In 2013, Tiger Woods entered the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational leading the FedEx Cup standings. Fifty-two weeks later, he’s 215th! There are only three events left–and just two...
Before I get into specifics, here’s a quick review of golf participation in the U.S. Since 1985, we’ve lost 500,000 avid golfers, who are golfers who...
Remember all the criticism hurled at Rory McIlroy when he decided to switch to Nike Golf equipment? It’s quieter now, isn’t it? The meteoric rise of...
As two 25-year-olds marched up Royal Liverpool’s 18th fairway Sunday—names firmly planted atop the leaderboard and unhassled by the cornerstone player of this generation, who had...
I must admit that I was surprised and humbled when told I’ve been named Czar over all of golf. I asked about the process and was...
I’ll try to keep this short, since this is really just an excuse to post the video, which comes equipped with some tremendously creepy, yet somehow...
The power of Tiger Woods appears to, at times, blanket all blemishes it encounters. If you are looking for proof, click back eight years when Royal...
Let’s forget about center of gravity, moment of inertia, weight adjustability and turbulators for a moment. I know it’s difficult, but bear with me. The golf...
Sometimes in life, you don’t know that you don’t know. I had been drinking the custom-fitting Kool-Aid my entire golfing life without even knowing what custom fitting...
This past week, Brian Harman won the John Deere Classic. Harman has been one of my favorite players to follow from a statistical approach because he...
We’ve had glimpses of meteoric play on the PGA Tour this season—namely Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer—but nothing that’s struck as sustainably brilliant. In...
“Why should I care about golf participation?” “What will increased participation do for me?” These are valid questions that have come up consistently from readers of...
Let’s cut to the chase. Has there been a precipitous drop in golf participation or is it the hand wringing of borderline operators? I promised an...
Golf participation for the Millennial demographic (ages 18-to-34), has decreased 30 percent in the past 20 years, and the remedy to bring the game back to...
Last fall, my father-in-law joined the more than 650,000 total knee replacement patients of 2013[1]. He is a long-time golfer and had been struggling to play...
In the first part of this series, we traced the rise and fall of tennis and postulated the conclusion that it was a natural condition seeking its...
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Once upon a time, there was the great tennis boom. The game was immensely popular and growing, and equipment manufacturers were researching ways to make the...
[youtube id=”TVYl70x5rXw” width=”620″ height=”360″] In a scene straight out of Grand Theft Auto, a North Dakota man took police on a high-speed chase through a Moorhead,...
The game of golf is in trouble. This is what organizations like the National Golf Foundation and various members of the national media have been drumming...
I am incredibly excited, since this week marks the beginning of the U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst and it looks like it will be another great...
Hello GolfWRX readers. Let me introduce myself, as I’m about to write a series of columns for the site. The initial effort will be a six-part series...
Picking a winner in golf is far from easy. I have dabbled in some small golf wagers over the years and the first time I put...
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome) I will be in Pinehurst all week for the U.S. Open championship, and I am looking forward to seeing a great event on...
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the “Massacre at Winged Foot,” the 1974 U.S. Open won by Hale Irwin at 7-over par. When senior USGA...
One of the very first things I examine with the PGA Tour players I work with is their basic scoring metrics. Those metrics include the following:...
It’s not often that supermodels get mixed up in the golf news cycle, but just six months after appearing on Golf Digest’s cover with Arnold Palmer,...
A seven-point deficit after Day 1 was too much to overcome for Team GolfWRX as it lost the second annual Capitol Cup to team DC Golf...
As we celebrate Memorial Day and thank those who have served both past and present, it seems timely that we talk about how the golf world...
The Shaft is the Engine of the Golf Club Actually, you the golfer are the engine, the shaft acts more like the transmission. The weight of...
Recreational golfers are unlike any other recreational sportsman. I know of no other sport where the recreational participants are as wrapped up in the technique as golfers. Visit...
Golf is expensive. I know, quite the earth-shattering observation. But seriously, golf is so expensive that it’s driving people away from the game and keeping newcomers...
The post-Masters buzz, minus some musing about Tiger’s return, was all about 15-inch holes. It was HackGolf’s first initiative, a way to infuse a little more...
The average PGA Tour field size ranges from 132-to-144 players each week, with some tournaments having even smaller fields. The smaller events are major championships, World...
When Golf Digest teased us on Instagram a few days ago, with a silhouette of who would be on the next cover of the latest issue,...