Patrick Stephenson José María Olazábal reminded the golfing world that Augusta National rewards craft over power on Thursday, surging to the top of the early Masters leaderboard at the age of 60. The two-time Masters champion produced the best short game performance of the entire 2026 PGA Tour season in his opening round, gaining 5.0 strokes on … Read more
Home golf simulators have crossed a tipping point. According to industry data released the first week of April 2026, residential simulator installations are surging across the United States, driven by falling technology prices, improved software realism, and a generation of golfers who expect the same data-rich experience at home that they get at commercial facilities. … Read more
Something historic is happening in women’s professional golf in 2026, and it’s been underreported amid the noise of the Masters, LIV merger talks and Tiger Woods headlines. For the first time since Golf Channel began broadcasting the LPGA Tour in 1995, every round of every LPGA Tour event is airing live on television. Every round. … Read more
For the first time since 1994, the Masters Tournament will be played without either Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson in the field. The absence of the two golfers who defined the sport for more than two decades marks the definitive end of an era at Augusta National and forces the tournament to look forward to … Read more
Cobra has taken a dramatically different approach to the game-improvement iron category with the 2026 Baffler Combo Set, a single-purchase package that blends five distinct club constructions — hybrids, hybrid-irons, hollow-body irons, cavity-back irons, and wedges — into one cohesive set. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original Baffler, which was one of golf’s earliest … Read more
Ten LIV Golf players have qualified for the 2026 Masters, while seven of their colleagues on the Saudi-backed tour will be watching from home. The split field tells a nuanced story about where LIV Golf stands in relation to the game’s most prestigious major championship — and which players have managed to keep one foot … Read more
Something remarkable has happened in professional golf equipment: the world’s three top-ranked players — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Tommy Fleetwood — have all put the same driver in their bags. The TaylorMade Qi4D, the third generation of TaylorMade’s Qi driver platform, has achieved a level of tour adoption that equipment companies spend decades pursuing … Read more
The USGA and R&A are reconsidering the timeline for implementing their controversial golf ball distance rollback, with growing indications that the Model Local Rule requiring shorter-flying balls in elite competitions could be pushed back from its original target to 2030. The shift comes after equipment manufacturers, tour officials, and players raised concerns about the logistical … Read more
Rory McIlroy arrives at the 2026 Masters as defending champion but battling a lower back injury that forced him out of Bay Hill and left him rusty at Sawgrass. Can he defy history and retain the green jacket?
Great golfers play the course. Struggling golfers play against themselves. The difference between a 90-golfer and a 70-golfer often isn’t swing quality—it’s decision-making. Course management is the art of playing strategically: knowing when to attack, when to lay up, how to manage risk and reward, and how to make the course play easier for your … Read more
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