Most golfers who own a launch monitor can tell you, after the fact, whether they've hit a draw or a fade. The path number went in-to-out, the face was closed to the path, the ball moved right-to-left. They've got the diagnostic side
He arrived 106th in the Race to Dubai, outside the card cutoff, and left with the DP World Tour's last regular season title before the Play-Offs. * Second title: Yuto Katsuragawa closed with an even-par 71 Sunday to win the Genesis Championship by two shots at 13-
High-spin wedge with multiple grinds and data to support the price
* The case for it: FootJoy backs the 2026 Premiere Series Packard as 100% waterproof for two years under normal use, with a full-grain leather upper built for wet, cold-season golf. * Traction tradeoff: Spikes hold better than spikeless soles in wet grass, on slopes, and for faster swings, but
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* The case for it: FootJoy backs the 2026 Premiere Series Packard as 100% waterproof for two years under normal use, with a full-grain leather upper built for wet, cold-season golf. * Traction tradeoff: Spikes hold better than spikeless soles in wet grass, on slopes, and for faster swings, but
Bandon Dunes earns its reputation as a top-10 US public course and a genuine links test on the Oregon coast, but it's a walking-only, 7,212-yard (6,595m) course with no published green fee, so it suits golfers who can handle a long walk and a lottery booking process more than a quick or budget trip.
A $60-80 laser that nails straight-line distance in independent testing, but skips the physical slope switch and tournament-grade weatherproofing of pricier units.
A budget-friendly pick for slower swings and higher handicaps, with MyGolfSpy's consistency caveat attached.
The Rukket 10x7 SPDR golf net bundle reviewed: what's actually in the box, what MyGolfSpy and PluggedInGolf found, and who it fits best.
Torrey Pines South is a municipal golf course that any golfer can book, and it has still hosted two US Opens in the last two decades. That combination, a public muni with a championship resume, is rare enough that it shapes almost everything else about the course: the price, the
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Most golfers can tell you their score. Far fewer can tell you where the strokes actually went. A scorecard already has room for five or six extra tick-marks a hole, and those marks turn a round into data instead of just a number. None of this needs an app,
Stroke play, match play, Stableford, and scrambles: the scoring, handicap allowance, and strategy for each.
And the free relief most players leave on the table.
What actually changes between the two course types, and how to adjust your game for each. Play a links course after a season of parkland golf and the first thing that goes wrong usually isn't the swing. It's the yardage. A shot that would sit down
Golfers argue about this one more than almost any other fitness question in the game, usually without any numbers on the table. The honest answer sits between the two camps: walking burns meaningfully more energy and racks up far more steps than riding, but the case that it automatically lowers
A diagnose, prioritize, periodize system built for the off-season, not a single session at the range.
A breakdown of golf's five most common injuries, lower back, elbow, shoulder, wrist, and hip/knee, and the free prevention work that beats any recovery gadget.
Blade, players-cavity, or game-improvement: the mechanism behind each iron design, the real tradeoffs, and the myth about ball-striking no iron head can fix.
A home golf simulator is one of the few golf gifts big enough to change how someone plays the game year-round, and one of the few expensive enough to turn into regret if it's bought on impulse. With Father's Day in Australia landing September 6
Cold air costs distance, wet turf changes contact, and daylight runs out fast. Here's the club, gear, and rules-of-golf math to keep fall rounds scoring.
A launch monitor is a device that measures the physics of your golf swing and ball flight, including club head speed, ball speed, launch angle, spin rate, and carry distance. It gives you accurate, objective data about your game instead of estimates.
No, but having one makes your practice more efficient. Without data, you are guessing whether a swing change is working. With a launch monitor, you can see exactly what changed and whether it moved in the right direction.
James Whitfield synthesizes published data from independent testing labs (MyGolfSpy robot testing, Golf Digest equipment labs), verified club fitter and instructor assessments, and long-term ownership reports. He does not run his own launch monitor sessions. Every performance claim is attributed to a named source with a date.
Six golf books that target what is actually costing you shots: mental game, swing basics, strategy, course play, short game, and the fundamentals.
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