John Daly II, the son of two-time major champion John Daly, won his Round of 64 match on Wednesday, outlasting Cooper Claycomb, 1 up, at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course in San Francisco, Calif.
Daly, who failed to advance to match play in 2024, won just one hole on Wednesday – the par-4 11th with a birdie. He had a chance to go 1 up early with a 6-foot par putt on No. 6 but burned the edge of the hole and tied it with a bogey.
It's been about five years since Callaway Golf released an X Forged iron model. And improvements to the 2025 X Forged irons make this legendary series better than ever before. But Callaway also double-downed on X Forged with an entirely new model, the X Forged Max irons. X Forged Max features the same one-piece 1020 carbon steel forged material but is designed in a players distance construction.
I hit the 2025 Callaway X Forged and X Forged Max irons at a Club Champion fitting a few weeks back and can tell you I was incredibly impressed with both models after just a few first swings. I used the same Dynamic Gold MID 115 shafts in both irons for testing. And there are some performance differences between the two models that I'm going to tell you about in this comparative review.
Preston Stout fired a championship-low round of 5-under 65 on Tuesday morning to help himself earn medalist honors at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. The freshly-minted Walker Cupper paired his round today with a 3-under 68 on Monday to find himself atop the leader board.
Playing off the No. 1 tee on the Lake Course, the 21-year-old from Dallas, Texas navigated the toughest portion of the golf course and went out in 2-under, birdieing hole Nos. 7 and 9 before dropping a shot at the par-4 12th. With his head coach Alan Bratton on the bag, the Oklahoma State Cowboy quickly made up for it with a deuce on the ensuing par 3, before stringing together three more birdies on hole Nos. 15-17.
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, SkyGolf, maker of SkyCaddie®, the most-trusted rangefinders in golf, is announcing a special Labor Day promotion on all of its popular, award-winning rangefinders.
From August 15 through September 5, 2025, golfers can save $50 on the following rangefinders.
As the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black approaches, excitement builds for one of golf’s most anticipated showdowns.
The Black Course is regarded as one of the toughest in the game, and data experts Shot Scope have delved into the stats to see how difficult it is for the average golfer from the professional tees.
NBCUniversal has extended its media rights agreement with the United States Golf Association (USGA) through 2032, both parties announced today.
“We’re incredibly proud of the partnership we’ve built over the years with NBCU and VERSANT, and we’re equally excited to continue building on that legacy through our shared passion and dedication – alongside people we’re proud to call our friends,” said USGA CEO Mike Whan. “The value NBCU and VERSANT place on the USGA brand is evident, and this agreement enables the USGA to further advance our mission to positively impact the game, while providing the most expansive coverage and broadest reach to showcase USGA championships.”
Tommy Morrison and Charlie Forster recorded a pair of 4-under 66s on Monday to share the lead after the first round of the 125th U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif.
Celebrating his 21st birthday under seasonal Bay Area cloudiness, Morrison turned in the only bogey-free scorecard of the day while playing on the Ocean Course – the championship’s stroke-play co-host – in a marquee grouping that featured world No. 4 Preston Stout, of Dallas, Texas, and No. 5 Filip Jakubcik, of Czechia.
PUMA Golf and longtime staffer Rickie Fowler have once again teamed up with famed DJ Kygo and his Palm Tree Crew to create a new, more relaxed PUMA x PTC collection.
Featuring a fun and vibrant lineup of items and colorways including Haute Tropic, Dark Indigo and White Glow, among others, the latest PUMA x PTC collection has something for everyone.
Winning a national championship for any athlete is an exhilarating feeling. Megha Ganne experienced such elation in 2024 when the Holmdel, N.J., native helped the powerhouse Stanford University women’s golf program collect its third NCAA title.
But it wasn’t until a sun-splashed and breezy Sunday at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort that the 21-year-old got to experience such a feat as an individual.
A lightweight driver shaft should in theory generate more distance. They're easier to swing and allow you to swing faster to create more swing speed than heavier shafts. The problem with lightweight driver shafts (for me at least) is there's often some other accompanying loss of feel, control, or accuracy. Until now.
The new Fujikura Ventus VeloCore+ White is the first lightweight driver shaft I've played that checks all the boxes for me. Increased swing speed and distance? You bet. But Ventus White also delivers consistent shot patterns and doesn't disrupt my timing and tempo. I installed the Ventus White into my Ping G440 LST driver and I'll give you some comparisons in feel, launch, and spin to the Ventus VeloCore+ Blue shaft (which I play in a different driver) in this review as well.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the medal presented each year to the U.S. Women’s Amateur champion will be renamed and redesigned to honor golf legend JoAnne Carner in recognition of her remarkable golf career, which includes eight USGA championship victories, the most by any female golfer.
The gold medal in its current form, which has not had a formal name prior, dates back to 1977. Beginning with the 126th U.S. Women’s Amateur at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn., next August, each champion will receive the JoAnne Carner Medal along with the Robert Cox Trophy.
LIV Golf, the global golf league energizing the sport through team competition and innovative fan experiences, today announced a return to the Real Club Valderrama for LIV Golf Andalucía 2026, from 5-7 June 2026.
Early bird tickets for LIV Golf Andalucía 2026 are now available for purchase from LIVGolf.com/andalucia2026 including a select number of Club 54 Hospitality Tickets and three-day Ground Passes, where fans can enjoy a festival of world-class golf, live music, and family-friendly experiences.
Semifinal Saturday at the 125th U.S. Women’s Amateur turned into Drama at the Dunes.
For only the third time in the championship’s illustrious history – and the second time in seven years – both semifinal matches went extra holes, and featured wild comebacks.
Winning matches at the quarterfinal stage of a USGA championship is always a difficult task, whether it is the talented opponent greeting you on the first tee or just the enormity of the moment.
Add sustained winds from 15-20 mph – with gusts into the mid-30s – and that challenge gets multiplied in spades.
There are three fundamental things you need from a golf laser rangefinder. One, you need it to be easy to use. It doesn't matter how accurate or loaded with features it is if your rangefinder is a pain in the you know what to use. Two, as just alluded to you need your rangefinder to produce accurate yardages otherwise what's even the point. And third, it needs to pick up the targets you're shooting. Easy to use and accurate is worthless if you're aiming at the wrong target.
The new Nikon COOLSHOT 50i GII Golf Laser Rangefinder gives you the slot machine triple diamond in these categories and then pays you out even more. I put the Nikon 50i GII to the test in bright, normal, and lowlight conditions and it performed flawlessly. In this review I'll also touch on a few differences between the 50i GII and Nikon's most premium rangefinder, the COOLSHOT Pro III Stabilized.
Friday’s 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinal matches will commence at 1:40 p.m. PDT, while the semifinals on Saturday are scheduled for 11:15 a.m.and 11:30 a.m.
Sunday’s 36-hole championship match will begin at 9:30 a.m. and resume after the lunch break at a time to be determined. Golf Channel has live coverage of the quarterfinals from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT. Here’s a closer look at the eight Quarterfinalists.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort woke up on Thursday.
After three days of relatively benign conditions, the omnipresent winds that permeate through this 26-year-old facility on the southwest Oregon coast came out of their three-day hibernation to greet the 32 remaining competitors in the 125th U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Golf is having a style and culture shift, and women are at the forefront. Since 2019, female participation in the sport has surged by 41 percent, with women now making up a record 28 percent of on-course players.
The rise is reshaping how and where women travel, and Etéreo, Auberge Resorts Collection, is meeting the moment with a golf experience perfectly timed for National Golf Month.
There will be 312 golfers competing in the 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship field next week at The Olympic Club.
Here’s a closer look at the competitors.