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UNIQUE. INNOVATIVE. COOL.

Some of the most imaginative golf products come from garages, studios and workshops.

We are shining the spotlight on some of these and the people behind them in our Best of Golf 2022 awards, our new annual index of the year’s unique golf products around the globe.

GOLDEN TEE

Who doesn’t want one of these? I can still remember almost breaking both my thumbs on the massive track wheel trying to rip 300-yard drives in the corner of some dark-lit bar in college. When it comes to the king of golf arcade games, Golden Tee rules. You know it, I know it. Now you can own it.

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Ian Poulter, Adrian Otaegui and Justin Harding, who signed up for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series, won a stay Monday from a British court that allows them to play in the Scottish Open.

Tiger Woods carded a 5-over 77 and sits tied for 43rd at the star-studded JP McManus Pro-Am in Ireland, where Xander Schauffele leads by 3.

OUR JOB IS YOUR GAME

In golf, there are many key accessories, perhaps none greater than the glove. It’s not only a fashion statement. It’s a key performance ingredient.

Or so we’ve always believed.

At our headquarters, Most Wanted Testing takes precedence. However, throughout the year, impactful ideas come to life via our testing facility.

Today, we dive into the unknown: Are there any performance differentials when wearing a golf glove?

HOW WE TEST

Per usual, every test we conduct utilizes two key components: Foresight GCQuad and Titleist Pro V1 golf balls. Data is collected using the GCQuad. By using Pro V1 golf balls, we are able to eliminate variables.

J.T. Poston completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the John Deere Classic for his second PGA Tour title and a spot in The Open Championship.

Adrian Meronk held off a final-round charge from New Zealander Ryan Fox to win the Irish Open at Mount Juliet Estate in Co Kilkenny on Sunday.

Steve Finan has combed the DC Thomson archives to produce a new book shares stunning never-before-seen historic photos under one cover. The archives were largely of focused on eastern Scotland, meaning The Old Course is featured. You’ll be fascinated to learn more about all of these photos, the aerials and why Finan singled out the images he did.

The Amazon US link.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golf-Scotland-Black-White-Era/dp/1845359003/geoffshacke07-20

https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/gifts/golf-gifts

Branden Grace closed with a 7-under 65 on Saturday to finish at 13 under in the 54-hole tournament at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.

J.T. Poston made up for two back-nine bogeys with an eagle on the par-5 17th, shooting a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a 3-stroke lead into the final round of the John Deere Classic.

Paul Casey, the longtime tour player who currently is ranked 26th in the world, has joined LIV Golf and is expected to make his debut later this month.

MyGolfSpy featured in Forbes. 

Whether you’ve been a reader of MyGolfSpy for 10 minutes or 10 years, we wanted to thank you.

The entire team is incredibly grateful and humbled to have part of our 14 years of hard work featured in Forbes.

“We needed to create a platform that was about performance and not marketing, pure and simple. I wanted to flip it on its head,” says Beach, who originally started one of the first golf commerce sites on the internet in the late 1990’s before selling and starting MyGolfSpy. “I wanted to make the cream of the crop rise to the top and all the other bullshit that had been peddled to golfers for decades go away. Somebody needed to clean this up and say, ‘Alright, what exactly is worth my money?’”

FORBES ARTICLE

J.T. Poston followed an opening 9-under 62 with a 65 on Friday, extending his lead to 4 shots at the John Deere Classic.

Dustin Johnson shot his second straight 4-under 68 to move into a first-place tie with opening-round leader Carlos Ortiz, who's gone 67-69 for an 8-under total at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Oregon.

Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among 16 LIV Golf players who have written to the DP World Tour asking it to rescind its fines and allow them to compete in next week's Scottish Open, according to a report.

Mexico's Carlos Ortiz carded a 5-under 67 to take a 1-shot lead after the opening round of the LIV event at Pumpkin Ridge. Dustin Johnson, Pat Perez and Brooks Koepka are in the top 10.

J.T. Poston, coming off a second-place tie last week in Connecticut, had an eagle and seven birdies in a bogey-free round of 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic.