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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. Today we’re evaluating the Maxfli Tour. For more information, visit our About MyGolfSpy Ball Lab page.

About the Maxfli Tour

The Maxfli Tour is the second generation of Maxfli’s three-piece Tour-level offering. For the uninitiated, Maxfli is a house brand for DICK’S Sporting Goods/Golf Galaxy, though the ball is also available through Golfworks. Given the near exclusivity of retail availability and the $35 price point, it’s reasonable to think of Maxfli Tour alongside other premium direct-to-consumer offerings like Snell, Vice and OnCore. Notably, the Maxfli Tour is manufactured by Foremost in Taiwan. It’s the same factory that procures balls for Vice and OnCore. It also manufactures balls for Wilson and TaylorMade. While the dimple pattern is the stock 318-dimple design common to many Foremost-made balls, the rest of the ball is proprietary to Maxfli.

One point of distinction for Maxfli’s Tour series is the inclusion of CG Balancing technology. While Foremost balls are generally well made, Maxfli understands that absolute perfection in ball manufacturing is unattainable so by running every ball through the equivalent of an industrial-strength check-go-pro and putting the side stamp where the ball is perfectly balanced, golfers have the opportunity to hit straighter drives. We haven’t specifically tested the technology though it’s worth mentioning that when we’ve done robot testing on the Maxfli Tour line, it has performed admirably, even without aligning impact with the side stamp.

Maxfli Tour — Compression

Carlota Ciganda shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday and is tied atop the leaderboard along with Gemma Dryburgh and Pajaree Anannarukarn at the Cambia Portland Classic.

Jon Rahm shot an even-par 72 in the first round of the Fortinet Championship on Thursday, saying he has been feeling ill since earlier this week.

Lara Tennant captured the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur for the third straight time, denying Ellen Port from joining Jack Nicklaus and JoAnne Carner with an eighth USGA title.

A few months back, we asked you to tell us about how satisfied you are with your current driver. This time around, we want to dig a little deeper to understand how happy you are with the irons you’re playing right now.

We want to know what you’re playing, if you were fitted for it and how well the irons have met your expectations. As we again look for correlations within the data, we expect the results will be enlightening.

Do golfers who get fitted see better results on the course? Are owners of certain brands more satisfied with their irons than others?

Those are exactly the kind of answers we hope to find.

Click here to take the survey.

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Brooks Koepka expressed a dislike for the Ryder Cup format, is battling a wrist injury and has an ongoing feud with Bryson DeChambeau. In Paul Azinger's eyes, that's enough for Koepka to consider not playing in the storied event later this month.

Golf is a wonderful game. ONLY YOU have the personal control over every aspect of every round you play. It’s up to you to consider your environment, your stance and your club selection. It’s even more important to manage your mental state of mind to create your success or failure for every swing that you make. That’s why we love and play this game.

Look for weaknesses in your game to improve your CONSISTENCY and your ACCURACY. Miss-hits and poor direction control with the wrong club are all downfalls for our games. Every swing that you make can be a learning experience. It’s up to you to mentally take note of the problems with your game and to take corrective action. So why not categorize the weaknesses and strengths of your game to improve your next round of golf.

Strategic Planning
1/ Accept Your Physical Strength and Limitations: It’s up to you to add exercise and stretching to your daily routine to improve your body for every round of golf. Your diet, shape and strength can all improve your game but as Weekend Worriers you will never achieve golf pro status, so limit your expectations based on your existing physical condition. Set your own personal goals for yearly improvement as it will not happen overnight.

2/ Test your Golf Skills at the Range and Putting Green: Before you play every round of golf you really should hit some balls and putts to confirm the cadence that you need for your driver, irons and putter. Apply the setup and swing that you know will eliminate miss-hits and improve your accuracy.

3/ Know the Limitations of your Clubs, Balls and Skills: Golf is a game that you play against your past successes. Don’t try to out muscle your playing partners. Know your limitations and play the game within your skill level so that you can hit the distance and direction you KNOW THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE.

Spirit of the Game: William Wright

Sept. 15, 2021

Note: This piece first appeared on usga.org on February 20, 2012

Not long after receiving the trophy for his historic U.S. Amateur Public Links triumph in 1959, William Wright received a phone call at the Wellshire Golf Course in Denver from a Seattle reporter.

The first question asked of Wright was, “How does it feel to be the first black to win a national tournament?”

Angered that the first inquiry involved race, not his performance, Wright immediately slammed down the phone and walked away.

Bryson DeChambeau said his hands are "wrecked" from intense training as he prepares to compete in both the Ryder Cup and the world long drive championship.

Golf's offseason lasted ... 11 days. From Bryson and Brooks, to Phil and Rahm, a look back at the longest season in golf history and a look ahead to a new season that starts right now.

Henrik Stenson, who at 45 has played in five Ryder Cups, was selected by European captain Padraig Harrington as the fifth and final vice captain.

Don’t get fitted for golf clubs using range balls. It’s something we say all of the time. To some extent, the reasons are obvious. Even if you’re not immediately aware of the performance differences between a range ball and premium offerings, you’ve almost certainly figured out that range balls feel hard as rocks, are uncomfortably loud off the driver and are often in trash condition.

Save the occasional uncomfortable water carry where risking a Pro V1 just doesn’t make sense, most of us would never think of playing golf with a range ball.

So, at the risk of asking the obvious: If you don’t play golf with a range ball, why would you get fitted using one?

The idea that you should get dialed in with the ball you actually play is exactly why we recommend you get fitted with the ball you play. When that’s not possible, we’d suggest using a ball that’s like the one you play. And, yeah, if it happens that a range ball is like the ball you play, we’d politely suggest getting a new ball.

With four wins this season, including the FedEx Cup, Patrick Cantlay was voted PGA Tour player of the year.

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

The MNML Golf MV2 stand bag.

Product Expert

Hi, I’m Harry and I am a professional golf equipment tester. (Yes, they exist.) I actually test a lot of things at MyGolfSpy and play professionally when I’m not checking and comparing specs on gloves, rangefinders, bags, ball retrievers, etc. You can call me the Director of Product Testing here at MGS. You can also just call me Harry. That’s fine, too.

What is MNML Golf?

MNML Golf is a relatively new golf bag company based in Manhattan Beach, Calif. As you can imagine, owner Sam Goulden is a super laid-back, easy-going guy. However, his passion for his golf stand bag is anything but laid back. He wants to get rid of all the clutter that golf bags have and strip it down to the essentials. Enter the MNML MV2 golf stand bag.

The MNML MV2 golf stand bag might seem like another everyday golf bag. However, with a few hidden surprises, that isn’t the case. The MV2 comes with three magnetic pockets which isn’t unusual but they’re stronger than any magnetic pocket I’ve come across. This makes it incredibly easy to get into the pockets without messing around with jammed zippers. It also comes with a Bluetooth speaker and solar panel portable charger to ensure you don’t lose your phone’s battery—or music for that matter. Neat, huh?

PGA Tour golfer Gary Woodland surprised his friend Amy Bockerstette in a video Monday with the news that she was selected to represent Special Olympics Arizona in next year's USA Games in Orlando.

For the first time in two decades, a golfer who is not a full member of the PGA Tour has been named PGA Tour rookie of the year. Will Zalatoris, 25, finished the season with eight top-10 finishes, including a runner-up finish at the Masters.

Mizuno Golf announces the new T22 wedge line.The T22 wedge features a smaller profile and is geared toward the better player.The T22 wedges are available in four grinds, three finishes, and thirteen loft/bounce optionsMSRP is $159.95 – Available 10/14

Today, Mizuno Golf unveiled a new wedge line, the T22. While Mizuno’s buttery-forged irons cause much of the golfing public to view Mizuno as the iron company, many of these same golfers do not approach Mizuno’s other club offerings with the same adoration. It’s tragic, as having such a myopic view of Mizuno could cause you to miss some of the best wedges in the marketplace.

The sad irony in the Mizuno story is that, for a run of years, its success in the iron category, left it pigeon-holed as only iron company. It’s the classic beloved actor who wants to be a musician story. People want actors to only be actors. It’s tough for fans to accept recategorization, especially when the excellent actor proves to be only an average musician.

With every non-iron release, Mizuno must prove to the golfing consumer that they are more Jamie Foxx than Lindsay Lohan.

The truth is that Mizuno is one hell of a wedge maker, having one of the most impressive Most Wanted Wedge pedigrees. In 2017, the Mizuno T7 wedge placed first overall, then the S18 and T20 wedges placing second overall in 2018 and 2019 respectively. It’s shocking (shocking, I say) that a company known for producing the best forged irons in the business would also produce the best forged wedges. Yes, that was sarcasm.

Key Takeaways

Mizuno to release a new ST-G 220 Driver with adjustable weightsAvailable at retail in OctoberMSRP $500

Chasing higher ball speeds across a driver face using adjustable weights to control spin and shot shape sometimes gets accomplished at the expense of a sacrificial lamb: FEEL. No getting around it.

Impact feedback can get altered dramatically with a couple twists and tweaks of a driver wrench. Try for a slightly different launch window and that nice dense sound/feel you’re accustomed to, well, it can turn kind of foreign. Especially on off centre strikes.

Mizuno’s new ST-G 220 driver is designed with more wrench torques in mind. Actually, a lot more. Engineered with a trio of shorter lateral weight tracks and a pair of moveable center/back weight ports the next generation ST model maintains impact feel however it is set up. You could never say that about adjustable Mizuno drivers of the past. Still plenty long but some…..well, let’s just say they weren’t exactly a concert hall of sound/feel dynamics. Or at the very least they were inconsistent in that department.

Not this one.

Sound/Feel Profiling

Sound profile and innovation has made quantum leaps from where it was even a decade ago. Computer acoustics software is as integral to driver design these days as looks in the address position and game improvement technology. That, of course, is due not only to modern driver volumes (460cc max) but also the (multi) materials used for construction, head shape, and adjustability function.

David Toms beat Dicky Pride with a par on the first hole of a playoff Sunday in the PGA Tour Champions' inaugural Ascension Charity Classic.

Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Shane Lowry were picked by European captain Padraig Harrington on Sunday to fill out the team for the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.