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by Bang Average Golf’s Historian of Missed Opportunities. If Scotty Cameron is the guy who turns up in a sports car with custom paint and…

If you told someone on Thursday morning that J.J. Spaun would be lifting the U.S. Open trophy by Sunday night, they’d have checked your water…

Moving Day at Oakmont felt more like a game of survival chess than a charge up the leaderboard. Sam Burns clung onto his lead with…

Oakmont, as ever, isn’t here to make friends. Day Two of the U.S. Open saw dreams dashed, tempers flared, and clubs flung as the course…

J.J. Spaun – hardly a household name – came out swinging, carding a flawless 66 (‑4) to seize a solo clubhouse lead. No bogeys, four birdies to…

by Bang Average Golf’s Head of Swing Flaws and Ball Excuses. Bridgestone’s e12 range comes in three flavours: Hi-Launch, Straight, and Speed. Which one should…

Welcome to Oakmont Country Club, where joy goes to retire and 72 holes feels like trench warfare in polo shirts. The 2025 U.S. Open is…

You know the drill. Another week, another tour stop, another reminder that golf is a game of fine margins, questionable wardrobe choices, and men named…

There are putters you want to show off to your mates, and then there’s the Ping Ketsch G — a flatstick that looks like it…

Ah, Muirfield Village. The place where Nicklaus built a shrine to golf, invited the best players in the world… and then made them suffer for…