An old adage in golf equipment is that the shaft is “the engine of the golf club,” and that is one old sage piece of advice...
Major number three already, and we are off to Los Angeles Country Club for what is supposed to be one of the world’s great courses. This...
There could hardly be a more distinct difference between two courses holding consecutive events. Last week, 20-year-old Tom McKibbin pounded his way around the 7500-odd-yards of...
A central concept in behavioral economics is the endowment effect. Coined by Richard Thaler at the University of Chicago, the endowment effect describes how people tend...
Green Eagle hosts the European Open for the sixth consecutive time, missing only the pandemic year of 2020. Known for its potential to stretch to 7800...
In earlier posts, I’ve put forth the notion that most of us are playing golf courses that are much, much tougher on us than the weekly...
It is doubtful that even the most optimistic golf fan could have envisaged the field at Colonial this week. In an era where elevated events secure...
It could have been an awful lot worse. After a thrilling PGA Championship, we could have expected the quality threshold to drop a fair bit on...
For a while, many considered the USPGA to be ‘bolt on’ major, considered the fourth in ranking, behind the Masters, US Open and The Open Championship....
In this week’s podcast, we are catching up with Shawn on his experience at the Mexico Open and we dive into some of the techniques pros...
There was an extremely romantic line from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare that professes, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” That...
It appears that the temporary move last year from Quail Hollow to TPC Potomac made little difference at all to the Wells Fargo Championship. Max Homa...
In a six-month span, I lost two close friends to suicide. Both were aspiring young professionals with gentle souls, a deep passion for the game, and...
I started journaling in my daily life roughly a year ago. I would journal before bed as a daily reflection and to prepare for the next...
While I was never going to back him at the price, last week’s ISPS Handa champion Lucas Herbert came to the course with the right form-lines...
EMS (Electro Muscle Stimulation) training is a highly effective and time-efficient workout that can benefit people of all ages and fitness levels. It involves using a...
Let’s not mess about here. Defending champion and pre-event favourite Jon Rahm is probably a gimme this week in Mexico. With wide, welcoming fairways and holding...
As you might imagine, I get many emails from golfers asking all kinds of questions about their equipment. These range from set make-up, to shafts, to...
Before the onset of Covid-19, the number of new golfers taking up the game was on a decline worldwide. The same trend was prevalent here in...
It’s a rare thing that an event will have a one-and-done. However, in the case of this week’s Zurich Classic, there is such an interesting and forceful...
The most fascinating of tournaments does not mean the easiest to unravel, and that’s the case with this week’s ISPS Handa Championship, taking place at the PGM...
A year ago, Australian Travis Smyth was the 783rd ranked player in the world. Now, he’s preparing to play in the 151st Open Championship at Royal...
From the wide fairways and large, almost impossible greens of Augusta to the flatter, narrower Harbour Town course, its tree-lined fairways and smaller greens giving a...
In last week’s column, Rich Hunt identified his 23 players who can win the Masters, with his final ten picks including both eventual champion Jon Rahm and...
I am repeatedly asked about my thoughts and opinion on the best way to approach short-range scoring shots that require something less than a full swing....
The Cobra King Tour irons have been proven on the PGA Tour already and will be in bags of better amateur players this year. The previous...
Over the past 10 Masters, I have created a filtering process to help determine the players who are most likely to win the green jacket based...
So here it is, it’s the Masters, everybody’s having fun. So said Noddy Holder, and that without realising this is the most fascinating of the recent...
Forget the $1.5 million due to the winner. The real prize at the end of this week’s Texas Open will be that last-minute invite to the...
As ticket-holders exit their shuttles and enter the main gate to Oak Hill Country Club this May, their eyes will be attracted to so many sights....
I always find it interesting to watch how golfers interact with the practice range, if they do so at all. I certainly can figure out how...
A great start for Savvy in her second season competing in the World Long Drive Organization! We talk about the whole experience and we also take...
Golfing’s great take to Austin GC this week for the WGC Match Play, but the jamboree makes little appeal as a betting medium as far as...
Today’s post is going to seem like heresy, but I think far too much emphasis is put on distance and not nearly enough on ball-striking and...
Who stands at the summit of professional golf? Who is “the best golfer ever?” Is it even fair to conceive of one Mt. Golf or should...