8:47 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Just about the only poor shot Phil Mickelson hit in his PGA Tour Champions debut was a wayward iron off the tee. He still turned it into a birdie. It was one of five straight on the back nine Monday for the five-time major champion, who decided
Month: August 2020
The G425 was put on the conforming list this week, and a Ping spokesman said the driver would be available for some LPGA of Japan players at this week’s Nitori Ladies tournament. The club is expected to be introduced to the Asian market in the coming weeks, but there is no official word on when
Golf is not a game of perfect. This is not new information. For decades, the world’s best players and instructors have preached the same mantra: that golf is all about minimizing the damage from your bad shots, not relying on your good ones. Tiger Woods subscribes to this approach. Perhaps the greatest player in history,
The stories are legend of Phil Mickelson tossing up a 60 on one of his well-manicured home tracks in San Diego just before heading out on the PGA Tour, only for all that mojo to be gone when he steps on a meaty competitive course with rough and length and tricky greens. On Monday, it
Just five days before the start of the 2003 U.S. Open at Olympia Fields C.C., Dave Billings, president of Dogleg Right Golf, received a startling piece of news from the USGA: The backweighted Superline putter his company made—and Jim Furyk used—had been ruled nonconforming by the USGA. That sent Furyk scrambling to Bettinardi Golf’s headquarters
8:18 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Dustin Johnson looked as dominant as he ever has, and nothing could stop him on Sunday in The Northern Trust. Not even the weather. Johnson played the final two holes in near darkness after a late storm delay and finished with a birdie for an 8-under 63
“It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears. It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears.” Yes, these are the lyrics to “It’s a Small World,” but it’s also the mantra to the Disney-fied NBA Playoffs that are underway in the Orlando Bubble. Just in the opening round, we’ve seen upsets galore,
It’s an awesome feeling when you drive it great, stripe your irons, hole a bunch of putts and post a score in the low 70s. But if you want to do that regularly, you’re going to have to rely on more than just solid ball-striking and a hot putter. All good players have a variety
In most sports, when referees do the job well they largely go unnoticed. They are there to officiate the outcome, not determine it. Golf, of course, operates a little differently. A rules official interjects when called upon. That’s what John Paramor and Andy McFee have done, with a distinct style, for the European Tour for
Golf is a very difficult and frustrating game, and when you start out on your golfing journey its important that some of the key concepts and ideas are understood correctly. This is the first of 3 videos aimed at new or beginner golfers and these 3 videos comprise fo some of the most important lessons
HOW TO HIT YOUR DRIVER STRAIGHT – 2 VERY simple and easy tips! These 2 simple steps work and help you to hit your driver dead straight. The main question is how to hit your driver dead straight! Alex Elliott Golf shows this in today’s free golf lesson, and also focuses on how to do
The first stage of the FedEx Cup was less of a golf tournament and more of a boat race, with Dustin Johnson leaving the Northern Trust field in his wake. Luckily for the remaining players in the PGA Tour’s postseason the FEC has not moved to a cumulative scoring-based system. (Yet.) Here are the results
7:00 PM ET NORTON, Mass. – What the first week of the FedEx Cup playoffs revealed was it is not the best time to be one of the biggest names in golf. With the exception of Dustin Johnson, who a huge lead at The Northern Trust, the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup
NORTON, Mass. — Shortcomings are part of the Dustin Johnson experience, the near-misses especially. There was a rather notable one only two weeks ago, in Johnson’s last start of the 2019-’20 PGA Tour regular season, when he slept on a 54-hole lead at the PGA Championship, shot 68 and lost. Still, if disappointment can come
2:20 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Though golf has been back for more than two months and Tiger Woods has played three events since the sport’s restart after the coronavirus-forced shutdown, he admitted after his final-round 66 at The Northern Trust that he’s still trying to adjust to this new reality of life on the
Sophia Popov said she would likely be “super nervous” heading into the final round of the AIG Women’s Open. But the calm conditions at Royal Troon helped Popov stay composed during a final-round 68 that secured Popov a life-changing major title by two strokes over Jasmine Suwannapura. Popov’s improbable win (she came into the event
Gravity Golf Lesson – The Counterfall This is the move of the body turning to the inside and back that allows for player in any rotational sport to freely turn their body mass. It is the key to effortless power for legend like Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino as well as players like Freddie Couples
How can you stop hitting iron shots heavy? What swing drill keeps you centered? Here you learn an amazing effective golf swing practice drill to close your eyes and improve your swing instantly. This one simple golf swing drill uses he eyes and effects so much positivity in your golf swing without having to think
Dustin Johnson is the most successful tour pro in FedEx Cup history never to have won the FedEx Cup. It’s not quite the same backhanded compliment as the “best player to have never won a major,” but it comes with a bit of ignominy, something Johnson certainly wouldn’t mind erasing over the course of the
7:16 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Go ahead and try to figure out Dustin Johnson‘s play since golf returned from its three-month layoff because of the coronavirus pandemic. Fair warning: it might take you a while. He’s had a win and stunningly low rounds. He’s had missed cuts and head-scratching blow-up rounds. This week, he
In some ways, the timing couldn’t have worked out better for Phil Mickelson. To be sure, he was disappointed to not make the weekend in the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs at TPC Boston while failing to advance to the second event for the first time. But he didn’t mope for long. Mickelson,
1:38 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy walked off the 18th green early Saturday afternoon at The Northern Trust and looked like two men happy the day was done. After all, they had just spent a little less than five hours wandering around all parts of TPC Boston as Woods shot
Sophia Popov’s season is going a lot better than it started. The 27-year-old German just missed getting her 2020 LPGA Tour card. Disappointed, she had to settle for Symetra Tour status. Now, she’s atop the leaderboard of the AIG Women’s British Open heading into Sunday’s final round at Royal Troon. In between that, a global
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The Perfect Golf Swing Takeaway Drill – Danny Maude helped a recent student hit their driver straight and gain 20 yards with a simple change to their golf takeaway. The purpose of a great backswing drill is to put you in a position at the top of the golf swing that makes it super easy
In the opening round of THE NORTHERN TRUST 2020, Tiger Woods recorded five birdies to land within the top 30 on Thursday. SUBSCRIBE to PGA TOUR now: http://pgat.us/vBxcZSh The three-week FedExCup Playoffs begin with THE NORTHERN TRUST at TPC Boston. The 125-man field will be cut down to the top 70 at the end of
NORTON, Mass.—The good news is Tiger Woods will play the weekend here at TPC Boston. An even-par 71 on Friday had him at three under through 36-holes of the Northern Trust, which was exactly the cutoff in this first FedEx Cup Playoff event. Frustrating? That’s an understatement. “Well, I was close to snapping a couple
8:48 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Shane Bertsch eagled the first hole of a four-man playoff Friday to win the Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge in his second PGA Tour Champions start. Bertsch hit an approach from the rough near the back edge of a bunker that took
The true golf purist may not have enjoyed it, but it was hard not to be captivated by what was happening on Friday at the Northern Trust. There were nearly two 59s, and 58 or 57 was not out of the question for Dustin Johnson at one point. It was a ridiculous day for scoring
1:58 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Scottie Scheffler is making quite an impression in his PGA Tour postseason debut, posting a 12-under 59 on Friday at the Northern Trust for the 12th sub-60 round in tour history. Eleven players have shot a sub-60 round, with Jim Furyk accomplishing the feat twice. Scheffler, a
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