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Published: 2016.02.26 10:35 AM - http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/March-2016/18-Holes-With-Tina-Mickelson-Stadium-Golf-Center/ With a fresh PGA Tour season underway and spring on the horizon, golfers have a renewed passion for the game and motivation to improve. Stadium Golf Center is a wonderful resource for those not only looking to make some changes in their golf swing, but also to log some quality short game practice, find the right equipment, and enjoy an overall sense of support for their golf game. Fore the Record The center has the most PGA (11) and LPGA (1) professionals at a single standalone facility in the country, and six of them have [...]

Brendon de Jonge’s day at the Northern Trust Open got off to a solid start with a two-putt birdie at the first hole. Things quickly became more complicated, however, when he missed the green at No. 2 and reached for his 60-degree lob wedge. That’s when he noticed the shaft near the butt of the grip had been dented. The damage occurred a day earlier when de Jonge had to play a chip shot on his final hole on Thursday with the same wedge from a difficult lie. De Jonge thought the ball was plugged, but he was not allowed [...]

Our mini documentary tells the story of how Callaway and Boeing teamed up to advance clubhead aerodynamics never before seen in a driver (we’re talking of course about the new XR 16).

Since Rule 14-1b went into effect on Jan. 1 prohibiting anchored strokes on the golf course, there have only been a few questions raised at the professional level as to whether there was a breach of this Rule. Two recent situations have provided excellent, real-world illustrations of this Rule. The first was Zac Blair at the Sony Open in mid-January and the second was Bernhard Langer at the Champions Tour’s Chubb Classic this past weekend. Rule 14-1b prohibits two actions during a stroke: 1) directly anchoring the club or a gripping hand against the body and 2) indirectly anchoring the [...]

Who is the best golfer of all time? In an upcoming “Golf Central” special celebrating Tiger Woods’ 40th birthday, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee said that he would pick Woods over Jack Nicklaus. “Longevity sanctifies an idea, a career, a relationship, a government,” Chamblee said. “In that regard, Jack Nicklaus’ career was so long – won major championships over 24 years, spanned three generations – but Tiger Woods dominated in a way that had never been done before, and will never be done again. So I think, at least in my estimation, that you’d have to give the edge to [...]