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"Bravo, Sergio. What a classless way to wave adios."

A glorious takedown by the Daily Mail’s Derek Lawrenson of Sergio Garcia following the Spaniard’s pitiful display at last week’s Wells Fargo Championship, supposedly one of his last on the PGA Tour before the whiny one takes his aging act to the Saudi Golf League.

I had forgotten about Sergio Garcia.

Given how much he had whined in Dubai at the start of the year about the established tours denying him the chance to make more money, when he's down to his last £100million in the bank, I must admit to feeling a tad embarrassed.

But, fair play to the temperamental Spaniard, he's come roaring back into contention in a style so spectacular as to render null and void any chance of forgetting him in future.

'I can't wait to leave this tour!' he screamed at a PGA Tour referee at the Wells Fargo Championship in Washington last week. 'Two more weeks and I'll be gone!'

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Q&A With Russ Myers

The men who operate massive machines that contour the landscape into features suitable for golf are known as shapers. In reality, they are sculptors, artists of the earth, the very best of whom are capable of taking the most sketchy of plans from an architect and transforming them into an artistic and functioning reality. BILL COORE

Foresight GC3 vs. Bushnell Launch Pro

Foresight GC3 Versus Bushnell Launch Pro

Some of you might be asking this question: Don’t the Foresight GC3 and Bushnell Launch Pro look the same but with different logos? Are they the same or different?

We’re with ya. It’s a little confusing. Unless you’re in the know or looking for specific information, you might have missed Vista Outdoors buying Foresight for $474 million a few months ago. Vista Outdoors owns Bushnell and now both Foresight and Bushnell fall under the same umbrella. So with “Bushnell” owning Foresight, why didn’t they come out with one unit?

We’re not entirely sure but the decision was made to make the same unit for Foresight and Bushnell but the structure of the data features and payments are different.

So, within this article, we’re going to break down everything you need to know about the Foresight GC3 and Bushnell Launch Pro to help you make the best decision about which to buy.

Payment Structure For GC3 And Launch Pro

What Do I Get For My Money?

When comparing both units aligned with the break down of pricing, here’s what we think is best value for money.





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Trouble In Europe: 40 Players Ask For Releases And Other Signs Of Player Point-Missing

As John Huggan documents in this story from the British Masters, the then-European Tour went very far with the Raine Group and Premier Golf League folks discussing a deal that fell apart at the last minute. European Tour Chief Keith Pelley went with a PGA Tour alliance instead and now as the Saudi-backed LIV Golf threatens the rebranded DP World Tour’s existence, players are realizing the PGA Tour may not be the hoped-for salvation.

And there is this:

“I’m 41 and I don't want to be playing golf for the rest of my working life,” says another tour player who asked not to be named. “This week [at the Betfred British Masters] we’re playing for €2 million, which is the basically the same as 15 years ago. And I have to finish in the middle of the pack to clear maybe £1,000. That’s not much, when expenses have quadrupled in that time.

“So I’m tempted. The tour doesn’t care about me. They say they do, but they don’t. If I disappeared tomorrow, it would make no difference to them. Plus, there is hypocrisy here. The Saudi event was OK for three years and now it’s not? I worry for the future of this tour. It might be here in 10 years time, but I can’t imagine it will look like it does now.”

The Telegraph’s James Corrigan reports that 40 players asked the DP World Tour for releases to the forthcoming London event. The deadline was Monday, May 9th and the number appears to be higher than expected.

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Homa In Form, Phil's PGA Status And Pebble's 8th Gets A Green Fix

Golf is the one game in which the player's ball is not subject to the interference of the opponent. It is a question of supremacy of accurate strokes without human interference, but there exists interference, nevertheless, and its name is 'hazard,' which is golfese for trouble. A.W. TILLINGHAST

Flesch rallies with 65 for 2nd win at TPC Sugarloaf

Steve Flesch rallied from four shots behind Sunday with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot victory in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, his second title at the TPC Sugarloaf.

Homa gets 2-shot victory in Wells Fargo Champ.

Max Homa played solid, steady golf during a week of cold, wet conditions and a back-and-forth Sunday duel with Keegan Bradley, closing with a 2-under 68 for a two-shot victory in the Wells Fargo Championship.

Olesen wins British Masters with dramatic finish

Thorbjorn Olesen finished eagle-birdie for the second straight day to win the British Masters by one shot in a dramatic fashion Sunday, earning his first European tour title in nearly four years.

TESTERS WANTED – SPORNIA SPG-8 XL HITTING NET

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"After 12 rounds of chemo, this freshman began a promising golf career"

Hayley Salvatore of the Washington Post tells the amazing story of 14-year-old Madison Smith, who has overcome Stage 3 colorectal and is competing for her high school golf team with dreams of making it to Augusta.

During a trip to Maui in August, Madison started experiencing extreme stomach pain and nausea. While she was initially diagnosed as being infected with E. coli and Salmonella — bacteria consistent with food poisoning — her symptoms persisted after she took medication, prompting her mother to suspect worse. Doctors performed an X-ray, found a stricture — a narrowing of the intestinal tract — and airlifted her to a hospital in Honolulu that was equipped to perform surgery.

When pediatric surgeon Sidney Johnson was finished, he pulled Molly and James Smith out of the recovery room to discuss the results. In the hospital’s chapel, Johnson told them he had removed 23 swollen lymph nodes and a foot of Madison’s colon and that a biopsy came back positive for both celiac disease and cancer. Molly and James were stunned to learn about their otherwise healthy daughter’s diagnosis.

“We had not even been contemplating that because she’s so young and it’s so rare for her age group,” James said. “It just doesn’t happen, so we weren’t prepared for that.”

The cancer afflicts around 100 kids Smith’s age annually, but with the support of her family, school and puppy, she made it through 12 chemo sessions and is back on the course playing high school matches with hopes of making to Augusta via the Drive, Chip and Putt.

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Bradley (67) goes low again for Wells Fargo lead

Keegan Bradley shot the lowest score in bad weather for the second straight day at the Wells Fargo Championship. He leads Max Homa by 2 shots after a third-round 67 at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.

Toms seizes on Duke's mess to lead Champions

Ken Duke's triple bogey on 15 opened the door for David Toms to take the lead at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.

Olesen pads British Masters lead with big finish

Thorbjorn Olesen finished eagle-birdie to shoot 3-under 69 and take a 3-stroke lead into the final round of the British Masters as he bids for his first win in four years amid a career rebuild.

#ASKMYGOLFSPY – Putters

Welcome back to #ASKMYGOLFSPY where readers like you submit questions week after week to our team here at MyGolfSpy. Today, the topic is putters.

How important is putter fitting in the scheme of things?

Do you want to make as many putts as possible? Many golfers will only play with irons and woods fitted by a professional club fitter. Surprisingly, some of these same players will never get fitted for a putter. Take it from me. A properly fitted putter will help you make more putts.

Unfortunately, there is an “artist, not the brush” mentality out there in terms of putters. I’ve heard more than once that “a good putter can putt with anything.” I think that’s it a bit misleading.

Many amateurs are not good putters. They battle read, line and speed issues. While a properly fitted putter most likely won’t correct all these issues, it will reduce them. A putter that matches your stroke path, speed tendencies and alignment will help you make more putts.












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Day handles rain, expands lead at Wells Fargo

Jason Day ground through a rainy day to shoot a 3-under 67 for a 3-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Toms, Duke share early lead on Champions Tour

David Toms ran off three straight birdies after a rain delay and closed with a short birdie when he judged the wind right, giving him a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead with Ken Duke after one round of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.

Hurly Long leads British Masters by one stroke through Friday

German golfer Hurly Long was the halfway leader at the British Masters by a stroke on Friday. Tournament host Danny Willett was among seven players within two strokes of Long.

TESTERS WANTED – EDEL SMS WEDGE

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Citing internal testing, Edel found that 80 percent of tested golfers saw the best spin numbers with the heaviest weight NOT in the center location.

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BEST WOMEN’S SPIKELESS GOLF SHOES 2022

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Did you know there are an estimated 6.2 million female golfers in the U.S.? That’s up from 4.9 million in 2018 so it’s obvious women’s golf is growing fast!

Like all golfers, women want the best spikeless golf shoes they can get. Given the similarity in designs, you would think that shoes from any given brand would perform equally well for both men and women.

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Our testing shows that isn’t always the case.

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Olesen, Fox share Day 1 lead at British Masters

Former Ryder Cup player Thorbjorn Olesen and Ryan Fox shared a one-shot lead following the first round of the British Masters on Thursday.


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