• Jason Dufner
    Preview: HP Byron Nelson Championship

    Jason Dufner is looking to add another trophy to his cabinet this week, as he defends his 2012 Byron Nelson Championship title where he one-upped long-time PGA Tour journeyman Dickey Pride at 12-under. Dufner was one of...

    • Posted 3 days ago
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  • Vijay Singh
    Singh’s case against the Tour will be hard to win

    On Wednesday, Vijay Singh filed suit against the PGA Tour over his use of deer antler spray claiming he was subjected to “public humiliation and ridicule for months.” In a press release his lawyer stated: “Singh seeks...

    • Posted 9 days ago
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  • Vijay Singh
    Singh goes after PGA Tour in new lawsuit

    Last week, the PGA Tour dropped its investigation into Vijay Singh’s use of Deer Antler Spray. This week, it’s Singh’s turn to investigate the Tour. According to the USA Today, Singh filed a suit Wednesday in the...

    • Posted 10 days ago
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  • Vijay Singh Deer Antler Spray
    No punishment for Singh

    PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem announced in a press conference at the Wells Fargo Championship that Vijay Singh will not be punished for admitting to using deer antler spray which contained the performance-enhancer IGF-1. Singh, who was inducted...

    • Posted 19 days ago
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  • BILLY HORSCHEL
    Billy Horschel’s Winning WITB

    GolfWRX on-course reporter Sara Brown caught up with Saturday’s 2013 Valero Texas Open leader Billy Horschel to talk about what he has in the bag this week at TPC San Antonio.   Billy Horschel: What’s in the...

    • Posted 19 days ago
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  • Jason Dufner Zurich Classic
    Preview: Zurich Classic of New Orleans

    Twenty-five of the top-50 players in the 2013 PGA Tour FedExCup Standings highlight a field competing for the $1.1 million first-prize at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The field is headlined by Jason Dufner, the returning...

    • Posted 24 days ago
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    Zurich Classic: Photos from the range

    GolfWRX is live from TPC Louisiana, site of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in Avondale, La. Several former champions are in this year’s field — Jason Dufner (2012), Bubba Watson (2011), Jason Bohn (2010), Jerry Kelly (2009),...

    • Posted 25 days ago
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  • Carl Petersson
    RBC Heritage Preview

    Still thinking about Adam Scott’s historical Masters win? With Scott’s major now in the record books, the PGA Tour continues the historical theme this week as it moves toward the Atlantic shoreline and the RBC Heritage. Last...

    • Posted 30 days ago
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  • Rory McIlroy
    The problems with Rory and traditional golf statistics

    Mark Twain was once said “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” This is often a popular adage from critics of an advanced metrics point of view. Normally this tends to occur with people who utilize anecdotal...

    • Posted 31 days ago
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    Photos from the RBC Heritage

    GolfWRX is live from the Hilton Head, S.C., site of this week’s PGA Tour event, the RBC Heritage, at Harbour Town Golf Links. Last year, Carl Pettersson finished 14-under to edge Zach Johnson for the title, his...

    • Posted 32 days ago
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  • Ben Curtis
    Preview: Valero Texas Open

    The last opportunity for players to gear up for the season’s first major is in San Antonio, Texas, home of the Valero Texas Open. Defending champion, Ben Curtis, along with the world’s No. 2 Rory McIlroy, lead...

    • Posted 45 days ago
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  • Kevin Streelman Tampa Bay Championship
    The Basics to Projecting Tour Winners

    Each week on my blog, I pick 10 players to win the PGA Tournament at hand. This is based on historical data as to what type of players the particular golf course favors along with three-year, five-year...

    • Posted 49 days ago
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  • Brian Stuard
    Brian Stuard’s Second Coming

    For Brian Stuard, the second time around is proving to be his best. Stuard, 30, is enjoying his best season to date with performances even the PGA Tour’s most seasoned competitors would be proud of. Big names...

    • Posted 50 days ago
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  • Shell Houston Open
    Shell Houston Open: On the range photos

    GolfWRX is live from the Shell Houston Open at Redstone Country Club in Humble, Texas. Last year’s winner Hunter Mahan returns to Redstone to defend his title against top names like Steve Stricker, Louis Oosthuizen, Jonas Blixt,...

    • Posted 52 days ago
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  • Tiger Woods
    Is Tiger playing his best golf ever?

    Whoa… whoa… whoa… is Tiger playing his best golf ever? The very mention of it probably incites John McEnroe-esque howls from golf enthusiasts coast to coast, “You cannot be serious!” Yes, Tiger’s win Monday at the Arnold...

    • Posted 53 days ago
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    Tiger eyes No. 8 at Bay Hill

    Throughout Tiger Woods’ career, his late father Earl got his attention on the golf course by calling him “Sam.” “He rarely ever called me Tiger,” Woods said. “I would ask him, ‘Why don’t you ever call me...

    • Posted 59 days ago
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    The most “Critical Holes” at Augusta National

    One of the questions I had about the game of golf before I started researching the statistical data of the game was, “What holes should I focus the most on in practice rounds of a tournament?” Generally,...

    • Posted 67 days ago
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  • Jorge Garcia Golf
    Youth Being Served In Puerto Rico

    While the WGC-Cadillac Championship drew the attention of the golfing world to Miami this weekend, Venezuelan teenager Jorge Garcia, who lives with his aunt in Plantation, Fla., and attends the Jim McLean golf school at Doral, was...

    • Posted 68 days ago
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  • Michael Hendry
    Michael Hendry’s big chance

    It will be a very telling week at the WGC Cadillac Championship for Michael Hendry, as the relatively unknown 33-year-old from New Zealand enters the tournament playing the most consistent golf of his career. Hendry has finished...

    • Posted 72 days ago
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  • George McBeill Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico Open: Field filled with vets and newcomers

    While Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and other usual suspects will be dueling at Doral during the WGC-Cadillac Championship, another interesting group of PGA Tour players will showcase their talents farther south of South Beach. The Puerto Rico...

    • Posted 73 days ago
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    Inside the ropes: Photos from Doral

    GolfWRX is live from the TPC Blue Monster, host course of this week’s World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral Resort and Spa in Miami, Fla. The WGC-Cadillac Championship boasts one of the strongest non-major field in...

    • Posted 74 days ago
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    Thompson wins the Honda Classic

    The tough conditions at the Champions Course at PGA National in Palm Beach, Fla., saw most of the field at The Honda Classic fall apart on the final day. But through it all, one player held on. Alabama alum...

    • Posted 75 days ago
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    Photos from the Honda Classic

    GolfWRX is live from the Honda Classic, the first leg of the PGA Tour’s “Florida Swing.” The tournament takes place at PGA National’s Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., host course of the 1983 Ryder Cup...

    • Posted 81 days ago
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    There is no place like home

    On Sunday, John Merrick became the first Los Angeles native to win the Northern Trust Open since its inception in 1926. With the victory he secured a trip to the Masters as well as a much-welcomed two-year...

    • Posted 88 days ago
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  • No. 10 Riviera Country Club
    The numbers behind going for it or laying up: No. 10 Riviera

    This past weekend, we saw No. 10 at Riviera Country Club provide PGA Tour players with a dilemma as to whether to go for it on the 315-yard par-4. In my last column, I discussed the numbers...

    • Posted 89 days ago
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  • Ernie Els
    Big names to battle it out at Riviera

    The world’s top-ranked European golfers have awoken from their hibernation and have arrived in droves to play in the Northern Trust Open this week at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Among the golfers making their...

    • Posted 94 days ago
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  • Phil Mickelson
    The Real Top 10: PGA Tour Power Rankings

    PGA Tour player performance is something that fans and media alike are always measuring and sharing their opinions about. When these matters are discussed between friends, enemies, co-workers, spouses, in-laws – there is always some disagreement. Some...

    • Posted 102 days ago
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    AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Photos

    GolfWRX is live from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif. Check out the hundreds of photos we snapped on the range, on the course and of Pebble’s historic grounds. Monday’s Photos:  Scott Langley,...

    • Posted 102 days ago
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  • David Duval clubs
    Duval reunites with Nike Golf: See WITB

    Former No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings David Duval has reunited with his former sponsor, Nike Golf. Duval is best known for his British Open victory in 2001. He has 12 other victories on the PGA Tour...

    • Posted 102 days ago
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  • Phil Mickelson
    Mickelson lips out a chance at 59

    Phil Mickelson tried to walk it home and he nearly did. “I couldn’t envision which side of the hole it could possibly miss on, and it ended up somehow just dying off at the end, catching the...

    • Posted 106 days ago
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  • Vijay Singh
    Singh: Ruthless and immoral, or simply careless?

    Vijay Singh should be remembered as one of golf’s most successful late bloomers, with 22 of his 34 PGA Tour wins taking place in the decade since he turned the big four-oh. He should be honored for his...

    • Posted 107 days ago
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  • Vijay Singh
    Oh deer: Singh withdraws in Phoenix

    Vijay Singh has withdrawn from the Waste Management Phoenix Open, one day after admitting to the use of deer antler spray, which contains a substance that is banned under the PGA Tour Anti-Doping policy. Deer antler spray...

    • Posted 107 days ago
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  • Tiger Woods
    Woods wins No. 75 at the Farmers Insurance Open

    Tiger Woods shot a final-round 72 to win the fog-delayed Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines by four shots. The win was No. 75 for Woods in his PGA Tour career, and marks the seventh time he’s...

    • Posted 109 days ago
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  • Northern Trust Open
    Mickelson, Woods headline Farmers Insurance Open

    The PGA Tour travels southwest through California this week for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines this week. Players will play the North and South course once on Thursday or Friday, with the weekend rounds being...

    • Posted 115 days ago
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    Brian Gay: The Everyman’s Champion

    Brian Gay fired a final-round 63 on Sunday to capture the Humana Challenge and his fourth career PGA Tour victory. He overtook Charles Howell III with a birdie on the second playoff hole in addition to overcoming...

    • Posted 117 days ago
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    Brian Gay and the search for power

    Last year, Brian Gay changed swing instructors. At the time, I imagined that he likely had some concerns about his shrinking distance off the tee and his clubhead speed getting slower. This drew some question marks from...

    • Posted 117 days ago
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  • Long-Drive-Golfers
    Carry Distance vs. Swing Speed Chart

    Per a suggestion in the comment section of my last article called “How Far Should You Hit Your Golf Clubs?“, the purpose of this post is to summarize all of the carry distance versus swing speed data...

    • Posted 119 days ago
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    On the range photos: Humana Challenge

    GolfWRX is on site at PGA West, site of the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, Calif. Check out the photos we snapped below for inside the ropes access to the first event on the PGA Tour’s “West...

    • Posted 120 days ago
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  • Mark Wilson
    Preview and Predictions: Humana Challenge

    The PGA Tour heads back to the mainland this week for the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, Calif. The event is known under its previous name, the Bob Hope Classic, but has recently gone through a sponsor...

    • Posted 123 days ago
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  • Padraig Harrington Transitions Championship
    What does it take for the best to “go low”?

    One of the most frequent questions I receive is about the numbers behind “going low.” Fortunately with the ShotTracker and ShotLink data, we’re able to analyze what it takes to go low as executed by the types...

    • Posted 123 days ago
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