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The 10 most read articles on GolfWRX in 2019

With the year almost in the books, here we take a look back at the top-10 most-read articles on GolfWRX for 2019.
From hot equipment news and in-depth analysis to controversial and downright bizarre incidents from the Tour and beyond, excluding WITB pieces, here are the top-10 stories that grabbed the attention of WRXers over the past 12 months.
10. Tour caddie shoots 202 in U.S. Am qualifier and gets DQ’d after the event
Tour caddie, Trey Biradello, was disqualified at Mayacoo Lakes C.C after he was deemed to be “deliberately playing away from the hole to run his score up” and not “showing consideration for other players” during his round of 202 at a U.S. Am qualifier. Seems about right.
9. The hottest drivers of 2019
Our rundown of the top-10 buzzworthy and hottest drivers of the year.
8. Best irons of golf in 2019: Most technology packed
With consultation from the leading fitters in the business, GolfWRX compiled a list of most technology packed irons to improve feel, distance, and ball speed.
7. 2019 Mizuno MP-20 irons: Layers of feel
Ryan Barath with an incredibly in-depth, informative and thorough look at Mizuno’s MP-20 irons grabbed the attention of plenty of our members.
6. FTOTD: Most overrated/underrated equipment in golf
Orangeology’s forum thread of the day back in June provided a platform for fellow members to share their thoughts on the most over and under-hyped equipment in the sport.
5. Greg Norman reveals that he contacted an on-site official immediately after watching Patrick Reed bunker incident at Hero
The outspoken Aussie got our members buzzing after he announced he got in touch with an on-site official after seeing Patrick Reed’s infamous sand incident in the Bahamas.
4. Pushing it past the limit: TaylorMade M5, M6 drivers with Speed Injected Twist Face technology
Just like their M3 and M4 additions last year, news of TaylorMade’s M5 and M6 drivers packed with speed injected twist face technology was one of our most read articles of the year.
3. Best irons in golf of 2019
An overview of the process behind finding the best irons of 2019 in several different categories.
2. Cam Smith claims his friendship with Patrick Reed is finished as tensions rise at Presidents Cup
Cameron Smith pulled no punches when he declared that his friendship with Patrick Reed had come to an abrupt end after he accused Reed of cheating at the Hero.
1. Best driver of 2019
After an in-depth consultation with numerous fitters, our look at the best driver of 2019 in four separate categories was the most read article on GolfWRX this year.
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‘Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight’ – LPGA pro offers candid take following rough AIG Women’s Open finish

An opening round of 77 left LPGA pro Jenny Shin with a mountain to climb at last week’s AIG Women’s Open.
However, fighting back with rounds of 69 and 67, Shin found herself six shots off the lead and just outside the top 10 heading into Sunday as she went in search of her first major victory.
Shin, who won the US Girls’ Junior at just 13, couldn’t back those rounds up on Sunday, though, and after playing her opening nine holes of the final round in level par, she then bogeyed three holes coming home to slip down the leaderboard and eventually finish T23.
Taking to X following the final round, Shin offered a frustrated and honest take on how she was feeling, posting: “Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight. What a crappy way to finish.”
Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight. What a crappy way to finish
— Jenny Shin (@JennyShin_LPGA) August 3, 2025
Shin has made 11 cuts in 13 starts on the LPGA Tour this season, but has been plagued by frustrating Sunday finishes throughout the year. Shin ranks 102nd on tour this year out of 155 for Round 4 scoring in 2025.
Miyu Yamashita won the 2025 AIG Women’s Open with a composed final round of 70 to win her first major of her career by two strokes.
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How a late golf ball change helped Cameron Young win for first time on PGA Tour

Cameron Young won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first victory on the PGA Tour.
Young dominated all weekend at TPC Sedgefield, running away from the pack to win by six strokes and put himself in contention for a Ryder Cup pick in September.
Ahead of the event, the 28-year-old switched to a Pro V1x prototype golf ball for the first time, following recent testing sessions with the Titleist Golf Ball R&D team.
Interestingly, Young played a practice round accompanied by Fordie Pitts, Titleist’s Director of Tour Research & Validation, at TPC Schedule early last week with both his usual Pro V1 Left Dot ball and the new Pro V1x prototype.
Per Titleist, by the second hole Young was exclusively hitting shots with the Pro V1x prototype.
“We weren’t sure if he was going to test it this week, but as he was warming up, he asked to hit a couple on the range,” Pitts said. “He was then curious to see some shots out on the course. Performance-wise, he was hitting tight draws everywhere. His misses were staying more in play. He hit some, what he would call ‘11 o’clock shots,’ where again he’s taking a little something off it. He had great control there.”
According to Titleist, the main validation came on Tuesday on the seventh hole of his practice round. The par 3 that played between 184 and 225 yards during the tournament called for a 5-iron from Young, or so he thought. Believing there was “no way” he could get a 6-iron to the flag with his Left Dot, Young struck a 5-iron with the Pro V1x prototype and was stunned to see the ball land right by the hole.
“He then hits this 6-iron [with the Pro V1x prototype] absolutely dead at the flag, and it lands right next to the pin, ending up just past it,” Pitts said. “And his response was, ‘remarkable.’ He couldn’t believe that he got that club there.”
Following nine holes on Tuesday and a further nine on Wednesday, Young asked the Titleist team to put the ProV1x balls in his locker. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Rickie Fowler makes equipment change to ‘something that’s a little easier on the body’

Rickie Fowler fired an opening round of one-under par on Thursday at the Wyndham Championship, as the Californian looks to make a FedEx Cup playoff push.
Fowler is currently 61st in the standings, so will need a strong couple of weeks to extend his season until the BMW Championship, where only the top 50 in the standings will tee it up.
Heading into the final stretch of the season, Fowler has made an equipment switch of note, changing into new iron shafts, as well as making a switch to his driver shaft.
The 36-year-old revealed this week that he has switched from his usual KBS Tour C-Taper 125-gram steel shafts to the graphite Aerotech SteelFiber 125cw shafts in his Cobra King Tour irons, a change he first put into play at last month’s Travelers Championship.
Speaking on the change to reporters this week, Fowler made note that the graphite shafts offer “something that’s a little easier on the body.”
“I mean, went to the week of Travelers, so been in for, I guess that’s a little over a month now. Something that’s a little easier on the body and seemed to get very similar numbers to where I was at. Yeah, it’s gone well so far.”
Fowler has also made a driver shaft change, switching out his Mitsubishi Diamana WB 73 TX for a UST Mamiya Lin-Q Proto V1 6 TX driver shaft in his Cobra DS-Adapt X, which he first implemented a couple of weeks ago at the John Deere Classic.
However, according to Fowler himself, the testing and potential changes are not done yet.
“Probably do some more testing in some different weight configurations with them once I get some time. Yeah, I feel like we’re always trying to search, one, to get better but are there ways to make things easier, whether that’s physically, mentally, whatever it may be. So yeah, I thought they were good enough to obviously put into play and looking forward to doing some more testing.”
Fowler gets his second round at TPC Sedgefield underway at 7.23 a.m ET on Friday.