Opinion
In Praise of the Bad-Weather Round
There is a moment that arrives at the first tee of every cold, wet, badly-windy round that begins the same way for everyone who has signed up to play it. The …
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PGA Tour
Kurt Kitayama's 63 at Aronimink: The Lowest Sunday in Major Championship History, Shared
The leaderboard the broadcast had been promising at Aronimink on Sunday morning, the one in which the major-without-a-favourite would close on a stack of red …
Tips and Instruction
The Three-Quarter Swing: The Tempo Fix the Amateur Game Refuses to Try
There is a moment in almost every amateur round in which the player notices the swing is not where it was on the range. The contact has gone thin. The driver, …
PGA Tour
Alex Smalley Carries a Two-Shot Lead Into Sunday at Aronimink, and the Story Is the Course
The third round of the 108th PGA Championship finished on Saturday evening at Aronimink with a leaderboard whose top line was, for the first time all week, not …
Equipment
The Driver Loft Most Amateurs Have Wrong, and What Happens When You Add Two Degrees
The recreational golfer who walks into a pro shop on a Saturday morning and asks for a new driver will, in roughly nine cases out of ten, end up with a head …
PGA Tour
Aldrich Potgieter Posts a 67 at Aronimink and Becomes the Quiet Story of Round One
The first round of the 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink finished on Thursday evening with a clubhouse leaderboard whose composition the betting market had …
Courses
Whistling Straits: The Pete Dye Course That Pretends to Be a Links and Almost Gets Away With It
There is a small category of golf courses in the world that have been built, in defiance of the land available to the architect, to look as if they were always …
PGA Tour
Schauffele's Confidence Is "Significantly Lower," and the Way He Said So Is the Quietest Story of PGA Championship Week
The press conference Xander Schauffele gave at Aronimink earlier this week was, by the standards of a press week at a major championship, an unusually candid …
Opinion
The Quiet Case for Playing One Set of Tees Forward
The recreational golfer who has, over the course of the last decade, slowly worked his handicap from the high twenties down to the mid teens, and who plays, on …
PGA Tour
McIlroy's Right Pinky Toe Becomes the Most Discussed Body Part of PGA Championship Week
The medical bulletin a major champion does not want to be issuing on the Tuesday of a major week is the one where the player in question has, on his own …