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
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
Ten LIV Golf players teed it up at the 2026 Masters this week, seven of them wearing a new sleeve sponsor from Novig — a prediction market platform making its first foray into professional golf sponsorship. The combination of LIV Golf’s continued Augusta access and a novel betting-adjacent partnership signals a new chapter in professional … Read more
The Los Angeles Golf Club has won the inaugural TGL championship, defeating Jupiter Links 2-0 in a best-of-three finals sweep to claim a $9 million team prize. The result crowns the first champions of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s ambitious indoor golf league and raises questions about the future of alternative golf formats in the … Read more
At 66 years old, Fred Couples is rewriting the record books at Augusta National. The 1992 Masters champion is defying age, gravity, and the expectations of an entire sport by contending through the opening round of the 2026 Masters, posting a 2-under par score that has him firmly inside the top 15 and in position … Read more
Defending champion Rory McIlroy fired a 5-under 67 in Thursday’s opening round at Augusta National, tying Sam Burns for the lead and setting up a compelling narrative: can McIlroy become the first back-to-back Masters champion since Tiger Woods in 2001-2002? How McIlroy’s Round Unfolded McIlroy came out aggressive from the start, attacking pin positions that … Read more
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