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Tiger Woods and son Charlie rattled off 11 consecutive birdies Sunday at \the PNC Championship, ultimately falling one shot short of winners John and John II Daly. "We had just the best time ever," Woods said afterward.

The top 50 from the final world ranking of the year was set on Sunday, increasing the Masters field to 83 players.

Tiger Woods keeps saying he doesn't have speed or distance. On Sunday, with son Charlie at the PNC Championship, it seems he has both.

Tiger Woods showed flashes of the 15-time major champion amid some struggles in his first competitive round of golf in a year.

Tiger Woods back on the course for a competitive round -- even if it is a relaxed one -- for the first time since his February car crash will draw all sorts of attention.

Tiger Woods called his return to the golf course on Friday 'an awesome day' as he played with his 12-year-old son, Charlie, ahead of the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida.

Charlie Woods had his wedge game dialed in during Friday's pro-am at the PNC Championship. How dialed in? Well, you just have to watch.

There is a lot of cool gear in the golf equipment world that doesn’t always fit neatly into Most Wanted Tests or Buyer’s Guides. You still want to know how it performs. In our We Tried It series, we put gear to the test and let you know if it works as advertised.

WHAT WE TRIED

The Full Swing KIT.

WHAT’S A FULL SWING KIT?

A Full Swing KIT is a Doppler radar-based personal launch monitor that can be used outside and, soon, indoors as well. The Full Swing KIT offers 16 different data points to help you dial in your game. If that wasn’t enough, the launch monitor has a 4k-resolution camera built into the unit to record every swing.

Personally, I think the camera is a huge plus because you can really see what your swing looks like. If you don’t understand what you’re doing wrong, you can send it to your coach and get instant feedback. Neat, huh?

The Full Swing KIT operates like your smartphone. You can click and drag, remove or add any data points, see your dispersion pattern and more at a touch of a button. It is as easy as that. This is just one reason why Full Swing KIT is unique because of its fully customizable interface.

Mike Thomas, father of PGA golfer Justin Thomas, marveled Thursday at just "how good" Tiger Woods is hitting the ball ahead of Saturday's PNC Championship.

There is a lot of cool gear in the golf equipment world that doesn’t always fit neatly into Most Wanted Tests or Buyer’s Guides. You still want to know how it performs. In our We Tried It series, we put gear to the test and let you know if it works as advertised.

What We Tried

Titleist Performance Institute

Product Expert

Hi, I’m Chris and I’m a golf-obsessed member of the MyGolfSpy team. As the Director of Business Development, I generally work as a conduit between our staff and other golf companies. I also spend a fair bit of time in my hot tub collecting thoughts into ramblings on equipment or other golf topics.

And, like many of you, I can’t wait for the next brown box to show up on my doorstep.

What Is TPI?

TPI stands for Titleist Performance Institute.

If you struggle with heel strikes or worse yet the shanks, then this drill is for you. Swing too far from in to out? Too far from out to in? This drill is for you. It is, quite simply, the kind of drill that so many golfers should utilize as their staple practice drill whether they are warming up or just getting some solid practice in.

A few points to note:

You can use a club box, a 2x4 (be careful!) or a partially empty plastic water bottle laying on it’s side

Align the box at the target

Tee the ball up approximately 2” inside the box

Golf is the most frustrating game on earth and that’s exactly why we play this crazy game. We all have our good and bad days in golf. Unfortunately, we have more poor than amazing results. We constantly read golf blogs and articles searching for that magic bullet that will turn our games into excellence. Finding golf’s Holy Grail must be the reason why we play this crazy game.

Will there every be an End to our Search?
We have all heard about golfers who break their clubs or throw their bag of clubs in the pond and walk away in discussed. Very few of us get to that point. We are drawn back to our weekly rounds with friends and their constant abuse. We beat up on ourselves when we miss a shot or fire one into the trees (never to be seen again). Fortunately, we see a glimmer of light when we hit that amazing shot that ends up close to the hole and we may make or miss the putt but we all marvel at our potential for success.

What do Non-Golfers think of this Game?
They see this game for what it really is. A bunch of crazy men and women chasing a ball around a beautiful field of dreams and trying to get that ball out of sand traps or out of the rough in total frustration. Only to finally sink a putt and move on to the next fairway of misery or ecstasy. I’m one of the lucky ones because my wife has also caught this disease. I can’t imagine the abuse that golfers must take from a spouse who is a non-golfer.

Does this Search Ever End?
I was inspired to summarize my thoughts when I saw a blog which highlighted a “Eureka” moment by Bryson DeChambeau. Yes, even the pros who seem to have the perfect game are constantly searching for improvement. Bryson was working out at a driving range with World Long Driver Martin Borgmeier.

Bryson was working on his right miss (which you can’t afford to have on any fairway – especially if you are hitting 350 yards to the right): [“Yup, was it. Oh my god,” he says. “I just figured something out in my golf swing.” As Bryson explains, the shift has to do with his wrist position at impact. During the downswing, the force his trail arm generated, forced his club face open, leading to that right miss.] He carried on about a feeling that he needed to create during his downswing to close the face of his club. Even Bryson is never happy with his complete game.

Srixon Q-STAR Golf Balls – Key Takeaways

Srixon releases the sixth edition of its two-piece Q-STAR.Lower compression than the previous model$27.99 per dozen. Available starting today.

If all you take is a quick glance, the new, sixth edition of the Srixon Q-STAR golf ball isn’t all that different from the fifth edition. If you take a deeper dive, you’ll find your first glance is pretty much correct.

We’re talking about your basic two-piece ionomer-covered golf ball here. To its credit, Srixon packs an acceptable amount of technology into those two pieces. But realistically, the Q-STAR is what it is: a firmer, higher-spinning alternative to the decidedly softer $20 to $25 per dozen ionomer balls.

That makes it a “premium” two-piece ionomer-covered golf ball. That also makes it an oxymoron but we’ll tackle that later.

Srixon Q-STAR Golf Balls

Don’t mistake the Q-STAR for its three-piece, urethane-covered cousin, the Q-STAR TOUR. That’s the urethane ball that’s been getting the two-toned DIVIDE treatment. This new edition of the Q-STAR has two key changes—Srixon calls them upgrades—from its predecessor.

First off, Srixon decided to make the Q-STAR softer, with compression dropping from 77 to 72. To get there, Srixon is using its latest FastLayer Core technology. To risk oversimplification, the FastLayer Core is kind of like a Tootsie Pop. Firmer on the outside and softer on the inside.

Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie, have some of the same mannerisms. But you have to watch Tiger Woods watch for himself to truly understand.

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December 14, 2021

 

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