With so much attention on Nelly Korda and Scottie Scheffler of late, we haven’t heard much about 2023 PGA Championship star/hero/legend Michael Block. But that’s about to start changing, folks. Because it’s almost #BlockieSzn again. The PGA Championship is heading to Valhalla next month—where Block has a piece of the course record by the way—and America’s favorite club pro will once again be in the field thanks to his performance last year at Oak Hill. There, Block became a hit with the locals, made an insane slame-dunk hole-in-one playing alongside Rory McIlroy, and pulled off an all-time up ..read more

If you struggle with a slice, there’s a good chance you can spot why the moment you start your swing. Why? Because it’s one of the most common mistakes slicers make. They set up to the golf ball, then as they start their golf swing, they begin rolling the clubface open and inside with their wrists. The slice fault By the time the club reaches parallel—just a few feet into their golf swing—the clubface itself is pointing up towards the sky. Like you see in this example from Golf Distillery. Even tour players, like Tony Finau, can occasionally struggle with this move. And while keeping the clu ..read more

Sometimes the best instruction is so simple it could teach a reasonably intelligent dog to execute a high draw (see the molded grip), and sometimes, especially in the modern era of deep-dive analytics and motion-capture animation, you need a Ph.D. in biomechanics and physiology just to begin to formulate words to describe what you think you’re seeing. Then, thankfully, this beautifully enlightening middle ground takes all of modern A.I. transformational gobbledygook and makes it as stunningly and unyieldingly profound as a solid brick wall—or in this case a virtual brick wall. This SkyTrak s ..read more

It’s team time on the PGA Tour, where, after two weeks of the top stars playing against each other in massive events, there is a brief respite for a week to play in a different format for four days in a much more relaxed atmosphere. Not that they aren’t attempting to bring home the hardware at the Zurich Classic, but the last two weeks were spent grinding at a major championship and a signature event. This week at TPC Louisiana, however, there are some bigger names in the field than usual, with five of the top 15 players in the world in action. They’re all competing for an $8.9 million overal ..read more

TPC Louisiana is known as a tricky Pete Dye course from its hidden bunkers to its firm and fast greens. The designer built it in the style of his renowned TPC Sawgrass, and like its Florida predecessor, it has one extra-special obstacle that many courses (luckily) don’t have: Alligators. The teams at the Zurich Classic found this out in person on the very first day of the pairs event when a gator took a luxurious New Orleans stroll right through the tee box on the 172-yard, par-3 No. 17. The announcers went wild, while also giving us some fun varmint backstories. The pros were somehow chill e ..read more

Although Tiger Woods isn’t qualified for the 2024 U.S. Open, the 15-time major champ is expected to receive a special exemption from the USGA. In the meantime, his 15-year-old son tried to earn a spot at Pinehurst in June as well. Charlie Woods played in his first U.S. Open local qualifier on Thursday in Port St. Lucie, Fl. Facing stiff competition—and a difficult course (74.6 rating, 141 slope)—Woods shot a nine-over-par 81 at The Legacy Golf & Tennis Club. RELATED: Just how good is Charlie Woods? Woods followed up an opening bogey with a double bogey at the par-5 second. He made the tur ..read more

The LIV Golf League has reached the sixth event on its 14-event schedule, and after two weeks off, this one has historically been the rowdiest on the rotation. Yes, the tour is Down Under, in golf-crazed Australia, returning to the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide. The overall purse is its usual $20 million and the winner will take home $4 million for his victory. The winning team will split $3 million. Talor Gooch took home the top prize a year ago, winning by three strokes, but perhaps the most memorable event to happen during the week was Chase Koepka’s hole in one on the par-3 12th stadium-li ..read more

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 and Friar’s Club. (Sand Hills debuted at No. 31 in 1999 and Friar’s Club was 34th in 2011.) Both clubs are perennially inside our top 15, and Sand Hills has been inside our top 10 in our past two editions. Ohoopee Match Club is unlike most new courses for a lot of reasons. Designed fo ..read more

In case you didn’t hear, Rickie Fowler made a hole-in-one at one of the world’s most famous golf courses, Pine Valley, on Wednesday. Thanks to a variety of sources, we learned the ace came on the downhill par-3 third, that Fowler used a 7-iron on the 182-yard shot, and that he was playing with Justin Thomas—and, apparently, New York Giants legend Eli Manning. HOLE IN ONE ALERT! Rickie Fowler made an ace today at Pine Valley. 3rd hole… 7 iron from 182 yards! What a hole to make an ace on. FULL STORY: https://t.co/Gw3lCyIb1I pic.twitter.com/Oc96djyy61 — Rickie Fowler Tracker (@Rickie_Track ..read more

ADELAIDE, Australia — Home and away tournaments held at golf courses designed and owned by players. Events under lights in destinations like Dubai and more exotic overseas locations. These are just a few of the ideas LIV officials and players are considering as it looks to reproduce its successful Australian event across the globe. The inaugural LIV Golf Adelaide tournament in 2023 set a benchmark for the rival league and its brand of 54-hole events that feature shotgun starts, music blaring during play and the “golf, but louder” manta turned up to 11. Last year, LIV officials reported an att ..read more