Author: Sofia
The next generation of Titleist’s Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls made their debut on the PGA Tour at last week’s Sanderson Farms Championship. Titleist’s tour validation process for the next generation of the balls had been scheduled to begin at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. However, that date was brought forward a week in response to demands from tour players who had been involved in the pre-launch testing process. Garrick Higgo, MJ Daffue and Gary Woodland, who had been part of the trialling team, all asked to be able to put the new…
When I was 17, I tore my ACL, which kept me out of golf for nine months. When I returned, I found it challenging to rotate my hips, which led to me swinging outside-in and slicing most of my shots. After a lesson or five with my golf instructor, I regained my regular inside out golf swing and improved my distance and accuracy. In this post, I will explain how to go about employing it in your game. Conversely, I will advise which golfers should avoid using this swing path. But before I guide you through the steps of how…
Almost half the PGA Tour field from last week will make the short hop over to Honolulu for the 2023 Sony Open at Waialae Country Club. Nineteen of the 39 players from the Sentry Tournament of Champions are scheduled to tee off Thursday. The top names are three-time major champion Jordan Spieth, defending Sony Open champion Hideki Matsuyama, and 20-year-old rising star Tom Kim. Matsuyama rallied from five shots down with nine holes to play last year before beating Russell Henley in a playoff. It was the second time in three years the Sony Open went to extra holes. Matsuyama…
Hideki Matsuyama will look to defend his title when the 2023 Sony Open tees off on Thursday, Jan. 12, from Waialae Country Club in Hawaii. Matsuyama secured his eighth PGA Tour title with a 23-under par performance in 2022, shooting 65 or below in his final three rounds. He’ll have some stiff competition in the Sony Open 2023 field, with the likes of Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim and Keegan Bradley set to tee it up this week.Matsuyama, who’s coming off a top-25 finish last week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, is listed at 15-1 to repeat according to the…
The USGA announced on Monday that the U.S. Open will return to Winged Foot in 2028, filling out the entire slate for the 2020s with a golf course that has been the site of some of the most famous major championships in history. This will be Winged Foot’s seventh U.S. Open with the first coming in 1929 when Bobby Jones took down Al Espinosa in a playoff.Winged Foot joins a big hitter’s list of golf courses the USGA has lined up over the next seven editions of its most prominent golf tournament. Here’s a look at the venues that will…
The beauty of golf is that there are many ways to get the job done. Previously, I focused on the inside out swing, designed to induce a right-to-left shot shape. However, in this review, my mission is to eliminate your slice by teaching you how to tell if you have a flat golf swing. In addition, I will outline the pros and cons of swinging this way to help you decide if it suits your game. While it can keep you straight and help maximize ball speed and distance, you rely heavily on timing, which is a lot to fathom…
Jon Rahm produced a stunning final round 63 to overturn a seven-shot deficit and win the PGA Tour’s Tournament of Champions in Hawaii by two shots. The Spaniard picked up five shots in four holes on the back nine to overhaul Collin Morikawa, who stumbled with three bogeys coming home. “I needed to play good and he needed to make a couple mistakes,” said Rahm. “If you told me at the beginning of the round, after that opening bogey, I was going to do what I did I don’t know if I would have believed you.” It was a third win…
Cobra Golf Gary Woodland will play with Cobra clubs and wear Puma apparel and footwear as part of the new deal has signed PGA Tour player Gary Woodland to a multi-year equipment contract. Heading into the Sony Open in Hawaii, Woodland is due to play a bag full of the brand’s clubs, including its new and as yet unreleased driver, fairway woods, and irons for 2023. He will also continue his long-standing relationship with Puma Golf and wear head-to-toe Puma apparel. Woodland, 38, who turned pro in 2007, has four PGA Tour wins to his credit including the 2018 Waste…
In the 1996 classic Happy Gilmore, Chubbs Peterson famously said, “it’s all in the hips.” Although it is wise advice, it is not completely true, as torso rotation and swing path are equally important. However, swing mechanics are complex, and so as not to overwhelm you, this article focuses on how much hip turn is best for your golf swing. A 2019 report by Golf Digest revealed that the average PGA Tour pro rotates their pelvis up to 30-degrees by the time the shaft is parallel to the ground. Conversely, amateurs only make it to 15-degrees, which reduces power and…
Buckinghamshire’s John Gough has made history by becoming the first Englishman to win the prestigious Australian Master of the Amateurs title. The 2021 English Amateur Champion produced a stellar performance across the four days at Southern Golf Club in south-east Melbourne to finish four shots clear of the field on 15 under par. The competition has previously featured future stars such as Tommy Fleetwood, Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day and Rickie Fowler and Gough will now proudly wear the tournament’s famous green jacket following his outstanding success. Still conditions on the first day in the Melbourne sandbelt helped Gough to make…
