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If you're struggling to straighten out your slice, try this advice from GOLF Top 100 Teacher Erika Larkin.

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In addition to yardage, new rangefinders also offer a bevy of other features. Which one is right for your game? Check out our favorites.

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Tiger Woods' tech-infused golf league coming in January received another boost in ownership this week, from the ranks of the NBA.

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Cragun's Resort is nearing the finish line of a $14 million Tom Lehman-led renovation of its two courses. The early reviews? It's a blast.

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Keegan Bradley's still-unpacked Ryder Cup suitcase is a reminder of how much he wanted to be a part of this team. Did he get a fair shot?

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Bad caddies are less common than bad golfers. But if you get one on your bag, can you pink-slip them mid-round?

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Reading a putt in golf is the process of determining the line and speed at which you should hit the ball to get it into the hole. It's a crucial skill that can significantly impact your overall score. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to read a putt:

1. Approach the Green: As you approach the green, take note of the overall slope and contour of the putting surface. This includes any uphill, downhill, or sidehill slopes.

2. Mark Your Ball: Before reading the putt, mark your ball's position on the green and clean it if necessary.

3. Position Yourself Behind the Ball: Stand behind your ball and look at the line between your ball and the hole. This is known as the "line of the putt."

4. Crouch Down: Crouch down behind your ball to get a lower perspective on the line. This will help you see any subtle breaks in the green.

On Fred Couples' SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio show, he defended Justin Thomas' place on the Ryder Cup team, and Keegan Bradley being left off.

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Top 100 Teacher Krista Dunton shares how you can ensure you're using the correct grip every time with a few easy checkpoints.

The post Are you gripping the club properly? Here’s a simple way to check appeared first on Golf.

Gary Woodland announced on Wednesday he'll have surgery to remove a lesion that was found on his brain.

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PGA Tour golfer Gary Woodland, 39, announced Wednesday that he will undergo surgery to remove a brain lesion on Sept. 18.

In Viktor Hovland’s interview after winning the FedEx Cup on Sunday, he mentioned 3 things that have helped transform his game over the past year and make him one of the World’s best players, and one of them is better COURSE MANAGEMENT.
After a review of his stats with Eduardo Molinari, Tour player and part-time data analyst, they concluded that Hovland was being too aggressive with his approach shots and short-siding himself too often. Viktor also said in his interview that he wanted to play more like Tiger in his heyday, who would comfortably shoot -3 or -4 in each round of a major, with a superior course strategy to most of the field. Tiger said he would make sure he birdied most of the par 5s, throw in a couple more birdies and then avoid mistakes with conservative strategy.
I’ve worked with plenty of Tour players over the years, who on the face of it don’t look all that impressive, until you see a 66 on their scorecard at the end. They’ve successfully plotted their way around the course to limit mistakes, and give themselves enough scoring opportunities to make 4-5 birdies.
In this week’s lesson I’m going to give you some insights into the Course Management of A Tour Pro, that can help you lower your score in your next round.

1. KNOW YOUR SHOT PATTERNS FOR BETTER COURSE MANAGEMENT

A big factor in lowering your scores with a better course management is knowing your shot patterns. I.e., If you were to hit 30 balls with a 5-iron, what would the grouping of the balls look like around the intended target? Even better, what is the grouping of the last 30 5-irons you hit on the golf course?
By finding out how wide your shot dispersion is (which you can do with a launch monitor or stat tracking apps), you will know what is reasonable to expect when you hit your next 5 iron on the course. If you pick a target that is the center of your shot pattern and hence will allow for 70% of the balls within your normal shot pattern (which excludes outliers), you can expect that you will not be in positions that will lead to big numbers. Afterall, the goal of a better course management is to reduce bogeys or worse, rather than to increase birdies.
This won’t only affect the outcome after you’ve hit the shot, but before it too. If you’re standing over a shot and you know your strategy allows for almost all the possible outcomes with that club, you’re going to swing a lot more freely.

2. LOOK AT THE AERIAL VIEWS

Good golf courses are designed to challenge you mentally as well as physically, and one of the ways they do that is to make you think there is less room than there actually is. With aerial views, you can see the size of the area you actually have, not what the designer wants to trick you into seeing from ground level. Knowing that you have plenty of room to fit your shot pattern into will help you swing more freely, rather than let the golf course designer succeed and get into your head.
The players I work with make good use of yardage books and Google Earth imagery as part of their Pre Round Routine for golf to get to know the course from above before they play it.

3. KNOW THE GOOD AND BAD MISS

For every shot you play, there is a good miss and a bad miss. Clearly, you’re going to save strokes each round by avoiding the bad misses, such as being short-sided, or worse being out of bounds. Scott Fawcett’s DECADE system helps players assign a negative value for each “miss” so the player can move their target for each shot to reduce the negative value as much as possible for each shot.
As part of your preparation for a round, you should know where you can safely miss and where missing the target will likely result in high numbers. Use this analysis to mark where you want to aim in your yardage book, to avoid these penalties.

4. AIM AT THE CENTER OF THE GREEN

For your approach shots, the center of the green is always the best target for better course management. Even the best players in the world say that they do this for every club longer than a 9-iron.

Justin Thomas was controversially selected as a U.S. Ryder Cup captain's pick, and Tiger Woods' former coach was not happy about it.

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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

In early April, the MyGolfSpy Forum conducted its first OnCore Golf Ball Member Test, inviting 15 testers to try out the ELIXR, VERO X1 and the new VERO X2. Our selection process ensured that we had a diverse group of testers with varying swing speeds, handicaps, ages, abilities, strengths and weaknesses. This thorough testing allowed us to provide the best reviews and information for potential buyers to make informed decisions.

LeBron James and NIKE. Lionel Messi and adidas. Signature shoes are a big part of sports … well most sports anyway. Golf has long been lacking in this regard, with the exception of Tiger Woods, of course.

That’s why I’m excited about what ECCO Golf is doing with South African star Erik van Rooyen. The two teamed up for a signature edition (player edition, or PE, if you will) of the ECCO Biom H4, the brand’s flagship spikeless golf shoe.

Let’s take a closer look at the shoes and the story behind them.

ECCO BIOM H4 Release Details

Can You Hear It?

One look at the new Erik van Rooyen Signature Edition BIOM H4 from ECCO and it’s easy to see what inspired the playful design. van Rooyen’s passion for music and fashion breathes new life into a shoe that would otherwise be lost admist a sea of other golf shoe options.

“Anyone that’s seen me play knows that I really enjoy being different and innovative on the golf course, and it’s awesome that the ECCO GOLF team allows me to reflect that in my signature edition styles. To be able to create my own shoe is a real honor, and BIOM H4 is such a great model to do it with.”

Steve Jobs, Apple’s visionary founder, famously said: 

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

At Rapsodo the future – and the dots – are now. 

Dot patterning designed by the launch monitor company’s engineering team in conjunction with Callaway Golf (more on that in a moment) has become central to the Rapsado MLM2PRO’s upgraded capability to take spin rate and spin axis measurement to pro-level authentication.   

How? Let’s find out.

What do you do if you find your ball in a bunker that has sand as well as significant pieces of gravel? Rules Guy has the answer.

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Better players do 1 thing that would be an easy add for higher handicaps in their quest to get better — no swing changes needed.

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GOLF Top 100 Teacher Jason Baile shares his tips on how to use the ground to help generate more power in your golf swing.

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