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In an interview with ESPN, two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson illustrated that he isn't sure why LIV Golf players are being heavily criticized by some PGA Tour players for taking guaranteed money from the new circuit.

A group of high-profile investors, including Stephen Curry, Lewis Hamilton, Alex Morgan, Shohei Ohtani and Serena Williams, are backing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's new company, which plans to launch a tech-infused golf league in 2024.

The only reliable way to know exactly how far each of your irons goes is by using a portable launch monitor and analyzing the data it provides.

Data is good but consistently accurate data is more powerful so the real question is “which launch monitors are accurate?”

We have that answer and more in our 2022 personal launch monitor test.

You might be surprised to know that we found the Rapsodo Mobile Launch Monitor is up there with the most accurate PLMs on the market.

Rapsodo has performed well year after year in the golf launch monitor category. Even though Rapsodo offers just a couple of data metrics, it makes up for that with video playback analysis, worldwide competitions and session insights.

All Are Welcome!

Are you familiar with Eastside Golf? The Compton-based lifestyle golf company has made it their mission to introduce young people to the game of golf. Eastside’s approach to growing the game is centered on diversity, inclusion and authenticity.

Through their efforts to fulfill these ideals, Eastside Golf has partnered with Jordan Brand, hoping to inspire the next generation of golfers.

The upcoming Eastside Golf x Jordan Brand collection features a variety of accessories, clothing items and more, none of which are more symbolic of Eastside’s mission than the all-new Air Jordan 1 High Golf.

More Than Just a Game

Your initial impressions of the Air Jordan 1 High Golf x Eastside Golf more than likely echo the exact sentiment that Eastside lives by. No, this shoe doesn’t look like a traditional golf shoe. Instead, it embodies the idea that golf doesn’t need to look one way or another.

Let me try and explain.

Dustin Johnson is replacing Talor Gooch with Peter Uihlein on his LIV Golf team for 2023, sources told ESPN.

 

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OUR JOB IS YOUR GAME

This is one of the most compelling tests of 2022.

Should you grip it and rip it with your driver? What if you could gain up to 34 yards on your drives?

Yes, you read that correctly: You could gain as many as 34 more yards just by swinging faster.

Now, every golfer swings his or her driver differently. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are both phenomenal drivers of the golf ball yet they deliver the club to the ball differently. They do have something in common, though.  They swing their drivers with maximum speed.

We’ve all heard the same refrain. “You want a smooth tempo.” “Swing with tempo.” “Swing nice and controlled.”  “Don’t swing out of your shoes.”

 

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Thai teen Atthaya Thitikul, 19, becomes the second-youngest to reach the No. 1 women's world golf ranking since the ranking began in 2006.

Welcome back to Retro Golf where we take golf’s most iconic clubs and put them up against their futuristic counterparts.

Today’s episode: The OG TaylorMade Burner Bubble head to head against the 2022 TaylorMade Stealth.

How many yards does 20-plus years in storage equal?

WATCH NOW

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There are so many ways I see that golfers can improve without ever going to the range, or gym, or without having to take a lesson. Better understanding and decision making is the low hanging fruit for improved performance and scoring. As a result I came up with my five part, strategy cheat sheet quite a while ago. Here you go….

The Five Yard Pact

Five yards is fifteen feet. If you hit any full swing shot to that distance from the hole, you’ve done nicely. My pact is simple. If you have a front pin, try to hit your shot 5 yards long. If you have a back pin, try to hit your approach 5 yards short, and the same goes for left and right pins. The only time the Pact is off is if there is a center pin and there are no “major” hazards around the green. However, if the pin is centered and there is a water hazard on the left edge of the green the Pact kicks in and you must plan for 5 yards right of the centered pin. Make sense?

You might wonder why you need the Five Yard Pact? These are some of the best players in the world trying to keep their golf ball between the left bunkers and the water on the 17th hole in the 2021 PGA Championship. Any more questions?
Stick to One Shot Shape

Yes, we all like to think that we can work the ball both ways, but all the data shows that we are “less good” at our atypical pattern than our regular shape. Play one shape on every tee and on every approach, unless you have an obstacle in your direct path. Moral of the story - dance with who ya brung and work on improving or upgrading your typical pattern on the range.

The wealthy Saudi-backed LIV Golf league embodied its "Golf, but louder" slogan in its first season. But can a league that embraced 54 holes, team golf and shotgun starts sustain? What about its players?

In John Huggan’s wide-ranging interview with Martin Slumbers, the R&A Chief addresses several issues of the day, from Trump Turnberry’s status to Open qualifying to Greg Norman. He makes clear that any talk of bans is not on the table.

I cover that in the latest Quad here along with a look at a key point made by the Washington Post writer who went to Saudi Arabia and LIV’d to tell about it.

Dustin Johnson's 4Aces GC squad captured the season-ending LIV Golf team championship at Trump National Doral on Sunday in Florida, outlasting Cameron Smith and Punch GC by one shot.

Seamus Power won the Butterfield Bermuda Championship for his second tour title, an achievement helped by the fact that rookie Ben Griffin relinquished the lead afterf going 4 over on the back.

Teams captained by Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Louis Oosthuizen and Brooks Koepka advanced to the finals of the LIV Golf Team Championship.

Seamus Power knows the wind and Port Royal well enough to realize he'd better do his scoring early. He did just that Saturday, added a few birdies late and had another 6-under 65 to share the lead with Ben Griffin in the Butterfield Bermuda...

In a deciding singles match, Cameron Smith made birdie at the last hole to beat Phil Mickelson and eliminate his team in the LIV Golf Team Championship.

- Ben Crane took advantage of a rare start on the PGA Tour with his lowest score in 10 years, a 9-under 62 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.