The golf swing has been a confusing motion to describe because most golf instruction to this point has been based on what is seen. But the bigger question is “What do golfers do to produce what we see?” And if our goal is to produce a look without considering the driving forces that create the […]
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Shades of Green: Tick, Tick, Tick
The golf ball rollback on the PGA Tour will begin in less than three years. Two years after that the rollback takes effect for all recreational golfers. Don’t fool yourself into thinking the ball rollback will be the final straw on the USGA’s determined and misguided pursuit to limit how far the golf ball can […]
Green: Will PGA and rival LIV together?
June 5 marked the one-year anniversary of the surprise announcement by PGA. Tour Commissioner JayMonahan and Saudi People’s Investment Fund (PIF) headman YasirAl-Rumayyan that they had reached a framework agreement between the Tour and LIV golf. So what’s happened since? Although the agreement ended litigation between the two parties that the Tour could not financially […]
Recreational golfers get the short end of the stick
After almost a decade of discussion, despite strong opposition from golfers of all abilities, the United States Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient have authorized a “universal rollback” on the distance a golf ball can travel. The rollback for “elite” players goes into effect January 1, 2028, and two years later for “recreational” golfers. […]
Shades of Green
Ryder Cup Captain Zach Johnson announced the players on his 2023 team in late August. Some years it’s about who’s on the team. Some years it’s about who’s not on the team. And rarely, is it both. This year it’s both. And Johnson is taking some heat for his choices. The format for picking the […]