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Pondering and Musing

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19 years ago

Oct 18, 2007

Just some random thoughts on the golf year drawing to a close.

Another manager has departed the camp of Michelle Wie apparently due in part to the marvelous job of helicopter parenting by BJ and Bo. They’ve decided to follow her to Stanford, apparently unwilling to disconnect the umbilical reattached after the discovery she was quite a good golfer. I’ve a feeling all this Big Brother is watching stuff will smother her development as a person. Note to BJ and Bo: go home, get a hobby, pay attention to each other, don’t call her she’ll call you. Kids need room to make big mistakes by themselves.

Drug testing is coming to golf. The best quote I read is from George O’Grady (I don’t think he’s any relation to Phil McGleno/Phillip McClelland O’Grady/Mac O’Grady since he’s known by only one name), "If Tiger’s test comes back negative, what does it matter what the rest of them are on?" Good point, and yet it does need to be done, if only to avoid the type of asterisk producing scandals from the turn of the century. My heart wants the sport to be clean, my head tells me it’s not.

Dottie Pepper remains a hero of mine, more so because of the "choking freakin’ dogs" comment. If it prevents her from getting the Solheim Cup captaincy the reflection cast by the powers that be is one of frightened little girls not hardened competitors. One could then apply the phrase to those powers as well.

I keep waiting for the USGA to rule on wedge grooves. Waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Meanwhile Cleveland introduces a new model with bigger grooves than ever, or so says the advertising. I wonder how high the fence is in Far Hills and if Walter Driver and the boys are close to getting a nose bleed. Seems like they’d want to get both feet on the same side of the fence sooner rather than later. Then again, Mr. Driver is a trial lawyer, so playing close to the vest is his forte.

Regarding money, apparently it’ll take more than ever to keep a PGA Tour card this year. Well over $700,000. Not quite up there with a utility infielder who can hit .220 and play 3 positions while making $2.1 million but close. Enough cash to make and old man wish for more talent. Also enough to convince one to search for pharmaceutical assistance despite Mr. Finchem’s protests.

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Photos from the 2026 OccuNet Classic

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4 hours ago

Jun 9, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

With the PGA Tour across the border in Canada this week, GolfWRX Tour Photographer Greg Moore stayed stateside and headed to the OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank in Amarillo, Texas.

It’s always interesting to see what the guys are playing on the KFT, and this week certainly hasn’t disappointed so far, with some incredible wedge stamping on display.

Check out links to all our albums below.

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2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT) – Monday #1

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Luke Potter’s custom Cameron putter – 2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT)

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Scotty Cameron GOLO 6 with BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition

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4 hours ago

Jun 9, 2026

Will Schube

At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @HuskerFlyer is sharing a Scotty Cameron GOLO with a BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition shaft. While the putter is certainly enviable, the Augusta-inspired shaft is equally noteworthy.

From the listing:

Scotty Cameron Golo 6 with BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition Scotty Headcover 34″ $375

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

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J.T. Poston delivers career-changing victory after major gear changes

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1 day ago

Jun 8, 2026

Alistair Cameron

J.T. Poston required extra holes Sunday to earn a handshake from Jack Nicklaus himself and walk away with the biggest victory of his career.

Poston outlasted Ryan Gerard on the second playoff hole at the Memorial Tournament, and the victory at Jack’s place was aided by two significant gear switches ahead of the tournament in Ohio.

Firstly, Poston swapped from the Titleist Pro V1x to the new Pro V1x Left Dash in his last start at the Charles Schwab Challenge. It’s the ball that made headlines just a month ago, when Jordan Spieth also transitioned into the low-spinning variant at the Cadillac Championship.

Poston’s ball change was spurred by a discussion with Titleist Tour reps about testing some options that could be a little better for him in the wind, after the now four-time PGA Tour winner had gained slightly more speed of late and was feeling like his irons and full wedge shots were overspinning.

Poston spent time testing both the current-generation Pro V1 and the new Left Dash at home the week after the PGA Championship, and at Colonial Country Club, he spent more time dialing things in on the range with J.J. Van Wezenbeeck before deciding to tee up the Left Dash that week. At the time, Poston was 85th in SG: Approach (+0.024); he gained +1.402 at Colonial.

“So we felt like today was going to be a good test of that and it obviously performed really well,” Poston said after a second-round 65 at Muirfield Village which propelled him into the lead. “We had a couple shots that I felt like didn’t quite hit ’em perfect and it hung in there pretty well. So I feel like just having that confidence in that too is big, where I just — we’re trying to hit the smart shot and hit the right shot and just trying to execute and go from there.”

On his way to victory, Poston delivered a dominant performance from tee-to-green and was +8.081 in approach and tied for fourth in greens in regulation.

Poston’s Memorial victory was also the first on Tour for the new torched line of TaylorMade’s 2026 Spider putters. Poston also added the L-Neck Tour X at the Charles Schwab Challenge the week prior, something prompted because “it seems to be working for a lot of the other guys.”

A usually reliable putter, Poston had dropped to as low as 89th on Tour in strokes gained, and when he saw his good friend Denny McCarthy using the Spider, he thought about the change. With the new flatstick in hand, Poston gained close to seven shots on the field at the Memorial and ranked third in SG: Putting for the week.

Poston was the first to agree, though, that neither switch was more important than the other.

“The ball got me there, the putter helped me get it in the hole,” Poston said.

See Poston’s full winning WITB here.