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Spotlight • Linksoul Battles Covid-19
Family Ties
More Perfect Practice All-Stars • In addition to Tour pros, these golf-fanatic jocks and teenybopper hotshots are Perfect Practice practitioners.
The Knockdown On a Roll • Oren Kantor could stripe the ball but couldn’t get it in the hole. So he bought a putting mat, and it was as lame as his short game. Then came his stroke of genius.
ON THE NUMBER • There’s data behind every swing. We crunch it so you don’t have to.
Long Live the King • King Kamehameha’s futuristiclooking clubhouse boasts a famous architect and a star-crossed history
The Cost of Doing Business • Agronomy outlays aside, small-ticket items needed on every hole can really add up. At right, a nod to the little things that make the game more enjoyable.
Money Game Keeping It Green • Immaculate putting surfaces. Lush carpets of Bermuda, bent grass and poa. These verdant perks come with a price tag—and it can be steep
Maximize Your Down Time • A TRAINING AID THAT GUARANTEES MORE SWING SPEED? SIGN US UP!
Line Up Your Left Wrist • Use a ruler to groove a neutral top position and watch the quality of your ball striking skyrocket
Ask The Rules Guy
Prepare for Impact! • These two earthbound exercises help you develop maximum explosiveness
Bryson DeChambeau • He’s bulked up while continuing to test any method out there. The result? Meet your new driving distance leader.
Who’s the Biggest Bomber of Them All? • Traditional driving statistics can be deceiving. My new measurement, Bombing Distance, reveals the Tour players who absolutely dominate off the tee.
This Golfing Life It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia • The locals are just nuts about Walnut Lane, a municipal course where the clubhouse card games once got surly—until the First Tee kids took a shine to the place
Overheard on Subpar • YOUR FAVE TOUR PLAYERS COME CANDID ON OUR NEW SHOW
Transfixed • The blood-red Transfusion may be named for a life-saving medical procedure, but it also helps shape the kind of memories that make life more joyful
How to Join the IV League
The Great Indoors • Once a perk saved for the Tour elite and money-is-noobject die-hards, a new breed of in-home golf simulators is now priced for any budget
Delivering in the Clutch • What’s one enduring lesson of the Covid era? Some pros are just made for crisis mode.
Gary Woodland • The defending U.S. Open champ digs… Champ!
Eye On Design Hidden Gems • You want unsung heroes—real game changers? Here are five architecture innovators you’ve never heard of but should quietly thank.
CAVITY-BACKS OR BLADES? • A look at the setups of the best iron players in the world tells you all you need to know when shopping for new sticks
SG Approach the Green: The Leaders, Their Irons
ROUND-THE-CLOCK COMFORT • The Manzanita crewneck is a multi-season, super-soft and spongy pullover with an edge
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PHIL IS 50. NO KIDDING. • For four decades, Phil Mickelson has been a winner. And yet, for every one of his really big moments there seems to have been...