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The Peanut Putter from Fred Daly Golf

By John Strege ORLANDO -- Fred Daly won the British Open in 1947, won the British Matchplay Championship three times, played on four Ryder Cup teams and designed and developed his own equipment under...

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Demo Day At The PGA Show

New items from the PGA Merchandise Show

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Editor's Picks From The PGA Show

Our picks for the coolest, wackiest, and most innovative items on display this week in Orlando

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Five ways for the unitiated to spend PGA Show Demo Day

By Sam WeinmanORLANDO -- First-time visitors to Demo Day at the PGA Show are often struck by the sheer magnitude of the setting at Orange County National, with the wealth of products and exhibits leaving you unsure where to start. The reality is there's no right way to do Demo Day, but on Wednesday, we learned of five ways you can't go wrong.1. You can get a full-game workout in. It's quite possible to show up at Demo Day with zero interest in the products showcased there, and merely spend the day banging balls. Every manufacturer of note has a patch of the driving range available, so you merely need to feign interest in their latest products (Don't bring your own bag. That won't go over well) and then get working on that baby draw you've been refining. And don't just work on the full swing. There's a chipping area and a putting green, too. The only thing missing was a spot for a massage and a shower, but perhaps we missed that.Putting with a badge not recommended.2. You can marvel at people with equally as bad tans as you. The PGA Show is a prime destination for northern-based pros, retailers and ahem, golf media who seemingly haven't seen the light of day for months. As a result, many attendees look like they have recently been embalmed. 3. You can lose 10 pounds. The range at Orange County National is an enormous ring comparable in size to an IndyCar track. Walk that a few times, then factor in there's only one full-service food stand that featured hour-plus waits for a hot dog, and Demo Day is a test of endurance as much as anything else.The food line was not a happy place.4. You can get hammered. What is in abundance is alcohol, which is supplied at many manufacturers' booths (Cobra even had Red Bull and Vodka, all with rave music thumping in the background. Take THAT, tennis). Pair this with the dearth of food options detailed in No. 3, and the fact that people were standing in the sun all day as noted in item No. 2, and it's remarkable so many people left upright. You mean to say you've been playing all this time without your own robot?5. You can invent new excuses for your game. And here you thought the problems with your golf swing were because of your own physical deficiencies. Turns out it could be from using the wrong spikes, grips, sunscreen, eyewear, and beverage, or all of the above. One thing about Demo Day, and the PGA Show in general, is that it alerts you to the various pitfalls a golfer might confront, hence the need for so many new solutions. If everyone believed your spikes/grips/suncreen/eyewear/beverage were immaterial, there wouldn't be nearly as many exhibitors, and there probably wouldn't be as many people attending. Of course, then at least the line for a hot dog would be shorter.Follow @samweinman !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");

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Garmin Golf upgrades its wristwatch-like rangefinder

By John Strege Rangefinders continue to evolve, even in packages already small and functional, like those worn on the wrist in the manner of a wristwatch. Garmin Golf joined that fray with its Approach...

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Phil Mickelson Puts Himself Back In Play

Phil Mickelson learns a lesson in off-course management following his statements about taxes.

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Phil Mickelson's putter change draws attention to the importance of loft

By E. Michael Johnson To start his 2013 season Phil Mickelson put Odyssey's new Versa putter in the bag. The club is noticeable for its zebra-like stripes (the #9 half-mallet Mickelson used features white/black/white...

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The Grind: Celebrity golfers, Tiger's Torrey return, Phil's taxes & more

By Alex Myers Editor's note: GolfDigest.com's new weekly column sifts through everything happening in golf (and beyond), and looks ahead with upcoming tournament facts and predictions. Now that's product placement! (Getty Images)Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we're willing to forget about last week if you are. The 2013 debuts of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson? Busts. Our fantasy picks? Busts. Even Michael Bolton couldn't come through on Saturday to capture the Humana Challenge Pro-Am. Yes, it was a disappointing week. But on the bright side, there's plenty more to come this week. Let's get to it. WE'RE BUYING Humana Challenge. The second year of being partnered with Bill Clinton's foundation helped bring in more talent (nine players from last year's Tour Championship) and the event continued to push its important health message. It's too bad Gary Player, who has an endorsement deal with the healthcare company, can't be at every golf course in America chastising people for riding carts. Brian Gay. A final-round 63 and a playoff victory to end a three-and-a-half year winless drought? It doesn't get much sweeter than that. He also proved that someone other than Rickie Fowler is brave enough to wear bright orange on Sunday. Closing par 5s. It didn't matter who was on the leader board, having the Humana Challenge come down to PGA West's par-5 18th guaranteed excitement. Charles Howell III had a chance to win in regulation, but three-putted for par, which is basically like making a bogey. Then Scott Stallings had a chance to win and he made a bogey, which is basically like making a double bogey. Speaking of Stallings, he didn't make a bogey all week until the 14th hole on Sunday. He then bogeyed three of his final five holes. Did Gary Player make him do a few laps around the course as punishment? WE'RE SELLING Nike Golf. The Swoosh has seen better weeks. Both Tiger Woods and new pitch man Rory McIlroy hit some awful shots on their way to missed cuts in Abu Dhabi, and McIlroy even switched back to his Scotty Cameron putter from his new Nike Method. Not exactly a ringing endorsement. . . Celebrity golfer handicaps. One of the best parts of seeing a pro-am is seeing the handicaps of celebrities. The one that jumped out at me this time was that of Alfonso Ribeiro, aka Carlton Banks from "The Fresh Prince." Apparently, he is a scratch golfer. Really?! This guy (left)?! Sigh. Well, I guess there's hope for all of us hackers. Phil's tax problems. Mickelson made some odd comments after his round Sunday, complaining about his new, higher taxes and hinting he might move or even seek retirement as a result. He later apologized, but his whining didn't sit well with most people. You know, those people WHO DON'T MAKE $45 MILLION A YEAR! ON TAP The PGA Tour stays in California for the Farmers Insurance Open, aka that event that Tiger Woods usually starts his U.S. season with. This year, Woods will tee it up, as will Mickelson, unless California issues a new tax on golfers playing at public courses in the next couple of days. Random tournament fact: Last year, Brandt Snedeker shot a final-round 67 on a difficult Torrey Pines South Course to get into a playoff, which he would eventually win. Why is that random? Because all anyone remembers is Kyle Stanley's disastrous triple bogey on the final hole of regulation. WEEKLY YAHOO! FANTASY LINEUP Starters -- (A-List): Tiger Woods. He's won this event six times. Plus, we seem to remember him winning another pretty big tournament at Torrey Pines. . . (B-List): Hunter Mahan. The two-time winner in 2012 has back-to-back T-6s in this event. (B-List): Nick Watney. The Californian has top 10s here four of the past six years, including a win in 2009. (C-List): Rickie Fowler. Can the 24-year-old make it back-to-back weeks of golfers winning in orange? Our Mr. Style might not be able to handle it. Bench -- Brandt Snedeker, Ben Crane, Bud Cauley, and Robert Garrigus. RANDOM PROP BETS OF THE WEEK -- Phil Mickelson will whip out a calculator to crunch numbers regarding his finances during lengthy waits on tee boxes: 10-to-1 odds -- The Tiger Woods birdie putt on the 72nd hole of the 2008 U.S. Open will be shown fewer than 117 times during TV coverage: 10-to-1 odds -- Kyle Stanley and Rocco Mediate will meet to discuss their ongoing nightmares about Torrey Pines South's finishing hole: Even money CELEBRITY/ATHLETE WE'D LIKE TO PLAY GOLF WITH Manti Te'o. One of the strangest sports stories ever is still playing itself out, but we're sure we could get to the bottom of it after four hours of bonding with the Notre Dame linebacker on a golf course. Come on, Te'o, let's tee it up! And yes, I promise to actually show up at the course if we arrange to meet. VIRAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK With the PGA Tour being in San Diego this week, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention that the city is the setting for "Anchorman," our favorite comedy, sorry, the GREATEST comedy of ALL TIME. As Will Ferrell's classic character, Ron Burgundy, would say, "It's science." In honor of that fact -- and with an eager eye toward the release of a much-anticipated sequel in the fall -- here are a couple legendary clips: To be fair, the only way to properly honor this masterpiece would be to embed the entire movie. But we don't have the rights -- or the bandwidth. THIS AND THAT Jamie Donaldson won in Abu Dhabi for his second career European Tour victory. However, both have come in the past six months for the 37-year-old journeyman. . . . USGA executive director Mike Davis will address the anchoring ban at the PGA Tour players' meeting in San Diego this week. Ron Burgundy might need to make an appearance to tell those in attendance to "stay classy". . . . Making a last-minute run to a casino is almost never a good idea. At least Mohegan Sun serves chocolate milkshakes at the tables. . . RANDOM QUESTIONS TO PONDER Can someone please write a golf movie that Daniel Day Lewis can star in? Do we really have to wait until October for Anchorman 2? -- Alex Myers is a contributing editor for GolfDigest.com. Feel free to email him and please follow him on Twitter since he has self-esteem issues.

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Golf Digest's 100 Greatest Courses: The Top 10 Most Beautiful Courses

Our panelists rank the 10 most aesthetically-pleasing courses from the 2013-14 Golf Digest 100 Greatest Courses List.

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Jack Nicklaus: Smooth From The Top

The first move down from the top is one of the most important in the golf swing.