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Aug
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Energy Athletic Golf: Power from a golf shirt

Can golfers derive power from a shirt? Energy Athletic Golf says they can with its golf shirts featuring IonX technology that produces negative ions. Negative ions, delivered in myriad forms (bracelets the most popular),...

03

Aug
Fri

Golf Digest: We're better on an iPad

If you ask Golf Digest's creative director, Ken DeLago, what makes the magazine so much better on an iPad, or even a 7-inch tablet like the Kindle Fire or Nook Color, he likes to say, "It's a magazine under glass! Isn't that enough?" Not only is he the design genius behind our tablet magazine, he's also one of our resident comedians. When Ken's laughter subsides and his serious voice takes over, he'll tell you that the multitude of videos, usually 10 or more per issue, are what really makes Golf Digest on the tablet so great. "It's Golf Digest. And it's TV!" For 18 months now, subscribers have been reading, watching, listening to and interacting with their

03

Aug
Fri

Dustin Johnson addresses bunker rule at this year's PGA

AKRON, Ohio -- Dustin Johnson said he laughed when he heard the news. "Then I just said, 'You're welcome,'" to his fellow tour professionals. The PGA of America announced on July 25 that during next week's PGA Championship at the Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, S.C., sandy areas would not be designated as bunkers. That means that players can move loose impediments, take practice swings and ground their clubs, as long as the area isn't in a water hazard. Such a condition of play is consistent with past tournaments at the Ocean Course: the 1991 Ryder Cup, 2005 Professional National Championship and 2007 Senior PGA. The decision is not, as some might suspect, related to the fate that befell Johnson two years ago in the 92nd PGA at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. On the 72nd hole, Johnson was assessed a two-stroke penalty for grounding a club in a bunker in the right rough. He subsequently missed a playoff in which Martin Kaymer defeated Bubba Watson. Pete Dye designed both Whistling Straits and the Ocean Course. The difference between the two is that Whistling Straits features defined bunkers surrounded by grass, whereas sand is part of the natural terrain throughout the Ocean Course, but often occurs without clear definition. The confusion at Whistling Straits was the result of patrons walking in many of the bunkers, including the one in which Johnson's drive came to rest on the 18th hole in the final round. It did not appear to be a bunker, which is a hazard where grounding a club is forbidden under the Rules of Golf. Related: The costliest rules mistakes ever Sand areas at the Ocean Course will be played as "through the green." "I think it's good," Johnson said Thursday at Firestone CC after his opening 1-under 69 in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. "Especially at the place we're at, where there's so much sand everywhere." Johnson, 28, a native of Columbia, S.C., said there was no real advantage to the condition of play but that it would help speed up play by taking doubt out of determining which areas might be bunkers and which aren't. "You still have to hit a shot," he noted, adding that although a player can ground his club even on sand shots around the green, he was going to handle it like a regular bunker shot. "It's going to be a little strange to be in a greenside bunker to ground your club, and I'm not going to." -- Dave Shedloski Follow @daveshedloski !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");

03

Aug
Fri

Fitness Friday: Mosquitoes might be a matter of life and death

Every week my colleague Ron Kaspriske, Golf Digest Fitness Editor, presents Fitness Friday on the Instruction Blog. This week he discusses something that threatens many of us in the warmer months on golf courses--mosquito bites....

03

Aug
Fri

Rickie Fowler: The Fairway Bunker Shot

Dig in just right: PGA Tour Player and Golf Digest Playing Editor Rickie Fowler shares his strategy for hitting the green out of a fairway bunker.

03

Aug
Fri

How to Make the PGA Championship Cooler

Our suggestions to add a little more sizzle to the season's final major.

03

Aug
Fri

PGA Championship-Winning Equipment

Some of the greatest shots in PGA Championship history were made with the most unusual clubs.

02

Aug
Thu

Scott attempts a return to normalcy in his first post-Open round

AKRON, Ohio -- His opening drive Thursday morning at Firestone CC split the fairway. Four holes later, he four-putted from nine feet.Adam Scott at the British Open. Photo by: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images In his first tournament round after his monumentally disappointing loss in the Open Championship two weeks ago at Royal Lytham & St Annes, Adam Scott discovered that he needed a few moments and a few deep breaths to recapture his competitive equilibrium. A 1-over-par 71 wasn't necessarily a score to savor when most of the field in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was wreaking havoc on Firestone's usually feisty South Course, but neither was it without utility. If Scott is to heal from his letdown at Lytham, where he bogeyed the final four holes to cede the Claret Jug to Ernie Els, the process might as well commence at the site of his last PGA Tour victory. Even if he wasn't truly prepared. Related: Winners & Losers from the 2012 British Open "A little bit at times I felt a bit like it was quick to get back into it after a big week," Scott said after posting a score nine strokes higher than his opening 62 from a year ago when he bolted to a wire-to-wire victory, his eighth on the tour. "Majors are a big week anyway. To spend the whole week in the mix (at Royal Lytham) and then have a finish that I spent a few days thinking about, and then having to deal with speaking to everyone ... even though it's been all very nice, it felt like it was hard to switch my mind back on. I think I did a pretty good job after that 14th hole." The 14th is where the amiable Aussie four-putted for a double-bogey. The rest of the round was without many highs or lows, which he's undoubtedly gotten his fill of. Last week Scott retreated to his place in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland, to reconnoiter and reconsider the week that was at Lytham, where he played 68 holes of impeccable golf only to see it come undone in the final stretch. Related: Ernie Els captures fourth major with help from Scott The likelihood of shooting another 62 at Firestone, as he did last year, was remote. Performing as he did at Lytham isn't a common occurrence either. "I can't expect to play four rounds like I did at the Open," Scott, 32, said. "To be perfectly honest, that was the best golf I've played in a major -- maybe ever -- from tee to green. It was pretty flawless for the whole week." Thursday's goal was to rediscover a semblance of normalcy, put some numbers down on a scorecard, begin the process of distilling the results of the Open from his performance. "I feel like I put a lot of preparation into that major and then all the mental energy you expend being in contention ... it's good to get back out there sooner rather than later," he said. "I think that's good to be able to turn my mind back on to competitive golf. And maybe it just took today to say to yourself, 'OK, you just need to switch the mind back on and not just float through this week. Get yourself ready for next week too.' The next three days are important to me as far as confidence in the game. It could go a long way into next week. It's back to business as usual now." Related: Defining moments from the 2012 British Open Good timing, because the business of golf gets harder. The PGA Championship begins next Thursday followed two weeks later by the start of the four-tournament FedEx Cup playoffs. This is a key stretch. Fortunately, Scott might be one of the most rested players in the game. His start at Firestone is just his 11th of the year. Further solace can be derived from the fact that he has finished 15th or better in the year's first three majors. "I feel like I'm in a good spot. I'm still swinging well, hitting good shots," he said. "I can't expect to play every week like I played at Lytham. It can be good to a high standard, but you also have to realize it won't be quite the same every week. But physically I'm fresh. I've only played 10 times this year. I've worked hard on my game, but I've done things a bit differently, and I'm hoping as we head into the stretch here it pays off." -- Dave Shedloski Follow @DaveShedloski !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");

02

Aug
Thu

Trending: When metal heads and golf collide

We all know FedEx has been a big supporter of the PGA, offering up major dollars so we can enjoy important golf well past the PGA Championship. But as of late, they've upped the ante on the entertainment front as well with their line of commercials directed at those wishing to ship their golf clubs. There's a couple examples of men treating their clubs better than their own children that deserve watching, as do most on their highly-viewed YouTube channel (the golf ones -- I can't attest to the others), but it was their most recent ad featuring a fictional metal band that drew my attention. Related: Funniest golf commercials In another life (or maybe a concurrent one), I've spent many an hour around actual metal heads, both of the playing (in bands) and listening (fans of bands) variety, and what the commercial accurately depicts is the contradiction between most hard rockers' outward appearances and their actual personas. I believe the term is akin to, "they're all a bunch of teddy bears." Of course, this is nothing new to the golf world. Alice Cooper has been taking golfers to school for years, and as The Daily Swarm points out, Iron Maiden are also known fans of the game. Same goes for members of the Deftones and Metallica, and I would venture to say countless others, both known and unknown, are down with golf. So to say this one hits close to home would be an understatement. That was until AdWeek had to go and ruin my childish glee with unwarranted business professionalism. -- Derek Evers Follow @derekevers !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");

01

Aug
Wed

Tiger's Miracle Shot

Setup and swing keys to hit superhuman wedge shots, like the one Tiger holed.