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Scottie Scheffler said it was "really cool" to be able to see "good friend" Rory McIlroy win the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam.

Rory McIlroy stuck to a strategy of staying laser-focused, even if that meant not saying a word to Bryson DeChambeau during the final round of the Masters.

On Monday, Augusta National invited 28 members of the media to play the course. For one of them, it was a particularly surreal round.

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The 2025 RBC Heritage begins on Thursday in Hilton Head. Here are 6 players our expert loves — and why he thinks you should too.

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What do you do if you find your ball in a hazard resting on the tail of an alligator (or some other creature)? Rules Guy has the answer.

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Rory McIlroy nearly doubled his career Masters earnings when he won his first green jacket. Here's the updated Masters career money ranking.

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After finishing third in the Masters, Patrick Reed has moved up to No. 49 in the world ranking, which at the very least assures a spot in the PGA Championship.

A mixed-team golf event will debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics with teams comprised of one male and one female athlete from the individual competitions.

TaylorMade isn’t the only player in the mini driver game anymore but nobody’s having more fun with it. Since the forgettable AeroBurner mini era (blessedly short-lived), TaylorMade has leaned into its mini driver platform to reimagine what amounts to a greatest hits album for driver design. In the process, the company has tapped directly into the nostalgia vein of gearheads everywhere.

Let’s sprint through the timeline:

The Original One mini (2019) paid tribute to the Pittsburgh Persimmon, the club TaylorMade bills as the first metalwood. A throwback in name and shape, it marked the brand’s first real effort to bring a mini to the modern era.The 300 mini driver (2021) drew inspiration from the classic 300 Series, a line that was ahead of its time in segmenting products by player type. While those R&D buckets weren’t nearly as data-backed as today’s models, the 300 Series introduced the idea of fitting by profile – a groundbreaking idea at the time.The BRNR mini driver (2023, 2024) took the nostalgia dial and turned it up to 11. With copper accents, a reversible headcover and unmistakable nods to the late-‘90s Burner drivers, it was the reboot nobody knew they wanted. All that was missing was the Bubble Shaft.

Given the history, it’s fitting that the latest entry, the R7 Quad mini, reaches back to one of the most iconic drivers of the 2000s.

Reimagining a classic

While reasonable people can disagree over whether the R7 Quad is TaylorMade’s most iconic driver ever, it’s inarguably part of the pantheon. So it tracks that golfers will be drawn to TaylorMade’s latest mini, which blends signature elements of the original R7 Quad design with modern TaylorMade tech, all wrapped in a compact, maybe even cute, 305cc package.

The original R7 Quad was a milestone. It marked TaylorMade’s first foray into movable weights. The R7 Quad mini keeps that legacy alive with a four-weight system: two 13-gram weights and two four-gram weights. This allows for six unique trajectory settings. If you can’t quite wrap your head around that, see below.

The TaylorMade R7 Quad Mini Driver continues a theme of nostalgic mini driver releases. Here are four things to know.

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We’re all reasonable people here so I’m sure there are a few things we can all agree on.

The first thing is an undeniable fact: Titleist sells an awful lot of golf balls.

I mean an awful lot. Depending on how you do you count, it’s very close to more golf balls than everyone else put together.

Another undeniable fact is that, according to MyGolfSpy’s past Ball Lab tests, Titleist makes consistently high-quality golf balls. Nine of the top 15 balls tested since Ball Lab started are Titleists, including three of the top four. The rest of the top 15 includes two from MaxFli, two from Wilson Staff and one each from TaylorMade and Callaway.

I don’t care who you are, that’s pretty friggin’ impressive.

Today, Jordan Brand announced a new golf shoe. Dubbed the Air Rev, the shoe features a moveable cushion system, among other things, that aim to bring Jordan Brand up to speed in the arms race that is golf footwear.

While I don’t have them in hand yet (I will as soon as I can), after combing through the details, I only have one question.

“WTF is Jordan Brand doing?”

On the surface, everything seems smart and purposeful. Customizable cushion? A custom dial for lockdown and a midfoot strap? Yeah, it all sounds great in theory. But, to me, the Jordan Air Rev is a lot of smoke and mirrors.

And for a reported retail price of $250, you should expect a lot less smoke and mirrors and a whole lot more technology that’s centered in reality.

Now that another exhilarating edition of the Masters is in the books, it’s time to take a look back at just how historic Sunday’s final round was.

On a day where the stakes couldn’t have been higher, Rory McIlroy survived through dramatic highs and lows to finally capture his elusive green jacket (size 38 regular for those wondering).

Despite making four double bogeys during the week—including two on Sunday—McIlroy fought through the adversity and made some critical birdies down the stretch, including the one in a playoff that clinched the title.

McIlroy is just the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam. Other than Tiger Woods, it hadn’t been done since Jack Nicklaus in 1966. That puts McIlroy in elite company on a list of the best golfers to ever play (and I think it’s time he joins the top 10 of the all-time greats, narrowly eclipsing Mickelson).

But while there will plenty of time to assess McIlroy’s growing legacy, I want to know your immediate reaction to this Masters Sunday.

Now that the 2025 Masters is in the books, we can start to go back and break down how it all unfolded.

While some argue that golf isn’t just a distance game, the driving distance stats from Augusta suggest otherwise. Distance off the tee played a big role in how the tournament finished.

Here’s a look at who was the longest and a few other things we found interesting along the way.

Player	Avg Yards
Bryson DeChambeau	330.8
Rory McIlroy	329.4
Rasmus Højgaard	315.3
Min Woo Lee	314.3
Joaquin Niemann	310.6
Ludvig Åberg	310.3
Jon Rahm	307.8
Patrick Cantlay	305.9
Davis Riley	305.9
Sam Burns	305.4
Xander Schauffele	305.4
Jordan Spieth	303.6
Stephan Jaeger	302.4
Byeong Hun An	302.0
Davis Thompson	302.0
Scottie Scheffler	301.8
Wyndham Clark	301.5
Max Homa	301.1
J.J. Spaun	301.1
Viktor Hovland	301.0
Hideki Matsuyama	300.8
Max Greyserman	300.1
Maverick McNealy	300.0
Akshay Bhatia	299.9
Matt Fitzpatrick	299.8

Other interesting Masters performance stats

Outside of driving distance, there were some other stats that made this an exciting Masters tournament. Here’s some data that helps tell the story.

Bryson DeChambeau didn’t have his A-game on Sunday but he led the field in driving distance (330.8 yards) and still hit 78 percent of his fairways for the tournament.Rory McIlroy ranked second in driving distance, second in putting average and scrambled at 68 percent. He wasn’t perfect tee-to-green but the short game and putter were dialed in.Justin Rose tied Rory to force the playoff and quietly had one of the most complete performances: top three in greens in regulation, top three in putting and led the field in birdie or better percentage (33.3 percent).Corey Conners was a ball-striking machine: 84 percent of fairways hit (T6), 76 percent GIR (T2) and a T8 finish to show for it. But the putter kept him from a win: he ranked 38th in putting average.Jason Day led the field in scrambling, getting up and down 85 percent of the time. He made par or better on 23 of 27 missed greens.Hideki Matsuyama led the field in GIR at over 80 percent and fired a final-round 66, which tied for the best round on Sunday.

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Hitting more greens in regulation (GIR) makes scoring easier but knowing that doesn’t tell you how to hit more greens. It also doesn’t tell you how many greens other golfers with your handicap are hitting. The truth is that most amateurs don’t realize just how many greens they’re missing or how many strokes that’s costing them. Let’s break down how many greens you should hit and what it takes to raise that number.

How many greens you should be hitting (based on handicap)

The average PGA Tour player hits about 65 percent of greens in regulation. Quick math tells us that’s roughly 12 greens per round. I bring that up because it’s important to understand that hitting all 18 greens isn’t a realistic goal for amateur players. Most pros don’t even come close.

The real goal is simpler: Hit one or two more than you are now.

Handicap	Greens in Regulation (Avg)
0	10.6 (11)
5	7.4 (7)
10	5.8 (6)
15	3.8 (4)
20	2.5 (3)
25	1.6 (2)

Want to hit more greens?

Now that you know how many greens you should be hitting, here are a few strategies to hit more. The strategies to hit more greens in regulation will change relative to your handicap.

For higher handicaps (15+)

Higher handicaps hit between one and four greens per round. The biggest issue these players face are long approach shots to the greens. It’s mostly a distance problem.

We tested 37 drivers for 2025, four of them COBRAs. If you are in the market for a new COBRA driver, the DS-Adapt Max K was the highest performer, finishing inside the top five overall. We will review all the results of the 2025 Best Driver testing and also examine a lower-priced COBRA driver from last year. Here is everything you need to know about the best COBRA drivers.

Best COBRA driver of 2025: DS-Adapt Max K

The DS-Adapt Max K is the highest-performing COBRA driver in the 2025 test. It ranks fourth overall among all drivers tested. One factor that really helped propel the DS-Adapt Max K to the top is its distance performance. Testers had an average total distance of 250.84 yards.

With that extra distance capability, it can be hard to keep drives accurate. The Max K finished in the lower half of the test for accuracy but it was still a consistent performer with high forgiveness scores.

The DS-Adapt Max K was the best overall driver in our high swing speed test results.

If you’re not stepping up to the first tee with high hopes, are you even a golfer? We all dream of that perfect opening drive right down the center. The first tee shot hits differently and you only get one chance at it. Use these tips to make your first swing count and set yourself up for 17 more holes of fun, not frustration.

DO have a “go-to” club (Even if it’s not driver)

If your driver is your best club in your bag, that’s great. However, if it’s one of the worst, don’t feel forced to use it on the first tee. Sometimes, a reliable driving iron, hybrid or 3-wood will do the trick.

Off the first tee, get yourself in the fairway.

DO burn off tension with a couple of over-speed practice swings

From the time you finish on the range to the time you get to the first tee, it could be 10 to 15 minutes. Tension starts to creep up on you and you start thinking about the water hazard down the right side, etc.

Before you hit, stand behind the ball and make a couple of hard practice swings, much harder than you normally would. Use this to release some pent-up energy and get the tension to dissipate from your arms.

From Rory McIlroy to early favorites for the final three majors of the golf season, we look at five big questions coming out of Augusta and looking forward to the rest of the 2025 season.

Rory McIlroy. Savory tomato pies. Green Jacket strikeouts. And more. Here are 50 thoughts from the Masters week at Augusta National.

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Rory McIlroy's putting coach and mentor, Brad Faxon, has tipped the 2025 Masters champion to double his list of major titles.