Swing advice is not one size fits all
I have written a number of instructional articles over the years, and created quite a few “how-to” videos as well. I always enjoy sharing tips with my readers and students and I am grateful when a...
View ArticleNippon springs forward with a new Modus iron shaft
If a company can manufacture automotive springs, it can probably make a pretty decent golf shaft. That’s exactly the case for Nippon Shafts, whose parent company NHK Springs is a large automotive...
View ArticleTiger eyes No. 8 at Bay Hill
Throughout Tiger Woods’ career, his late father Earl got his attention on the golf course by calling him “Sam.” “He rarely ever called me Tiger,” Woods said. “I would ask him, ‘Why don’t you ever call...
View ArticleWhy I root for Sergio
I know Sergio Garcia. Well, OK maybe not really. I don’t literally know Sergio Garcia, as I am Canadian and work in an office and he is Spanish and plays on the PGA Tour, but humor me for a second. I...
View ArticleSergio Garcia WITB
Driver: TaylorMade R1 Loft: 9 Degrees Shaft: Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana White Board 103X 3 Wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Loft: 14.5 Degrees Shaft: Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana White Board 103X Hybrid:...
View ArticleGarcia feels the sting of golf’s cruel side
Golf, cruel? Really? Standing on the 17th tee Sunday afternoon at TPC Sawgrass with his second Players Championship trophy tantalizingly within reach, Sergio Garcia was in command of his own destiny....
View ArticleLearning from Tiger’s recovery at The Players
Great athletes have an inner source of strength, a deep reservoir of emotional control and self belief that mere mortals cannot seem to find. It is a rarer-than-rare quality that very few ever know,...
View ArticleSergio is the difference between good and great
They say that pressure can make diamonds, but it can also burst pipes. It seemed for a moment that Sergio Garcia was finally going to shine by besting Tiger Woods head to head for a meaningful title....
View ArticleSergio being Sergio? Not this time
Before Sergio Garcia’s racially insensitive remarks at the European Tour awards dinner Tuesday night, the golfer had already made a series of imprudent decisions. He made comments about Tiger Woods...
View ArticleAvoid these 4 playing partners for a good season
With the beginning of summer comes the start to a fresh season of golf for those in the Northern states. Warm weather equals golf and baseball and cold weather equals football and basketball (or hockey...
View ArticleThe most overrated ball striker in the game
It is quite common to see athletes live off a certain reputation that is far from reality. While I am as big of a fan of Derek Jeter as anybody, his reputation provided him with Golden Glove awards...
View Article2013 U.S. Open: Picks and Preview
The first tee balls will be in the air at the 113th edition of the U.S. Open when Cliff Kresge, Roger Tambellini and Ryan Yip tee off at 6:50 a.m. EST Thursday. A rain-soaked Merion Golf Club plays...
View ArticleThe (made-up) Sergio Garcia apology note
Dear Tiger, I am leaving this note in your locker so that it can be our secret, at least until I mention it in my press conference. How did things get so out of hand? It seems like just yesterday that...
View ArticleGolfers who could shed the “best without” title at Oak Hill
Every time a major championship rolls around, debate rages over which player is the best in the world without one. So far, 2013 has been especially kind to those players, removing the likes of Adam...
View ArticleMany move up, none move past Garcia at the Deutsche Bank Championship
With the best golfers in the world piled up behind him, Sergio Garcia maintained his perch in the top spot at TPC Boston Sunday Sergio thanks to a 6-under-par 65 in the third round of the Deutsche Bank...
View ArticleThe Scorecard: Deutsche Bank Championship
By Christopher Versele GolfWRX Contributor The Front Nine 1 – New FedEx Cup ranking for Henrik Stenson, who closed out his first win of the 2013 season. 262 – Strokes taken by Stenson, good for...
View ArticleStenson wins the Deutsche Bank Championship, takes the FedEx Cup lead
After three days of sharp play, Sergio Garcia’s Sunday woes continued with a final-round 73 at the Deutsche Bank Championship, while Henrik Stenson fired a 66 en route to his third career PGA Tour...
View ArticleTaylorMade doubles down with SpeedBlade
TaylorMade’s CEO, Mark King, said it changed the dynamics of the iron business. The company’s Executive Vice President of Product Development, Sean Toulon, said it’s the biggest advancement in golf...
View ArticleTaylorMade launches “Speed Police” commercial with officers Day, Garcia, Rose...
TaylorMade’s will debut its new “Speed Police” ad campaign today during the Round 1 of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, which features string-puppet versions of Jason Day, Sergio Garcia,...
View ArticleCan Hack Golf’s 15-inch cup help grow golf?
Sergio Garcia fixes the cup at TaylorMade’s Hack Golf event at Reynolds Plantation in Georgia. In January, TaylorMade-adidas Golf CEO Mark King announced a new initiative between the PGA of America...
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