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As a Golf Digest Top 40 Best Young Teacher in America, Megan Padua is among the rising stars in golf instruction. After graduating from Penn State University in their PGA Golf Management program in 2008, Padua has taught at courses such as Belfair Plantation in Bluffton, S.C., Maidstone Club in…
As much as a golf nerd like myself hates to admit it, there have been some dark moments for the game in the 21stcentury. There have been times where the energy around the sport felt stagnant, like the humid and still summer air before an impending storm. I think back…
Hey everyone! Hope you’re all doing well and enjoying the end of the year! The team and I wanted to take this time to express how thankful we are for the incredible support and recap this untraditional yet productive year. Here are the major updates for each component of our…
By the time Dustin Johnson reached Augusta National’s second nine, the place we all say the tournament is meant to start, everything had already been decided. The 36-year-old who grew up a short drive away in Columbia, South Carolina, held a commanding lead over promising but mostly unproven players Cameron…
Less than 2 percent of PGA professionals can call themselves Master Professionals. To earn it, you have to possess the expertise and experience that Dennis Clark has. The current leader of the Dennis Clark Golf Academy on Marco Island in Naples, Fla., Clark was formerly the Director of Instruction at…
Being the head men’s golf coach at the University of Florida is a full-time job for J.C. Deacon, but that doesn’t mean he can’t play just as well as some the players he coaches. Deacon recently completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Florida Open, his second win at the tournament…
In this episode of The Club, our host Sean Fairholm talks with Graff Golf’s Alex Fortey about how ball analytics can help to simplify your golf game. Fortey delves into the specifics of carry yardages, spin rates and more to explain what you need to know.
The way Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open at Winged Foot defies conventional thinking, so much so that we need to redefine what that thinking says in the first place. To back up for a second, here is a recap of the DeChambeau story: A great junior player from California,…
In this episode of the Graff Golf Podcast, our host Sean Fairholm chats to Pat Goss, a PGA Tour short game coach. Goss explains why so many players — even the best in the world — struggle with consistency around the greens, and how the solution is often found in changing their…
The game can bring a golf professional to a lot of locations throughout a career, but Jim Smith Jr. has been incredibly successful despite barely leaving his hometown zip code. Born and raised in southeastern Pennsylvania, Smith Jr. graduated from Temple University and has been running golf courses around Philadelphia…
As Collin Morikawa, just 23 years old, took command of the PGA Championship late on Sunday evening, I couldn’t help but think of two moments. The first was just a little over five years ago when we watched the coronation of Jordan Spieth as the then-21-year-old dominated the Masters for…
In this episode of the Graff Golf Podcast, our host Sean Fairholm chats to Conrad Ray, the head men’s golf coach at Stanford University. Ray talks about what he learned as a player at Stanford, keeping his current players motivated, the role of technology in the game and more.
Last Sunday’s match featuring Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning drew an average of 5.8 million viewers, becoming the most-watched golf telecast in cable television history. The rain-soaked affair peaked at 6.3 million viewers, clearly drawing considerable attention from the sports-starved masses. These substantial numbers even eclipsed…
Speechless. But we’ll write something anyway. As I’m sure all of you can agree, 2020 has gotten off to a wild start.We started our Indiegogo campaign with a $20k goal in mind – hoping to achieve the bare minimum of funding that would allow us to launch our product. Our…
Hey everyone, We know how uncertain this time is for everyone and wish that each one of you and your families are staying safe (and sane!). While COVID has undoubtedly paused some of our efforts, we would love to take this opportunity to tell you more about how we started…
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