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How Science Can Benefit The PGA Tour … A special report from the 2016 Arnold Palmer Invitational by Kiran Kanwar. Science on the PGA ToThe QUICK FIX man Does the PGA Tour truly have a quick-fix man? Who is he and what quick-fix can he offer? He is Don Parker, Owner of ProTour Services based in Austin, Texas, who has literally been the quick-fixer to the stars of the Tour for over 40 years. He is a independent contractor with his own trailer, and can “fix” any club a player brings in, during ...

For a second week in succession rival Ryder Cup captains Darren Clarke and Davis Love 111 have managed to avoid each other. Clarke contested last week’s Valspar Championship while Love was a late withdrawal, and with USA vice-captain Steve Stricker left to co-host with Clarke a Q & A session during the event at Palm Harbor. Now after the duo were to play a practice round during this Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill near Orlando and the Irishman withdrew last weekend, and after the cut-off ...

PGA Champion Jason Day revealed the last time he was wired with an on-course microphone those listening in picked up his conversation about a 1999 Toyota Camry. Day’s bizarre response came when asked how he would feel if asked to wear a microphone should he be competing in the last few groups on the final day of a PGA Tour event. Some years ago, Golf Australia experimented with ‘wiring’ players during competition while non-PGA Tour events such as ‘Skin’s Games’ ...

With a month to go to the season’s first Major Jason Day reckons he’s nervous at thoughts of heading back to Augusta National. Day will be contesting his sixth straight Masters but with the excitement of teeing-up as the PGA Championship titleholder having captured a first Major of his career last August at Whistling Straits. The last time a reigning PGA Champion won the Masters was in 2000 when Tiger Woods held all four Major Championship titles to complete ‘The Tiger Slam’. However Day ...

It is one of those quintessential Padraig Harrington stories. On his last trip to India 22-years ago he lost a semi-final match in the Indian Amateur but returned home a qualified accountant. Harrington has returned to the world’s most populous democratic country as leading international star for Thursday’s starting Hero Indian Open in Dehli. The triple Major champ stepped off his 19-hour in-air flight from Orlando via Frankfurt having picked-up five spots to move to No. 125 in the world on the ...

For a second year running England’s Danny Willett has attained ‘Special Temporary’ membership of the PGA Tour following his share of 22nd place in the Valspar Championship. Willett had posted a final round one over par 72 for an eventual similar four-day tally in his first showing, and to be tied with fellow Brit Luke Donald (70). Willett, whose wife is due to give birth to the couple’s first child on the Sunday of next month’s final round at the Masters, collected some $40,000 for ...

It seems wherever you travel to play golf in the States you are going to come across a Donald Ross designed golf course. The Scottish-born Ross, who honed his game and course design skills at Dornoch, has long been credited with laying the foundations for American golf. He designed around 400 golf courses in the United States, Canada and Cuba. In fact, three weeks ago we spent each day driving to and fro along Donald Ross Blvd on our way to the Honda Classic, and reflects how revered was Ross who ...