🏌How Rory's Unique Training Aid Works

Good Morning! Twins in sports have confounded fans for decades.

On Monday at the BMW PGA Championship, Justin Rose and Billy Horschel found themselves wishing Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard would do the same when they went to congratulate Rasmus for his Irish Open victory ... only to discover it was his brother Nicolai.

Click here to check out the hilarious interaction.

Fun Fact: The BMW PGA Championship takes place this week - Billy Horschel was the last American to win this tournament (2021).

⛳ This day in history: The 1863 Open Championship was played on this date, with Willie Park, Sr., winning by two shots over Tom Morris, Sr., also known as Old Tom.

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Masters Set To Become More Fan-Friendly

There will be more coverage of the 2025 Masters to enjoy in April. In partnership with CBS Sports, the 2025 Masters will debut five additional hours of live coverage of the third and final rounds, stretching the total to 14 hours of weekend coverage on CBS and Paramount+, in addition to their digital feeds Thursday through Sunday.

CBS and Paramount+ will air the Tournament live from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, which is an increase of one hour for Saturday’s third round. Additionally, two hours of live coverage have been added on both Saturday and Sunday to air on Paramount+ from Noon – 2:00 p.m. ET. Commercial time per hour will remain unchanged at four minutes.

Additionally, the Bank of America will join AT&T, IBM and Mercedes-Benz, who each have extended their relationship, as Champion Partners. Delta Air Lines, Rolex and UPS have returned as Tournament Partners.

Bank of America previously has served as a partner of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur since the inaugural Championship in 2019, as well as the Latin America Amateur Championship and Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship since 2022.

The 2025 Masters Tournament is scheduled for April 7 – 13.

📍Spieth Eyes 2025 Return: Jordan Spieth is progressing well following wrist surgery and expects to be ready for the start of the 2025 PGA Tour season. Sporting a cast on his left wrist in his first public appearance since his surgery, Spieth appeared at a fundraiser at Brookhaven Country Club just outside Dallas.

Spieth, 31, initially injured his wrist in 2023. He last competed in the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis in mid-August.

Spieth did not earn entry into the 2025 season-opening tournament, The Sentry. He is, however, able to play in the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 9-12 at Waialae Country Club.

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How Rory's New Training Aid Works

Rory McIlroy is trying out two different training aids on the range of the DP World Tour's BMW PGA Championship this week.

He has been spotted using the G-Snap - a training aid that snaps when you put your wrist into flexion, which helps golfers flatten or bow their lead wrist, as opposed to cupping it.

Rory tends to cup his wrist excessively on the backswing, but it can occasionally pitch the club across the line at the top of his backswing, which can cause him to miss left. The G-Snap prevents this from happening. It puts a little more flex into his lead wrist, which puts more "strength" in his clubface.

After a few shots using this training aid, Rory added a ball between his arms and took some practice swings.

When Rory uses his wrists to roll the club open, he has to roll them back shut, which can be hard to time perfectly every time—which can, again, lead to a left miss. The ball between Rory's arms prevents this wrist roll through.

With the G-Snap helping put his wrist in a better position on the way back, the ball is there to quiet and turn his body freely through.

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What else is making news

Golf Course: Oakmont's already massive greens will be even more daunting when the men's US Open returns next summer for a record 10th time - the club has restored more than 24,000 square feet of green surface over the last two years as part of a renovation guided by golf course architect Gil Hanse.

LPGA Tour: The third edition of the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G gets underway Thursday, and for the first time, the tournament will be played at a new venue, which is located about a 30-minute drive north of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio - here are five things you must know.

Caddie Corner: Scottie Scheffler revealed on the Pardon My Take podcast how the prize money payments for caddie Ted Scott are worked out - click here to check out the details.

Giveaway Alert: Tommy Fleetwood is giving away TaylorMade golf clubs - here's how to win them.

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TV Ratings: Solheim Cup Trumps LIV Golf

The Nielsen ratings are out for this weekend, and the ratings for LIV Golf in its individual championship at LIV Golf Chicago were some of the lowest of the season.

Only 89,000 people tuned in on the CW to watch Jon Rahm win the title Sunday, and on Saturday in the second round, which LIV Golf said was its highest-attended round in the United States ever, drew 134,000 viewers on TV.

On Sunday, the Solheim Cup drew an audience of 657K, seven times more than those who watched LIV. For comparison, the Solheim Cup ended about 2:45 p.m. ET Sunday, and LIV Golf Chicago concluded at 6:05 p.m. ET, so they weren’t competing head to head.

Those numbers don’t include LIV Golf Plus, but regardless, it paints a stark picture of fan interest in the breakaway league that concludes its third season this week at the Team Championship at Maridoe in Dallas.

⛳️ PGA Tour Ratings Continue To Decline: Patton Kizzire's Procore Championship win could garner only 69,000 viewers on Sunday, September 15.

The tournament saw a huge dip in viewership compared to last year - only 69,000 viewers tuned in for the Sunday finale, compared to last year's edition, which garnered 298,000 viewers.

In a week, where both the PGA Tour and LIV struggled to garner viewership, Solheim Cup was the winner of the viewership battle as it drew 657,000 viewers on NBC, which was the highest in the past three editions.

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The Correct Knee Motion

In today's video, we discuss how to master the correct knee motion in both the backswing and downswing.

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