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TESTERS WANTED

MyGolfSpy is offering it’s readers an opportunity to participate in a blind field test. Testers will play with and use two Titleist balls, one of which is unreleased to the public and has only been used on tour. The kicker is that testers won’t know which is which.

The objective is to determine whether amateur golfers can distinguish what is unique about each ball. Testers will provide feedback that will be shared with Titleist.

BECOME A TESTER

We’re looking for twenty-four MyGolfSpy readers to test, review and keep two dozen Titleist golf balls.

Head to the Titleist golf balls blind testing thread in the forum to apply.

This testing opportunity is open golfers who live anywhere Titleist products can be shipped.

The foursome for Best Athlete, Men's Golf is Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama and Phil Mickelson. Cast your vote for the 2021 ESPYS today.

Jin Young Ko, Inbee Park, Sei Young Kim or Nelly Korda? Who gets your vote for Best Athlete, Women's Golf at the 2021 ESPYS?

Luke Smith has been arrested after the golfer attacked another player while on the course. The two men were participating in an event hoping to qualify for a Korn Ferry Tour tournament.

USGA matchmakers decide against pairing golfers Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau in the opening rounds of this week's U.S. Open. Koepka will play with Colin Morikawa and Justin Thomas; DeChambeau will play with Tyler Strafaci and Hideki Matsuyama.

Jon Rahm was playing some of the best golf of his life when he was pulled from the Memorial Tournament due to a positive COVID-19 test. He's not letting that affect his U.S. Open preparation, and also said Tuesday he wishes he had been vaccinated sooner.

 

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Photos show that Augusta National, home of the Masters, is making some changes to the course.

Here are the tee times for the first and second rounds of the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

Contrary to speculation, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka were not paired for the opening rounds of the U.S. Open.

The narrative is sitting there: Phil Mickelson, fresh off his PGA Championship win, returns to a place where he grew up playing and won three times in search of that elusive U.S. Open. One problem: He doesn't love this Torrey Pines.

Phil Mickelson just won the PGA Championship, becoming the oldest major champion ever. But there remains one missing piece: He has never won the U.S. Open. He's come close often, only to watch someone else hold the trophy.

Plans are in the works for the 2021 Most Wanted Golf Ball Test.

Our 2019 golf ball test had a massive impact on the industry and how golfers think about golf ball performance (and consistency). Countless golfers have asked us to do another one, and while COVID set plans back a bit, we’re to do it again.

Next month we’ll be spending a full week with the robot testing the most popular tour balls on the market today. Paired with our Ball Lab data, we should be able to provide plenty of insight to help you find the best ball for your game.

What ONE thing do you want to see us test that would help your game the most?

The testing schedule is jam-packed, but as we finalize the details of our 2021 golf ball test, we want your input.

What would you like to see us test?

Phil Mickelson, who turns 51 on Wednesday, said he spent the last week working on his game at Torrey Pines as he prepares to try to win an elusive U.S. Open title in his hometown.

After Phil Mickelson’s incredible win at the PGA Championship, he spoke about some of the techniques that he’d been using to prolong his career and become the oldest winner of a major at the age of 50. The longevity of Phil’s career (his first PGA Tour victory was over 30 years ago) is not only because he stays physically strong and flexible, but because he strengthens his mental game too. He said:

“I’m trying to use my mind like a muscle and just expand it”.

Whatever goals you are pursuing, whether in golf or otherwise, here are 5 mental skills that you’ll need to hone if you are to achieve them.

In this article, we’ll take a look at how he:

Improves his focus and ability to stay presentCalms his nervesCreates a picture for each shot and commitsKeeps a “Beginner’s Mindset”Uses a Mental Scorecard

1. Phil improved his focus and ability to be present

After the Wells Fargo Championship a few weeks before the PGA Championship, Phil said:

The feud between Koepka and DeChambeau has been a gift to the sport -- so a humble plea to the USGA to lean all the way in and pair them together at this week's U.S. Open.

Jon Rahm is coming off a forced layoff. The Bryson/Brooks feud enters a new chapter. Oh, and Phil Mickelson goes searching for that missing major title.

The Motocaddy British Invasion Update

Key Takeaways

Motocaddy US is fully stocked and is shipping nationwide.The M7 Remote is its bestseller but M5 GPS rental fleets are showing up at select resort and private courses.Motocaddy pushcarts and bags, including MyGolfSpy’s 2021 Best Waterproof cart bag, are also in stock.

We’re 10 full months into the Motocaddy British Invasion. The UK’s premier electric trolley maker let the world know last August its plans to establish a foothold in the U.S. Up to now, however, it’s been more toehold than foothold. Despite copping MyGolfSpy’s Best Electric Cart honors two years running, Motocaddy still hasn’t had its Beatles-Ed Sullivan Show moment.

But there is compelling evidence suggesting the fuse has been lit and the summer of ’21 might just rival February of 1964, with M7, M5 and M1 standing in for John, Paul, George and Ringo.

Help, I Need Somebody

“It’s crazy right now,” says Motocaddy USA chief Roger Teat. “We’d been waiting for the firehose to hit and now we’re drinking out of it.”

Motocaddy hired Teat, a former COBRA-PUMA exec, last September to build a U.S. operation from the ground up. By its very definition, that’s a slow, arduous task.  In the past 10 months, Teat has hired a sales rep network covering 17 states, staffed an inside sales and support team and established a national service center. In addition, he’s opened an 11,000 square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Carlsbad, Calif.

The only thing he didn’t have was inventory.

Matilda Castren became the first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship at Lake Merced.

Garrick Higgo won the Palmetto Championship at Congaree for his first PGA Tour victory Sunday in South Carolina, when leader Chesson Hadley blew a two-shot lead with bogeys on his final three holes.