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It’s one thing to love golf and another to be good at it. If your dad struggles with distance off the tee, three-putts most greens and/or posts double bogeys more frequently than pars, you came to the right place. These are the best Father’s Day gifts for the man who isn’t the greatest golfer but still loves the game. Here’s an added bonus: If you save him a few strokes, you’ll quickly move to “favorite kid” status. 

GrooveIt Brush

The GrooveIt club cleaning brush is a simple accessory that works really well. It has heavy-duty nylon bristles that clean grooves. If your dad takes a little extra grass and dirt when he hits his shots, the GrooveIt will clean things right up. 

Perfect Practice Roll-A-Putt Putting Mat

The Perfect Practice mats have been around for a while and are known for offering a professional-grade putting surface and quick and easy putting practice. The Roll-A-Pull model comes with a really simple roll-away base so it can be laid out while watching golf or working and then quickly put away.

The auto ball return makes practice easy and the track lines make it more effective.

TaylorMade Tour Response Golf Balls

Golfers who struggle go through a lot of golf balls. The TaylorMade Tour Response is not only a great value but it will also help your dad keep the ball a bit straighter. The soft feel and urethane cover also provide some additional greenside control. 

The direct-to-consumer golf equipment movement finds itself in an interesting moment in time as we head into June.

History shows us that while some things change, others mutate. The DTC world is somewhere in between. 

Let’s say it’s “maturing.” Growing up, if you will.

What started as golf’s version of trite marketing phrases like “factory-direct pricing” and “cutting out the middleman” now is something quite different and significantly more meaningful. While DTC won’t be toppling the Big Five OEMs anytime soon, it’s certainly giving the likes of you and me more choices at lower prices.  

“The direct-to-consumer market is changing,” Sub 70 CEO Jason Hiland tells MyGolfSpy. “Some guys build everything themselves, don’t use open molds and do their own R&D.” 

Lakers guard Austin Reaves tried to qualify for a Korn Ferry Tour event but fell short.

We all know someone who spends countless hours on the driving range hitting golf balls. They talk about how they are “grinding” to improve but rarely does it correlate to lower scores on the course. The reason? There’s a BIG difference between hitting balls on the range and practicing. Anyone can head to the driving range and mash golf balls till their hands hurt but to truly improve, practice sessions need to be focused and performed with the intent of honing your swing and skills.

Building and sticking to a consistent practice routine may help you improve your ball striking, lower your scores and lead to an overall increase in the joy golf brings you. Let’s take a look at how to create an effective practice routine, some drills to perform that benefit each aspect of the game and how much time you should spend on it.

Creating an Effective Routine

There are a few key areas when looking at building an effective practice routine for improving our golf game.

Set specific, measurable and attainable goals for each practice session

The SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound) goal-setting system is beneficial for many aspects of our day-to-day life, including golf. We can benefit from creating SMART goals for our practice routine as it gives us a clear direction of what we are aiming to achieve and how we can go about doing it. An example of this may be to make 75 percent or more of your putts from six feet during a practice session. It is also important to log your results when using the SMART system so you can track your progress.

Create a consistent routine

Consistent practice equals consistent results. It can take anywhere from 300 to 500 repetitions to master a new movement or change to your golf swing. This is why we may go from hitting the ball really well on the range trying a new “feel” to not being able to find the center of the clubface as soon as we step on the course. Golf is not a game of instant fixes. It takes time and consistency to make noticeable change and improvement.

A few months ago I wrote about the new adidas S2G: a $110 spikeless shoe made primarily from leather. What I didn’t know at the time was that adidas offered the same shoe, sans leather, for $10 less. The “normal” S2G is made from ripstop rather than leather.

This discovery has led me on a journey that I’m happy to share with you. The goal? Tofind the answer to this burning question: Do materials make a difference? Put a different way: given the choice between the two shoes of differing material construction, which is best?

For golf footwear specifically, I’ve always gravitated towards real materials (leathers, suedes, etc.) and have stayed away from synthetics. But the existence of two different S2G models from adidas has me reconsidering my stance.

I’ve thoroughly compared and contrasted both the leather and ripstop adidas S2G golf shoes, and I’ve spent time speaking with materials experts to learn more. Here’s what I’ve learned about footwear material science and how different materials might impact your performance on the golf course.

My Take

Before we talk about what the actual experts have to say, I want to share my thoughts. As mentioned, I’m a sucker for leather and real, raw materials. That said, a quick comparison of the S2G in both ripstop and leather has me curious.

Top-seeded Stanford held on to beat Southern California on Tuesday, advancing to the title match against UCLA in an all-Pac-12 final for the NCAA women's golf championship.

The Louisville Metro Police Department will investigate whether its officers followed proper protocols when world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday outside Valhalla Golf Club.

Not even a major championship could distract from the fact that pro golf looks like a Rubik's Cube at the moment. So, how do we solve it?

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On the Monday after the PGA Championship, scratch amateur Roger Steele played Valhalla from the tips. Here’s how it went

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It's been 10 years since Rory McIlroy's won a major. His former Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley, offers up two potential reasons why.

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It's time for the 2024 PGA Charles Schwab Challenge! Will Emiliano Grillo defend his title? Check out how to watch the action on ESPN.

The 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge begins on Thursday at Colonial CC. Here are five players our expert thinks you need to keep an eye on.

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Can't stop chunking golf shots? Cleveland Golf ambassador Jake Hutt gives a quick lesson to finally avoid them once and for all.

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First, William Carlson fell in love with Northwood, a celebrated 9-hole Golden Age design. Then he found a way to make it even better.

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For golfers looking to lower spin and add forgiveness off the tee, Callaway is releasing the Paradym AI Smoke Triple Diamond MAX driver.

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Sergio Garcia was almost certain to get through U.S. Open final qualifying, earning a spot in the major. Then the unexpected happened.

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Callaway Golf just announced the Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max driver, which should easily win Driver of the Year—in the “Most Letters” category.  

It’s a mouthful. 

It also risks introducing some confusion by way of the apparent contradiction between the Triple Diamond and Max nomenclature, though I’d be more inclined to argue that, character count notwithstanding, the name is entirely on the nose. 

Neither 100 percent Triple Diamond nor 100 percent Max, the Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond driver sits somewhere between the two. Perhaps it blends the best of both, though I’m inclined to say it leans to the Triple Diamond side of the equation. 

That assessment is based on the Triple Diamond Max’s front-to-back weighting system (10g/4g) and the fact that it’s the second most-played Callaway driver across worldwide tours. 

If you’re even the least bit familiar with L.A.B. Golf and its putters, there are a couple of things you probably know. 

The shapes are unconventional. (I’m being diplomatic). 

The fitting methodology as explained by the company’s signature “Revealer” apparatus is different from the golf industry’s standard operating procedure. 

And, if I’ve pieced things together correctly, the former to no small degree necessitates the latter. 

I guess you could say L.A.B. putters are weird because weird is what makes them work.