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About the Callaway Chrome Soft X LS

Of the now three balls in the Callaway Chrome Soft lineup, the high-compression Chrome Soft X LS is expected to be the fastest, highest launching and lowest spinning of the three.

Those properties make it the most compelling for me. It also provides us with a fresh opportunity to gain insight into how Callaway’s ongoing ball plant improvements are manifested in the finished product.

Like the standard Chrome Soft X, the CSX LS is a four-piece, dual mantle design with 332 dimples. The geometry of those dimples has been tweaked a bit to optimize performance.

Quade Cummins sank an 8-foot birdie putt on the drivable par-4 17th hole at Grayhawk Golf Club in the NCAA men's national semifinals on Tuesday, clinching Oklahoma's place in the title match against Pepperdine.

 

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Women’s Golf Day 2021

June 1, 2021

A group of 30 women was among those celebrating International Women’s Golf Day by getting in a round of golf at Poppy HIlls Golf Course in Pebble Beach. Up at Poppy Ridge GC in Livermore Wine Country, nearly 50 women got in holes to celebrate the day. The day was celebrated at a number of facilities in the NorCal region.

Founded in 2016, Women’s Golf Day is a collaborative effort by a dedicated team, golf management companies, retailers and golf organizations and governing bodies all working together to Engage, Empower and Support girls and women through golf. Since its inception, WGD has been engaging participants from around the globe irrespective of race, religion, language, ethnicity, or geography and continues to see an increase year after year. WGD encourages participating locations to have a charitable component. WGD has a global impact from collective grassroots local events.
The one-day, four-hour event is rypically held the first Tuesday in June each year. Women’s Golf Day offers a simple and accessible platform from which players can build or deepen a foundation interest in golf. WGD supports the creation of a network to support the continuation of golf no matter what skill level.

In past years, festivities at both Poppy Hills and Poppy Ridge have included clinics on everything from putting and driving to fitness. The clinics were scrapped this year due to COVID-19.

Spirit of the Game: Althea Gibson, A Multi-Talented Star

 

June 1, 2021

From the LPGA archives

In 1963, Althea Gibson, then age 35, became the first African American to play in a U.S. Women’s Open.

She’d miss the cut by a stroke. But Gibson was already a star.

Rule of the Month: The Ball

June 1, 2021

Topic Overview:

Generally, you will hole out with the same ball you play from the teeing area. You can always use a new ball when starting a hole. You can also substitute a different ball any time you are taking relief, including both free and penalty relief. Unless the one-ball Local Rule is in effect, the substituted ball could be any brand. On the putting green however, when you mark and lift your ball, you must replace that same ball to finish out the hole.

When your ball is lifted, you can almost always clean it (except for a few specific circumstances). If you happen to run out of balls, you can borrow one from any other player, including a practice or X-Out ball (which are generally conforming balls).

If you play a wrong ball, you lose the hole in match play or get a two-stroke penalty in stroke play. In stroke play, you must correct your mistake by playing the right ball or otherwise playing under the Rules (for example, by playing under stroke and distance if your ball is lost).

Cleveland RTX Full-Face Wedges

Key Takeaways

Cleveland RTX ZipCore wedges now are available with full-face grooves.Available in 50- through 64-degree lofts in Tour Satin and raw Tour Rack finishes$159.99 in Tour Satin, $179.99 in Tour Rack.Available June 11.

On one hand, you could say the Cleveland RTX Full-Face wedges are a little late to the full-face wedge party. But on the other hand, fashionably late means the floor is yours and all eyes are on you.

Just don’t trip on the red carpet.

From what we can tell, the Cleveland RTX Full-Face wedge is ready to make a smooth entrance. And if you’re at all intrigued by full-face wedge-craftery, it’s a stick you’ll want to pay attention to.

Clemson's Turk Pettit saved par from a difficult spot on his final hole and clinched the NCAA men's national championship on Monday when Oklahoma State's Bo Jin missed a 10-foot par putt on No. 18.

Like any OEM, Sub 70 Golf is between a rock and a hard place as this COVID nightmare slowly winds down. The company has been riding the tidal wave of golf-mania for the past year, posting record sales numbers seemingly every month.

That’s the good news.

The bad news? Unexpected rapid growth can turn the Field of Opportunity into a Field of Landmines pretty quickly. The big guys, like the Callaways and Titleists, can afford to stumble over a mine every so often and still make it to the other side. But for small outfits like Sub 70 Golf, one false step can turn a boom into a bust in no time flat.

So how is Sub 70 Golf navigating its way through the concurrent minefields of exploding demand and global supply chain chaos?

With equal parts chutzpah and heedfulness.

Ally Ewing won the LPGA Match Play on Sunday at Shadow Creek, beating Sophia Popov 2 and 1 for her second tour victory.

Jason Kokrak shot an even-par 70 in a final-group showdown Sunday with resurgent Jordan Spieth, winning the Charles Schwab Challenge at 14-under 266.

Oklahoma State freshman Bo Jin shot a steady 1-under 69 on Sunday to take a two-shot lead into the final day of individual stroke play in the NCAA men's championship.

Alex Cejka won the Senior PGA Championship on Sunday for his second straight major championship, thriving on accurate and powerful ball-striking and deft touch around the demanding greens at Southern Hills.

Bernd Wiesberger retained his title at the Made in HimmerLand event on the European Tour by shooting 7-under 64 to win by five shots on Sunday.

Ally Ewing joins major champions Ariya Jutanugarn, Sophia Popov and Shanshan Feng in the LPGA Match Play semifinals.

Mike Weir's double bogey on 12 started a stretch of giving back five shots in five holes, opening the door for Steve Stricker to take a one-shot lead at the Senior PGA Championship.

Jordan Spieth had his second consecutive round of 4-under 66 to get to 15 under and take a third-round lead at Colonial, where he was the 2016 champion and has been a runner-up two times.

Bernd Wiesberger will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Made in HimmerLand event on the European Tour as he seeks to defend the title in Denmark.

It would be easy to dismiss the original BirdieBall as another crackpot inventor’s attempt to develop a golf training aid. There’s a section of the PGA Merchandise Show the MyGolfSpy crew calls “Desperation Row.” It’s the low-rent section and it’s where you’ll find booth after booth manned by entrepreneurs. They’ve cashed in their 401k’s to follow their dream of inventing golf’s next must-have training aid and they’re letting it all ride on one spin of the golf industry’s roulette wheel.

Sadly, the house almost always wins.

But John Breaker, BirdieBall founder, bwana, guiding spirit, chief cook and bottle washer found a way to buck the odds and beat the house.

The Original BirdieBall—It’s All Tiger’s Fault

“It was 1999 and my Dad and I were watching the Masters,” Breaker recalls. “Tiger was just bombing the ball. And one of the announcers said they’re going to have to ‘Tiger-proof’ this golf course.”

That’s just what Augusta tried to do but the Breaker father-and-son duo had a different idea. They felt they could come up with a Tour-level limited-flight golf ball.

Defending champion Bernd Wiesberger was two shots clear of fellow Austrian golfer Matthias Schwab on top of the second round leaderboard at the Made in HimmerLand on Friday.