The frequency and the severity of a players’ errors does more to dictate a players’ scoring level than all of the good or average shots they hit. In SwingU Versus’ strokes gained algorithm, there are three negative …
Phil Mickelson isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to the USGA’s new Model Local Rule that will limit all clubs (except putters), but especially drivers, to 46 inches beginning on Jan. 1, 2022. Prior to …
As the PGA Tour turns the page on the 2021 season, I’m diving into Jon Rahm’s 2020-21 season on the PGA Tour to see what he did so well to earn over five times the average …
My ears perked up when I heard Frank Nobilo make a comment about distance control during a telecast earlier this year — during the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. One of the leaders had just left a …
Phil Mickelson will not be competing on a U.S. international competition team in a few weeks at Whistling Straits for the first time since the early 1990s, but until yesterday’s captain’s picks were officially announced, there …
I can’t remember the last round of a PGA Tour event with as much consistent drama as we saw this past weekend. Sunday’s final round of the BMW Championship was great TV. I didn’t even mind …
Now that you have a grasp on strokes gained as a statistic and metric for success, let’s take a deeper dive into how SwingU Versus is able to help amateur golfers pinpoint the facet of their …
Putting is 40% of the game at virtually every handicap level. The higher the scoring level, the more putts are needed, but the ratio of the number of putts to score holds steady – that is, …
Michael Campbell may not be the most common of household names in professional golf, but the man won the 2005 U.S. Open holding off a charging Tiger Woods at Pinehurst No. 2, so there’s no doubt …
I’ve been in the golf business for 32 years and playing golf seriously for even longer. Like most golf fanatics, I usually can’t wait to play the courses that I see the pros play on TV. …
Once you have descended the ladder thru the 100s and conquered the 90s, you need to strive for golf’s holy grail – breaking 80! It’s not easy, but it’s well worth the effort. As I was …
The game is a puzzle and all the pieces fit together. Each round is a mix of good shots, average shots and bad shots or errors. The challenge is to find the piece of your game’s …
The pandemic has driven lots of new golfers to the game. Golf can be frustrating until one develops enough of a game to be able to enjoy it. The first hurdle is reaching the point where …
The “dreaded” four-putt… Isn’t that the way all golfers think about it? I certainly do – and so must the eight players at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am who suffered four-putts this past week. None more …
You had to be impressed with young Si Woo Kim this weekend at The American Express at PGA West. To see him step up to shoot an 8-under par 64 in the final round to win …
Strokes gained is not just measuring distance; it’s measuring the combination of distance, accuracy and efficiency. Despite being in the “bomb and gouge” era, thinking smashing the ball off the tee as far as you can …
We know that putting is 40% of the game based on the simple equation of the average number of putts divided by the average score, which is true across basically every handicap level from the PGA …
If there are two things we know about Phil Mickelson, they are that he’s never satisfied with the status quo and historically, he doesn’t hit a lot of fairways. If there’s a third thing we know, …
Isn’t it strange to think that Tiger Woods, the defending Masters Champion, goes into this year’s event having played in only two events in this short, seven-event, 2021 season? And clearly, his performance in those two …
