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On Wednesday, Scottie Scheffler said TPC River Highlands rewards you for hitting good shots. On Thursday, he hit a lot of them.

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Jordan Spieth, who had never previously withdrawn from a PGA Tour event, left the Travelers Championship after just 13 holes with a shoulder injury.

Charlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods, is heading back to the U.S. Junior Amateur after winning a three-way playoff Thursday.

Wyndham Clark said he "deeply regrets" the damage done to the century-old locker he was using at Oakmont during the U.S. Open, his second act of frustration that caused damage at a major this year.

Former U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark apologized for damaging property in one of golf's most historic locker rooms during the 2025 U.S. Open.

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I tried Full Swing Kit's new FS Combine mode and it helped me identify what I need to work on with my ball striking.

The post I Tried It: Full Swing Kit’s new combine mode identified the flaws in my game appeared first on Golf.

Brian Campbell withdrew from the Travelers Championship before the start of Thursday's first round due to a shoulder injury.

Adam Schefter, the most plugged-in man in the NFL, is making his golf broadcasting debut at this week's Travelers Championship.

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Full 2025 Travelers Championship tee times for Friday's second round in Connecticut, featuring Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun and more.

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2025 KPMG Women's PGA Championship tee times for Friday's second round at PGA Frisco, including full TV coverage for Round 2.

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It's been a chaotic few days for U.S. Open winner J.J. Spaun, who has been on a non-stop media tour since winning his first major title.

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Tommy Fleetwood, golf's most prolific mini driver user, is getting an upgrade this week to TaylorMade's R7 Quad. Here's the backstory.

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How many call-of-the-road golf trips begin with a working car and full tank of gas? In my experience, too many to count.

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Adam Scott was the latest old-timer to nearly win a major. His disappointing finish left a tricky question hanging in the air.

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Before he started collaborating on course designs with Tiger Woods, Beau Welling got a playful warning from Tiger's father.

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When it comes to player’s irons in 2025, the Srixon ZXi7 stole the show. However, many consumers have been stuck on the idea that Mizuno makes the best player’s irons. We ran both irons through our head-to-head tool to determine how they truly compare when tested side by side. If you are in the market for new player’s irons, you’ll want to see this. You might be in for a surprise.

Distance

Srixon ZXi7 Distance Score: 9.1Mizuno Pro S3 Distance Score: 7.6

Distance is typically not a significant concern for better players seeking solutions for their games.

The ZXi7 is plenty long enough. It ranked seventh for total distance and it delivered impressive carry numbers without compromising control. The launch and spin characteristics helped keep shots in play while still offering solid yardage gains.

The Mizuno Pro S3, by comparison, fell well behind in this category. While some testers appreciated the consistency, others noted it simply didn’t have the firepower of other models in the test.

Forgiveness

Srixon ZXi7 Forgiveness Score: 9.5Mizuno Pro S3 Forgiveness Score: 8.8

This is where the ZXi7 really starts to dominate. Its forgiveness score was the highest in the test, thanks to tight dispersion patterns, low ball speed deltas and minimal distance drop-off on mishits.

We’ve all been there. You’re digging through the garage, cleaning out that old golf bag and you find a sleeve of balls you forgot you had. Maybe they’re from a corporate outing three years ago or perhaps they’re leftovers from that box you bought in bulk because the price was too good to pass up.

The question is: Are they still good?

Good question. The answer depends largely on what kind of golf balls we’re talking about and just how long they’ve been sitting around.

The balata days

In the days of wound golf balls (yore), balata didn’t just go bad; it practically had an expiration date.

Balata balls were essentially liquid-filled time bombs. The liquid core would evaporate over time, causing the balls to shrink, lose weight and go out of round. We’re not talking about subtle changes. I’ve attempted to measure old balata balls on compression gauge only to discover they had shrunk so much that they were too small for the equipment to even register a reading.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan will step down at the end of his contract in 2026, transitioning his day-to-day responsibilities of running the circuit to new CEO Brian Rolapp, the Tour said in a statement Tuesday.

There are a lot of questions that we’ll sort out over time, but here is what we know:

Rolapp will serve as the CEO of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Enterprises, the Tour’s for-profit entity. The Tour said its management team will report to Rolapp, while he will report to the board of directors of both the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Enterprises.Rolapp comes from the NFL where he worked as their chief media and business officer. He oversaw the NFL’s broadcast and digital rights, NFL Network, NFL Films, sponsorships, consumer products and the league’s private investment entity. Under his leadership, the NFL secured media deals with ESPN/ABC, Amazon, CBS, Fox, NBC, Netflix and YouTube, which reportedly earn the league more than $10 billion per season.Rolapp was introduced to the players earlier today at the Travelers Championship. Monahan is staying involved over the next couple of years, but Rolapp will be starting his new role as CEO later this summer. Monahan will focus the rest of his tenure on being a member of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Enterprises boards. The Tour had been searching for a new CEO since December.

Monahan’s time as commissioner is coming to a close

We wrote last year about some of the reasons why Monahan should no longer be leading the Tour, and those points still hold true.

Monahan has been a poor communicator, even regularly botching press conferences. And his mishandling of the LIV situation will put a black mark on his legacy.

That’s not to say it has all been bad. On the contrary, Monahan made a handful of moves that strengthened the Tour. He was particularly clever in negotiating a lucrative TV contract, and his ability to salvage corporate sponsorships was admirable. Reshaping the Tour calendar—which was led by the players—has also been moderately successful. And securing a multi-billion dollar private equity investment has helped the Tour become more sustainable on its own.

YouTube creator matches are often made for entertainment. They’re casual, unscripted and full of good-natured trash talk. If you watch closely, you’ll notice something else happening. Pros like Adam Scott drop bits of insight that are either quietly brilliant or just interesting enough to stick with you for your own game. In a recent video with Grant Horvat, Scott shared a lot. Here are 10 golf lessons Adam Scott shared that you may have missed.

“I’ve never really tried to change my swing.”

Scott talked about how his swing has stayed fundamentally the same since his junior golf days. Rather than overhauling his move, he’s worked on refining it. This is a big takeaway for amateur golfers who tend to try and add a swing overhaul every other weekend.

Try to be more like Scott here and focus on building your swing and tweaking it. Stay with what’s natural when you can.

“I believe I had a swing DNA from when I was a junior.”

He credits his father for instilling solid fundamentals in him early. Those fundamentals carried through his entire career. The phrase “swing DNA” to me also suggests a deeper idea. I think Scott knew he was built for this game and he has a natural way of moving the club that most don’t have. He was lucky to stumble upon it as a kid.

“Rhythm is a big thing. That’s what I work on most.”

Tempo is everything in Scott’s swing. It’s the thing he goes back to when he needs a reset. If you find yourself chasing positions and angles, it may be time to reevaluate and look at rhythm and tempo to see if that could be enough of a fix.

When I order golf clubs, my irons are typically built half an inch short and two degrees flat. That setup works, for now. Recently, I was fitted for a new wedge set and found that the standard length gave me better results. That doesn’t mean my iron specs are suddenly wrong. It just means golf fitting isn’t static. Your body changes. Your swing evolves. And, sometimes, what used to work no longer does.

We don’t want to start second-guessing every golf fitting you have had but if you’re struggling with ball striking, it might be time to re-evaluate. Here are six signs your fitting specs are no longer right for you.

You’re fighting ball flight you didn’t use to have

Every player has a natural ball flight. If you’ve always hit a slight draw but now you block every shot or hit an unintentional fade, it could mean that the lie angle is off or the shaft is too stiff or too soft.

If you have access to it, compare recent launch monitor data with the data from your original fitting. Look closely at spin, launch and face angle to see if there could be something equipment-related that’s causing these changes.

Your misses are suddenly all the same

Did you spend years battling inconsistency in your game and now, all of a sudden, you hit the ball thin or strike it on the heel every time? Your shaft length could be wrong for your posture. Perhaps your setup has changed and you need to adapt to find the center of the face.