There are few issues in golf that cause players as much consternation as chunking their shots. Firstly, the shot generally doesn’t go where you want and certainly doesn’t travel as far as you’d probably like. Secondly, it can become quite painful if you are consistently jarring a club into the ground while playing, you can damage your clubs, your wrist, your elbow, your shoulders, and even your knees. Third, greenskeepers will give you the evil eye. So what is it that you are doing wrong? Like most technical issues in golf, the issue is usually a compound problem, where several…
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Tiger Woods brought an almost inevitable bump to ratings for both NBC and its Golf Channel after a lacklustre fall season showing. More than a million viewers in the United States alone tuned in to watch Tiger Woods make his PGA Tour comeback after surgery. The Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas drew numbers that show that Woods’ influence on the game has barely waned at all. Woods’ performance was also good enough to suggest that he could be a feature of the 2024 season with his one tournament-a-month commitment. Josh Carpenter of Sports Business Journal reports that Woods’ return…
Savannah Grewal, Alena Sharp and Maddie Szeryk finished inside the top-45 at the 2023 LPGA Q-Series in Mobile, Ala. securing their 2024 LPGA Tour status. Grewal of Mississauga, Ont. finished T10 at 18-under following rounds of 66-69-71-67-71-68-412. Grewal turned professional in November, prior to the third stage of Q-Series. Grewal has made three starts on the LPGA Tour as an amateur. Grewal reached match play at both the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur and British Amateur. Sharp of Hamilton, Ont. finished T38 at 9-under following rounds of 69-72-70-69-73-68-421. Sharp has 19 years of experience on the LPGA Tour and made four…
The USGA and R&A have confirmed they will implement new golf ball testing standards aimed at curbing the distances being achieved by top professionals. According to Golf.com, ‘the new testing conditions will be 125-mph clubhead speed, a spin rate of 2200 rpm, and a launch angle of 11 degrees. The previous conditions, which were established 20 years ago, were 120 mph, 2520 rpm and a 10-degree launch angle.’ Thomas Pagel, the USGA’s chief governance officer, said the plan was to focus solely on elite pros and amateurs initially. “This is not about taking the game back 20 years, 30 years…
John Chidley-Hill/ Canadian Press Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners are a perfect 1-0 when paired together on the golf course. They’re ready to improve their decade-old record this week. Henderson and Conners were teammates on Golf Canada’s junior national and both represented Canada at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but they rarely see each other as professionals on the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour. They haven’t been paired together since 2013, when they won the Copa de las Americas along with fellow Canadians Albin Choi and Augusta James. That all changes when they tee it up together Thursday, at…
Select tickets now available for 113th playing of Canada’s National Open Championship Oakville, Ont. – Golf Canada, in partnership with RBC is pleased to announce that select tickets are now available for the 2024 RBC Canadian Open taking place May 28 – June 2 at the historic Hamilton Golf and Country Club in Hamilton, Ont. Leading the charge for the 113th playing of Canada’s National Open Championship will be defending champion Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C. along with two-time RBC Canadian Open champion and world no.2 Rory McIlroy. Taylor, a three-time PGA TOUR winner will become the first Canadian in…
NAPLES, Fla. — Jason Day and Lydia Ko shot 31 on the back nine in the tougher foursomes format Saturday, giving them a 6-under 66 for a two-shot lead in the Grant Thornton Invitational, the first mixed-team event since 1999.More than posting five birdies on the back nine at Tiburon, Day and Ko managed to avoid mistakes that held so many other teams back.They were at 20-under 144, two clear of Lucas Glover and Leona Maguire (69) and Tony Finau and Nelly Korda (70).”I think the biggest thing in foursomes is to keep the ball in play,” Day said. “My…
Dec 10, 2023, 10:47 AM ETMALELANE, South Africa — The Alfred Dunhill Championship is set to be completed Monday after play was suspended on Sunday because of dangerous weather conditions, with South African major winners Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen sharing the lead at 16 under par in the European tour event.Players were taken off twice because of a threat of lightning. After the second time at 4:42 p.m. local time, officials said there would be no more play.Schwartzel and Oosthuizen were both 1 under for their rounds after playing seven holes at Leopard Creek Country Club. They were three…
Dec 10, 2023, 02:11 PM ETLIV Golf welcomed three new full-time members for 2024 on Sunday.Kalle Samooja of Finland, Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent and Jinichiro Kozuma of Japan emerged atop the leaderboard after playing 36 holes on Sunday at the LIV Golf Promotions event in Abu Dhabi and received entry into the league.Samooja led the scoring on the day, shooting 8 under between the two rounds at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Vincent and Kozuma each tallied 7 under over 36 holes to qualify for a three-player playoff to determine who would get the remaining two LIV spots.Laurie Canter was the third…
Dec 10, 2023, 05:19 PM ETNAPLES, Fla. — Lydia Ko hit a fairway metal to 8 feet to set up the birdie she and Jason Day needed to win the Grant Thornton Invitational on Sunday. They closed with a 6-under 66 in modified fourballs to capture the first mixed-team event in 24 years.Playing the par-5 17th hole, Ko and Day were tied with the Canadian duo of Corey Conners and Brooke Henderson, who had to settle for two closing pars and a 63.The format allowed for both players to hit tee shots, then switch to the other player’s golf ball…