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Getty Images The Florida Swing kicks into high gear this week as a world-class field steps foot onto Bay Hill Club & Lodge for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational. In fact, not since the 2022 Open at St. Andrews has such a collection of names competed together as 44 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings will participate in the first designated event on the East Coast.World No. 1 Jon Rahm headlines the action. seeking his fourth victory of 2023. Raising the trophy in five of his last nine worldwide starts, the Spaniard will attempt to…
Are attitudes towards women in golf changing?It’s undeniable that attitudes towards women in sport are shifting. The Lionesses’ triumph in 2022’s European Football Championships, for example, signalled a level of interest and excitement towards women’s football that had previously not been seen in the UK.But when it comes to women’s golf in the UK, how much inequality still lingers? How rife is everyday sexism, both at a professional and a grassroots level? Do girls feel truly empowered to take up—and stick with—golf from a young age?Ultimately, are we making any headway when it comes to championing women in the game…
Callaway has complete updates to its popular ERC Soft and Warbird balls that delivers improved distance and enhanced performance from all clubs for a wide range of golfers. Callaway ERC Soft The ERC Soft is the longest ball in the Callaway line up that also offers soft feel, making it a great choice for a wide range of golfers looking for distance and control across the board. The latest version of the three-piece ball sees the introduction of a range of new technologies that promote a new level of all-round performance. Leading with the cover, a new urethane coating system…
The 8 iron has always been my favorite iron. Growing up, the 7 iron was of course the first club that was put in my hands. But there is something about the 8 iron and the way that I can manipulate the ball flight that makes it one of my favorite choices. In addition, I have learned how to hit the 8 iron a variety of distances depending on the shot that I need to hit. However, it pays to know exactly how far your 8 iron flies if you want to make some great shots on the course. …
The next stop on the PGA Tour schedule is Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida for the Arnold Palmer Invitational 2023. As an elevated event, the Arnold Palmer Invitational field will pack plenty of star power with Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, and Scottie Scheffler serving as the headliners. Rahm comes in as the top betting favorite at 7-1 in the latest Arnold Palmer Invitational odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Other top contenders in the Arnold Palmer field include McIlroy (19-2), Scheffler (11-1), Max Homa (19-1), Collin Morikawa (21-1), Justin Thomas (23-1), Xander Schauffele (24-1) and Will Zalatoris (24-1) The…
Rory McIlory and Jon Rahm have been popular PGA DFS picks for years, but daily Fantasy golf players will have to decide if they can be trusted when they set their PGA DFS strategy for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational, which tees off on Thursday. McIlroy, who’s among the highest priced players on both DraftKings and FanDuel, has won 23 PGA Tour events in his career. However, McIlroy has finished T-29 or worse in each of his last two starts on the PGA Tour. Rahm, whose PGA DFS price is $11,500 on DraftKings and $12,200 on FanDuel, has won three…
After consecutive top-25 finishes at the Masters in 2020 and 2021, Shane Lowry gave his best performance to date at Augusta National last year, taking third. This season, he’s missed the cut in two of the six PGA Tour events he’s played and has yet to log a top-10 showing. Accordingly, he is a 35-1 longshot in the latest 2023 Masters odds at Caesars Sportsbook, but is he worth considering in your 2023 Masters best bets when the first major of the year begins April 6?Only Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler finished better than Lowry in 2022, but the latter…
Golfers looking for golf balls that deliver high performance for every swing speed at a price that won’t break the bank should check out the latest collection of shot-saving, fairway-finding, pin-seeking balls from RAM, one of the most trusted brands in golf. While many golf ball brands spend fortunes on sponsoring tour players, costly marketing campaigns and fancy packaging, the end result is often a ball that costs consumers way over the odds for a product that may only get used a handful of times before it gets lost or becomes scuffed and no longer useable. RAM Golf believe in…
You can’t swing a golf club effectively without a proper golf grip. There’s no getting around this simple fact. A consistent golf grip will improve your ball striking, fix your slice, make you more consistent, and give you an all-round better golf game. Whether you’re getting ready to pure a 300-yard tee shot, or steadying yourself for a two foot putt, you need to know how to handle your club correctly. It may seem strange to put so much emphasis on your golf grip, I used to think the same thing until I heard the greatest ball strikers crediting…
Only two of the top 30 players in the world were in the 2023 Honda Classic field this past weekend. That’s peanuts compared to the two PGA Tour tournaments that preceded it: the Phoenix Open and Genesis Invitational. Yet because of the Tour’s new structure, all three events had an identity as well as the consequential context that’s often eluded the league and may, in fact, be why it’s in its current position. Let me explain.The tournaments at Phoenix and Riviera were title fights. First Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Nick Taylor battled down the stretch at TPC Scottsdale — the…
