Si Woo Kim Broke His Putter, Finished Round Two With 3-Wood
Kim, who entered the Masters looking to claim his fourth PGA Tour victory, broke his putter in frustration after a chip on hole 15 rolled well beyond the pin. That had followed a three-putt on hole 14.
What happened to woo Kims putter? Kim smashed his putter head-first into the turf at Augusta National after a poor chip on the par-5 15th hole Friday, bending the shaft and rendering the club unusable. Read More...
Tiger Woods came closest to winning a modern Grand Slam by holding all four major titles at the same time. He won all four major championships consecutively — the U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship in 2000 and the 2001 Masters — but not in the same calendar year. This has been called the Tiger Slam.
When did Tiger hold all 4 majors? A Lifelong Champion
Three years later, he won the US Open, British Open and the PGA Championship (his second), then added the 2001 Masters to become the only person to ever hold all four professional major titles at one time. Read More...
In the fairway, when the ball sits on the ground, you might hit it thin or fat. But if you tee the ball a little higher on a par 3, you can make more of a sweeping swing, and you've just eliminated the two things you don't want to happen.
How high should you tee up on a par 3? Generally speaking, the proper height to tee the ball on irons shots is so that there is a little room for the final one or two grooves of an iron to hypothetically slip underneath the teed up ball at impact. Read More...