Defending Champion Rory McIlroy Sits Co-Lead at Augusta National Rory McIlroy has returned to Augusta National as the defending Masters champion, seeking to join an exclusive group of just three golfers who have won back-to-back titles at golf’s most prestigious major. After his dramatic one-stroke victory last year—which cemented his career Grand Slam following a … Read more
Titleist’s Next-Generation Driver Lineup Hits the Tour Titleist has officially launched its highly anticipated GTS driver family, debuting on the PGA Tour at the Houston Open with immediate widespread adoption. The new lineup—GTS2, GTS3, and GTS4—represents a significant evolution in the company’s driver technology, with 24 professional golfers switching to the new models at Houston … Read more
You’ve warmed up well, your swing feels solid on the range, and you’re ready to play. Then you step onto the first tee, notice the group behind you watching, and suddenly your hands are shaking, your mouth is dry, and the fairway that’s 40 yards wide looks about as narrow as a hallway. The resulting … Read more
The slice is the most common miss in golf. By some estimates, over 70 percent of recreational golfers fight a slice — that frustrating, curving ball flight that starts left of the target (for right-handed golfers) and then bends dramatically to the right, often ending up in the rough, the trees, or the next fairway … Read more
Florida is golf’s spiritual home in America. With more golf courses than any other state — over 1,250 at last count — year-round sunshine, and a concentration of world-class layouts that stretches from the Panhandle to the Keys, the Sunshine State offers something for every golfer, from the first-timer looking for a friendly public course … Read more
Ping has a reputation for building the most forgiving drivers in golf, and the G440K may be the most forgiving they have ever made. The successor to the wildly popular G430 Max 10K, the G440K pushes the boundaries of what is physically possible in driver design — a record-setting MOI figure, a massive 32-gram adjustable … Read more
Cobra has rewritten the rules of driver design with its 2026 OPTM lineup, introducing a metric called POI — Product of Inertia — that the company claims reduces shot dispersion by up to 23 percent. While every major manufacturer chases higher MOI (Moment of Inertia) to boost forgiveness, Cobra has taken a fundamentally different approach … Read more
The 2026 Masters enters its second round today with defending champion Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns sharing the lead at 5-under par after identical opening-round 67s. But this Masters is wide open — 14 players sit within four shots of the lead, and the projected cut line suggests we are in for one of the … Read more
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
New York is home to some of the most celebrated and technically demanding golf in the United States. From Bethpage Black’s famously brutal opening tee sign to the world-class links of Shinnecock Hills, from the scenic Finger Lakes to the Adirondack foothills, the Empire State offers a remarkable breadth of golf experiences. Whether you’re a … Read more
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