back when we are mishitting a fairway shot with a wood or iron. We have all read articles where you can’t tell if the author is writing about a LAUNCH or a POWER shot (off the deck). Make sure you tee up and tilt your shoulders 20 degrees to launch your drives. It’s the best way to shorten the course.
EARLY EXTENSION Will Kill Your Launch AND Power Shots
Completing your swing by SPRINGING up with your knees will kill your driver or fairway shots. Don’t do it. I’m only making this statement to ensure that you don’t misunderstand the launch with your driver. You still need to let your shoulder tilt and let your limited loft driver do the work. Use the point of impact off the tee to allow your driver’s trajectory angle take care of the distance.
Tiger Woods Described How He Controls Launch Angle with Irons
The PGA Tour, in a memo obtained by ESPN, told its members that, starting in 2024, eight designated events will have fields between 70 to 80 players and no cuts.
Maxfli has released new Tour, TourX and TourS golf balls.Tour S is new to the Maxfli Tour family of golf balls.MSRP is $39.99/dozen.
When you have a good thing going, sometimes the greatest challenge is finding small areas of improvement without changing too much. Or as my dad used to remind me, “Hey, it’d be great if you didn’t screw this up.”
That’s essentially the situation Maxfli faces with the 2023 line of its Tour golf balls.
The outgoing 2021 Maxfli Tour and Tour X balls were, by any measure, class-leading. Both the Maxfli Tour and Tour X received high marks in our Ball Lab and gained a lot of traction with consumers who wanted a high-quality cast-urethane ball without the top-shelf price tag.
Based on our comprehensive Ball Lab testing, Maxfli garnered the “Best DTC Brand Quality” award as well.
The takeaway for golfers should be that in a market that is increasingly flooded with direct-to-consumer options, Maxfli has earned its place at the front of that line. However, because we haven’t thoroughly tested the 2023 offerings, it would be premature to make any claims regarding the performance or production consistency of this line. That said, I fully expect Maxfli to maintain its position.
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler could reclaim the top ranking, Jin Young Ko defends her title and more from the PGA and LPGA this week.
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