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Preston Stout, 22, of Dallas, Texas; Tyler Watts, 18, of Huntsville, Ala.; and Ethan Fang, 21, of Plano, Texas, have earned places on the 2026 USA Walker Cup Team as the top Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® as of July 8, while Miles Russell, 17, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla. has been added via the USGA Team Selection Committee.
In celebration of golf's oldest championship, Cobra Golf is offering a limited-edition Club Deco Driver headcover.
Available exclusively on cobragolf.com, the unique headcover design is inspired by the Art Deco design of the famed clubhouse at the site of the final major of 2026.
The winner of my Club Champion "Summer Starts Pin High" Iron Fitting and Custom Built Set of Irons Giveaway was so impressed with his iron fitting that he added on a wedge fitting on his own dime immediately after the iron fitting was over. And he's also returning to Club Champion for a top of the bag fitting to dial in his driver and woods.
That's what you call validation.
Padraig Harrington became only the fourth golfer to defend his US Senior Open title on Sunday, winning by four shots at Scioto Country Club in Ohio. He also joined Miller Barber as the only three-time winner in the event’s 46-year history.
The Irishman, who returns to Royal Birkdale next week for the Open Championship, the site of his 2008 victory, is the first player to win back-to-back US Senior Opens since Allen Doyle in 2006.
Harrington started the final day one shot behind but fired a four-under 66 to successfully defend his title. He was the only player in the field to register sub-70 rounds all four days.
Bridgestone Golf, the #1 Ball-Fitter in Golf, celebrates Chris Gotterup’s victory at the John Deere Classic with the new TOUR B X MindSet featuring VeloSurge technology and 220 MB forged irons. The win, which included a final round 62 and 20-under-par total, marks Gotterup’s third victory of the season and further cements him as a breakout star on Tour.
“This season has been one of the most rewarding of my career, and today’s win at the John Deere Classic further solidifies that,” said Gotterup. “The VeloSurge technology behind the new TOUR B X helps me go farther while staying consistent, and MindSet gives me the focus to feel fully in control. I am feeling and playing my best, and I’m excited to see what the rest of the season has in store for me.”
There is a reason why someone the caliber of Padraig Harrington had the golf chops to get himself inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Under the biggest pressure in the most prestigious competitions, the experienced and affable Irishman just knows how to close.
A Mariano Rivera of the links.
The 46th U.S. Senior Open at Scioto Country Club went back to the future on Saturday sans a souped-up DeLorean with a flux capacitor.
With an ode to the popular 1985 movie, the dial only was turned back to 2025. Basically, the same protagonists are part of this script. Just replace Mark Hensby with George McNeill.
America is celebrating its 250th birthday on Saturday, but the way things transpired at sultry Scioto Country Club on Friday, the fireworks came a little early.
On another oppressive day in central Ohio – and there have been many this week – when it would have been quite acceptable for the field in the 46th U.S. Senior Open Championship to wilt in the 90-degree heat, the leaderboard was lit up with golf’s version of pyrotechnics.
Oppressive heat. An extremely challenging golf course. And a national championship. It’s enough to make anyone lose their mind.
Like it’s been all week at Scioto Country Club, a historic Donald Ross design hosting its third U.S. Senior Open Championship (46th edition), the weather for Thursday’s opening round – namely temperatures in the mid-90s with triple-digit Heat Indexes – continued to be the dominating story.
Motocaddy, the world’s leading electric caddy brand, has delivered its biggest ever remote-control rental fleet to a private member-owned club in Maryland.
Woodmont Country Club, just a short drive from Washington, D.C., placed an order for 60 award-winning M7 GPS REMOTE electric caddies to meet its growing rental needs, following an extensive search for the most complete option on the market. This involved a group of members immersing themselves in product testing to ensure that the incoming rental fleet met the club’s high service standards and enhanced the golfing experience for members and their guests.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced tee times for the first two rounds of the 2026 U.S. Senior Open Championship, Thursday (July 2) and Friday (July 3).
Scioto Country Club will be set up at 7,170 yards and play to a par of 35-35—70.
Odyssey has announced the new Damascus Milled Jailbird Mini Double Bend and Damascus Milled Seven S2S putters. These limited edition putters are the third drop in the Damascus lineup.
These are Odyssey's most premium putters with a unique Damascus Steel insert that provides unmatched feel anywhere in the industry. The putters are crafted from a layered construction of multiple steel alloys with the Damascus Steel insert being forged, folded, and pressed to create a unique, striking pattern in every piece.
The inaugural U.S. Senior Open, played in 1980, was conducted for golfers 55 and older. The next year, the USGA lowered the minimum age to 50 to match the Senior Tour’s age requirement. Arnold Palmer, who had just turned 50, won the 1981 championship.
Miller Barber captured the first of his three U.S. Senior Open titles in 1982 – he also won in 1984 and 1985. The U.S. Senior Open has six two-time champions: Gary Player (1987, 1988), Jack Nicklaus (1991, 1993), Hale Irwin (1998, 2000), Allen Doyle (2005, 2006), Kenny Perry (2013, 2017), Bernhard Langer (2010, 2023) and Padraig Harrington (2022, 2025).
Golfers invest serious time and money when selecting the best waterproofs, but too many garments are replaced before they truly need to be.
For more than two decades, Galvin Green has worked directly with customers to assess, repair and support garments after purchase, helping golfers keep their trusted waterproofs in use for longer. This is a natural extension of more than 30 years of designing responsibly sourced performance-driven golf apparel that allows golfers to play their best in all conditions.
Scioto Country Club, designed by Donald Ross, opened for play in 1916. The course was renovated by Dick Wilson in the 1960s, by four-time U.S. Open and two-time U.S. Senior Open champion Jack Nicklaus and Dr. Michael Hurdzan in 2008 and most recently in 2021 by Andrew Green, who reclaimed the course to Ross’ original intent. In addition to the golf course, Scioto has acclaimed facilities and programs for aquatics, fitness, tennis, platform tennis and pickleball. Nicklaus and Bob Jones, two legends of the game, are tied to Scioto Country Club.
Jones won the U.S. Open, one of his nine USGA championships, at the club in 1926, while Nicklaus honed his game there with teaching professional Jack Grout. Scioto will become the third club to host three U.S. Senior Opens. Saucon Valley Country Club, in Bethlehem, Pa., was a host site for a third time in 2022 and The Broadmoor’s East Course, in Colorado Springs, Colo., hosted its third in 2025.
I took the new Titleist GTS4 driver head-to-head against the new Tour Edge Exotics LS driver recently and the results were expected and surprising. I tested both drivers with the same 9 degree heads, the same Fujikura Ventus Blue 6S shafts, used the same Pro V1x ball, and all numbers were recorded using GCQuad.
The GTS4 is going to win some awards. It's like the craft IPA everyone talks about. And there are some definite improvements from GT4 to GTS4 I'll touch on below. However the Exotics LS is going to win over the crowds. And in some ways Exotics LS legitimately outperformed the GTS4. By comparison it's like the local lager that quietly wins blind taste tests.
Fujikura has introduced its limited-edition VENTUS TR USA 250th Anniversary shaft, continuing its long-standing partnership with Folds of Honor while celebrating a landmark moment in the nation’s history.
The special-edition shaft combines Tour-proven VENTUS TR performance with a distinctive and striking design, featuring the iconic patriot red, white and blue colorway, along with the Folds of Honor logo and a commemorative ‘250’ emblem to acknowledge the 250th Anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Golf Pride, an industry leader in golf equipment manufacturing, announces the release of its limited-edition Stars and Stripes ZERO TAPER putter grip in commemoration of the United States’ historic 250th anniversary. The release serves as a celebration of the rich heritage of American golf, a pastime the company has actively supported through domestic design and engineering for the past 77 years.
The grip features a red, white and blue colorway and includes large ‘USA’ lettering, along with a waving American flag. Beginning June 25, the specialty model will be available online at GolfPride.com for $39.99.
Club Champion, the nation’s premier custom club fitting and building studio, today announced The Fitting Challenge, a limited-time promotion running June 23 through July 18, 2026, at U.S. Club Champion fitting studios. The challenge is simple: let Club Champion’s world-class fitters find you a better club in at least one measured category – or receive a complimentary shaft credit of up to $450.
New Club Champion customers age 18 or older book a fitting session and bring their current club – their “Gamer” – into the studio. A Club Champion fitter then conducts a complete fitting, using a Tour-grade launch monitor to measure head-to-head performance across three categories: carry distance, accuracy, and efficiency. The verdict is in the data.