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How to watch the 2025 Tour Championship on Friday at East Lake, including full Tour Championship TV coverage and streaming details.

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Last Thursday, I watched a student practice on the range with textbook form. Beautiful setup, smooth takeaway, perfect position at the top — everything looked flawless through the first three-quarters of his swing.

Then came the predictable breakdown: twenty consecutive shots where he’d stand up through impact and blade the ball across the range.

After another thin shot skipped toward the 150-yard marker, he looked at me with genuine confusion. “I feel like I’m doing everything right,” he said.

This is the curse of early extension — one of the most common swing flaws I see, and one of the most destructive to ball compression. After twenty-plus years of teaching, I’ve learned that golfers who stand up in their swing aren’t making a conscious choice to ruin their shots. They’re responding to setup and swing issues that force this compensation.

Here’s what drives me crazy: most golfers think standing up is a downswing problem. It’s not. The real culprit usually starts at address or in the backswing, creating a chain reaction that makes early extension inevitable.

Earlier this week, the PGA Tour announced a 2026 return to Trump Doral for a new event called the Miami Championship.

For a few notable reasons, this isn’t your typical tournament addition.

The Tour left the Miami market after 2016 due to Cadillac dropping out as a title sponsor—it was a bitter divorce between soon-to-be President Donald Trump and Tour leadership—setting up a WGC event in Mexico City instead.

That event had a few good years but ultimately ran into its own sponsorship issues once the pandemic hit. The last Mexico City event was in early 2020.

It was inevitable the Tour would want to get back into the coveted South Florida market with a big-time event, but the Blue Monster at Doral is the only decent hosting option in the area. That was problematic because LIV has held an event there the last four years, from 2022-2025.

If you’re tired of hearing about heading to the gym or buying another gadget to swing faster, you’ll like this approach. These are a few of my favorite ways to increase clubhead speed that don’t require you to get stronger or faster.

Plus, you can do them with the swing you already have.

To be clear, training your body and using golf-specific speed tools can absolutely help. But if you just want a way to squeeze more miles per hour out of your driver, try these moves.

Turn more and turn faster

Hip rotation can be one of the best ways to unlock more power and turn faster. Many golfers restrict their lower body and rely too much on just their shoulders. Restricting the hips limits the length of the swing and the time the club has to build speed.

How to try it

Few, if any, brands in the soft goods space have seen a rise more meteoric than Sunday Golf. What started as the little bag brand that could has quickly turned into a soft goods beast with real, thoughtful development behind their products to go along with the brash, brilliant marketing.

They’ve been mainstays in our Most Wanted Testing for the last few years for a reason. They make damn good stuff. And their new travel bag, the Coaster, looks to be no different.

It’s got everything you need, and nothing you don’t. Internal straps for compression, plentiful storage (including a detachable apparel bag) and even a hidden AirTag compartment so you can keep a watchful eye on TSA.

Yeah, this one is worth checking out.

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Annika Sorenstam shot a 3-under 70 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the U.S. Senior Women's Open at San Diego Country Club.

- Akie Iwai was right back on top of the leaderboard in the CPKC Women's Open on Thursday, four days after her breakthrough victory in the Portland Classic.

Russell Henley had a 9-under 61 to build a two-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler in the opening round of the Tour Championship at a gettable East Lake on Thursday.

Eleven of Europe's 12 Ryder Cup spots seem decided. But one fascinating scenario could force some tough decisions for captain Luke Donald.

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2025 Tour Championship tee times for Friday's second round at East Lake, featuring Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and more.

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Our Jack Hirsh needed a solution for his messy trunk. He found the answer with the new Jones Trunk Caddie.

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Tim Wiles, Adam Sandler’s longtime property master, played an essential off-camera role in "Happy Gilmore 2."

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Aphrodite Deng may just be a rising sophomore, but she's leading the LPGA Tour event after 18 holes in Canada.

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In a recent episode of Warming Up with GOLF’s Dylan Dethier, Johnson revealed the tool and tactic that helped him dial in his wedges.

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In this edition of Play Smart, Parker McLachlin — aka the Short Game Chef — explains the proper stance for bunker shots.

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Looking for a distance-measuring device to add to your gear arsenal? FlightScope's i4 Rangefinder is packed with game-enhancing features.

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Golfers love to debate performance versus price. You’ll hear someone say, “I play with a Tour Edge driver because I can’t justify the cost of a Callaway Triple Diamond.” For many, performance isn’t everything; it’s performance for the price.

But what if the performance for the price is the best that’s out there? What if a cheaper putter actually outperformed premium options?

That’s exactly what happened in the 2025 Best Mallet Putter Testing. The $129 Wilson Infinite Buckingham didn’t just hold its own. It won.

The best mallet putter of 2025: Wilson Infinite Buckingham

We used our new PuttView Handicap to test all putters in 2025. The lower the PuttView score, the better. Here’s how the Wilson Infinite Buckingham looked from each distance:

Overall: -6.6Short Putts (5 ft): -6.1Medium Putts (10 ft): -9.2 (2nd best of all putters)Long Putts (20 ft): -9.0Price: $129.99

The Infinite Buckingham excelled at the ranges where the test showed the biggest separation in performance. This was in the medium and short putts.

Finding time to practice your golf game can be a challenge but, through data, we can help you get the most out of every session.

Picture this: You finally carved out some time to work on your game. Maybe it’s a Tuesday evening after work or a quiet Saturday morning. You’ve got an hour to practice and you want to make it count. Where do you head?

If you’re like most golfers, you probably grab a large bucket and make a beeline for the driving range. Makes sense, right? Work on that swing, groove some fundamentals, maybe try to add a few yards.

Here’s the thing: you might be practicing the wrong stuff.

Our friends at Shot Scope have recorded more than 400 million on-course shots from golfers around the world. That’s a lot of data and it tells a pretty clear story about where golfers actually play most of their shots.

Golf practice can get boring. Even if you love spending time on the range, the repetition can wear you down. I’ve always found that adding a layer of challenge or feedback can transform a dull session into something engaging and maybe even productive. If you want a little more motivation to practice, these five training aids offer interactive drills, real-time feedback and even games to keep things fresh.

Here are five of the best golf training aids that make practice more fun.

HackMotion

HackMotion is a wrist sensor and training system. They have recently started incorporating drills into the app, and the drills are interactive. If you like being told if your practice is correct or incorrect, this could be a good system for you.

The built-in drills are more like challenges or games where you try to manufacture the correct position in your hands and wrists. When you do it correctly, you get positive feedback. When you do it incorrectly, you’ll be notified so you can make adjustments.

Instead of guessing if your release or wrist angles are improving, HackMotion shows you instantly. Players can compete against themselves to hit targets more consistently.