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Gary Woodland is in the field for next week's Sony Open in Hawaii, his entry coming just three months after he underwent brain surgery.

In today's edition of Play Smart, we hear from two-time major winner Collin Morikawa on the difference between good and great golfers.

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Struggling to convert the confidence from your practice to the course? GOLF Top 100 Teacher Jason Birnbaum gives 5 tips to keep that mojo.

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Golf has seen numerous innovations over the years, both in terms of equipment and the way the game is played. These innovations have been driven by a mix of golfers, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Here are some of the key innovators and innovations in golf:

Equipment Innovators

1. Karsten Solheim (PING):

   • Solheim revolutionized golf club design with his company, PING. He introduced perimeter weighting in irons which significantly improved off-center hits, a concept that has become a standard in club design.

2. Ely Callaway (Callaway Golf):

   • Callaway was instrumental in popularizing the use of big-headed drivers with the introduction of the Big Bertha driver in the 1990s. His company continues to be a leader in innovative golf equipment.

3. Gary Adams (TaylorMade):

   • Known as the founder of TaylorMade, Adams is credited with creating the first metal wood, a significant shift from the traditional persimmon wood clubs.

4. Scotty Cameron (Titleist):

The tech mogul Larry Ellison has transformed Porcupine Creek, his former private estate, into an extravagant golf getaway.

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As he killed time ahead of playing in the final pairing at the Masters in 2016, Smylie Kaufman made a regrettable movie choice.

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Following an opening-round 65 at the Sentry, Camilo Villegas shared a bizarre tale about a DQ he suffered on his birthday over a decade ago.

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What’s better than a PING Hoofer?

A PING Hoofer draped in Hawaiian flora and fauna, of course!

Today, PING released the Pua Collection of bags, gear and accessories. This Aloha-inspired gear is just in time for The Sentry Tournament at Kapalua.

PING Pua Collection: A Closer Look

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In case it wasn’t obvious, Pua means “flower” in Hawaiian. The entire collection, from the award-winning Hoofer golf bag to hats and headcovers galore, is adorned with pretty pink Hibuscus and a costal teal background.

If the Pua Collection from PING doesn’t get you in the Island mood, I’m not sure what will. Kick back, relax, crack open a can of Hawaiian Sun POG Juice (or a fat plate of Chicken Katsu) and hit that add to cart button before this limited drop sells out!

Many PGA Tour pros enjoyed some downtime in what was the Tour's first real offseason. But no one had a weekend quite like Brian Harman.

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TaylorMade is keeping one of its top players in the stable.  

The company announced that Tommy Fleetwood, the No. 14 player in the world, has inked a multi-year extension to stay with TaylorMade. 

Fleetwood, 32, has been one of the most consistent players in golf since joining TaylorMade three years ago. The Englishman has recorded 15 top-10 finishes in that time. 

“Being a member of Team TaylorMade is something I am proud of so renewing my contract is a natural progression for my continued improvement,” Fleetwood said in a press release. 

Fleetwood employed a full NIKE bag until the company exited the hard-goods business in 2016. He transitioned into a mixed bag as a gear free agent, holding onto some of his NIKE clubs—including a set of his beloved VR Pro irons—for the following two seasons. He continued to add TaylorMade clubs until signing on to be a staff member in December 2020. 

See a complete 2024 Sentry TV schedule for Friday's second round in Hawaii, as well as full streaming info, tee times and more.

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There are many new clubs in play at The Sentry, in Maui, this week, including the 10-iron in Xander Schauffele's bag.

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The 2024 Masters field could be the smallest one in more than 30 years. 

Is it a sign the tournament should tweak its qualification? 

The Masters has had the smallest field of all four men’s majors throughout most of the modern era. There have been fewer than 100 players at every Masters dating back to 1967. The field size has regularly dipped slightly below 90 players including last year when there were 88. 

However, this year’s might be well short of those typical numbers. 

The tournament has far more stringent qualification criteria than the other three majors. There are normally around 156 players in the U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship. 

You’ve heard it by now: golf saw a huge boom during the pandemic. More players mean more money being injected into the game from the grassroots level through the professional ranks, more buzz around tournaments, more funding for municipal courses and more creative minds lending their expertise to every aspect of the game. 

Golf style is no exception. Basketball shoes are now golf shoes, slim-fit polos are on their way out and hyped-up golf shoes are just as hard to get as their street-worthy counterparts. New blood in the world of golf style is staking a claim in the feverish, innovation-starved minds of today’s golfers, adding some much-needed competition for the old heads (who, as it happens, are very much keeping pace with the new guys). Sometimes, the old heads and new kids on the block even link up and make something we couldn’t have imagined a few years ago. What a time to be alive. 

Read on to get our take on the biggest trends in golf style in 2023 and a bit about what we think is coming in 2024.

Brand Collabs

2023 carried on the recent tradition of brand collaborations in the golf world. Whether it was an upstart designing gear for a PGA Tour tournament, two relatively unknown brands collaborating on eye-popping vintage golf bags or one of the new leaders in the game linking up with an industry stalwart for a limited run, this was the year you probably noticed your favorite brand making a splash with your new favorite brand. 

These collabs are great for the game. They let a golfer concerned with performance express themselves in ways that were unimaginable a decade ago. You may not have liked the slim-fit chinos of five or 10 years ago but mix take performance fabric and tailor it to ‘90s vintage specs? Bam, you’ve got your new favorite trousers. 

Our Forum members were super excited to kick off the 2023 testing season with the Callaway Golf Paradym family of irons. Callaway fans talk about artificial intelligence in the driver being a factor in creating distance and forgiveness. In this case, Callaway brought AI to the forefront of iron design, saying they combined their “Forged 455 Face with the all-new Speed Frame, giving golfers the best of incredibly long distance technologies and premium forged feel.” Our testers could not wait to put Callaway’s claims to the test.

Side note: If you’re looking for information on the new Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Irons, you can find that here.

Selection Process

Our Forum staff handpicked two testers each for Paradym and Paradym X irons. We tasked them to thoroughly test the performance and features of Callaway’s new game-improvement and player’s distance irons.

Once our testers submitted their specs, they didn’t have to wait long to get the irons in hand. Then it was time to get out on the course and see what the Callaway Paradym and Paradym X irons were capable of and if they were leaders in  player’s distance Irons or game-improvement irons.

Insights from Testers

Initial Impressions and First Swings

First impressions are huge in life and in golf. The Callaway Paradym Irons did not disappoint in this category. Between the shiny chrome finish and striking blue badge, our testers fell for the irons straight out of the box.  Funkyjudge, who tested the Paradym model, said:

Sahith Theegala made six straight birdies to start the back nine and finished with one last birdie for a 9-under 64 and a one-shot lead in The Sentry as the PGA Tour season began Thursday.

Pro Camilo Villegas finished in a share of the lead at the Sentry, despite one funky hook. “That was just a dead smother.”

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For the second straight year, NBC is trying an innovative commercial-free strategy at The Sentry thanks to a partnership with Callaway.

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