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Some of the best players in the game are teeing it up at this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. While the BMW PGA is without a doubt the DP World Tour’s flagship event, it is not the season finale. The last two events of the season are scheduled for November in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. But there’s a major problem with that plan: both locations have been under attack from Iran since its war with the United States broke out in February.

Let’s get real for a moment. Most golfers, and by “most,” I mean players with an 18 handicap or higher, probably aren’t reaping the full benefits of a premium golf ball. Expensive balls tend to cater to better players who rely on specific performance characteristics. Taking advantage of those features often requires a combination of higher swing speed, consistent contact and the ability to control launch and spin.

If GOLF’s most recent ranking of the Top 100 Resorts in the World whets your appetite for some travel, you’ll be happy to know that you can visit more than a quarter of these properties without traversing the Atlantic. A whopping 27 of the 100 resorts on the list can be visited right here on the North American continent.

If you thought you missed out on your chance to snag a new Odyssey Ai-DUAL or Tri-Hot putter for $100 off its original retail price, we have good news: the sale has been extended! Now, you have an opportunity to enjoy this great discount for even longer. What can you gain from the cutting-edge technology on offer from the Odyssey Ai-DUAL and Tri-Hot putters?

The 2026 Biltmore Championship Asheville kicks off Thursday with the opening round at . You can find full Biltmore Championship Asheville tee times for Thursday’s first round at the bottom of this post. Over the course of this year, Jacob Bridgeman has announced himself as one of the top American golfers of the future. The 26-year-old pro captured his first PGA Tour victory at the Genesis Invitational in February, but that’s not all. He also earned four top-5 finishes total and six top 10s.

The DP World Tour released its 2027 schedule on Wednesday — and it featured a few notable changes. There are some big-time additions. The Singapore Open (in April, now presented by Deutsche Bank) and the Hong Kong Open (in October) will be co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour. LIV Golf had played events in both places several times in recent years; their realignment with the DP World Tour is a story in and of itself.

Craig Surgeon says he ‘found’ his ball. Then Scotland’s Lothians Golf Association found out how he did. As a result, and as first reported by the Scotsman’s Martin Dempster, the group has suspended the Scottish amateur player five years — and he has written several social media posts explaining what happened. His move came in July during the Lothians Golf Association’s Lothians Amateur Championship.

I recently got a couple of my favorite tour students, Rafael Campos and Ty Gingerich, together for one of our performance sessions, where we combine golf instruction with fitness and strategy. Rafa’s out on the PGA Tour, and Ty is getting ready for DP World Tour Q-School, but even at though they are at some of the highest levels of the game, some of what we worked on can be useful for everyday players, too.

Say what you will about this Brian Rolapp, who made his mark as an NFL executive, not being a quote/unquote golf guy. Whatever. The man’s a fast learner. When Billy Payne, another football guy (wide receiver and defensive end at Georgia in the 1960s), became the chairman of Augusta National in 2006, he could tell you everything you needed to know about the life and times of Amen Corner. But he sounded like he was reading from a Wiki page.

No one should be surprised that Titleist again led the counts for the PGA Tour’s winningest golf balls this year. The company counted 26 victories during the 2026 FedEx Cup season, more than all the other brands combined and more than six times as the second-place brand. All of those victories were recorded by variants of the flagship Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls.