While most of us will never know what it's like to hit a golf ball like Rory McIlroy, in some ways it is comforting to learn than the 2025 Masters champion is guilty of a shortcoming that most ...

Any time you hit a golf ball off the ground, you’re trying to compress the orb between your golf club and the turf. And because every club is a different length (unless you’re Bryson ...

For many of these questions, we've sought answers through tests with real golfers. Those results have admittedly fallen short of definitive, but they have still provided useful insight into what ...

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Golf Digest's new Robo Test series can be that cheat sheet. With the Golf Laboratories swing robot leading the way ... including spin rate, ball speed, carry distance and dispersion.

McIlroy believes the course would play better if it were longer for today's golfers or if the golf ball went shorter ... is to test balls using a robot that swings at a faster speed (125 mph ...