TaylorMade’s Club-Fitting Tech a Game-Changer

I’m sitting in a cozy, charcoal-colored chair at TaylorMade’s Performance Lab in San Ramon, California, and Nick Petralia, master club-fitter, is meticulously fitting a motion sensor around each of my tattered golf shoes. “The biggest misconception among golfers, no matter their handicap, is that you have to be a tour player to benefit from a club-fitting,” Petralia tells me. I’m... 

US Open 2014: Jordan Spieth’s Maiden Major Victory in Sight

A gangly and gullible 14-year-old Jordan Spieth declared in a TV interview from 2008 that his ultimate goal was to win the Masters. Six years later, Spieth held the 54-hole lead at his very first Masters and then fell just short of the green jacket to eventual champion Bubba Watson. As the U.S. Open—the most coveted championship on American soil­—approaches (June 12-15), the 20-year-old has... 

Does Rory McIlroy Have the Killer Instinct to Win the 2014 Masters?

Before No. 1-ranked player in the world and 14-time major champion Tiger Woods dropped out of the 2014 Masters due to back surgery, and the entire framework of the championship shifted, Rory McIlroy was lurking in the shadows of Augusta’s magnificent magnolias. In a sense, the 24-year-old has been there since the Masters on Sunday in 2011. That day, he let his nerves erode a four-shot lead, resulting... 

B/R Exclusive: Rickie Fowler Dishes on Golf’s Mount Rushmore, Masters and Goals

“Well you’ve gotta throw Tiger in there,” 25-year-old Rickie Fowler said without hesitation in response to which golfers belong on golf’s Mount Rushmore. “Then you’ve gotta have Arnie, Jack Nicklaus, and I’m going to round it out with Ben Hogan.” Spot on, Rickie. After weeks and weeks of media coverage of pro basketball player’s thoughts on their... 

Which Rory McIlroy Will We See in 2014?

Rory McIlroy‘s golf game in 2013 looked like a ragged sweater after a moth has had its way with it. The holes were glaring. Except those are not the holes McIlroy wants to concern himself with. Erratic off the tee. Inconsistent ball-striking. Discomfort on the greens. Poor course management and even poorer management off the course. This season, McIlroy was unrecognizable from the young... 

Which Rory McIlroy Will We See in 2014?

Rory McIlroy‘s golf game in 2013 looked like a ragged sweater after a moth has had its way with it. The holes were glaring. Except those are not the holes McIlroy wants to concern himself with. Erratic off the tee. Inconsistent ball-striking. Discomfort on the greens. Poor course management and even poorer management off the course. This season, McIlroy was unrecognizable from the young... 

Anchored Putting Ban Clouds Adam Scott’s Success

Adam Scott has been tiptoeing on the edge of golf’s spotlight. But that light may be about to dim, as the very thing that rocketed him to the top of the sport will be taken away. After 13 years of streaky putting, Scott resolved his putting woes by switching to the anchored putter. Golf’s governing bodies, however, are adamant: Anchoring the club in making a putting stroke will be officially... 

Bandon Dunes: Golf’s Coastal Wonder with Links to the Past

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort wasn’t designed as much as it was discovered. The quartet of seaside golf courses along the Pacific Coast emphasize nature and downplay artificial features, which is why you’ll see neither carts nor cart paths and not a single piece of real estate on any of the sprawling links courses. Even the snack bars are hidden behind brush and hills to keep from interrupting... 

Top 15 Coolest Things About a Bandon Dunes Golf Trip

The entirety of the Bandon Dunes experience—from taking a tiny prop plane into North Bend, Ore. to traversing the seaside links on the Pacific Coast—will blow you away. What may be my greatest takeaway from my trip—a 105-hole marathon in three days—was that there’s nothing subtle or bland about Bandon. The greens are so huge—some 60 or more yards long—that... 

Top 10 Essentials for a Bandon Dunes Golf Trip

From the sound of waves breaking in your backswing at Pacific Dunes to the smell of cedars and pines as you traverse Bandon Trails, the whole Bandon Dunes experience is a one-of-a-kind links challenge on American soil. Your trip to the Pacific Coast’s hidden gem will be enhanced with knowledge of the essentials. You’ll be glad to know beforehand that the mornings can be so frigidly cold... 

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