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Brandel Chamblee says this technological development was key to Phil Mickelson winning major championships
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While speaking with GolfWRX, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee shared that he believes the solid core golf ball helped Phil Mickelson win major championships.
“One of the consequences of the solid core golf ball coming around was it put the straightest of hitters in the rough.
“Phil started winning majors in 2004, I don’t think that’s any coincidence. I think he started winning majors after the solid core golf ball came along and put everybody in the rough.
“And so [Phil] is like ‘I got you in the rough, I’m going to kick your a**. This is my game. I’ve been in the rough my whole career. I can go over trees, through trees, around trees.’
“Because he’s got that amazing creativity and Phil is an underrated iron player, phenomenal iron player. Great, great great out of the trouble. If you put the top-40 players on a list and ranked them in terms of accuracy, he would be 40th.
“So, I think that was one of the consequences of the solid core golf balls was it allowed Phil to win major championships.”
Mickelson went on to win the Masters in 2004 as well as five additional majors from 2004-2021 including three total Masters, two PGA Championships, and an Open Championship.
Check out the full interview with Chamblee below:
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Charles Barkley caught in hilarious hot mic moment on golf course
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Former NBA player and current analyst, Charles Barkey, is a known golf enthusiast. The “NBA on TNT” star has commentated on Capital One’s “The Match” and played in plenty of celebrity events.
Barkley’s quirky swing, which is much improved in recent years, still leaves a bit to be desired.
Over the weekend, a video of Barkley golfing was taken, and the 61-year-old was pretty hard on himself after a bad shot.
Just a warning, the following content is NSFW.
Charles Barkley HOT mic ?? ?
? “God dammit, you fat F—K!!” ?
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) July 14, 2024
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Victor Hovland explains why he rejected LIV Golf
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Over the past few years, LIV Golf has been successful in taking some of the best players in the world and inking them to multi-year, guaranteed contracts. Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith, Brooks Koepka and Tyrrell Hatton have all made the jump to the rival tour, but plenty of players have declined.
Viktor Hovland is among the stars who chose to stay on the PGA Tour. While speaking with The Times, the Norwegian explained his decision.
“I have no hard feelings against the guys that went. I completely understand because there are a lot of grey areas at the moment but, for me, I did not think their product was appealing enough to go. Obviously, they’re throwing out a lot of money, but I’ve already made a lot of money. I’m not a very materialistic person. It’s nice to make life easier for yourself, but that’s not what gets me up in the morning.”
“At the end of the day, the question is ‘What’s going to make me a better player?’ And hey, in 20 years, if I’m on the back end of my career, playing LIV Golf wouldn’t be too bad. It might have been a pretty cool opportunity but, right now, it’s something I think I’d probably look back [on] and regret.”
Hovland seems content with his decision to stay on the PGA Tour but added that he does wish the PGA Tour was more transparent with the players when the LIV threat surfaced.
“A lot of the players I’ve talked to want more transparency. And if you claim you’re representing our best interests, you at least meet with the people involved.
“Now we’re in this stalemate or whatever you want to call it, but it’s not something that required the prediction of 20 different chess moves.
“I’m not a guy that just wants to blindly follow people and be told what to do,” he said. “I want to understand everything.”
Hovland will tee it up this week at Royal Troon with sights set on his first major championship.
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Rory McIlroy admits he was left in ‘disbelief’ by Keegan Bradley’s Ryder Cup appointment
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On Monday, the world of golf was put into collective disbelief when Keegan Bradley was appointed as the 2025 United States team Ryder Cup captain. The vast majority of fans and media lauded the choice, but it was a surprising one, nonetheless.
During his pre-tournament press conference, Rory McIlroy, who was the leading point scorer in the 2023 Ryder Cup, was asked for his thoughts on the Bradley appointment.
“I think it has come as a surprise for everyone. We had dinner in London on Sunday night with Luke [Donald], and he told us then.
“Its’ an interesting appointment. The youngest captain since Arnold Palmer I think was a playing captain as 34. But he knows Bethpage very well. He went to university in the area. He’s obviously very passionate about the Ryder Cup.
‘It’s certainly a departure from what the US have done over the last few years, and time will tell if that’s a good thing or not.”
When he was asked how the room reacted while the European team was out to dinner, he said “disbelief.”
“I think disbelief, probably. I think Keegan was probably in disbelief, at some point, too, but it’s certainly an interesting pick.”
McIlroy got off to a hot start at the Scottish Open, where he is the defending champion. He will have to chase down Ludvig Aberg, who is leading after he completed his first 36 holes.
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