A hook is often considered the “better player” miss but that is small consolation if you are watching the ball sail OB.

While swing mechanics are always going to play the biggest role, modern driver designs can help keep the ball in play and in the fairway more often.

Prescriptions for Fighting a Hook

Unlike some of the drivers featured in the Best Driver For A Slice 2021 article, very few clubs these days are built with a fade bias locked in. Instead, the prescription for keeping the ball from going left (for right-handers) often involves some combination of:

An open faceA flatter lie angleMore weight towards the toe

Before the advent of adjustable drivers, golfers would either have to custom build or manipulate drivers to achieve these conditions. Now, however, the best drivers for fighting a hook offer some combination of these settings. It may take some experimentation (or a proper fitting) but with a little effort and fine-tuning you should be able to achieve the desired results.

With that in mind, here are our picks for the best drivers for fighting a hook in 2021.

After missing the Players Championship cut, Rory McIlroy acknowledged that swing changes he made after watching the distance gains Bryson DeChambeau achieved have hurt his own game. "I just need to maybe rein it back in a little bit," McIlroy said.

The Players has traditionally been one of those events that doesn't favor anyone, which means any style or age or world ranking has a shot. And this version appears no different.

Lee Westwood continued his strong play of late and will take a 1-shot lead into the weekend at the Players Championship, where several big names -- Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay among them -- missed the cut.

ASGCA brings back “Great Junior Golf Design Challenge” for 2021

March 12, 2021

The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) has brought back a program to showcase creativity in golf course architecture among young people. “The Great Junior Golf Design Challenge of 2021,” encourages children to design their own golf hole and gives families and educators an opportunity to involve children in the art of golf course design.

First introduced in 2020, the Challenge is simple. Young people ages 17 and younger may submit design ideas for golf holes of any par, style or strategy, and from whimsical to serious. A submission may be created in any medium (pencil, markers, crayon or digital) as long as it fits within the provided border from ASGCA. Scans or photos of designs may be sent via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or uploaded via Twitter to @ASGCA to be shared on social media and ASGCA.org. Complete information may be found at https://asgca.org/the-great-junior-golf-design-challenge-of-2021.

A new aspect of the Design Challenge is that a “top design” will be selected and the winning designer will receive $250 from ASGCA Foundation. A matching donation will also be made to the designer’s local First Tee chapter. All submissions will also be entered into a drawing, and two names will be selected to receive merchandise from U.S. Kids Golf.

 “Last year, the ‘Great Junior Design Challenge’ came together quickly and was a perfect anecdote for children and families when COVID-19 hit,” ASGCA President Forrest Richardson said. “This year, ASGCA is thrilled to have the involvement of our friends at U.S. Kids Golf. There is boundless energy and creativity shown in these designs, and we look forward to seeing what this year’s Challenge produces.”

I’m not sure how many golfers suffer from “tennis elbow.” It’s a lot.

But what I do know is, that for those folks, the pain goes from frustrating to downright debilitating.

Our very own Tony Covey has shared his battles which included some marital conflict over lawn-mowing duties.

Fiix Elbow

Described as a tendinitis and tennis elbow recovery device, the Fiix Elbow by Stā Active replicates IASTM (instrument-assisted soft-tissue massage) treatments, but at home.

2021 Women’s Performance Glove Buyer’s Guide

Do you use the same golf glove as the professionals? If so, it might not be the right one for your game.

There are many big-name brands the professionals use. However, it’s very likely they are being paid to wear that brand. On the other hand (sorry), there are other companies that focus solely on golf gloves and, frankly, some are better than the bigger OEMs.

People also believe a golf glove is a golf glove is a golf glove. Not true. First off, there are two categories: premium and performance. The difference lies in the leather, feel, construction and durability.

And so, with that explanation, we will dive into what makes the Best Women’s Performance Glove in 2021. We broke down each glove to their fundamentals and ranked them accordingly.

Avoiding a rough day that sunk most of the field at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday, Sergio Garcia used a big finish to grab an early lead in The Players Championship.

Steve Stricker found out Thursday morning he'd been added to the Players Championship field. He flew to northern Florida and teed off shortly after 1 p.m. He is currently tied for 12th after the first round.

Viktor Hovland made a pair of double bogeys Thursday in The Players Championship that both involved eventful rulings.

Sure, Rory McIlroy has good days, but he's had too many like had Thursday at the Players. More frustrating, at the moment he can't seem to figure out how to solve the problem.

2021 Performance Glove Buyer’s Guide

Are you a golfer who wants a more durable glove? If so, our 2021 Best Performance Glove Buyer’s Guide has your back. Well, your hand, really.

We know there is a high demand for performance gloves made from synthetic leather with flexible mesh for a more comfortable fit. But if comfort is your primary concern, you might want to look into the “premium glove” category.

If you’re a performance glove person, you definitely want to know which glove is right for you. That’s where we come in. We put the best of the performance category to the test and even threw in a few rain gloves for good measure.

Whether you’re looking to buy a glove today, looking for some buying advice or just want a closer look at what’s on the market, this guide will help you find the right premium glove to fit your needs—and your hand.

Brooks Koepka may not be able to play in the Masters because of a knee issue.

You may have seen Justin Rose or other professional golfers try to read the break of a putt by using their putter as a Plumb-Bob (PB). Standing behind your ball and using your putter to determine the break of a putt is USELESS. PB only helps you understand the break of the green UNDER YOUR FEET. Since your ball breaks the most as it slows down near the hole, you should only use PB FROM THE HOLE SIDE of the ball’s path to the hole. You rarely see this done correctly by the pros on TV.

When to Plumb-Bob
1/ Don’t waste your time plumb-bobbing when you can see an obvious break on the path from your ball to the hole. You still have to estimate the amount of break for your putt.
2/ If you can see 2 or 3 breaks on the path for your ball (DON’T PLUMB-BOB) just make your best guess where your ball will break to reach the hole and prey for a 2 putt green.
3/ Ideally you should plumb-bob if you can’t see the break on a smooth green for up to a 10 foot putt. Slight breaks on a downhill putt are the most difficult to read and should be read by using PB.

CALIBRATE YOUR PUTTER BEFORE you ever Try to Plumb-Bob
Every putter head has a different weight so it may change the angle of the shaft as it hangs down from your hand. In any building, close one eye (remember to always use the same open eye for PB) and hold your putter with an outstretched arm as you line up a specific side of your shaft facing the frame of a door (not including the grip). Change the orientation of your putter head until one side of the shaft lines up perfectly with the frame of a door and remember that exact orientation.

Always use the SAME open eye, SAME side of the shaft and SAME direction of your club face FOR ALL OF YOUR PLUMB-BOBBING. [I use my right eye to line-up the left side of my putter shaft while using my right hand to hold the putter with the putter face pointing directly at the hole.]

Plumb-Bobbing on the Green
1/ Stand below the hole (but fairly close to the hole) and ONLY use your PB eye (close the other one) to first line up the center of the hole with the center of your ball.
2/ Then hold your putter in front of that eye with the correct putter face orientation (as it was calibrated) and line up the BOTTOM of the correct side of your putter shaft with the center of the hole.
3/ The UPPER end of your putter shaft will only line up with the center of your ball if there is no break at the hole. If the correct side of your shaft lines up on one side of your ball (the left of right side), that side is the HIGH side of the green so your ball will break from that side down to the hole as it nears the hole. You can only practice putting to understand how much break to expect.

Rory McIlroy suggested in an interview with Jimmy Fallon that Tiger Woods could be headed home soon from the hospital.

Secretariat bolts out of the starting gate!

OK, maybe not the ideal analogy.

But in the race for golf data capture and analytics supremacy, Arccos Caddie Team Program is putting more distance between it and the competition.

Targeted at high school, junior, collegiate and national team programs, it’s figuratively bursting out of the gate.

Golf programs at the University of Southern California, University of Alabama, Oklahoma State, Florida A&M and, most recently, Howard University are working with the technology.

Ben Hogan BHM02 Putter Key Takeaways:

Hogan adds a fifth putter to its lineup.BHM02 high MOI fang-toothed style head with forged 1020 carbon steel face.Hogan is also adding a Platinum Nickel finish option on the rest of its putter line.Priced at $195, available now on the Ben Hogan website.

In one sense, the new Ben Hogan BHM02 putter is just another addition to the Hogan stable of golf clubs.

In another, it represents the final nail in the coffin of all the “will Hogan make it?” narrative. Yeah, yeah, it’s another fang-toothed copy of a copy of someone else’s copy. But consider what this resilient little company had done over the past 15 months.

Hogan started 2020 by partnering with nationwide fitter Club Champion. Hogan then launched three new iron sets, new utilities, new hybrids and a second driver in rapid-fire succession. New bags, accessories and a full-service European operation quickly followed. Yep, we can retire the “will Hogan make it” question once and for all.

Ben Hogan BHM02 Putter

The BHM02 is Hogan’s take on the fang-tooth head originally made popular by Odyssey. Groundbreaking? No, but if you sell putters, the fang-tooth is up there with the Anser and the Spider as de rigueur.

The Ben Hogan BHM02 fang-tooth does feature a distinctly Hogan twist, however. Hogan calls its putter line Precision Milled Forged. Like Mizuno’s M-Craft line, the 1025 carbon steel head is forged and then face milled to its final shape.

The PGA Tour heads to iconic TPC Sawgrass with $15 million in prize money at stake. Here are our best bets for the event.

The Players has the strongest field in golf. So there are lot of choices when trying to figure out who will win. Our experts put up a wide variety of names.

The PGA Tour has taken the unusual step of instituting an internal boundary for the 18th hole of TPC Sawgrass ahead of the Players Championship after Bryson DeChambeau mulled an unconventional tee shot.