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The DailyWRX: What’s buzzing on social media

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Editor’s Note: In this new daily series, the eminently plugged-in Johnny Wunder provides a survey of the notable goings-on in the social media sphere. 

Poulter’s paper

One of the best things about SM is a player’s ability to give us a look into their life, even looking back. Ian Poulter gave us a look at the beautiful paper he wrote on his hopes and dreams—and his handwriting is on point.

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A school friend from Barclay school @braceypeter sent me a DM saying do you remember i collected your GCSE English exam papers. Would you like them.. ???? 30 years later. No wonder I’ve never seen them until now. Thank you Peter ???????? You will see the next 4 pages are called “Autobiography of my golfing life” aged 14 some very interesting things I had wrote back then. My handicap at 14 years old was 27 ????. After 6 months of working part time at the golf club it was then 10. At nearly 15 I had earnt nearly enough money to buy my first set of proper clubs £600. I was paying £4 weekdays to play or £6 pounds at weekends to play golf. Last paragraph page 3. Oct 1990 “I will only have to drop another 5 strokes off my handicap and I can turn professional. I’m hoping to turn pro and get @PGA qualified and then get a touring card to play in big competitions around the world” Well I guess at 14 years old I had the Dream and passion to write this and more than anything I had the BELIEF which has never wavered. Anyone who’s says it can’t be done is full of nonsense. Believe in yourself never listen to those who don’t want to Dream with you. And work hard to fulfill the things that keep you motivated. On this day 1 year ago I had the chance to win the @themasters it didn’t happen but I still keep Dreaming. And 30 years on from a school kid with a Dream I’m still living in one. Be strong folks anything is possible. ????????????????

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Phil’s note

Augusta National gave us a glimpse into some super private interaction from last year’s Masters aftermath. The tailoring of the Green Jacket and a message from one Titan congratulating another.

Key for Rory?

The thing we love most about Rory Mcilroy is his ability to tell us how he really feels. As all of us are anticipating his 1st Green Jacket to round out the Grand Slam, he gave us a simple take on what the move to November may do for him…

Check the numbers

Brooks Koepka is an intimidating player, but look at the TrackMan data with the old sticks…gimme a break BK.

Magnolia Lane

What is it about anything Tiger that gets a ton of buzz. Yesterday he gave us a look at his own personal Magnolia Lane…

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Our Magnolia Lane quarantine style.

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‘Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight’ – LPGA pro offers candid take following rough AIG Women’s Open finish

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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.”

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

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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.

Check out Young’s winning WITB here.

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Rickie Fowler makes equipment change to ‘something that’s a little easier on the body’

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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.

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