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May 3rd, 2024

A top pro shares one of his favorite power-boosting backswing feels

It’s true that a lot can go wrong in your golf swing, but once you improve your pivot—and by that we mean, the way you shift and turn during your swing—you’ll find a lot can start going right. Perhaps the biggest pitfall in amateur golfers’ swings is how they move from side-to-side during their swing. Read more…

May 3rd, 2024

8 shorts inspired by Justin Bieber’s golf moment that will make people forget they don’t have a shirt on

Justin Bieber was spotted playing golf without a shirt while on vacation in the Bahamas earlier this week, causing quite the fashion stir, looking relaxed and happy, not at all “sorry.” The Canadian singer paired his topless look with vibrantly colored patterned crochet shorts that hit below the knee, plus a Balenciaga cap to top Read more…

May 3rd, 2024

GD Playground

Introduction: In an unprecedented move that’s sure to stir up the sports world, the Universal Sports Association (USA) has just announced the first-ever Galactic Golf Tournament on Mars. This interstellar event is scheduled for 2025 and aims to bring together the best players from across the galaxy. The Course: The Martian golf course, aptly named Read more…

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Jason Day Highlights From The Players Round 4

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Adam Scott Highlights From The Players Round 4

LIV Golf

May 3rd, 2024

WATCH: Fake TikTok ‘tradies’ sneak into LIV Golf Adelaide, approve of party hole

A couple of Adelaide locals have gone viral after recording themselves sneaking into Grange Golf Club during the second edition of LIV Golf Adelaide and, well, living it up on the tournament’s famous party hole.

May 2nd, 2024

WATCH: Lucas Herbert is the latest loser of Ripper GC’s ‘bad shirt’ prank

WARNING: Some viewers may find the following footage offensive.

May 1st, 2024

LIV Golf announces Chicago venue for individual finale

The Chicago competition will see players compete for final positions in the individual standings and the title of 2024 LIV Golf individual champion.

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April 24th, 2024

Editor’s Letter: And The Winner Is… Australian Golf

SPOILER ALERT! Royal Melbourne West is not the No.1 golf course in Australia.

April 24th, 2024

News You May Have Missed: May 2024

Aussie of the month: Jesse Linden The 12-year-old from Campbelltown in Sydney travels regularly to the US to compete against the best junior golfers in the world. His parents’ investment, and Jesse’s hard work on his game, paid off in April when he became the first Australian to compete in the 10-year history of Augusta Read more…

April 24th, 2024

Journeys: ‘I Am Such A Nobody So It’s Pretty Much A Free Crack At The Open’

Crowned the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner in his rookie season, Kiwi Kazuma Kobori now has the world’s best in his sights

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How to play

May 3rd, 2024

How this backswing ‘fault’ supercharged Jack Nicklaus’ golf swing

What looked like bad form to some was actually a key to Nicklaus’ huge tee shots.

May 1st, 2024

Why Lee Trevino trusts this go-to power move for older golfers

With your trail foot dropped back, you’re so far away from the ball on the backswing that the only way to get back to the ball is to shift aggressively into your lead foot on the downswing.

May 1st, 2024

What tour players are looking at when using a launch monitor on the range

On the practice range during tournament weeks, it’s more about informed decisions than refinement.

What to play

May 2nd, 2024

Why Tiger Woods wants to ‘ruin the logo’ of his new Sun Day Red apparel line

Classic Tiger. And we’re guessing whoever is in charge of Sun Day Red’s marketing has sketched out tweaked logos using 16-plus stripes.

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April 30th, 2024

Which is more important for maximising driver distance, the club or the ball?

In order of importance, especially with the driver, the club plays a more important role than the ball. Here’s why.

April 29th, 2024

The clubs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry used to win the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Experience paid off for the Irish duo in capturing the PGA Tour’s lone official teams event.

Where to play

May 1st, 2024

The perfect location for a Scottish golf hideaway just came up for sale

If you have the means and the interest to build the ultimate Scottish golf Shangri La, the ideal property might have just come on the market.

April 26th, 2024

An exclusive look at Ohoopee Match Club: Gil Hanse narrated our new hole-by-hole video

Ohoopee Match Club is in rare air among modern courses. Only five new designs have debuted higher on our America’s 100 Greatest Courses ranking over the past 30 years, putting the Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner design in the same conversation as some of the highest-ranking courses of the modern era, such as Sand Hills Read more…

April 24th, 2024

Top 100: The King Rises

A new No.1 is indicative of an ongoing tight tussle at the top in our
19th biennial ranking of Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses.

Women in Golf

May 2nd, 2024

Golf Rules

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May 2nd, 2024

Opinion

April 28th, 2024

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Matt Wallace	-8	F	1
T2	Taylor Pendrith	-7	F	1
T2	Alex Noren	-7	F	1
T2	Chesson Hadley	-7	F	1
T2	Jake Knapp	-7	F	1
T2	Davis Riley	-7	F	1
T2	Kelly Kraft	-7	F	1
T2	Taiga Semikawa	-7	F	1
T9	Ben Kohles	-6	F	1
T9	Brad Hopfinger	-6	F	1
T9	Alex Smalley	-6	F	1
T9	Hayden Buckley	-6	F	1
T13	Justin Lower	-5	F	1
T13	Keith Mitchell	-5	F	1
T13	Jason Day	-5	F	1
T13	Nate Lashley	-5	F	1
T13	Max Greyserman	-5	F	1
T13	David Lipsky	-5	F	1
T13	Adam Schenk	-5	F	1
T13	Stephan Jaeger	-5	F	1
T13	Nick Dunlap	-5	F	1
T13	Byeong Hun An	-5	F	1
T13	Nick Hardy	-5	F	1
T13	K.H. Lee	-5	F	1
T13	Zach Johnson	-5	F	1
T13	Min Woo Lee	-5	F	1
T13	Chan Kim	-5	F	1
T13	David Skinns	-5	17	1
T13	Tom Whitney	-5	16*	1
T30	Cameron Champ	-4	F	1
T30	Daniel Berger	-4	F	1
T30	Nico Echavarria	-4	F	1
T30	Ben Martin	-4	F	1
T30	Maverick McNealy	-4	F	1
T30	Joseph Bramlett	-4	F	1
T30	Chris Gotterup	-4	F	1
T30	Ryan McCormick	-4	F	1
T30	Max McGreevy	-4	F	1
T30	Car Young	-4	F	1
T30	Beau Hossler	-4	F	1
T30	Dylan Wu	-4	F	1
T30	Luke List	-4	F	1
T30	Joel Dahmen	-4	F	1
T30	Troy Merritt	-4	F	1
T30	Martin Laird	-4	F	1
T30	Austin Cook	-4	F	1
T30	Aaron Rai	-4	F	1
T30	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-4	F	1
T30	Harrison Endycott	-4	F	1
T30	Rafael Campos	-4	F	1
T30	Alejandro Tosti	-4	F	1
T30	Kevin Dougherty	-4	17*	1
T53	Kevin Chappell	-3	F	1
T53	Kevin Yu	-3	F	1
T53	Scott Piercy	-3	F	1
T53	Tom Hoge	-3	F	1
T53	Jordan Spieth	-3	F	1
T53	Aaron Baddeley	-3	F	1
T53	Matti Schmid	-3	F	1
T53	Doug Ghim	-3	F	1
T53	Callum Tarren	-3	F	1
T53	Zecheng Dou	-3	F	1
T53	Raul Pereda	-3	F	1
T53	Bill Haas	-3	F	1
T53	Austin Smotherman	-3	F	1
T53	Norman Xiong	-3	F	1
T53	Kris Kim	-3	F	1
T53	Sung Kang	-3	F	1
T53	S.W. Kim	-3	F	1
T53	Andrew Novak	-3	F	1
T53	Ryan Moore	-3	F	1
T53	S.H. Kim	-3	F	1
T53	Tyson Alexander	-3	F	1
T53	Henrik Norlander	-3	F	1
T53	Ryan Fox	-3	F	1
T53	Jorge Campillo	-3	F	1
T77	Ben Griffin	-2	F	1
T77	Ryan Palmer	-2	F	1
T77	Patton Kizzire	-2	F	1
T77	Matt Kuchar	-2	F	1
T77	Tom Kim	-2	F	1
T77	S.Y. Noh	-2	F	1
T77	Robert MacIntyre	-2	F	1
T77	Jimmy Stanger	-2	F	1
T77	Rico Hoey	-2	F	1
T77	Thorbjørn Olesen	-2	F	1
T77	Jimmy Walker	-2	F	1
T77	Justin Suh	-2	F	1
T77	Brandt Snedeker	-2	F	1
T77	Adam Scott	-2	F	1
T77	Kevin Tway	-2	F	1
T77	Bronson Burgoon	-2	F	1
T77	Nicholas Lindheim	-2	F	1
T77	Alexander Björk	-2	F	1
T95	Michael Kim	-1	F	1
T95	Cody Gribble	-1	F	1
T95	Greyson Sigg	-1	F	1
T95	Kevin Kisner	-1	F	1
T95	Vincent Norrman	-1	F	1
T95	Chez Reavie	-1	F	1
T95	Matt NeSmith	-1	F	1
T95	Brandon Wu	-1	F	1
T95	Robby Shelton	-1	F	1
T95	Jacob Bridgeman	-1	F	1
T95	Ryo Hisatsune	-1	F	1
T95	Richy Werenski	-1	F	1
T95	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	F	1
T95	Garrick Higgo	-1	F	1
T95	Lanto Griffin	-1	F	1
T95	Sam Stevens	-1	F	1
T95	J.J. Spaun	-1	F	1
T95	Thomas Detry	-1	F	1
T95	Vince Whaley	-1	F	1
T95	Pi Coody	-1	F	1
T95	Ben Silverman	-1	17*	1
T95	Quade Cummins	-1	17	1
T117	Nick Watney	E	F	1
T117	Stewart Cink	E	F	1
T117	Mackenzie Hughes	E	F	1
T117	Mark Hubbard	E	F	1
T117	Zac Blair	E	F	1
T117	Trace Crowe	E	F	1
T117	Patrick Fishburn	E	F	1
T117	Mac Meissner	E	F	1
T117	Wilson Furr	E	F	1
T117	Peter Kuest	E	F	1
T117	Harry Hall	E	F	1
T117	Chad Ramey	E	F	1
T117	Carl Yuan	E	F	1
T117	Hayden Springer	E	F	1
T117	Joe Highsmith	E	F	1
T117	Erik Barnes	E	F	1
T117	Pa Coody	E	17	1
T134	C.T. Pan	+1	F	1
T134	Martin Trainer	+1	F	1
T134	James Hahn	+1	F	1
T134	Sami Valimaki	+1	F	1
T134	Davis Thompson	+1	F	1
T134	Ryan Brehm	+1	F	1
T134	Bud Cauley	+1	F	1
T134	Sam Ryder	+1	F	1
T134	Chandler Phillips	+1	F	1
T143	Josh Teater	+2	F	1
T143	Camilo Villegas	+2	F	1
T143	Roger Sloan	+2	F	1
T143	Seamus Power	+2	F	1
T143	Paul Barjon	+2	17*	1
T143	KK Limbhasut	+2	16*	1
T149	Wesley Bryan	+3	F	1
T149	Ben Taylor	+3	F	1
T149	Brice Garnett	+3	F	1
T149	Scott Gutschewski	+3	F	1
T149	David Nyfjall	+3	17*	1
154	Blaine Hale, Jr.	+4	F	1
155	Kevin Streelman	+6	F	1
156	Taylor Montgomery	+9	F	1

Tot

Thru

Rnd

Matt Wallace

-8

Taylor Pendrith

-7

Alex Noren

-7

Chesson Hadley

-7

Jake Knapp

-7

Davis Riley

-7

Kelly Kraft

-7

Taiga Semikawa

-7

Ben Kohles

-6

Brad Hopfinger

-6

Alex Smalley

-6

Hayden Buckley

-6

T13

Justin Lower

-5

T13

Keith Mitchell

-5

T13

Jason Day

-5

T13

Nate Lashley

-5

T13

Max Greyserman

-5

T13

David Lipsky

-5

T13

Adam Schenk

-5

T13

Stephan Jaeger

-5

T13

Nick Dunlap

-5

T13

Byeong Hun An

-5

T13

Nick Hardy

-5

T13

K.H. Lee

-5

T13

Zach Johnson

-5

T13

Min Woo Lee

-5

T13

Chan Kim

-5

T13

David Skinns

-5

T13

Tom Whitney

-5

16*

T30

Cameron Champ

-4

T30

Daniel Berger

-4

T30

Nico Echavarria

-4

T30

Ben Martin

-4

T30

Maverick McNealy

-4

T30

Joseph Bramlett

-4

T30

Chris Gotterup

-4

T30

Ryan McCormick

-4

T30

Max McGreevy

-4

T30

Car Young

-4

T30

Beau Hossler

-4

T30

Dylan Wu

-4

T30

Luke List

-4

T30

Joel Dahmen

-4

T30

Troy Merritt

-4

T30

Martin Laird

-4

T30

Austin Cook

-4

T30

Aaron Rai

-4

T30

Adrien Dumont de Chassart

-4

T30

Harrison Endycott

-4

T30

Rafael Campos

-4

T30

Alejandro Tosti

-4

T30

Kevin Dougherty

-4

17*

T53

Kevin Chappell

-3

T53

Kevin Yu

-3

T53

Scott Piercy

-3

T53

Tom Hoge

-3

T53

Jordan Spieth

-3

T53

Aaron Baddeley

-3

T53

Matti Schmid

-3

T53

Doug Ghim

-3

T53

Callum Tarren

-3

T53

Zecheng Dou

-3

T53

Raul Pereda

-3

T53

Bill Haas

-3

T53

Austin Smotherman

-3

T53

Norman Xiong

-3

T53

Kris Kim

-3

T53

Sung Kang

-3

T53

S.W. Kim

-3

T53

Andrew Novak

-3

T53

Ryan Moore

-3

T53

S.H. Kim

-3

T53

Tyson Alexander

-3

T53

Henrik Norlander

-3

T53

Ryan Fox

-3

T53

Jorge Campillo

-3

T77

Ben Griffin

-2

T77

Ryan Palmer

-2

T77

Patton Kizzire

-2

T77

Matt Kuchar

-2

T77

Tom Kim

-2

T77

S.Y. Noh

-2

T77

Robert MacIntyre

-2

T77

Jimmy Stanger

-2

T77

Rico Hoey

-2

T77

Thorbjørn Olesen

-2

T77

Jimmy Walker

-2

T77

Justin Suh

-2

T77

Brandt Snedeker

-2

T77

Adam Scott

-2

T77

Kevin Tway

-2

T77

Bronson Burgoon

-2

T77

Nicholas Lindheim

-2

T77

Alexander Björk

-2

T95

Michael Kim

-1

T95

Cody Gribble

-1

T95

Greyson Sigg

-1

T95

Kevin Kisner

-1

T95

Vincent Norrman

-1

T95

Chez Reavie

-1

T95

Matt NeSmith

-1

T95

Brandon Wu

-1

T95

Robby Shelton

-1

T95

Jacob Bridgeman

-1

T95

Ryo Hisatsune

-1

T95

Richy Werenski

-1

T95

Jhonattan Vegas

-1

T95

Garrick Higgo

-1

T95

Lanto Griffin

-1

T95

Sam Stevens

-1

T95

J.J. Spaun

-1

T95

Thomas Detry

-1

T95

Vince Whaley

-1

T95

Pi Coody

-1

T95

Ben Silverman

-1

17*

T95

Quade Cummins

-1

T117

Nick Watney

T117

Stewart Cink

T117

Mackenzie Hughes

T117

Mark Hubbard

T117

Zac Blair

T117

Trace Crowe

T117

Patrick Fishburn

T117

Mac Meissner

T117

Wilson Furr

T117

Peter Kuest

T117

Harry Hall

T117

Chad Ramey

T117

Carl Yuan

T117

Hayden Springer

T117

Joe Highsmith

T117

Erik Barnes

T117

Pa Coody

T134

C.T. Pan

T134

Martin Trainer

T134

James Hahn

T134

Sami Valimaki

T134

Davis Thompson

T134

Ryan Brehm

T134

Bud Cauley

T134

Sam Ryder

T134

Chandler Phillips

T143

Josh Teater

T143

Camilo Villegas

T143

Roger Sloan

T143

Seamus Power

T143

Paul Barjon

17*

T143

KK Limbhasut

16*

T149

Wesley Bryan

T149

Ben Taylor

T149

Brice Garnett

T149

Scott Gutschewski

T149

David Nyfjall

17*

154

Blaine Hale, Jr.

155

Kevin Streelman

156

Taylor Montgomery

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
T1	Bryson DeChambeau	E	1	1
T1	Charl Schwartzel	E	1	1
T1	Sebastian Muñoz	E	1	1
T1	Andy Ogletree	E	1	1
T1	Carlos Ortiz	E	1	1
T1	Joaquin Niemann	E	1	1
T1	Graeme McDowell	E	1	1
T1	Matthew Wolff	E	1	1
T1	Sam Horsfield	E	1	1
T1	Jon Rahm	E	1	1
T1	Thomas Pieters	E	1	1
12	Branden Grace	+1	1	1
	Brendan Steele	E		1
	Talor Gooch	E		1
	Dustin Johnson	E		1
	Brooks Koepka	E		1
	Cameron Smith	E		1
	Dean Burmester	E		1
	Abraham Ancer	E		1
	Louis Oosthuizen	E		1
	Bubba Watson	E		1
	Ian Poulter	E		1
	Patrick Reed	E		1
	Paul Casey	E		1
	Tyrrell Hatton	E		1
	Kevin Na	E		1
	Marc Leishman	E		1
	Matt Jones	E		1
	Richard Bland	E		1
	Peter Uihlein	E		1
	Mito Pereira	E		1
	Harold Varner III	E		1
	Lucas Herbert	E		1
	Pat Perez	E		1
	Cameron Tringale	E		1
	Caleb Surratt	E		1
	Danny Lee	E		1
	David Puig	E		1
	Scott Vincent	E		1
	Hudson Swafford	E		1
	Kalle Samooja	E		1
	Anthony Kim	E		1
	Eugenio Chacarra	E		1
	Jinichiro Kozuma	E		1
	Kieran Vincent	E		1
	Charles Howell III	E		1
	Jason Kokrak	E		1
	Adrian Meronk	E		1
	Martin Kaymer	E		1
	Lee Westwood	E		1
	Anirban Lahiri	E		1
	Phil Mickelson	E		1
	Sergio Garcia	E		1
	Henrik Stenson	E		1

Pos

Player

Tot

Thru

Rnd

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
T1	TORQUE GC	E	1	1
T1	RANGEGOATS GC	E	1	1
T1	LEGION XIII	E	1	1
T1	CLEEKS GC	E	1	1
T1	MAJESTICKS GC	E	1	1
T1	HYFLYERS GC	E	1	1
T1	FIREBALLS GC	E	1	1
T1	CRUSHERS GC	E	1	1
T1	SMASH GC	E	1	1
10	STINGER GC	+1	1	1
	IRON HEADS GC	E	1	1
	RIPPER GC	E	1	1
	4ACES GC	E	1	1

Pos

Team

Tot

Thru

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