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Wyndham Clark's 8-under 63 at the Wells Fargo Championship on Saturday has him in position for his first PGA Tour win.

The International Golf Federation has said Russian and Belarusian athletes can return to competing in international competitions as neutrals, while a second fencing event has been canceled since the ban on athletes from the two countries was reversed.

The semifinal field is nearly set at the International Crown LPGA team event with one day of pool play to go as Sweden, Australia and Thailand all clinched spots and the United States swept both matches Friday to move to the verge of advancing.

Tyrrell Hatton shot a 6-under 65 to share the second-round lead with Nate Lashley and Wyndham Clark at the Wells Fargo Championship.

American golfers Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu helped rally the United States to a split of its first two matches against China on Thursday at the International Crown team event.

Birthday boy Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 68 at the Wells Fargo Championship on Thursday in his first tournament since missing the cut at the Masters, leaving him three shots behind first-round leader Tommy Fleetwood.

The DP World Tour says Sergio Garcia is the only one of the 17 golfers who were fined for competing in LIV events without permission to have not paid.

Q: What are the three most important things in your golf bag?  

Other than clubs and balls … 

Rain gear – I have a Kjus rain jacket and pants and they’re worth every penny. I played in constant rain last weekend. Everything underneath stayed dry. The guys I was playing with spent less on their rainwear and all they got for their savings was wet. 

I also have a 35-year-old Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero that’s still the best rain hat I’ve ever used. 
A small first aid kit – A simple kit with Band-Aids, blister bandages, Advil and tweezers that I’ve had to use more than once. What can I say? I spend a lot of time in waste areas and woods. 
Ball Marker – It used to be my Bad Mother F*cker ball marker from Seamus. I lost it and now I’m sad. 

Q: Do you think golf ball quality has improved since you started testing? 

I think there have been improvements in some places. Callaway has certainly invested in getting better (though I think they planned to, regardless). TaylorMade bought a factory and Titleist just keeps being Titleist. 

COVID’s inventory demands put a strain on a lot of factories so, in some cases, we’ve seen a dip. 

We’ve also seen overseas factories taking measures to obfuscate a bit of what they’re doing. For example, some factories change core colors for different brands even though the balls are the same.  

We’ve also seen less specificity in cargo/shipping information as some brands try to hide where their product is being sourced. 

The Augusta National Golf Course, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous golf course that hosts the annual Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in professional golf. Here is a brief description of each hole on the course:

1. Hole 1 - Tea Olive: A relatively short par 4 with a slight dogleg to the right. The green is heavily guarded by bunkers on both sides.

2. Hole 2 - Pink Dogwood: A longer par 5 with a slight dogleg to the left. The green is relatively large and guarded by a pond on the left.

3. Hole 3 - Flowering Peach: A mid-length par 4 with a slight dogleg to the right. The green is protected by a large bunker on the left and a smaller one on the right.

4. Hole 4 - Flowering Crab Apple: A shorter par 3 with a small green that is surrounded by bunkers.

J.B. Holmes withdrew from the Wells Fargo Championship prior to the start of the first round on Thursday with a back injury.

When the two-time MVP needs time away from superstardom and the game, he disappears, escaping for hours at a time. Here's the story of his refuge -- and how it has sparked some of the best performances of his career.

We’ve been waiting for this one. For more than a decade, in fact. The new SkyTrak+ launch monitor is quite possibly the best solution on the market for less than $3,000. And one could be so bold as to suggest it stacks up favorably against competitors that are much more expensive.

In fact, SkyTrak+ claims that by “applying proprietary machine learning algorithms” to data received from a new dual Doppler radar system, it can generate “precision at a level matched only by the highest-end launch monitors on the market.” Are they saying what I think they’re saying?

What’s the phrase? Huge if true?

Do You Remember?

The original SkyTrak was definitely badass. For the better part of 12 years, it was the best solution for golfers who wanted indoor simulator golf but without the enterprise launch monitor budget. SkyTrak sold 70,000 units of the original model making it the top-selling consumer launch monitor.

Think about that for a second. What other piece of technology is still popular (or even viable) a decade-plus after launch?

Only two weeks until the PGA but why doesn't it feel like it?

Plus, the end of Garcia, Westwood and Poulter in the Ryder Cup, a bunch of USGA news and much more.

Pennsylvania club pro Braden Shattuck capped his PGA Professional Championship debut by making a 12-foot par putt on the final hole for a 2-under 70 and a one-shot victory that sends him and 19 others to the PGA Championship in two weeks.

The Golfshot Golf GPS app is really no different from pretty much any other golf GPS app you can download for free.

Except when it isn’t.

Like every other golf GPS app, Golfshot gives you a map of each hole. It also gives you targets, distances, manual shot tracking and a scorecard. So, yeah, it’s like every other golf GPS app out there.

Except when it isn’t.

As we’ve mentioned in previous articles, when it comes to the basics, nearly all of the jillion free golf GPS apps on the Apple or Android app stores do the same job and do it very well. Individual apps will include unique features in their free versions, which is nice. But it’s the paid-for upgrade packages where apps differentiate themselves. And while some of the upgrades are hokey, some are incredibly helpful. Others are simply wicked cool.

Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia were among four players with Saudi-backed LIV Golf who resigned from the European tour instead of facing fines of 100,000 pounds ($125,000) for playing LIV events without permission.

Do you freeze-up over your ball for 5 or 10 seconds before you execute your putt or drive? A recent golf tip said that the best putters keep moving their feet and hands before they putt. Patrick Cantlay is one of those movers and shakers. In the past, golfers all used some sort of waggle before they hit their drives, but we don’t see so much of that typical waggle like Jason Dufner. Mike Weir used a takeaway waggle and now I see that Justin Thomas is using a similar pre-shot motion. Is there a benefit adding motion to your arms and legs before you putt or hit any shot?

I decided to experiment with active hands, feet and legs before putting and hitting my driver. It really makes sense that you should not let your muscles freeze up before your make a controlled swing. Fortunately, I have discovered the reasoning with amazing success without using any of the historic waggles.

Putting Issues
Successful putters need to “feel” the right amount of swing required to pass a hole by up to 2 feet and they also need to choose the right target line to anticipate any break in their putt. Your planning is critical but your swing has to be smooth too. Nervous shaking hands will NOT HELP YOUR PUTTS. That’s why putting needs to be completed by rocking the major muscles in your shoulders and avoiding any small muscle jitters from your wrists or hands.

Putting Solution [Don’t freeze-up over the ball.]
After you line-up your putt and make a practice swing (by rocking your shoulders) with enough force to pass the hole, (1) move up to your ball and lift your putter away from your ball to make one more practice swing (by rocking your shoulders). (2) Look up to your straight-line target point for 2 seconds. (3) Then in 1 continuous motion, visually trace the line directly back to the grass behind your ball as you swing your putter back and up your target line without looking up from your focus point (behind the ball). BINGO, you will sink more putts.

Driver and Iron Solution
A poor first hole drive can destroy the mental outlook for your round. You are nervous so you can’t afford to freeze your body waiting to make your shot. Take your practice swing and then move forward to your ball. DON’T FREEZE-UP OVER YOUR BALL FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS. Make a slow 2-3 foot backswing (waggle) to activate your spine and hip rotation for the backswing that you plan for your shot and then use the same motion to initiate your drive. BINGO, you will no longer miss your first tee shot (and many other nervous iron shots).

Instead of $12 million, Rory McIlroy will get $9 million of the PGA Tour's Player Impact Program bonus after missing the RBC Heritage last month.

A brief overview of each hole on the TPC Sawgrass course:

1. Par 4, 393 yards - A straightaway hole with a fairway bunker on the right side and trees on the left.

2. Par 5, 532 yards - A dogleg left with water on the left side and a large tree on the right. Approach shots must avoid a large bunker in front of the green.

3. Par 3, 177 yards - A mid-range par 3 with a large bunker guarding the front of the green.

4. Par 4, 384 yards - A narrow fairway with trees on both sides. The green is elevated and protected by a bunker on the front right.

Max Homa looks to defend his Wells Fargo championship, Team USA is loaded at the Hanwha LIFEPLUS event, and Justin Thomas checks in on Tiger Woods.