Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam and teammate Madelene Sagstrom shot a 5-under 65 on Wednesday in alternate-shot play in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational for a share of the first-round lead.

Rory McIlroy is the consensus favorite to win The Open, but bettors in the U.S. and abroad can't resist backing longshot Tiger Woods.

 

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You will never lower your handicap if you don’t set a plan to make it happen. Hank Haney recently released an interesting program called “Tour Consistency Clinics”, which reminded me of the ideal way to lower your scores. Just eliminate your BIG MISS — one at a time. It’s that easy!

You, like every other Weekend Worrier, have had some great rounds of golf followed by a number of high scoring rounds of golf. To lower your scores, your plan has to centered around DETERMINING your BIG MISS. You CAN correct it (with training and practice) and then determining your next big miss and repeating this process to drop your scores by 10 strokes. Consistently good shots will produce consistently lower scores. It’s that simple.

Set Your Plan
1/ Record Every One of Your Scores on a Handicap System: Members of private golf clubs enter the score from every round to establish a true handicap in order to balance-out scores for weaker players against better players in tournaments. Golf associations around the world have now adopted a consistent handicap system using the average score from 8 of your last 20 rounds of golf. The only scores entered are limited to a maximum of 2 strokes over your handicap for every hole.
2/ Obey the Rules of Golf and Be Honest: You can’t tip up a ball to improve the lie and you can’t ignore a mishit. Mulligans don’t exist. Every swing counts. You will never improve your game if you are not entering an honest score for every hole as well as only entering your maximum handicap allowance on your handicap system for a permanent, accurate record. (You may want to use: www.ghin.com or your local Golf Association handicap systems)
3/ Record Your Misses on Every Hole: On holes where you score a bogie, double bogie or worse, they were caused by a missed shot. To keep a simple record of your poor shots, enter a letter in the scoring box for each hole on your score card in the lower left corner. (ie “W” for water, “T” for tree, “R” for rough, “M” for mishit, “S” for sand etc). You also need to mark a “1” in the upper left of each box for the Fairway Hit on your drive (or greens hit on par 3’s), a “1” in the upper right of the box for Greens Hit in Regulation and the number of putts in the lower right.
4/ Analyze Your Card: After your round, sort out your worst big miss which caused your blow-up holes. Knowing this fact is the perfect starting point to improving your next round of golf.

Take Action!
Do something about your worst big miss. Find solutions on the internet or take lessons with a professional golf instructor. Get out to the practice range and make sure that you hit some great shots to overcome your BIG MISS before your next round of golf. Don’t expect miracles. Focus on your solution for your worst BIG MISS and you will eliminate those blow-up holes.

You may also want to purchase a GOLFSTR+ to practice 6 swing fixes with your straight leading arm or flat wrist. Put some effort into your game to eliminate your BIG MISSES. Buy one today at www.GOLFSTR.com

Several players suggest the Old Course is shaping up to provide a complete test. Plus, Quotables, weather and the draw, a merch report and Reads.

R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said there is "no such thing as a free lunch" in golf and that he believes LIV Golf is "harming the perception of the sport."

MyGolfSpy Ball Lab is where we quantify the quality and consistency of the golf balls on the market to help you find the best ball for your money. Today, we’re taking a look at the 2022 TaylorMade Tour Response. To learn more about our test process, how we define “bad” balls, check out our About MyGolfSpy Ball Lab page.

About the TaylorMade Tour Response

The Tour Response is TaylorMade’s offering in what can either be looked at as the “value urethane” category or urethane-designed for moderate swing speed golfers. It’s a three-piece cast-urethane offering notable for soft feel. It’s also worth mentioning that the 2020 model was among the lowest-spinning balls we tested and, given that the most significant model-to-model upgrade is the addition of the Tour Flight dimple pattern found on the TP5, we don’t expect that will prove different with the new model.

The Tour Response is manufactured by Foremost in Taiwan, though it should be pointed out that TaylorMade has made a significant investment in Foremost and has access to dedicated production lines which, in theory, offer them greater control over the manufacturing process.

Compression

Tiger Woods has been made an honorary member of St. Andrews along with fellow Open winners Rory McIlroy and Paul Lawrie.

Who can win? Who has the best betting value? What props are the most interesting? Our experts look at the 2022 Open Championship from all angles.

History is everywhere at St. Andrews, which is the home of golf. And this year, for the 150th Open, played at a time when golf is fracturing, the players and visitors and townspeople have stopped to soak it all in.

The Official World Golf Ranking board began considering LIV Golf's application for recognition during a meeting at the R&A headquarters in St. Andrews, Scotland, on Tuedsay. In a statement, the OWGR said LIV Golf applied for inclusion on July 6.

Asked why he felt he was not necessarily perceived as the world's best golfer, the No. 1-ranked Scottie Scheffler answered, "I don't feel like there's any extra attention on me," and adding, "I would assume not everybody's picking me to win" The Open.

Bryson DeChambeau and golf ball manufacturer Bridgestone have agreed to end their sponsorship relationship, the company confirmed to ESPN.

Tour Edge unveils their Exotics Wingman 700 Series putters.The line features three high-MOI mallet designs, each with two hosel options.Available for pre-sale  from July 13 to July 3 and at retail Aug. 1.MSRP $199

“Talk to me, Goose.”

Get ready to buzz the tower. Tour Edge has released a new version of their Wingman putter, the Wingman 700 line. Kudos to Tour Edge for their promptness, as the Wingman sequels were finished 34 years faster than the transition from Nick to Bradley Bradshaw. Obviously, Rooster’s sweetly savage stash took some time to become flight ready. Perfection can’t be rushed, I suppose, and Tom Cruise’s lack of aging proves he truly is an alien.

Enough about naval aviators. Let’s get into the Wingman 700.

Tour Edge has hit the afterburners this time around. The Wingman 700 putters take the beloved features of the original Wingman and push them right into the danger zone. They’ve kept the parts of the Wingman that customers liked and added new models and technological improvements to make sure that Wingman loyalists won’t lose that loving feeling. Tour Edge says it’s time for the big one.

Yes, I can do this all day. (Sorry, wrong movie.)

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PING announces the ChipR.The ChipR is designed to help golfers with shots from 40 yards and in.Retail price is $195 (steel) and $210 (graphite).

When major championships roll around, it’s not unusual for golf equipment manufacturers to take advantage of the visibility to release specialty clubs designed to tackle the unique conditions of that specific course. The Open, for example, is where driving irons were born. That said, I’d wager you won’t find a single PING ChipR in play at St Andrews this week.

If I’m wrong (and I kinda hope I am), the chipper will have instant and previously unimaginable credibility.

To be clear, PING is a very serious manufacturer whose name is synonymous with golf club engineering. But, yes, they are releasing a chipper … excuse me … a ChipR.

No, today isn’t April 1 so I’ll give you a moment to take that in.

Tiger Woods on Tuesday said he disagreed with players who left for the LIV Golf circuit, saying they "turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position."

The Best Prime Day Golf Deals 2022

Another year another Prime Day! Each year there seems to be less anticipation for Prime Day, but if you’re willing to sift through some of the junk there are deals to be had. Thankfully we did the hard work for you and handpicked the best Prime Day golf deals we could find. Prime Day 2022 is live now and ends on July 13 at 11:59 pm PT.

1. Precision Pro Nx7 Pro Slope

Our best value winner rangefinder for the last three years, the Precision Pro NX7 Slope provides consistent yardage read-outs, calculates slope and has reliable, clear optics and display. An additional $40 coupon applies at checkout making this only $120. I have a feeling this might be a mistake so not sure how long it will last.

$199.99 / $119 (40% OFF)

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2. Rapsodo Personal Launch Monitor

The 2021 best personal launch monitor winner is on sale. Rapsodo can be used accurately both indoors and out. It can also record your swing and display your swing with ShotTracker.

He has held the Claret Jug and worn a green jacket, in both cases more than once. He has held up all kinds of trophies, most often with one obvious accessory -- a red shirt on Sunday.

Here are the tee times for the first two rounds of The Open at St. Andrews.