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Adam Hadwin shot 66 and is leading the Memorial by 1 shot over Scottie Scheffler.

At the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, fans can enjoy 35,000-square-feet of curated merchandise space, powered by more than a thousand volunteers.

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On today's edition of Play Smart, XXIO ambassador Nathalie Sheehan explains how to use a tennis racket to teach yourself clubface control.

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It's been a year since the PGA Tour and Saudi PIF stunned the golf world. Why hasn't a deal been made? And is one coming?

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LIV golfer and major champ Cameron Smith shares some advice, and says ignoring one myth was his key to becoming a better putter.

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More than 600 short courses in the U.S. are now USGA-rated. Here are 5 reasons why that's great news — and how it can benefit your game.

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What do golf dads ACTUALLY want for Father's Day? To give you some inspiration, we asked some of the dads on our staff to make their picks.

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Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride joined GOLF's Subpar podcast to talk golf, life in the NFL and more.

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Even for a golfer who prefers to play the game without techy distractions, the all-knowing digital caddie that is GolfLogix can come in handy.

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Today, we are going to dive into the mailbag and answer some of your questions about L.A.B. Golf. L.A.B. Golf is one of the hottest putter companies these days, both on pro tours and at your local course. Every week, you are seeing more L.A.B. Golf putters in professional and amateur bags.

Why are L.A.B. Golf putters such a hot commodity these days?

Let’s explore the phenomenon that is L.A.B. Golf.

Q: Can you please explain Lie Angle Balancing to me like I’m a 10-year old?

Lie Angle Balancing is all about how the putter moves during your putting stroke. L.A.B. Golf’s Revealer, shown in the video above, demonstrates how traditional putters will twist during the putting stroke. L.A.B. Golf putters stay stable, not rotating at all as they are swung.

This lack of rotation eliminates the opening and closing of the putter face relative to the path during your stroke, allowing the putter to naturally return to square at impact.

Since 1999, All Kids Golf Clubs has been making it easy for kids of all ages to get into golf with equipment that actually suits their needs.

An early adopter of e-commerce, the founders got their start selling custom youth golf sets online after noticing a void in the market. They thought, rightly so, that kids deserved more than an old set of cutdown adult clubs so they took it upon themselves to make it right.

Turns out, kids just needed someone in their corner. After six years, All Kids Golf had custom built more than 40,000 golf clubs. Fast forward to today and All Kids Golf is the biggest junior golf retailer in the U.S.

A Head-to-Toe Golf Store For Kids

They’re not doing custom clubs any more but that’s not a bad thing. Twenty-five years on from the retailer’s inception, the golf world has progressed far enough that All Kids has plenty of brands to work with from kid-focused brands like Fore! Golf to up-and-coming equipment brands like Stix Golf, not to mention a bevy of options from industry mainstays like Callaway and COBRA. One trip to their website reveals their expansive brand selection.

Not only do they feature a ton of quality brands but they have enough variety to outfit kids of all ages and all skill levels. Prices for clubs run the gamut from affordable plastic sets for the youngest of golf prodigies to $500+ COBRA Darkspeed drivers that will take your middle schooler to the next level.

Today marks one year since the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund entered into a framework agreement that stunned the golf world. 

It was a jarring development that blindsided most of golf’s key stakeholders. The sight of Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan sitting next to PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan during a TV hit for CNBC felt like a fever dream. 

Immediately, grand conclusions and rash generalizations were being made—and justifiably so, given that a partnership between these bitter rivals seemed inconceivable. 

“The Saudis own professional golf now,” thousands posted on social media. 

The framework agreement, which was erroneously touted as a “merger” during the initial rollout, promised a reunification of the professional game. LIV Golf, which is bankrolled by the PIF, appeared destined to dissolve, as most concluded the game’s best would reunite in one place that already enjoyed infrastructure and corporate sponsorship stability. The original framework agreement said that an “empirical data-driven evaluation” would be conducted to determine LIV’s future and that Monahan “will determine the ongoing plan and strategy.”

Before we approached the first tee at Pinehurst No. 2, I asked to make a quick pit stop.

I didn’t need to go to the bathroom. I didn’t need to buy a box of balls from the clubhouse—though they definitely would have come in handy that day. I wanted to take a picture.

With putter in hand, I balanced on my left leg, leaned forward and thrust my right fist proudly into the air.

“Kick your back leg up and out a little bit more,” my photographer instructed as he snapped away.

Too stiff from a recent knee injury on this brisk winter morning, I did the best I could to replicate the iconic celebratory pose from 1999 U.S. Open champion Payne Stewart immortalized in bronze approximately 50 yards off the 18th green at Pinehurst No. 2.

How to watch the 2024 Memorial Tournament on Thursday, including full Memorial TV coverage and streaming information.

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Sports Illustrated’ s weekly blog: GOLF.com, recently had a great idea to improve our games. Just set some achievable positive goals before every round. That will help you enjoy your great shots and disregard your worm burners and shanks without setting a grenade off in your butt.

The enjoyment of golf is about setting goals that bring you energy and fun. When you’re having more fun you’re in a happy place. Ben Hogan, one of the greatest champions in the history of the game, said he was happy to hit just one or two perfect shots per round. He said that everyone — from high-handicappers to scratch players — would be wise to play the game that way.

Julie Elion is a mental-game guru, who reminded us of Bobby Jones’ quote: “Golf is a game that’s played on a five-inch course — the distance between your ears,” She found that the mind is the most daunting hazard out there on any course.

Set Your Goals
Julie helps golfers identify their personal goals before every event. The most common theme is CONSCIOUS POSITIVE INTENTIONS. All it takes is a simple message — distilled into a few easy-to-remember lines. Positive goals play better than those who play with fear of negative outcomes. An obsessive insight and analysis about a problem seldom results in a winning putt. Focus on your target Negative thoughts based on avoidance cause a bad case of energy drain.

Knowledge of a relevant hazard is useful, but it’s not a goal. Positivity is paramount. Elite athletes, like Scottie Scheffler with an optimal mental attitude are the ones who end up pulling away from the pack.

An early Tour launch allowed pros to test Titleist's GT driver at the Memorial. Many are raving about one performance improvement.

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It's time for the 2024 PGA Memorial Tournament! Will Viktor Hovland defend his title? Check out how to watch the action on ESPN+ now.

Available for pre-sale today are a pair of new Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke drivers. More specifically, they’re limited-edition Paradym Ai Smoke Tactical drivers.

That means they’re the same Paradym Ai Smoke Max and Triple Diamond drivers you already know (and maybe love) but a good bit of the cosmetics is green.

That’s fun, right?

Con or Cool?

There are a couple of ways you can look at this.

First, these mid- (or, in this case, early- to mid-) season limited-edition releases are overplayed. The differences are largely, if not entirely, cosmetic. The upcharges are hard to justify and when you’re willing to eat the additional cost, it can be a real gut punch if you’ve already bought one and you like the new colorway better.

A couple of months ago, I switched to a broomstick putter. The results have been mostly good, with some ups and downs, mainly due to a lack of instructional information beyond the basic “this is how you hold a broomstick.” As I went through the learning process, I’ve gained some knowledge on switching, mostly the undocumented things that no one else tells you.

If you have any questions or other learnings, feel free to let me know. I’m not professing to be an expert and I’d welcome anyone to correct me on anything I post. It’s a little long so I apologize if you can’t get through the whole thing or use it as bedtime reading to help yourself get to sleep.

1. It’s nothing like normal putting

This may seem obvious to some but I didn’t realize it was that different. Switching to a broomstick is hard work. The problem is exacerbated by the flawed perspective we get from YouTube and the internet. 

When you watch some YouTuber testing a broomstick, it seems like it all comes naturally. You don’t see the 12 practice putts that were bad before the one that was shown. Bad putts don’t sell referral links and discount codes to putter sales, and many of these youtubers rely on referrals from discounts to help fund their channels. 

2. Grip is more than just comfort

When I started putting with a broom, the initial results were really good: 28 putts good. I won a monthly medal. After about a month, I made a grip change from claw to pencil because it felt more comfortable.