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Check out Golf Digest’s 2019 Gold Equipment Hot List ABOUT THE 2019 HOT LIST Golf Digest’s Editor-in-Chief Jerry Tarde talks with Golf Digest equipment editors Mike Stachura and Mike Johnson about the 16th edition of the Golf Digest Hot List asking the following questions: WHAT MAKES 2019 THE YEAR TO... Continue reading

Which is the best way to putt, in or out? Tom Mase is a professor of mechanical engineering and former associate chair of the department of mechanical engineering at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly).In an effort to answer the debate over the flagstick and whether in or out is... Continue reading

Golfing is a pleasurable sport and past time. As you age, the flexibility you once had is not the same as the level of flexibility you have now. Even if you do not suffer from pain of any kind, your game has changed simply because you have aged.For golfers over... Continue reading

The checklist of  do’s and don’t CADDIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TO HELP YOUR GAME NOT HINDER IT. Although they shouldn’t, many golfers get nervous the first time they use a caddie but they aren’t their to judge you on the range. They’re there to get a better understanding... Continue reading

How dirt impacts the shape of your shots. MudBall Research As confusing and confounding as The U.S. Open is, imagine golf’s version of Russian roulette known as the mud ball. You piped your drive down the fairway, but your ball picked up a clump of mud along the way—a common... Continue reading

Thanks to a new deal with NBC Sports, Toptracer will be the exclusive technology for NBC Sports’ PGA Tour telecasts and will be available on all 18 holes during every NBC Sports broadcast. Toptracer Range has been put in at around 50 facilities since it started hitting driving ranges around... Continue reading

Your typical weekend player can’t hit the ball 250 yards, and struggles to hit the green in regulation when the hole is 450 yards away. Bunkers and water hazards line the fairways, and the out-of-bounds stakes seem only a few feet into the rough. Golf has become unnecessarily long and... Continue reading

Par-3 holes are holes that an expert golfer is expected to need only three strokes to finish (one stroke to get the ball on the green, followed by two putts). A par-3 hole is usually less than 200 yards in length, and on par-3 golf courses you can expect most... Continue reading

Since the game of golf became popular in the early 1900s, most presidents have played – with levels ranging from apathetic to enthusiastic. In fact, only a couple of presidents haven’t played, and they found their own ways of spending their leisure time. Golf and the presidency have been linked... Continue reading

Lefties make up 10 to 12 percent of the population. In the golfing world, industry experts say, left-handed golfers make up about 5 to 7 percent of the North American market. Golf pros estimate that number being an average of 1 out of every 30 players are left handed. So... Continue reading