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A Reddit user recently posed a simple question: What is a golf trend you can’t stand?

And, boy, are there some golf trends a lot of us can’t stand. Here are the top answers on that thread.

Playing music way too loudly on the course

The most offered answer had to do with playing music on the course.

While some users conceded that music was acceptable if played at a reasonable volume, a large swath of golfers are fed up with music in general.

These top 10 golf videos of the month are starting to feel familiar. In a good way. Bryson DeChambeau grabs a few top spots with his record-breaking and tough golf course testing. Grant Horvat is back alongside the Bryan Brothers and Big Daddy Golf sneaks one in this month. June delivers a solid mix of Oakmont pressure tests, a fun Tommy Fleetwood match and plenty of the chaos we’ve come to expect from the Bryan Bros, Bob Does Sports and the rest of YouTube’s golf crew.

1. The World’s Hardest Golf Course: Oakmont Country Club

Channel: Bryson Dechambeau
Views: 3.7 million

Bryson DeChambeau takes on Oakmont, the course so tough it inspired the invention of the Stimpmeter. With 175 bunkers, rough over five inches deep and greens that send balls rolling back to your feet, Oakmont is the beast of all beasts. In this video, Bryson walks through the course’s brutal design, relives his T-16 finish from 2016 and tests his game ahead of the 125th U.S. Open. If you want a raw look at major championship prep, this is it.

2. Can I Break a Public Course Record in One Try? (Water Everywhere)

Channel: Bryson DeChambeau
Views: 2.8 million

At Waterchase Golf Club, one of the highest-rated public courses in Texas, Bryson DeChambeau sets out with a single goal: to break the course record of 64. These “break the course record” videos are fun if you haven’t seen one. They are typical Bryson with long drives, clutch putts and protein bars all mixed in.

Golf simulators are fun, but let’s be honest, they’re a big investment. One of the best ways to justify that cost is by treating your simulator as more than just a toy. It’s a serious training tool. Whether it’s rainy, too hot or the middle of winter, a simulator gives you the chance to practice when the course doesn’t. For one PGA professional, that extra indoor grind didn’t just improve his game; it earned him a spot in the PGA Championship.

Who is Rupe Taylor?

Rupe Taylor is a 35-year-old PGA teaching professional based in Virginia Beach, Va. He runs “Play Better Now” out of the Virginia Beach National Golf Club where he spends most of his time helping others sharpen their game. When he finds time to work on his swing, it’s often indoors. He has a home simulator running Trackman software.

Taylor isn’t a household name but his story is a perfect example of what can happen when hard work meets modern technology. Despite a full lesson schedule and limited time to play, he’s turned his garage into a proving ground for elite performance.

His journey to the PGA Championship

To earn a spot in the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, Taylor needed to finish inside the top 20 at the PGA Professional Championship.

He did just that, placing ninth with a two-under-par total over four rounds, good enough to punch his ticket to a major championship.

Twenty diverse stories from all ages and career backgrounds now head to The Open at Royal Portrush. Also, it seems the HotelPlanner Tour is where the world's next best are toiling.

The 2025 John Deere Classic begins on Thursday in Silvis, Illinois. Here are six players our expert loves — and why he thinks you should too.

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A fairway hole-out by 20-year-old Richard Teder of Estonia secures the last Open Championship spot at a final qualifying event.

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What should you focus on if you're trying to break 100 for the first time? Legendary instructor Hank Haney explains.

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Lee Westwood qualified for The Open at Royal Portrush later this month, his first major tournament since the former world No. 1 joined Saudi-funded LIV Golf three years ago.

A trio of LIV golfers were medalists at their Open Championship Final Qualifying sites, booking their spots at Royal Portrush.

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New LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil spoke to GOLF.com about the state of LIV, why he took the job and why he sees LIV Golf as the “good guys."

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Kevin Kisner knew J.J. Spaun's dramatic putt to win the U.S. Open was good long before the rest of the world spotted it.

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LIV pro Sam Horsfield got off to a disastrous start at a 2025 Open Championship Final Qualifier, then walked off the course without a word.

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Gamble Sands' aptly named Tower of Tots stands like a starchy, protein-packed skyscraper before collapsing on your plate.

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Learn about everything available to you as an InsideGOLF member from discounts on golf gear, to exclusive content and more.

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The Titleist GT1 3Tour fairway wood follows an interesting trend of Tour pros gravitating toward the higher launching model.

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The Titleist GT1 fairway wood was supposed to be simple. When it launched, the story was straightforward: a lightweight fairway wood designed for moderate swing speed players who need help getting the ball airborne. Sure, the updated model had that flip weight system that could be used to build it to a more conventional fairway wood spec but the GT1’s primary mission was clear—to help golfers who struggle to generate enough spin and launch with traditional fairway woods.

Then something weird happened.

In February, Titleist started quietly offering a 14.5-degree prototype version to PGA Tour players. Much to nearly everyone’s surprise—including Titleist’s—they started putting them in the bag. Today, roughly 20 percent of Titleist fairway woods in play on Tour are GT1s.

The appeal isn’t hard to understand once you’ve experienced it. GT1’s shallower head profile makes hitting off the deck almost foolproof. While that might sound like a moderate swing speed golfer’s problem, it turns out Tour players appreciate a fairway wood that sets up behind the ball in such a way that suggests it’s impossible not to get it airborne.

About those lofts

There’s a bit of nuance to this story worth understanding. While it seems odd to launch a line extension that’s, on paper anyway, all of half a degree stronger than what’s on store shelves, the 15-degree model we told you about in January is actually closer to 16.5 degrees of loft.

What do you do if your match-play opponent concedes your putt, but on your way to pick it up, it drops in the hole? Rules Guy has the answer.

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My first encounter with Runner Putters, a unique putter company from France, was not my proudest moment.

It was the 2023 PGA Show and Runner founder Simon Linot was walking me through his rather fascinating putter fitting system. My mind, unfortunately, was focusing on this club that looked more like a foot than a putter.

Linot was laying out a perfectly sound and logical explanation as to why his putters deserved my attention. All I could think of, however, was that this was maybe the goofiest-looking putter I’d ever seen. Even when he showed me empirical evidence of how much my stroke had improved, I kept thinking that this was maybe the goofiest-looking putter I’d ever seen.

I would soon learn, however, the truth behind an old French saying.

L’habit ne fait pas le moine. (The outfit doesn’t make the monk.)

Growing up, my dad was a die-hard Phil Mickelson fan. As a lefty, he loved seeing a left-handed player succeed on the PGA Tour. Every week, he’d cheer Phil on—and every week, after another missed putt, my sisters and I would inform him (as only kids can) that righties are clearly better than lefties.

But when Phil won the 2021 PGA Championship at the age of 50, becoming the oldest major winner of all time, I saw him differently. He was holding on to something we all hope for: that we’re never done and that golf gives us a way to keep competing.

Regardless of how you feel about Phil, his comments, his move to LIV or his unorthodox style, some of the things he’s done on the course work. I wouldn’t follow any pro blindly but these are three tips Mickelson has repeated for years. And that’s probably because they work.

Weight forward and hands ahead

Phil Mickelson is famous for high-spinning flop shots in pressure situations. Those are the shots we remember but they aren’t the ones that led him to 45 PGA Tour victories.

In one of his short-game clinics, Phil breaks down what he calls “Chipping 101”, the foundation that everything else around the green builds from. These are the three keys he uses to hit solid chip shots.

Golf shot tips are different than golf swing tips. Shot tips are all about the ability to adapt to lies, control ball flight and get the golf ball to do what you want it to do. It doesn’t matter if you are a scratch golfer or a 25 handicap. These shot tips could be what make or break your next round of golf. These are simple, practical adjustments to help you play better and smarter golf.

How to hit off a downslope

Downslope lies around the green can turn even simple chips into disasters. The key is learning how to match your body to the slope so you don’t chunk or blade it.

Ball Position: Move it back in your stance.Weight: Stay forward, don’t fall back or try to help it in the air.Shoulders/Hips: Tilt to match the slope so you can swing with it.Club choice: Use more loft than usual, a 60-degree wedge instead of a 56 offsets the lower launch.Swing thought: Low finish, clip the ball and let it run.

This shot comes out lower but more consistently once you know how to set up for it.

Learn to set the clubface square at setup

Before adjusting your swing path or ball position, ensure the face is aligned correctly. An open or misaligned clubface at address ruins your shot before you even take the club back. Don’t just align your feet; make sure the clubface is pointing where you want the ball to start.

Set the face square and then place your hands on the club. Some golfers twist the face shut or open it as they grip it.