China's Ruixin Liu shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday for her best round of the year and a one-shot lead in the Kroger Queen City Championship.
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Shane Lowry made seven birdies and shot 4-under 68 at The K Club to lie 3 shots off the lead held by Shubhankar Sharma of India after the first round of the Irish Open.
In today's Shaving Strokes, a 62-year-old amateur shares how he's been able to stay sharp on the course despite chronic back pain.
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At the (other) U.S. Open, Jon Rahm's passion for tennis — and for 20-year-old reigning champ Carlos Alcaraz — showed quickly.
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A pitch and run shot in golf is a versatile shot used when you want to land the ball softly near the pin and have it roll out toward the hole. It's an effective shot for short approach shots or when you need to navigate tight spaces around the green. Here's how to hit a pitch and run shot:
Club Selection:
- Typically, you'll use a wedge (e.g., a sand wedge or gap wedge) for a pitch and run shot. Choose the club based on the distance to the pin and the amount of green you have to work with.
Assess the Lie and Green:
- Evaluate the lie of the ball in the rough or fairway and the condition of the green. Consider the slope, firmness, and the amount of green available between your ball and the pin.
Ball Position:
- Position the golf ball slightly back in your stance, usually around the center or just ahead of center. This promotes ball-first contact and a downward strike.
Open Stance:
I recently transitioned my clubs into the new Eco-Lite, which is made from recycled water bottles, and I'm thoroughly impressed. Here are 5 reasons why.
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One pro called another a cheater. There was a penalty, a disqualification and an Instagram post. Here's her side of the story.
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Former PGA Tour winner Michael Kim busted one of the biggest equipment fallacies during a recent breakdown of his gear setup.
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Tiger Woods' "TGL" announced New York Mets owner Steve Cohen had purchased a controlling stake in an NYC-based franchise.
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Rory McIlroy fielded questions at the Irish Open about his plans to attend a bachelor party one week before the Ryder Cup.
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New York Mets owner Steven A. Cohen is the latest sports figure to purchase a team in the tech-infused golf league being fronted by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
The new Mizuno RB MAX and RB566 golf balls are for three types of golfers.
The first is easy. That’s the golfer who thinks anyone dumb enough to pay anything over $30 a dozen for golf balls is a flipping idiot. And, besides, most golfers can’t tell the difference anyway.
The second is the thoughtful golfer on a budget. That’s the golfer who understands that softer balls come with a speed penalty and wants a ball that minimizes the hurt.
Third is the golfer who doesn’t have a Costco membership, can’t or won’t buy Kirklands and is either on a budget or thinks anyone dumb enough to pay more than $30 a dozen for golf balls is a flipping idiot.
And who thinks most golfers can’t tell the difference, anyway.
MyGolfSpy Experiences believes wholeheartedly in a single universal truth in the buddy trip golfosphere:
The best golf trip is the next one.
In the past, MyGolfSpy Experiences has hit bucket list destinations, regional options and new resorts. But this time, we’ll take you to a spot that was totally unexpected.
Truly, we had no idea.
What’s the difference between golf-specific performance apparel and everything else?
Activity or sport-specific performance gear is not a new concept. Golf is no exception. While it was much later to the party than other mainstream sports, golf has caught up quickly, offering features and benefits that promise to improve your game in some way.
But that begs the question: Do you really need to buy golf-specific performance apparel to optimize your game? As we explored in a previous article, Performance Apparel 101: The Big Three, there are some fundamental needs in the core of your foundational golf wardrobe – by “core wardrobe,” we mean polos and bottoms — the table stakes of performance apparel.
A (Very) Brief History of Golf Apparel
To summarize the early days of golf apparel: there was wool, a lot of wool. Jackets, trousers, hats, ties, all made of wool and its favorite compatriot of the era, cotton canvas. While this glosses over a tremendous amount of wardrobe history, the main takeaway is simple: these garments, their fabrics and underlying construction were simply the clothes that golfers wore in all the other avenues of their daily lives.
Wool was the fabric of the day in the early days of golf and well into the 20th Century.Jump in the MGS DeLorean and floor it for 88 mph to move us forward a few hundred years into the 20th Century. As golf gained more popularity as personal recreation and entertainment, we quickly landed on the previously outlined foundational golf wardrobe – the polo collared shirt and trousers.
The polo collared shirt (he polo) was borrowed from golf’s country club cousin, tennis. Fun fact: The same person who invented steel tennis racquets also invented the polo shirt, French professional tennis player Rene Lacoste. If that name sounds familiar, it should. Lacoste went on to commercialize his creation under the same brand name featuring a crocodile logo based on his on-court nickname. But I digress. Back to fairway fashion.
What Is Forum Member Testing?
MyGolfSpy offers a unique opportunity to all of its readers of all abilities, ages and handicaps to test, review and keep a variety of different golf equipment, apps, apparel and more. Successful candidates are selected by forum staff.
Members who are selected interact, engage and write a review on the specific product while enjoying the fun of trying new gear!
Member testing is vital because it gets gear in the hands of you, the golfer. Our members give honest feedback on how any product or service works for a variety of handicaps and abilities to ensure our readers are even more informed when making purchasing decisions.
To learn more about how testers are selected, go to this forum thread: Want To Be A Tester?
The Testing Opportunity
Sub 70 has a pretty long history in participating in Forum Member testing, including previous member tests of iron sets, drivers, fairways and hybrids. But we’ve never had Sub 70 wedges for member testing. Until now.
Playing the Boulders is a treat — even in the summer heat. Here are the five things I loved most about my late-August round in Scottsdale.
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Sepp Straka has a U.S. passport and an American accent. But at the 2023 Ryder Cup, he'll be playing for the Europeans.
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Like many things in golf, marking your ball is a simple practice. But even experienced players often get it wrong.
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Victor Haviland is on a tear. His game is effortless and if he keeps this up the Europeans will win the Ryder Cup. Of course, he is only one of the players on their team but his consistency will be contagious. Wouldn’t we all like to catch his disease?
Ball Fight Control
Learn from Victor’s success. He chooses his target for every shot but even more important, he decides on his ball flight to hit every target. Pros know how to control their ball flight and that’s why they have so much success. Bend’m like Beckham, rip’m like Bubba or pitch’m like every major league pitcher. You have to choose the shape for your delivery to nail your shot.
Driver Flight
Your driver is designed for distance—PERIOD! The most successful drivers control the flight of their drives. They know that a straight drive is not easy to accomplish on every drive. It’s definitely easier to plan a draw or a fade in order to avoid a slice or a hook. We all need to learn to control the shape of our drives. DON’T expect a straight drive every time you pick up your driver.
Iron Flight
Long irons are more difficult to control than short irons. That’s why you need to develop longer drives to shorten your approach shots. The good news is that irons are designed to give you more control of your ball flight to a known distance. Victor Haviland admits that his control of ball flight with his irons is the most critical part if his game. When he has an iron in his hand, he knows that know that he can get his ball close to the pin and that gives him the chance to birdie every hole.
In Tiger’s hay days, he was one of the longest drivers, but he was not the best as hitting fairways. Fortunately for him he was one of the best scramblers to reach the green from the rough.
You should be practicing every aspect of your game but practicing to hit close to the pin from the fairway or from the rough will benefit your game more than any other shots. Victor and Tiger both know this and you should too. Practice with your GOLFSTR+ to learn to control the flight of every shot and “hit’m close”. Buy one today at www.GOLFSTR.com
Brad Faxon, an 8-time PGA Tour winner, shares a putting drill that turns up the pressure on the green to improve your stroke.
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