Jack Devoy First Tee Nerves: How to Overcome Anxiety on the Golf Course The first tee. For many golfers, those words trigger a unique combination of excitement and anxiety that rivals few other situations in sport or life. The first tee represents a threshold between preparation and performance, between the controlled environment of the range and the … Read more
When Rory McIlroy drained a four-foot birdie putt on the 18th at Augusta National in 2025, completing a sudden-death playoff win over Justin Rose, the outpouring of emotion was unlike anything the golf world had witnessed in years. McIlroy had finally — after 11 agonising years of near-misses, blown leads, and public heartbreak — completed … Read more
Los Angeles Golf Club has been crowned the 2026 TGL champions after sweeping Jupiter Links GC 2-0 in the SoFi Cup final, capping a dominant playoff run that saw Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, and Sahith Theegala earn $9 million in prize money — $2.25 million per player. The indoor golf league co-founded by … Read more
When the 2026 Masters tees off on April 9, the field will include a number of players experiencing Augusta National for the first time as competitors. While the spotlight will rightly fall on Scottie Scheffler’s three-peat bid and Rory McIlroy’s title defense, the Masters debutants represent some of golf’s most exciting emerging talent — players … Read more
Golf technology in 2026 has moved well beyond launch monitors and GPS watches. A new wave of innovation — AI-powered swing analysis, eye-tracking putter alignment research, drone-enhanced broadcasting, and robotic course maintenance — is reshaping how golfers learn, practice, and play the game. For players willing to embrace these tools, the path to improvement has … Read more
Every Masters produces its defining stories, and those stories rarely belong entirely to the favorites. For every Scheffler dominance, there’s a surprising charge from the middle of the leaderboard that reshapes the narrative and leaves the world asking: why didn’t we see that coming? The 2026 Masters field is deep, the conditions are set fair, … Read more
Every January, the golf equipment world convenes at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando — and every year, one technology or category defines the narrative. In 2026, that story was unmistakably artificial intelligence applied to swing analysis, alongside a generation of launch monitors that have fundamentally democratized access to tour-level data. Here’s what debuted, what … Read more
Twenty-two players will walk through the Magnolia Lane gates as Masters competitors for the first time this April — an unusually large rookie class that makes up almost a quarter of the full field at Augusta National. Some will find Augusta too much to absorb in a first visit; others could be dangerous precisely because … Read more
Choosing the right women’s golf equipment can make a genuine difference to how you play, how quickly you improve, and how much you enjoy the game. The good news: the women’s equipment market has improved dramatically over the past decade, with major manufacturers investing seriously in designs that account for the physical differences in how … Read more
After nearly 11 months away from competitive golf, Tiger Woods stepped onto the TGL course in late March 2026 to represent Jupiter Links Golf Club in the finals of the inaugural TGL season. The iconic champion’s return was headline news, though the result—a lopsided loss to Los Angeles Golf Club—left many wondering whether Woods’ comeback … Read more
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