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LIV Golf chief operating officer Atul Khosla has resigned after one year as the Saudi-backed rival circuit moves toward a league format, The New York Times reported and sources confirmed to ESPN's Mark Schlabach.

Tiger Woods says it's worth it to fight through the pain of his plantar fasciitis to play golf with his son, Charlie, at the PNC Championship this weekend.

Antoine Rozner and Alfredo Garcia-Heredia credited island vibes after they moved into a tie for the lead with Sami Valimaki at the Mauritius Open on Friday.

This may just be one of the most impactful tests in golf to date: How fast you should swing your driver?

We bet you’ve had an instructor or someone you’re playing with tell you, “Just swing at 80 percent. Nice and easy. Don’t try to kill it.”

Today, we’ll be revealing how fast you actually should be swinging and how much yardage you’re losing if you’re not. Based on our findings, it may be as much as 50 yards!

Results are broken down by swinging at 80, 100 and 120 percent.

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With a flurry of new gear releases scheduled for early January, we thought we’d make a most of what’s left of 2022 to take our annual look at What’s In the Bag of our readers.

We want to know what types of clubs are in your bag. Are you carrying a hybrid or a utility iron? Two wedges or four? That sort of thing.

Along the way, we also want to learn what new clubs you bought this season and, ultimately, which brands you rely on most when you head to the golf course.

The survey should take five to 10 minutes to complete and, as always, we’ll share some of results in a few weeks.

Click Here to Take the Survey

The post Golfers’ Choice Survey – 2022 What’s In the Bag appeared first on MyGolfSpy.

Padraig Harrington said that he believes Tiger Woods can win another major if he can just get to the final nine holes.

I recently found a blog titled: “Trevino’s Left Hand Secret”. In 1974 he exposed his secret for accurate tee shots: “Keeping your left hand ahead of the club-face.” He said: “If the other guys ever learn that it is the back of the left hand that controls the club-face, there would be a lot more winners, and I would have a lot more to worry about.” He also recommended this “with an open stance which will give your arms room to extend along the way as your body turns.”

I have never heard any pros recommending an open stance for drives, but it really caught my attention as this is exactly the way I setup and drive off a tee to control the direction of my drives. An open stance helps me shallow my downswing so that my trailing elbow grazes my side as I drive up my target line.
Lee also bowed his wrist at the top of his swing (where I flatten my wrist) to shallow the downswing for an in-to-out swing. It’s described as a push-cut swing causing a slight fade.

I’m sharing this description to highlight the fact that you can choose the setup (open stance), transition (cupped wrist) and delivery (inside to out) for your swing as long as it gives you consistency and control.
Your dominant strength in one arm, wrist and leg or a tightness in your hips, spine or neck will all have an impact on the swing that works for your body.

Changes in any position in your swing will continue to provide inconsistent results. You don’ t have to stick to the text book swing. Find the swing that gives you a consistent result and then groove that swing for your driver and another swing for your irons.

Trevino and every other pro found the right swing motion for their driver and irons. Once you find it you need to lock it in for consistency. Unfortunately, the older you get the more the more you have to be aware of your bodies tending to change throughout each round of golf depending on your stamina, the changing temperature and your energy level.

With LIV Golf taking the winter off, we thankfully get a break from pro golf’s great civil war. It’s been nice not wondering who’s jumping leagues, who’s staying and how the hell do they figure out Official World Golf Ranking points. (We did look it up. The math will make your hair hurt.)

In Part 1 of this series, we shared the story of Performance54 and how this high-powered – and Saudi-backed – British PR firm is influencing how you get your golf information. In Part 2, we heard from a legendary sports agent and renowned golf coach on LIV, legacies and cash. And we touched on why Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is giving Greg Norman, LIV’s CEO, $2 billion US.

In this edition, we’re going to examine PIF a bit more closely and dive into why the Saudis care so much about golf. Do the Saudis expect LIV to break the PGA TOUR and take over professional golf? Or are they after something different?

True, this series is a tad outside the norm for MyGolfSpy. Sure, the LIV-PGA TOUR kerfuffle is considerably less meaningful to your Saturday foursome than, say, the new Titleist TSR. But it has been the story of the year in professional golf. And our goal is to offer you a uniquely MGS perspective into some of the fascinating layers of this story.

What is PIF?

I’d be willing to bet all of Yasir Al-Rumayyan’s money and most of my own that, prior to this year, most of you had never heard of PIF.

The LIV Golf League will stage tournaments in Arizona, Oklahoma and West Virginia as part of its expanded schedule in 2023.

A few weeks ago, we published our Brand Perception Survey. It’s a reputation survey of sorts wherein we ask you to tell us which golf brands come to mind when you hear a given word. Half of the words are considered positive while the other half carry strong negative connotations.

By the time the results were tallied, nearly 10,000 of you had your voices heard.

Last week, we focused on a selection of winners for what we consider the most impactful and relevant words in the survey. Today, we’re digging into the full results. For each word, we’ll show you the results. We’ll also highlight any notable insights from deeper in the chart.

What To Look For

While there’s always movement in the table, what we’ve come to expect is that the biggest brands in golf tend to hover near the top. Where things get particularly interesting is when a small to mid-sized brand finishes at or near the top or when a large brand fails to register (this can be either good or bad depending on the context).

To help you identify trends in the data, we’ll frequently reference the percentage change from our last survey. When the numbers are large, it might suggest a brand is trending in one direction or the other.

 

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In mid-November, famed musician Nick Jonas partnered with PXG to create the Scottsdale-based brand’s first-ever apparel collaboration. Jonas, an avid golfer, felt PXG provided the perfect outlet to share his passion for fashion. The project, headed by Renee Parsons, thrusts PXG’s ever-growing apparel line into the limelight and aims to capitalize on today’s trend of fashion-focused golf apparel.

The Details

The PXG x NJ Capsule Collection was released on Nov. 15.The limited-edition collection is comprised of 15 apparel styles and nine accessories.Both the apparel styles and accessories are available online and at brick-and-mortar PXG retail locations.

Initial Thoughts

Let me preface my thoughts with this: I’m far from a traditionalist when it comes to golf apparel and fashion. While I wouldn’t consider myself trendy or fashionable, I find traditional golf apparel too vanilla. Does the PXG x NJ Capsule Collection challenge this traditionalist approach to golf fashion?

Absolutely.

The PXG x NJ Capsule Collection is unequivocally different. But, in this case, is “different” good? I’m admittedly very open to progressive fashion but even I found some of the apparel and accessory items pretty radical.

The Good

There are two items you absolutely can’t mess up if you want a successful apparel line: polos and hats. These two staples set the standard for the rest of an apparel collection. In this case, the PXG x NJ Capsule Collection hits the mark. The PXG x NJ Hat is clean, classy and simple—exactly how it should be.

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

Sun Mountain’s Boom Stand Golf Bag. A carry bag with built-in Bluetooth speakers

Who Tried It

Dave Wolfe– MyGolfSpy writer and putter fanatic. I’m also the OG of golf bag and portable audio testing at mygolfspy.com.

Wait, you can play music while playing golf?

Man, wouldn’t it be great to listen to music while golfing? Sounds like a great way to enhance a great game. Let’s grab the buddies, play some tunes, shotgun some Claws and smash the rock around the course. It’ll be like Topgolf—except out in nature!

The New York Times obtains documents prepared by the maligned consulting firm projecting revenue scenarios for Saudi's golf league.

I review the highlights and ties to the LIV v. Golf Establishment battles.

Plus, links to a Year In Review podcast from McKellar.

Sahith Theegala and Tom Hoge became the first rookie team to win the QBE Shootout in 11 years.

Ockie Strydom claimed his first DP World Tour title with a 2-shot victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship.

PING is releasing the fourth and final limited-edition 2022 PLD Patent 55 Anser.This PLD Anser is gold-plated over milled stainless steel.Only 55 producedOn sale Monday, Dec. 12,  at 2 p.m. EST for $990 at pingpld.com.

On Monday, Dec. 12, PING is releasing the last in their series of 2022 PLD Patent 55 Limited Edition Anser putters. So far, we’ve celebrated the fifty-fifth anniversary of PING’s Anser patent with three limited-run PLD Ansers, machined in bronze, stainless steel and pure copper. This time, PING produced a preposterously precious putter. Once again, the story is all about the metal. What special metal is PING using to close out the series?

That’s gold, Jerry. Gold!

For the last 2022 PLD Limited-Edition Anser, PING is covering the putter in gold. Yes, actual gold. For once, your phone didn’t auto-correct “golf” to “gold.” Although this PLD Anser is milled stainless steel on the inside, its surface will be covered in gold.

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Why a Gold Anser?

Charley Hoffman and Ryan Palmer were at 26-under 118, breaking the 36-hole record in the QBE Shootout and taking a two-shot lead into the final day.

Ockie Strydom carded a 63 to equal the course record set by Scott Jamieson a day earlier and join the Scottish player in a share of the lead after three rounds of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Saturday.