• The truth about spin
    The truth about spin: How to spin it like the pros

    One of the things I’m asked most often by my students is “How to get my shots to back up like the pros?” When this question was posed to Sam Snead, he asked the man how far...

    • Posted 60 days ago
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  • Callaway X Hot Pro 3 Wood
    Callaway X Hot Pro 3Deep Fairway Woods

    Callaway’s X Hot Pro 3Deep is the third and lowest-spinning version of Callaway’s X Hot line of fairway woods to hit the PGA Tour this year. Three different models might seem like overkill, but according to Luke...

    • Posted 61 days ago
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  • Randy Haag
    The best side-saddle putter in the world

    With more than 150 amateur tournament victories, years of USGA tournament experience and a plethora of accolades, Randy Haag is one of America’s top Senior Amateurs. Randy’s trophy shelf includes six Northern California Player of the Year...

    • Posted 61 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 61 days ago
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  • Rickie Fowler API Triple Bogey
    Fowler falters on the big stage

    Coming off a bogey on No. 15, Rickie Fowler had to know it was time to make something happen. He had closed within two shots of final-round playing partner Tiger Woods at the Arnold Palmer Invitational who,...

    • Posted 61 days ago
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  • Tavistock Cup
    Adapted Tavistock Cup plays on

    The Tavistock Cup, the golf world’s yearly paean to excess, was slated to kick off Monday morning at ritzy Isleworth Golf Club with names like Tiger Woods, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose and others slated to appear. But...

    • Posted 62 days ago
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  • Rickie Fowler Puma Golf
    Rickie Fowler’s impact on Cobra-Puma Golf

    Aside from Tiger Woods’ Sunday red, nobody had created a signature look quite like Rickie Fowler’s all-orange attire, which commemorated his alma mater, Oklahoma State University. That signature style and his rise to his current stardom has...

    • Posted 62 days ago
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  • Furyk putter
    Furyk goes shopping: Buys a Versa putter

    Jim Furyk switches putters as frequently as anyone on the PGA Tour, but we know he really likes one when spends his own money to buy one from a golf shop. This week, Furyk went into an...

    • Posted 63 days ago
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  • Arnold Palmer Invitational
    Inside the ropes: Photos from Bay Hill

    GolfWRX is live from Bay Hill Club & Lodge, site of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. The tournament has been won by Tiger Woods seven times, and Woods is looking to repeat as champion tie...

    • Posted 64 days ago
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  • Equipment parity
    “We are past the time of superior and inferior product lines”

    What was true, still is true and is likely becoming even more true is this: equipment doesn’t make any difference. Or perhaps more correctly, when analyzed with a single criteria of performance, the consumer has more choices...

    • Posted 65 days ago
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  • Kia Classic
    Kia Classic: Inside the ropes photos

    Check out our inside the ropes photos from Aviara Golf Club, site of the 2013 Kia Classic in Carlsbad, Calif. Last year’s winner, Yani Tseng, shot rounds of 67-68-69-70 to finish 14-under-par at the 6600-yard layout. This...

    • Posted 68 days ago
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  • Stacy Lewis
    Stacy Lewis’ climb to the top

    As if a simple thing like a two-stroke penalty would be enough to derail the Lewis Express at the recent RR Donnelly LPGA Founders Cup. When you are 11 and they tell you that your spine isn’t...

    • Posted 68 days ago
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  • Kevin Streelman Tampa Bay
    Streelman has a ‘seriously’ good Sunday

    One can hypothesize as to why a casual golf fan might have missed the Tampa Bay Championship this past weekend. Sandwiched in a five-week run that features two WGC events and an invitational, the tournament featured only...

    • Posted 69 days ago
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    Kevin Streelman’s Winning WITB Photos

    Congratulations to Kevin Streelman for his 1st victory on the PGA Tour at this weeks Tampa Bay Championship. Here are some close up photos of Kevin’s very mixed winning bag. Driver: Ping G20 9.5* with a Oban...

    • Posted 69 days ago
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  • R1 retail and tour head comparison
    The inside scoop on TaylorMade “tour heads”

    There’s three TaylorMade R1 drivers. Yes, you heard that right. The driver that TaylorMade touts as being able to “tune to any loft, any look and any flight” is currently on the USGA’s list of conforming driver...

    • Posted 71 days ago
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  • nike red driver review
    Nike Covert Drivers: Editor Review

    Pros: Thanks to their radical cavity back design (a.k.a. the large chunk missing from the rear portion of the sole), the Nike Covert and Covert Tour drivers less spin and are more forgiving than previous models. Surprisingly,...

    • Posted 72 days ago
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  • Sinkhole
    Top 5 “falls” into golf’s sinkhole

    By now, you have probably heard of Mark Mihal, the golfer who recently fell 18 feet into a sinkhole while playing his favorite muni course in Waterloo, Ill. Mihal was walking the course with friends and playing...

    • Posted 73 days ago
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  • Tampa Bay Championship
    On the range: Tampa Bay Championship

    GolfWRX is on the grounds of Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla., site of the PGA Tour’s Tampa Bay Championship. The tournament takes place on Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course, a 7340-yard, par-71 layout with five par 3s and...

    • Posted 74 days ago
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  • The Masters - Round Two
    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 74 days ago
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  • Tiger Rory
    Does Rory have what it takes to win like Woods?

    On the Monday morning after Tiger Woods secured his seventh career victory at Doral, it was the lead story on ESPN.com. Not baseball, basketball nor football. What was known to be true has been confirmed; there has...

    • Posted 75 days ago
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  • Tiger Woods Cadillac Championship Win
    Woods Stands Out in WGC-Cadillac Championship victory

    There were a few stories making their way around the PGA Tour as the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship drew to a close. One was the newly-discovered “Stricker Method,” in which a golfer reduces his schedule to spend...

    • Posted 76 days ago
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    Photos from the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters

    GolfWRX is onsite at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters in Las Vegas hosted by the University of Las Vegas Nevada. The tournament field includes 12 of the 13 top-ranked men’s golf teams in the country, including: California (1), UCLA...

    • Posted 78 days ago
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  • best shafts
    Hot Shafts for 2013: Latest Hot Picks!

     ne of our favorite subjects on GolfWRX is shafts. They’re very confusing to most people, but golfers who get fitted and know what works for them can get into a comfort zone on the course that can...

    • Posted 81 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 82 days ago
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  • KJCHOI MIURA
    K.J. Choi WITB

    Age: 42 Birthplace: Wando, South Korea Years on the PGA Tour: 13 Highlights: K.J. Choi has eight career wins on the PGA Tour and nine international wins, including a win on the European Tour. In 2007 Choi...

    • Posted 83 days ago
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  • Shaft Frequency
    Wishon: Shaft frequency can be misleading

    Numerous times I have read posts on GolfWRX from golfers who persist in selecting a shaft on the basis of a butt frequency measurement. In viewing new shafts that come on the market, many golfers believe as...

    • Posted 84 days ago
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  • Rory McIlroy
    Wisdom teeth come young, wisdom takes a while

    I do give Rory some slack. For one reason:  He’s 23!  To be No. 1 in the world at anything is tough but at 23 it is unimaginable. But this is golf and there are two things...

    • Posted 84 days ago
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  • McIlroy withdraws
    McIlroy withdraws from Honda Classic

    Defending Honda Classic winner Rory McIlroy withdrew from the Honda Classic after an ugly start to Friday’s second round. McIlroy, who is ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, was 7-over through 8 holes, and...

    • Posted 86 days ago
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  • David Orr
    Meet putting guru David Orr

    In and of itself, the structure is unremarkable. The dimensions of the building are of smallish proportion and the concrete block is in need of pressure washed scrutiny; at the base of the front awning, the numerals...

    • Posted 86 days ago
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  • tiger witb
    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 89 days ago
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  • anchored putter
    Tour’s anchored putter explanation doesn’t add up

    This week, PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem threw a new ingredient into the potboiler that is the anchored putter debate. Just when it looked like the USGA and the R&A had a clear path to send the broomstick...

    • Posted 89 days ago
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  • Matt Kuchar Accenture WGC Match-Play
    Kuchar holds off Mahan, wins first WGC

    Matt Kuchar defeated defending champion Hunter Mahan 2 and 1 in the Championship Match of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Ariz., to win his first World Golf Championship...

    • Posted 90 days ago
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    Inside the ropes photos: 2013 WGC Accenture Match Play

    GolfWRX is inside the ropes at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, where 64 of the world’s top players are battling it out for Walter Hagen Cup. In 2012, American Hunter Mahan downed Northern...

    • Posted 96 days ago
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  • Adam Scott's putter
    Adam Scott spotted with a prototype Cameron mallet

    Check out the photos of Adam Scott’s new Scotty Cameron long putter — a Futura X Prototype — that he’s using this week at the Northern Trust Open. Scott resurrected his career when he made the switch...

    • Posted 98 days ago
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  • Project X 95 Flighted
    A Project X iron shaft for the masses

    No longer are True Temper’s Project X iron shafts reserved for only elite players. The new Project X 95 Flighted iron shafts are the lightest in the Project X family, weighing only 95 grams. They are also...

    • Posted 99 days ago
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  • NS Pro Modus3 Tour 130
    Nippon springs forward with a new Modus iron shaft

    If a company can manufacture automotive springs, it can probably make a pretty decent golf shaft. That’s exactly the case for Nippon Shafts, whose parent company NHK Springs is a large automotive springs manufacturing company. Mark Pekarek,...

    • Posted 99 days ago
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  • True Temper Project X
    Project X’s tour-caliber 39-gram driver shaft

    Certain numbers in sports have an almost mystical value to them, like running a mile in less than four minutes. Recently, True Temper broke one of those key figures — a driver shaft that weighs less than...

    • Posted 99 days ago
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  • The Only Green
    An indoor putting green that’s like the real thing

    There’s nothing golfers enjoy more than perfectly manicured putting greens. You know the ones — the silky smooth surfaces that are usually reserved for pros and top private clubs. But no matter what course a golfer plays,...

    • Posted 100 days ago
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  • Bifurcation
    A case for a different kind of bifurcation

    As most you know, I am a full time teaching professional and regularly write about instruction. But after watching the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this weekend, I couldn’t help but think of the case some are...

    • Posted 101 days ago
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  • Exotics XG6
    Tech Talk: Tour Edge Exotics CB5 and XCG6

    Tour Edge’s new lineup of premium fairway woods for 2013, the CB5 and XCG6, target two different types of golfers. The company’s Exotics CB5 fairway woods are an updated version of the CB4 Tour fairway woods, one...

    • Posted 102 days ago
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