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Chipping-specific clubs are not a new trend. However, PING apparently has seen an opportunity in that niche market, creating the PING ChipR.

Obviously, our interest was piqued. Join us today as we dive into a performance analysis of the PING ChipR. Is it worth a spot in your bag?

PING CHIPR TESTING

As most of you know, our bread-and-butter testing is done indoors at our testing facility in Yorktown, Va., but for this unique opportunity, we took our testing outside. We utilized a short game facility at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Williamsburg, Va.

When we are conducting Most Wanted Testing or labs, our golf ball of choice is Titleist Pro V1.

The PING ChipR is designed to make chipping easier. That’s its sole purpose. So our testers hit from two different scenarios around the green: the fringe and the rough.

The Best Golf Shoes at the Tour Championship

And that’s a wrap! The Tour Championship—the PGA TOUR season finale. With only 29 players in the field (we hope Willy Z’s back heals quickly), the choices for my best golf shoes were limited but I managed to pull out some gems.

Patrick Cantlay in the FootJoy DryJoys Tour BOA

Patrick Cantlay is a very rich man, yet he’s still wearing the FootJoy DryJoys Tour BOA from 2018. Come on, Patrick, live a little. It’s OK to buy some new shoes. Yes, I know full well that Cantlay doesn’t pay a dime for his golf shoes. In any case, I do love seeing players of his status sticking with older gear.

Have any of you tried/owned a pair of the DryJoys Tour? Interestingly, the BOA variant was available only with the MyJoys customization program. I found some information from a few years back when FootJoy was running a campaign to get people to customize their own pair of the “Patrick Cantlay Shoe.”

Fast forward: FootJoy sent out an email last week after Cantlay’s win at the BMW Championship and didn’t even mention the specific model of shoe he was wearing, only that he trusted his FootJoy shoes and BOA technology You’re not that slick, FootJoy. We know you’d rather have Cantlay in some of the newer models.

Don’t give an inch, Patrick! Seems like sticking with the old shoes has been working out fine for Patty Ice.

McIlroy had won twice previously this season, but as the most visible leader on the PGA Tour, his year would have felt somewhat hollow without the trophy on Sunday.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland became the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup with a sterling comeback in Sunday's final round of the Tour Championship.

Jill McGill, 50, finished at 3-under 289, en route to winning the U.S. Senior Women's Open on Sunday for her third U.S. Golf Association title, closing with an even-par 73 for a one-stroke victory over Leta Lindley.

Steve Stricker won The Ally Challenge for his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the season and ninth overall.

Paula Reto won the Canadian Pacific Women's Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory, closing with a 4-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Nelly Korda and Hye-Jin Choi in Ottawa, Ontario.

PGA Tour Rookie of the Year favorite Cameron Young said Sunday that he is staying with the tour after having discussions with LIV Golf about joining the new circuit.

Scottie Scheffler carded four birdies over six holes to complete the third round with a 4-under 66 that gave him a 6-shot lead in the Tour Championship

Thriston Lawrence won the European Masters in Switzerland following a play-off with England's Matt Wallace on Sunday.

Hye-Jin Choi shot a 5-under 66 to join fellow South Korean rookie Narin An atop the leaderboard Saturday in the Canadian Pacific Women's Open.

Scottie Scheffler has a 1-shot lead over Xander Schauffele in the Tour Championship.

Laura Davies, the 58-year-old English star who won the inaugural event in 2018, shot a 5-under 68 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Helen Alfredsson at the U.S. Senior Women's Open in Kettering, Ohio.

Open champion Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Harold Varner III and several additional golfers are expected to join the LIV Golf tour, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday.

Scott Dunlap holds a one-shot lead at the PGA Tour Champions' The Ally Challenge after posting birdies on five of the final six holes on Saturday.

Thriston Lawrence carded a third-round 67 to take a one shot lead at the European Masters on Saturday.

Saudi-funded LIV Golf has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four players have removed their names.

Na Rin An shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to top the leaderboard Friday in the suspended second round of the Canadian Pacific Women's Open.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is playing every bit like the No. 1 player in golf and was on the verge of turning the Tour Championship into a rout. Then Xander Schauffele narrowed the gap with a birdie-birdie-eagle finish.

PGA Tour player Max Homa wonders whether the FedEx Cup Playoffs points leader should have a 2-shot lead over everyone else before the first tee shot is hit in the season-ending Tour Championship.