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Jenny Bae missed several chances to stretch her lead toward the end of her round Saturday, finishing with a 71 and a one-shot lead in the Mexico Riviera Maya Open.

On wooden benches and floors, spike marks double as reminders of the greats who walked inside a clubhouse as historic as the course itself. 

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Reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy will skip next week's Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.

Ben Griffin and Matti Schmid were tied for the second-round lead at 11 under at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial.

LPGA rookie Jenny Bae birdied her last hole for another 69 to take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the Mexico Riviera Maya Open.

Scottie Scheffler hasn't had his best stuff this week at Colonial, but he still did something incredible during the third round.

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GOLF Top 100 Teacher E.A. Tischler explains why accelerating through the ball is not a putting directive you should necessarily heed.

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While hybrids and lofted irons have increased in popularity, being able to hit great mid and long irons is still a necessary skill.

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With one hole remaining on Friday in Mexico, Maria Fassi leaned on some advice she'd solicited from a quartet of LPGA legends.

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On Friday at the Senior PGA, Padraig Harrington explained why focusing on hitting fairways and greens isn't always the best strategy.

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It’s official—PuttView has revolutionized how MyGolfSpy conducts putter testing, and the results of the 2025 Most Wanted Mallet Putter test reflect a new era of performance-based insights. With 36 mallet putters tested, over 180 hours logged, and 23,040 putts tracked, the field was one of the most competitive we’ve seen in years.

While big brands like PING, TaylorMade, and Odyssey showed up strong, the surprises came from smaller names like Wilson, Runner, and Makefield. It’s a testament to just how much the putter market has shifted—and how much opportunity there is to find value and performance outside of brand recognition.

Let’s break down the winners, the surprises, and what this all means for golfers looking for their next flatstick.

Key Highlights from the 2025 Test

Best Overall: Wilson Infinite BuckinghamRunner-Up: Runner Mallet3rd Place: PING Scottsdale Prime Tyne 4Best for Short Putts: Toura Proto P5Best for Medium Putts: Makefield DefiantBest for Long Putts: Stix Golf Compete Mallet

These putters earned their spots not by popularity or price tag, but by outperforming the competition in various putting ranges. And in the most balanced performance across short, medium, and long distances, Wilson’s Infinite Buckingham stood tall.

What Makes a Great Mallet in 2025?

Mallet putters have long been praised for their forgiveness and stability. In 2025, the trend continues, but with even greater nuance. Thanks to PuttView’s advanced tracking, we now understand not just which putters drop the most putts, but how they control proximity to the hole, speed, and dispersion—critical factors in improving putting performance.

For Tiger’s 2000 campaign to rank as the unequivocal greatest of all time, it had serious leapfrogging to do.

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What Tiger Woods did 25 years ago is the most dominant yearlong performance by any athlete, anywhere, in any sport, at any time. Here's why.

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How to watch the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge on Saturday, including full Charles Schwab Challenge TV coverage for Round 3.

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On this week's episode of GOLF's Fully Equipped, the hosts talk with Callaway's Kellen Watson about the golf ball Bryson DeChambeau needs.

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Vijay Singh recovered after bogeying his first three holes and finished with a 68 for a share of the Senior PGA lead with Y.E. Yang and Cameron Percy.

Golf Strategy: Play Smarter, Not Harder

Success in golf isn’t just about perfect swings—smart course management and strategic thinking can save strokes and boost your scores. Here are key strategies to elevate your game:

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1. Play to Your Strengths

• Know your game. If you hit better with your 7-iron than a risky driver, use it.

• Choose clubs and shots you’re confident with, especially under pressure.

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2. Aim for the Fat Part of the Green

• Don’t always attack the flag—especially if it’s tucked behind a bunker or near the edge.

• Hitting the center of the green increases your chance for a two-putt par.

In the world of golf, where every shot counts and mental composure is critical, breathwork for golfers is one of the most underused — yet most powerful — performance tools available. From Olympic athletes to Navy SEALs, elite performers train their breathing to regulate the nervous system, sharpen focus, and stay composed under pressure.

For golfers, the ability to control your breath can mean the difference between a calm, confident shot and a costly mistake.

Why Breathwork for Golfers Matters
When you step onto the first tee or face a must-make putt, your body responds with increased heart rate, shallow breathing, and tension. It’s your nervous system saying, “This matters.” That response is normal — and can be helpful — up to a point.

This is where the Yerkes-Dodson Law comes into play. It shows that performance increases with arousal, but only to a certain level. Too little, and you’re flat. Too much, and tension, anxiety, and poor decision-making kick in. The sweet spot is the optimal performance zone — and breathwork for golfers is your pathway to finding it.

The Foundation: Three-Part Inhale for Golfers
The most effective breathwork for golfers starts with the way you breathe in. Try this full-body, three-part inhale:

Titleist did a WITB (What’s In The Bag) video with Ludvig Aberg but instead of getting hung up on the clubs he’s playing, we took a deeper dive to see if there was anything specific we could learn about his game. Some of the best insights he offered related to his wedge selection. Here are a few things we learned.

Feel matters to Aberg

Performance is important but Aberg thinks feel may be just as important.

“Feel is so important with the wedges … if you don’t like the feel, the sound, the look of it, you’re going to have issues getting it up and down.”

Aberg’s wedge choices are driven by how the club feels through the turf, how it sounds and how it looks at address. He prefers “soft-feeling” clubs with rounded edges and a clean profile.

Here’s one thing for amateur golfers to keep in mind. Aberg cares about feel but he’s still choosing from a selection of wedges that have Tour-level performance. You want something that feels great and you can trust but make sure it’s a quality golf club with great spin.

As we age, our swing speed declines and we hope golf technology improves enough to slow that inevitable decline. Does this happen to the pros as well?

PGA Tour: Top 10 longest drivers and their ages

The PGA Tour features some of the longest hitters in golf. Aldrich Potgieter is a new PGA Tour player in 2025 but he’s led the Korn Ferry Tour in driving distance as well. He’s young but knows how to get the ball out there.

Rank	Player	Avg Distance (yds)	Age
1	Aldrich Potgieter	323.9	20
2	Niklas Norgaard	320.0	32
3	Rory McIlroy	319.3	36
4	Min Woo Lee	316.2	26
5	Michael Thorbjornsen	316.0	23
6	Kurt Kitayama	314.7	32
7	Jesper Svensson	314.6	29
8	Rasmus Højgaard	314.0	24
9	Alejandro Tosti	313.6	28
9	Gary Woodland	313.6	40

Champions Tour: Top 10 longest drivers and their ages

Even on the Champions Tour, players maintain impressive driving distances. Stewart Cink and Padraig Harrington average over 300 yards per drive.

Rank	Player	Avg Distance (yds)	Age
1	Stewart Cink	303.7	51
2	Padraig Harrington	300.1	53
3	Cameron Percy	297.6	51
4	Brendan Jones	295.4	50
5	Ricardo Gonzalez	293.3	55
6	Retief Goosen	291.8	56
7	Ernie Els	291.5	55
8	Greg Chalmers	290.7	51
9	Brian Gay	290.6	53
9	Kenny Perry	290.6	64

Amateur golfers: Driving distance by age

Amateurs might not hit PGA Tour-level distances but trends in distance reduction with age are evident. We asked Shot Scope for some age-specific driving distance numbers. Here are those performance averages. (High and low outliers removed)

Age	Performance Avg Distance (yds)
20	254
30	256
40	252
50	243
60	230

How much driving distance do golfers lose as they age?

Here are the specific percentage drops observed between age groups of amateur players according to the Shot Scope data.