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This week, the attention of the golfing public will be focused on Northern Ireland for the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club. I’ve attended a couple of U.S. Opens but traveling across the Atlantic to watch The Open in person would be amazing. That’s near the top of my bucket list.

I definitely have a romanticized vision of watching the best players in the world navigate the links during the day and then chatting about the round in a local pub that evening.

As it turns out, Toulon Golf and I are of similar minds.

Although they are primarily focused on releasing their new Small Batch Portrush putter to commemorate this year’s Open, they also are thinking a bit about the Portrush pub scene as well.

Toulon & Sons expands their UK store holdings

Last year’s Small Batch Scotland was the first time that we saw “Toulon & Sons” on a putter. The new branding came from a daydream about Sean Toulon and his three sons opening up a small shop by The Old Course at St Andrews.

When The British Open starts, the profound heritage of golf comes alive.

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Phil Mickelson avoided most of the rain to card a 1-under 70 for his best opening round at an Open Championship since 2016.

Royal Portrush greens fees have nearly doubled in recent years. Here's what it costs to play the 2025 Open Championship host course.

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With the release of the Bat Attack ZT putter a few months back and the black version of the Allan ZT last month, I assumed PXG was finished with one-off zero-torque putter releases for the year.

That assumption proved to be incorrect. 

Today, PXG adds another new putter to their zero-torque arsenal, the Hellcat ZT blade. Yes, I said blade. With the zero-torque putter cohort dominated by mallet shapes, a new zero-torque blade release is newsworthy.

Now we just need to see if the new Hellcat ZT can continue PXG’s streak of making outstanding zero-torque putters.

PXG Hellcat ZT

The PXG Hellcat ZT is a blade putter, but it is a big blade putter. The Hellcat shape first appeared in PXG’s 2021 0211 putter line. Like most of the putters in that line, the Hellcat was beefier than a typical blade putter. This version is not huge. It’s about the size of the typical wide body blade.

I am a huge fan of Grant Horvat.

We have him at No. 2 in our YouTube golf channel rankings for 2025, and we have been plenty complimentary of his content. His videos are, without a doubt, some of the best watches in all of golf at the moment.

But everyone makes mistakes—and Horvat just made one he’ll regret.

Turning down an invite

The PGA Tour has an opposite-field event called the Barracuda Championship. It’s being played this week at the same time as the Open Championship. It’s an event only die-hard golf fans will watch. The field is made up of veterans and Korn Ferry Tour players. TV ratings will be minimal.

In an effort to boost numbers for an otherwise irrelevant tournament, the Tour invited Horvat to play.

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2025 is just around the corner, and Callaway is ready to celebrate with the launch of Chrome Tour Shark golf balls. The tie-in with sharks makes perfect sense—much like your golf balls, they spend their lives in water.

Look, Callaway has taken its triple diamond from golf clubs to golf balls, and while JAWS wedges aren’t a thing anymore, it still feels like kind of a whiff that they didn’t call this the Apex Predator collection. Although I suppose that wouldn’t be on-the-nose enough for some of you.

The Chrome Tour Shark collection features four distinct designs showcasing some of the ocean’s most feared hunters: Thresher, Whale Shark, Hammerhead, and Great White. Each ball delivers all the performance benefits golfers expect from Chrome Tour—the whole “new gold standard” thing—wrapped in designs that’ll make you feel like you’re teeing up a nature documentary.

It’s also worth noting that 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of JAWS, which means we’re all legally obligated to hum the theme music every time we see these balls. Da-dum. Da-dum. Da-dum-da-dum-da-dum.

Timing is everything

Because nothing in golf is ever totally unique, I should mention that TaylorMade launched its shark balls a couple of weeks ago. People, Shark Week runs from July 20-26. It’s not Shark Month or Shark whenever we feel like it. It’s Shark Week. Period. Hard stop.

I was at the range the other day watching a man “helping” a woman with her golf swing. My kids and I couldn’t help but smile. Not because she wasn’t trying but because the advice was coming in hot and non-stop.

One swing in and he was already dissecting shoulder turn, grip, ball position, swing plane and head movement. There’s no way a human brain could process all of that and still hit a golf ball. His best tip might’ve been when he told her to wait a second before she swung so he could get out of the way.

Anyway, it got me thinking about just how much bad advice gets thrown around at driving ranges and on golf courses. Here are a few common ones to look out for, but let’s be honest, there are dozens more.

“You lifted your head — that’s why you topped it.”

It’s the go-to line when someone tops the ball. The concept sounds like a good one and it even makes logical sense but, in most cases, the golfer didn’t lift their head. Typically, they lose their posture, fail to shift their weight or extend too early through the shot.

Players like Henrik Stenson and David Duval rotate through impact with their head turning early. Yet they still compress the ball.

The North Coast of Ireland isn’t just dramatic cliffs and crashing waves—it’s where the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery has been perfecting its craft since 1608. Now, Bushmills is bringing that same attention to detail to the golf course through another collaboration with Malbon Golf, and this time they’re tapping into something deeper than just brand synergy.

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This isn’t your typical golf gear. The collection draws from County Antrim’s traditional Irish plaid, but Malbon has twisted it into something that feels fresh without losing its roots. Think heritage patterns that work just as well in the clubhouse as they do on the street. The lineup spans everything from everyday essentials like tees and hoodies to premium touches like windbreakers and luggage sets that actually make you want to travel.

What sets this drop apart is the attention to the details that matter. The co-branded pieces don’t scream collaboration—they whisper it through thoughtful design choices that honor both brands’ DNA. The exclusive whiskey accessories, available only through Bushmills, bridge the gap between the 18th hole and the 19th hole perfectly.

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For the first time in 40 years, Open Championship caddies at Portrush this week will be charged with raking all of the bunkers.

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All golfers are aware that there are different genres of irons available to them, yet many are not aware of what the actual differences might be. This article is designed to help you sift through some current offerings, give you insight into the differences in ball flight you might expect and thus make a selection that better suits your game.

With this in mind I gathered three current models sent to me by my friends at PING: the new G440, the very new i240 and my current gamer, the Blueprint S. I used the 7i from each set and each club has the same shaft, grip, length, flex, swing weight and lie angle. This way the differences in ball flight can only be attributed strictly to the differences in the clubhead.

While each of the 7 iron heads have standard lofts, the G440 has 29º of loft while the i240 and the Blueprint S each have 33º of loft. Yes, modern day, larger club head models have lowered lofts to aid in helping the ball fly further, but that lower loft is also in place to manage trajectory concerns. The “flex-face” technology increases ball speed, reduces spin and increases height. The decrease in loft serves a dual purpose of increasing distance and ball speed, but it also deters the ball from flying overly high.

The test involved hitting 12 shots with each club in randomized three-ball increments. I used a very low tee for all shots in order to keep grass and debris from influencing the outcome. Once I had hit 12 shots with each club I culled the worst 4 shots with each club to eliminate any outliers that could corrupt the data. All the data was captured using TrackMan in normalized mode which keeps any temperature, altitude or wind effects out of the data. The blue shots were the Blueprint S, the red shots were the i240 and the purple shots were the G440.

PING G440

An "embarrassing" Johnson Wagner shot during a Golf Channel TV hit at the Open Championship found a grandstand behind the green.

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It's not difficult to be mesmerized by the hypnotic charm of Royal Portrush. But pros know not to sleep on these six hazardous holes.

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J.J. Spaun revealed at the Open Championship on Wednesday that his caddie and coach kept telling him three sentences. Magic then followed.

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2025 Open Championship third-round tee times will be slightly pushed up. But the reason has nothing to do with weather concerns.

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One shot that Shane Lowry practices before every round is his low, flighted draw. Here, he explains how you can hit it, too.

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Scottie Scheffler, unsurprisingly, heads into another major as the betting favorite, but bettors are largely supporting European players ahead of the action teeing off from Northern Ireland at the Open Championship.

Justin Rose has been agonizingly close to major No. 2 over the past year, but the misses haven't left him disappointed. Just the opposite.

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Remember when golf gear looked like it was designed by accountants? Yeah, those days are over.

PUMA GOLF and REIGNING CHAMP just dropped their FIELD TO FAIRWAY collection.

Football Meets Golf

Here’s the thing about this collab – it actually makes sense. Both sports are massive globally. Both require you to perform under pressure while people watch. Both have die-hard fans who’ll argue about equipment until 3 AM.

The timing is chef’s kiss perfect. Open Championship this week. World Cup lurking around the corner. Someone at PUMA definitely knows what they’re doing.

What You’re Getting

Let’s talk pieces. The Modalon T-shirt comes in Warm White and Green Terrain. (Side note: why can’t we just say white and green? Marketing, I guess.)

This week at the Open Championship, driving irons abound and even a few 1-irons. Is the butter knife returning to the game? Yes and no.

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