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As of Thursday, 99% of the money wagered on a golf prop bet asking if Charles Barkley would finish in the top 70 at the American Century Championship was placed on yes.

Kevin Na has withdrawn from the British Open next week at Royal St. George's because of the international travel requirements getting to England.

2021 Putting Mat Buyer’s Guide

How’s your putting? Not good?

One solution its to pick up one of the best putting mats for 2021 and a good set of irons, and you’ll be on your way to shooting lower scores.

Take it from us when we say a putting mat isn’t just a putting mat. We tested the best putting mats on the market to see which ones roll like your country club greens, offer options like break and speed and how durable they are.

Some indoor putting mats are for drills while others are just to groove your stroke. Whatever your preference, we have you covered.

Read on.

Former Masters and U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for assaulting his former partner.

We can all do perform better when we have good information. A clear understanding and vision of how things really work. In this video I will try to share important keys to help you start to hit the ball with more accuracy via a few simple concepts. Watch…

A few notes to consider:

We hit straight shots by swinging in circles/arcs

The clubhead does not need to travel ‘down the line’ after impact

There is no need for every golfer (RH) to work towards swinging to right field. Chronic slicers might need to do this for a while, but not forever!

Introducing RomaRo Ray V V1 460 Driver, A new driver that is RomaRo’s low-spin model providing a medium trajectory that achieves both a soft feel and a strong trajectory. RomaRo has a newly developed “Double Titanium Face” that incorporates high-strength titanium that is absolutely advantageous for flying. In addition to the high resilience performance of high-strength titanium, the launch direction can be controlled neutrally to hit both draws and fades with confidence.

The new “double titanium face” uses a high-strength titanium “DAT55G” cup face that is integrally molded to the body and crown. V-shaped protrusions  aka (CNC Fang’s) are provided on the left and right sides of the thinned clamp cup face, and the upper and lower winding parts are further thinned and grooves (Speed ​​Groove) are provided to realize a “core attack area”

Forgiving and deep faced with great feel and distance was the Aim.  The face is made of DAT55G Titanium with an 811 Ti precision cast body. This driver features Adjustable weighting with optional 1,3,5,7 gram weights with wrench.

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RomaRo Ray V V1 460 Driver Specification

MyGolfSpy Ball Lab is where we quantify the quality and consistency of the golf balls on the market to help you find the best ball for your money. 

About the TaylorMade Tour Response

The TaylorMade Tour Response is the replacement for the Project (a). That was a ball that got a lot of love among connoisseurs of soft golf balls and rightfully so, I suppose. The Project (a), and now the Tour Response, are among the softest urethane-covered balls on the market. And while TaylorMade is not immune to the liabilities of soft (soft really is slow), greenside spin was a bit better than similar balls. We’d expect that to carry over with the Tour Response, due in no small part to the noticeably thin cover.

TaylorMade Tour Response — Compression

On our gauges, the TaylorMade Tour Response measures 71 compression points on average. That equals the softest balls in our database—a list that includes the Bridgestone Tour B RXS and Vice Pro Soft. For reference, we’re talking about a handful of points softer than the Callaway Chrome Soft.

TaylorMade Tour Response — Diameter and Weight

Starting with the good: Not a single ball in our TaylorMade Tour Response sample failed to meet our standard of roundness.

After plenty of laughs and playful jabs at one another, Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers scored a 3-and-2 win against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in "The Match" on Tuesday in Montana.

Nobody was certain about the level of golf in this installment of The Match. But everyone knew there would be trash talk and other memorable moments.

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Introducing the 2021 KYOEI KK Heritage Cavity Back Iron! A very simple and classic design featuring some notable improvements in shape and design.  KYOEI has decided to continue the evolution of their original cavity back but further improve it by using an all-new mold, new grind, and shape adjustments.  The Heritage series will stay true to the molds and classic aesthetics that their clients return for.

For those unfamiliar with the brand, KYOEI is a factory located in Ichikawa Japan (HIMEJI).  It is known today as Japan’s original golf club foundry and factory.  Many industry masters have honed their skills within their walls,  even old man Miura was an employee there and openly praises KYOEI as the job where he learned about forging techniques and perfected his grinding.  He is not the only one though,  countless industry masters have learned during extended and sometimes even short visits.

KYOEI is still today the only factory in all of Japan to do forging, grinding, finishing, and polishing,  they stock hundreds of heavy molds to produce some of the world’s most famous one-piece forgings.

The new 2021 KK Heritage CB features a very little offset,  a thin topline with slightly heavier heads and lofts based on a 46* pitching wedge.  It is designed for the mid to low handicap player or even the professional golfer looking for a single-piece forged players cavity design that produces an amazing feel with excellent accuracy and workability.  Forged, finished, and ground at KYOEI using premium Japanese forgings for the most demanding golfers.

Areas of improvement over its predecessor include reduced offset, improved neck transition, shorter heel-to-toe length,  new sole # stamping font, updated 3-cut sole, and custom paint fill offered. These adjustments take the classic KK CB to a whole new level for the JDM enthusiast.

Spirit of the Game: Jon Rahm’s Spanish Breakthrough

July 5, 2021

Torrey Pines delivered again. Seventy-second hole. Birdie putt. A delirious crowd going wild for one of the pre-championship favorites.

Thirteen years ago, it was Tiger Woods who delivered the “Expect anything different” putt heard around the world.

On a cool, overcast Sunday in 2021, it was Jon Rahm hammering home the most memorable 24-foot birdie putt of his young career, one that gave the fiery Spaniard a one-stroke victory over Louis Oosthuizen in the 121st U.S. Open Championship.

The heckling has been going on for weeks. On Tuesday, they finally meet on the golf course, where Rodgers' future, DeChambeau's breakup with his caddie and so much more could be put on the table alongside their golf games.

It is estimated that roughly 10 percent of all golfers in the U.S. maintain a handicap. With a total golfing population approaching 25 million, that means we’re really looking at a pool of about 2.5 million golfers.

It’s not surprising that most golfers don’t have a registered handicap. The vast majority play recreationally, may (or may not) keep score and kinda/sorta follow the Rules of Golf.

All that aside, here are a couple of nuggets you might find interesting.

Citing the most recent USGA data, the average index for men is 16.4. For women, it’s 27.3.

Fewer than 2% of all male golfers are scratch (0.0 index) or better. For female golfers, that number drops to 0.7%.

A professional golfer and two other men were killed in a shooting at an Atlanta-area country club and the suspect is still at large, authorities said.

After a dominant run, Ko had failed to finish in the top 10 in four of her previous five starts before Sunday.

Merritt missed a 6-foot par putt on the fifth hole of a playoff at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, which gave Davis the victory.

Cameron Beckman ran off five straight birdies to start the back nine and then held on at the end for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot victory over Ernie Els in the Dick's Sporting Goods Open in New York Sunday, his first title on the PGA Tour Champions.

Australian golfer Lucas Herbert completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Irish Open on Sunday, shooting 4-under 68 in the final round to win by three strokes.

Jin Young Ko chipped in for eagle on the par-4 15th and finished a bogey-free 32-hole Saturday in near darkness with a one-stroke lead in the Volunteers of America Classic in Texas.