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McDowell defends joining Saudi-funded golf tour

Graeme McDowell and fellow golfers acknowledge their 'polarizing' decision to move to the rebel Saudi-backed golf tour, but say their focus is on golf and the 'force of good' it could have in the world.

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Watch GMac's Classy Brand Melt Before Your Eyes

Naturalness should apply on all construction of golf courses, greens, tees, mounds and bunkers alike. It is much more expensive to construct a natural looking golf course on account of the tremendous amount of material that must be moved, but the money saved in the subsequent maintenance greatly offsets the original cost. WILLIAM FLYNN

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NorCal Natives Bramlett, Chappell Qualify for U.S. Open

 

The post NorCal Natives Bramlett, Chappell Qualify for U.S. Open appeared first on Northern California Golf Association.

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We Tried It: Callaway Fairway 14 Bag

There is a lot of cool gear in the golf equipment world that doesn’t always fit neatly into Most Wanted Tests or Buyer’s Guides. You still want to know how it performs. In our We Tried It series, we put gear to the test and let you know if it works as advertised.

What We Tried

Callaway Fairway 14 Stand Bag

Your Bag Tester

Dave Wolfe – The ever-curious MyGolfSpy writer and putter fanatic. When it comes to golf products, I believe that impulse control is something to be controlled.

Are Any Golf Bags Built for Push Carts?

Have you ever found yourself between pant sizes? The pair of size 36s were a bit baggy but the 34s created an awkward muffin top. Obviously, a pair of 35s would be ideal. Sadly, in a land of even-sized pants, that Goldilocks size option is not usually available.

Those of us who push our clubs are presented with a similar situation every time we shop for a new golf bag. Do we go cart bag and lose the walking flexibility of a stand bag? Do we go stand bag and lose the storage and stability of a cart bag?

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Dustin Johnson leaves PGA Tour to play in LIV

Dustin Johnson said he's resigned from the PGA Tour and plans to play only LIV Golf events and major championships "unless I hear otherwise."

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Mickelson To Play Majors Again; U.S. Open Final Qualifying Roundup

Naturalness should apply on all construction of golf courses, greens, tees, mounds and bunkers alike. It is much more expensive to construct a natural looking golf course on account of the tremendous amount of material that must be moved, but the money saved in the subsequent maintenance greatly offsets the original cost. WILLIAM FLYNN

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Quinn, 57, qualifies for Open; Fowler misses out

Fran Quinn, 57, qualified for the U.S. Open on Monday, while Rickie Fowler and former NFL running back Danny Woodhead were among the notables who failed to make the field for next week's major championship at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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Mickelson added to field for LIV Golf's first event

After a four-month hiatus, Phil Mickelson is returning to competitive golf on the new LIV Golf Invitational Series after being added to the field on Monday for the series' first event, to begin Thursday at Centurion Club outside London.

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Mickelson Grabs The Scary @#$%@#&^%$%@#'s Money, Intends To Still Play Majors

The golf holes on the best links in Scotland and England have several different ways of playing them, and because they do not present just one and only one way to everybody, the interest in the game increases with the diversity of its problems.  DONALD ROSS

/ Geoff Shackelford

Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post had it first and led with: “The Great White Shark has caught his biggest fish.”

Commissioner Greg Norman is happy to have landed Mickelson. For now.

“Phil Mickelson is unequivocally one of the greatest golfers of this generation,’’ Norman said. “His contributions to the sport and connection to fans around the globe cannot be overstated and we are grateful to have him. He strengthens an exciting field for London where we’re proud to launch a new era for golf.”

Not long after the story broke, Mickelson issued the above statement announcing his return while maintaining a plan for continued therapy and his intention to play the major championships. Presumably next week’s U.S. Open is a go.


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"The LIV Golf broadcast will be unlike anything fans have seen before"

Where have we heard that before? Oh right, Fox Sports with Greg Norman as its lead analyst. We know Fox did end up innovating, raising bars and showing new ways to televise golf. Perhaps the LIV streams will do that, though given the complexity of televising golf on short notice, the first impressions could be rough.

In announcing their uninspired broadcasting team, the Chief Media Officer of throwing out a lot of superlatives instead of suggesting a goal of getting to new places.

“The LIV Golf broadcast will be unlike anything fans have seen before,” said Will Staeger, LIV Golf Chief Media Officer. “The innovations we are introducing to the sport will be distributed to existing and new audiences all over the world as we deliver golf coverage dedicated to entertainment and access. We’ve built a world class production team that has combined the industry’s best practices with a reimagined experience for viewers to create a one-of-a-kind broadcast. We’ve been counting down the days to Thursday’s start so fans can tune in and watch what we have been working on.”

The broadcast will be available on LIVGolf.com, YouTube and Facebook. 

Besides prying Jerry Foltz away from Golf Channel LPGA on-course reporting duties to be the analyst after Darren Clarke said no, the rollout suggests plenty in the golf broadcasting world passed. From Bob Harig’s Morning Read story:

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Nicklaus to be honorary citizen of St. Andrews

Jack Nicklaus the third American to become honorary citizen of St. Andrews, joining Bobby Jones in 1958 and Benjamin Franklin in 1759.

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How We Test – Most Wanted

Our Job Is Your Game

If you dive into Most Wanted Testing articles, you see this saying every single time. Why? It is our DNA.

Our mission is simple: to educate golfers worldwide and to equip them with the best products suited for their game.

Yorktown, Va., is where every shot and every data point comes to life. It is where we are changing the golf industry one reader at a time.

Most Wanted Testing

In 2021, 122,988 shots of data were collected over 11 Most Wanted tests. Let that sink in … 122,988 SHOTS.

It is 2022 and we are almost three-quarters of the way through Most Wanted testing. Each test isn’t possible without the dedication of our testers. Without them, Most Wanted testing does not exist.






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WHAT’S NEXT FOR EVNROLL PUTTERS?

“The first four putters were 20 years in the making.”  Guerin Rife

The concept of an overnight success story is misguided at best. Truthfully, the leap from relative unknown to a bona-fide market mover is the result of countless hours of dedication to a specific objective that benefits from some sort of inflection point.

In this case, we’re talking about putters, specifically Evnroll putters, and the man behind it all, Guerin Rife. In 2017, we traced Rife’s story from his roots as an ad agency art director to one of the most highly regarded creative thinkers and putter designers in the game.

What we knew then was that Rife was on to something with his Sweet Face Technology.

What we didn’t know is exactly whether it could sustain an entire brand.









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Minjee Lee Sets The U.S. Women's Open Scoring Record

The golf holes on the best links in Scotland and England have several different ways of playing them, and because they do not present just one and only one way to everybody, the interest in the game increases with the diversity of its problems.  DONALD ROSS

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Norman On Nicklaus: “One hundred percent truth? Jack’s a hypocrite."

The Washington Post’s Kent Babb profiled Greg Norman on the eve of LIV Golf’s first event and shared several eye-opening anecdotes. Including how he’s “cut off his longtime mentor” according to Babb’s description.

“One hundred percent truth? Jack’s a hypocrite,” he says. “When he came out with those comments, I’m thinking: Jack must have a short memory.” He says Nicklaus attended a LIV presentation and later wrote in an email that the new tour had his blessing.

“Quote-unquote, he said: ‘This is good for our game. If it’s good for the game of golf, it’s good by me,’ ” Norman says. “So, you want the facts? You’ve got the facts. Know what you said before you open your mouth.”

A spokesman for Nicklaus, who’s being sued by his own company partly because of his negotiations with the Saudis, declined to make him available for an interview but sent a statement reiterating Nicklaus’s “unwavering support” for the PGA Tour and wishing Norman well.

I think their mutual friend, hero and favorite President Donald Trump should bring these two back together! The Palm Beach Peace Accords! Jared can package it so everyone profits.

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Kelly wins PGA Tour Champions playoff in Iowa

Jerry Kelly birdied the first hole of a playoff with Kirk Triplett on Sunday to win the PGA Tour Champions' Principal Charity Classic.

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Lee wins U.S. Women's Open, record $1.8M prize

Minjee Lee won the U.S. Women's Open by four strokes over Mina Harigae at Pine Needles on Sunday to earn $1.8 million, the largest payout in the history of women's golf.

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Horschel's eagle secures 4-shot win at Memorial

Billy Horschel ended any doubt about his victory at Muirfield Village with an eagle putt from one end of the green to the other on the 15th hole, sending him to a 4-shot victory Sunday at the Memorial.

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LIV Golf's London Fire Sale: Free Tickets For Anyone Who Wants Them!

Putting greens constructed with relation to the length and topography of the hole are the making of a real golf course. DONALD ROSS

/ Geoff Shackelford

England’s Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are the top stars returning to home turf for LIV Golf’s first event in London this week. To celebrate, they gave out a coupon code offering free passes to the first 100 fans using the codes POULTER25 or WESTWOOD25.

Days later the offer still works in Westwood’s case, while 24 hours in the freebies are still there using Poulter’s name. Note in the example above, I asked for the max of 8 and

Some just tried for fun, put in JOHNSON25, and also got a free pass. Or up to 8 if they want.

One player + 25 who did not work? MICKELSON.




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LIV's Cutting Edge Talking Points: We're Here To Grow The Game

Putting greens constructed with relation to the length and topography of the hole are the making of a real golf course. DONALD ROSS

/ Geoff Shackelford

One can only close the eyes to picture the jubilation that must have come over the LIV Golf executive team as they landed on the real mission of their scheme to get-rich off the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. Hoping to find their Think Different vision for the league and appeal to the young people who have not been wowed by modern game messaging, they brainstormed and landed on? Grow the game!

I’ve written about this virus before and its ability to keep going even as the game has grown substantially the last few years. But it’s such an elusive strain. So much so that LIV’s high-paid executives aren’t dialed in enough to know it’s a laughing stock amongst those in the coveted demo they are so hungry to sportwash on The YouTube.

You’d think a young, hip leader like Greg Norman would have known this.

Nice job by The Fried Egg to obtain and share these profound talking points which, unfortunately, were put in writing. Generally a medium not conducive to reaching the world’s leading golf professionals.




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