Wedge Grind and Bounce Explained
In an average round, a PGA Tour professional will hit about 12 greens. That leaves plenty of work for the short game. Depending on that week’s course a pro will carry three or four...
In an average round, a PGA Tour professional will hit about 12 greens. That leaves plenty of work for the short game. Depending on that week’s course a pro will carry three or four...
In the summer of 1899 golfers opened their copies of Golf Illustrated magazine and were introduced to the newest gimmick in the sport – the Simplex Golf Glove that D.M. Meldrum & Co. of...
The year was 2014. The research mavens at TaylorMade Golf studied golfers with handicaps between 10 and 27. They looked at approach shots from 150 yards and discovered that this caliber of golfer missed...
To the Scottish, playing in the wind and rain is both normal and expected. The rest of the world might not be as enthusiastic about playing golf in the rain as the linksters in...
At the top of every golfer’s goal list is “ten more yards off the tee.” Golf ball manufacturers are more than happy to oblige this request with currently over 200 different varieties of legal...
The goal of the Chrome Soft wasn’t simple: offer the majority of golfers a soft feel, high distance and Tour-level spin. To achieve this, Callaway used a three-piece construction with their soft DuraSpin cover...
Players who take up the game of golf break out into two classes. In one group are the golfers for whom the game comes naturally. The second, much larger group, are the golfers who...
You can thank irrigation for the importance of backspin in the game of golf. Golfers today take sprinkler heads and automatic irrigation for granted, but sprinkler systems on golf courses did not become prevalent...
For golfers of a certain age “jailbreak” brings images of fellow duffer Clint Eastwood trying to find a way off the island in Escape from Alcatraz. But these days, jailbreak refers to getting inside...
A golf swing is a tricky thing. You have probably heard an instructor say, “If it feels good, you’re probably doing it wrong.” That may be sound advice, but if there’s one place on...