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You’ve heard this on this platform before, but there are no “bests” in terms of golf clubs anymore.

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, co-host Johnny Wunder explained why ranking golf clubs by “what’s the best” simply isn’t useful.

“It’s a snapshot in time and it doesn’t— it’s not good for the golfers to rank golf clubs, especially these days,” Wunder said. “Now, 50 years ago, an argument would have been made, because there were bangers, there were losers, there were people that just had bad ideas.

“These days, even the bad ideas are bangers. Like, they’re all good.”

Just about every golf club on the market can help someone accomplish a specific goal with their game. Likewise, not every golf club is going to seem “good” to everyone because it might not be designed for that specific golfer or what that golfer wants to do.

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Most of these “best” lists are simply based on a few days or a week of testing with specific golfers. Not necessarily an all-encompassing sample. Even with a massive player testing effort, it’s not feasible to take into account all the possible factors that could play into whether a club works well for someone or not.

“What’s happening, though, with these hot lists is that it does give you the stigma that this one got four stars, or this one got a gold medal, or this one got this,” Wunder said. “And it’s Bob and Betsy Ross on the driving range in Arizona for two days, hitting nothing but drivers and 3-woods all day and it says nothing about them. They write on their little notes, they’ll go, this was good, this was right.

“With a different loft, with a different type of head, with a different shaft, at a different length, with a different ball. They’re not getting fit into it at all. It’s like, here’s a club, hit it, tell me what you think.”

That’s why the trick is figuring out which one is right for you and with what settings, shafts and other factors that can be determined in a fitting environment.

Here at GOLF, our goal is to help you do just that, and the best way is to get fit.

“What’s best for the golfer is more or less just encouraging them to go get fit, give them as much information as humanly possible and let them go in there,” Wunder said.

Stay tuned to GOLF’s channels in the coming months for info on 2026 gear, because we won’tbe ranking anything.

For more from Wunder, co-host Jake Morrow and this week’s guest, GOLF’s Maddi MacClurg, listen to the full episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped here or watch it below.

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These are strange times for Tottenham. Historically they have often been a side whose performances did not match their results, but tradition has it they would be pretty and ineffective. Under Thomas Frank they have become the opposite.

Midway through the second half Spurs were 2-0 down and apparently on their way to a convincing defeat. They rode their luck as Andreas Helmersen hit the bar with an effort that would have made it 3-1, but they had the character to battle back and secure a 2-2 draw.

Doggedness and resilience have not been stereotypical Spurs qualities. Bodø/Glimtâ€s fans seemed happy enough at the end, serenading their players – and perhaps there was a sense of Tottenhamâ€s greater quality telling – but this was a game they could have won with ease.

“We showed big character to fight back,†Frank said. “Itâ€s hugely important that they have that to keep running, keep fighting, to do the right thing. We kept moving the ball, kept creating chances from wide. Until 2-0 they were the better team but after that we got on top.â€

It was the third time in four games that Spurs have conceded the opening goal of the game, but Frank believes that is coincidence. Only in this match did he accept that Tottenham had “struggled†early on, insisting that against both Brighton and Wolves, Spurs had conceded against the run of play. That was emphatically not the case here. “On the ball I felt we could and should have kept the ball better,†Frank said, something he blamed on a lack of both structure and willingness to be bold. “A little bit on the day where you just need better touches, better decisions, better passes.â€

Perhaps missing the leadership of Cristian Romero, left in London as a precaution, Tottenham never imposed themselves physically as they had in beating Bodø/Glimt in the Europa League semi-final in May. Here the home side had their chances before a late challenge from Rodrigo Bentancur on Fredrik André Bjørkan conceded a 32nd-minute penalty.

Presented with a historic chance, though, Kasper Høgh smashed his shot so high over the bar that it cleared the seating behind the goal and might even have cleared the tiled roofs of the houses across the street had there not been a net strung between the flagpoles at the top of the stand.

Jens Petter Hauge shows his delight after giving Bodø/Glimt a second-half lead. Photograph: Marius Simensen/BILDBYRÅN/Shutterstock

It was Bodø/Glimtâ€s first home game in the group phase of the Champions League, and they were determined to make the most of it. The pre-match singing of the club anthem was heartfelt and gently moving, and followed by the rhythmic detonation of a series of fireworks, startlingly loud in the still Arctic night. European football has little place these days for romance but Glimt remain an example of what can be achieved by enlightened leadership even in a remote town of just over 50,000 population.

They may have won four of the past five Norwegian championships, and be handily placed as this seasonâ€s title race enters the run-in, but this is not a club that has become sated by silverware. In the 1980s, as they slid into the third flight, Glimt were not even the biggest team in Bodø, that honour belonging to Grand.

Back then their main claim to fame was the forward slash in their name, introduced to avoid the confusion their hyphen caused on betting coupons. The hyphen itself was a product of Glimt adding Bodø to their name in 1948 so they would not be mixed up with a similarly named club from Trøndelag.

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All around town, among the clapboard houses and along the dockside, yellow Glimt flags could be seen, while the mood was simultaneously welcoming and disbelieving. This is still a club for whom playing in the Champions League is a privilege.

The honour of scoring their first home goal in the group phase went to a homegrown talent in Jens Petter Hauge, albeit he has had spells away at Milan and Eintracht Frankfurt, where he became the first Norwegian to win the Europa League. Drifting in from the left, he was a persistent menace, both goals highlighting his balance and technical quality.

Nikita Haikin, the Glimt goalkeeper, had pointed out how “unusual†it was that Spurs focus so much on set plays and for a long time that did appear their only threat. Bentancur seemed to have levelled two minutes after the Glimt opener, as the ball was returned to the centre after a Pedro Porro free-kick had hit the post; it was ruled out after a VAR review for a pull by Micky van de Ven.

Spurs did score two minutes after Glimtâ€s second, Van de Ven heading in another Porro free-kick. Wilson Odobert headed a Mohammed Kudus delivery against the crossbar but the equaliser did arrive in the 89th minute as Archie Grayâ€s shot ricocheted in off Jostein Gundersen, the fourth own goal from which Spurs have benefited this season.

Deserved? Perhaps not, but when has that ever mattered?

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The Chicago Blackhawks are at the halfway point of training camp. One week from today, they will be in Sunrise to take on the Florida Panthers in their first game of the season. Florida will raise their second straight Stanley Cup banner while the Blackhawks continue to try and build to become a team like that again.

Halfway through preseason, there are a lot of things to be figured out. Who is going to fill out the lineup at forward and defense? Who will earn what role? There are three more games, all at home, and a handful of practices to go before things will be truly set.

The truth is also that the decisions made for opening night can be changed for every game after. A lot of young players are going to be in and out of the lineup throughout the season.

When the Hawks do reach opening night, however, you can expect the lineup to look something like this:

Andre Burakovsky – Connor Bedard – Ryan Donato

Teuvo Teravainen – Frank Nazar – Tyler Bertuzzi

Colton Dach – Jason Dickinson – Ilya Mikheyev

Nick Foligno – Lukas Reichel – Landon Slaggert

Extra – Sam Lafferty, Oliver Moore

This would mean that the Blackhawks start Ryan Greene in the AHL and that Landon Slaggert is healthy enough to go on opening night. Oliver Moore could draw in, but it is hard to place where he’d fit in with these lines over guys who clearly earned spots.

Colton Dach brings something to this group that they don’t have much of, which is grit, tenacity, and toughness. He is not afraid to get in someone’s face if he feels it necessary.

Sam Lafferty, in his third tenure on the team, will probably make the team, but he won’t be in the lineup regularly. He’ll for sure play, but keeping younger players out in his favor every night would not be wise for the development plan.

Although he has been in trade rumors, Lukas Reichel should be in (at minimum) a bottom-six role as long as he’s in the organization. He has looked good in recent preseason games, and he has a huge final week of camp ahead of him to cement that role.

If this ended up being the top six, it wouldn’t be all that surprising to anyone. Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar, although young, deserve the opportunity to work as a two-headed monster down the middle. There are some good wings on each of their lines to help them.

Alex Vlasic – Sam Rinzel

Wyatt Kaiser – Artyom Levhunov

Nolan Allan – Connor Murphy

Extra: Louis Crevier

There are five defensemen on the Chicago Blackhawks who are locks to make the team if healthy. Some of them came in feeling like they needed to prove themselves, but there is no doubt that Alex Vlasic, Sam Rinzel, Wyatt Kaiser, Artyom Levshunov, and Connor Murphy are the five most NHL-ready players in the organization on the blue line.

Matt Grzelcyk is in camp on a PTO. There is no need for him to make the team over any of the younger players that the Blackhawks have competing for spots. They have Connor Murphy there to be the veteran on the unit, and they don’t need a second.

Jeff Blashill said that Grzelcyk will only make the team if he feels that there isn’t a younger player who deserves the spot. Well, there are about three guys who have a case.

Based on the way he’s played through the first half of camp, Nolan Allan deserves that job. Right behind him is Kevin Korchinski, followed by Ethan Del Mastro. Allan’s physical presence in their most recent game against the Minnesota Wild serves as a reminder of what he can do when he’s out there.

Kevin Korchinski will get his chances this season. He is mostly relied on to be a puck-mover, but the rest of his game is still coming together. As for Del Mastro, it’s been a tough go for him in the games he’s played, mostly in a larger role, which may see him get some more seasoning in the AHL to start. If any of these three on the outside looking in have a strong end to the preseason, however, we may be singing a new tune come next week.

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Spencer Knight is going to be the team’s number one goalie. This is the first time in his young career that he will enter a season as a true top guy for a team. The prize in the Seth Jones trade for Chicago was Knight, and he’s ready to show why. So far in the preseason and camp, he’s been brilliant.

As for the backup spot, Arvid Soderblom came into camp with the edge because he was good in his role last year, but Drew Commesso is coming up fast. Although both played very well up to this point, the Blackhawks ultimately decided to get Commesso down to the Rockford IceHogs to continue in his development. Soderblom will serve as Knight’s primary backup.

Can anything change here?

Anything can change with these projected lineups before opening night next Tuesday. Ryan Greene could force the Blackhawks to take him over Oliver Moore or Lukas Reichel. One of the three defenseman left off could force Nolan Allan to begin his season in Rockford. There could be an unforeseen injury that changes everything.

There are still three preseason games (all at home) to go against the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild, and St. Louis Blues. That stretch begins on Tuesday against the Wings, which will feature a combination of players fighting for the final spots and roster locks.

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Only 20 days after his sacking by Nottingham Forest, Nuno Espírito Santo was back in a Premier League dugout and reminding himself why he returned so quickly. A revitalised West Ham earned a point at Everton, and deserved more after a fine second-half performance.

It is a green shoot of hope, which did not look forthcoming before the break when Everton held a lead thanks to Michael Keaneâ€s header. West Ham equalised through a superb Jarrod Bowen strike and from then on were the most likely winners. It was not to be for Nuno but he knows this point and performance give him a platform to build on.

After a couple of days on the training ground with his new players, Nuno naturally focused on using his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation. Summer signing Soungoutou Magassa was given a full debut, in the hope he would provide the physicality and toughness so far lacking in the West Ham midfield.

If West Ham are at the design stage, Everton are a well-oiled and fully functioning machine under David Moyes. Everyone in the system knows their role and performs it to the best of their capabilities. This helped the hosts dominate the early stages, controlling possession and being able to move the ball across the pitch as they looked to find gaps. Beto and Iliman Ndiaye had chances but sent their efforts straight at Alphonse Areola while Everton were on top.

There is plenty of individual quality at Nunoâ€s disposal and it is his job to maximise its potential in the form of a cohesive unit. Graham Potter paid the price for not consistently getting the best out of players but he could also point the finger at a disjointed recruitment policy that began long before his arrival. The former West Ham head coach will be irritated that he did not have Crysencio Summerville available for much of his tenure because the winger looked like the visitors†best outlet, causing problems by driving at Jake Oâ€Brien down Evertonâ€s right.

It felt as if Everton were the most likely to score and it came from a perfect inswinging cross from the left by James Garner, which an unmarked Keane rose highest to head home over the goalkeeper, leaving Nuno frustrated by his sideâ€s indiscipline. Moyes has added more flair and quality to his squad for this season but Keane is quickly becoming one of his most dependable players in both boxes, an impressive turnaround for someone who was previously maligned.

Michael Keane heads the ball beyond the reach of Alphonse Areola. Photograph: Paul Currie/Colorsport/Shutterstock

Unfortunately for Nuno, he cannot remedy the constant mistakes that have been made by those above the coaching and playing staff. There is growing discontent among the West Ham supporters, who chanted “sack the boardâ€, “we want our club back†and more explicit things aimed at the owner, David Sullivan, and the hierarchy.

West Ham are vulnerable to crosses; Keaneâ€s goal was the eighth conceded from a corner this season. When Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall caressed the ball along the six-yard box, Everton would have had another if not for Summervilleâ€s outstretched leg deflecting Oâ€Brienâ€s shot over. The subsequent corner caused more problems, culminating with Idrissa Gueyeâ€s rising drive only just clearing the bar.

With only a goal advantage, the tension grew among the Everton fans and they had every reason to be nervous when Oâ€Brien gifted Summerville the chance to equalise. A long kick from Areola was not dealt with until the right-back sent a weak header back towards Jordan Pickford, which the winger intercepted with a jab, only for the goalkeeper to divert it wide.

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All the momentum was with West Ham; they were intense, especially pushing down their left. El Hadji Malick Diouf swung in another dangerous cross, which Keane could only flick to Bowen. The West Ham captain showed why he is an east London talisman by curling into the corner to score the first away goal at this stadium. He ran over to the corner flag, kissing the badge as he went, stopping the anti-Sullivan taunts momentarily.

Everton needed to rejuvenate their night and Moyes sent on Thierno Barry for the ineffective Beto with just over 20 minutes to go.

West Ham had originally crept back into the game but were now marching in Everton territory. They were thoroughly on top after the equaliser, forcing their hosts into mistakes and Pickford into saves. Nuno had identified Oâ€Brien as the weak link and got his team to repeatedly attack him to great effect.

If it was not for some last-ditch blocks, West Ham might have secured only their second win of the season. Either way, Nuno knows nothing compares with the joys and ­intensity of being a Premier League head coach.

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Nat Phillips†own goal deep into stoppage time helped Leicester rescue a 1-1 draw from under the nose of West Brom at the Hawthorns. Leicester were staring down the barrel of a second league defeat of the season but a late equaliser extended their own unbeaten run to five matches while denying West Brom the chance to climb into the top two before the rest of the weekendâ€s action.

The hosts were looking to respond to back-to-back defeats and they went ahead in the 10th minute thanks to a brilliant goal from Samuel Iling-Junior, who grabbed his first in West Brom colours. The visitors were limited to half-chances in the second period in what looked to be a frustrating second half until Phillips put into his own goal which sent the travelling contingent wild as Leicester rescued a fifth point from losing positions this season.

Leicester started brightly and a decent chance fell the way of Jordan Ayew in the third minute but he sent a one-touch finish across goal. West Brom had the opening goal of the contest with their first real foray forward and finished thanks to a piece of brilliance from Iling-Junior. Aune Heggebø flicked it off to the England Under-21 international and he danced his way round the challenge of several defenders before he slipped the ball beyond the onrushing Jakub Stolarczyk.

Samuel Iling-Junior races away after giving West Brom an early lead. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/Shutterstock

That did not seem to knock the spirit of Leicester who showed plenty of intent going forward, Jordan James saw an effort deflect over the bar before Harry Winks tried an audacious volley but Joshua Griffiths was yet to be troubled.

Jayson Molumby forced Stolarczyk into the first save of the contest with an effort from range and was alert enough to keep out Heggebø a couple of minutes later. Griffiths was brought into action straight after the interval as a cross picked out Jannik Vestergaard but he was not able to power his header beyond the goalkeeper.

West Brom could have had a second when Ayew failed to deal with a ball into the box and the ball fell kindly for George Campbell but whacked it into the side netting from a tight angle.

Josh Maja came off the bench and twice had a chance to bury the contest, firstly when his goalbound effort was blocked behind by Wout Faes before Maja blasted over with the goal at his mercy in stoppage time. And Leicester punished him for those missed chances when they levelled the scores three minutes into stoppage time.

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Abdul Fatawu proved menacing all night and he lifted a hopeful ball into the box which picked out Bobby De Cordova-Reid and his effort was turned into his own goal by Phillips.

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For those hoping to get in on the betting action for the 2025 Ryder Cup, there are seemingly endless ways to wager. Here is a look at some of the bets and props available on DraftKings:

Who will win the 2025 Ryder Cup?

U.S.: -145
Europe: +165
Tie (Europe retains): +1100

Winning team without Scottie Scheffler’s matches?

U.S.: -105
Europe: +110
Tie: +850

Foursomes winner?

U.S.: +115
Europe: +135
Tie: +450

Four-balls winner?

U.S.: -105
Europe: +165
Tie: +450

Team to lead after Day 1?

U.S.: +100
Europe: +150
Tie: +475

Top point scorer?

+300: Scottie Scheffler
+600: Rory McIlroy
+850: Bryson DeChambeau
+900: Jon Rahm
+950: Tommy Fleetwood

Top American point scorer?

+200: Scottie Scheffler
+475: Bryson DeChambeau
+900: Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
+1100: Russell Henley

Top European point scorer?

+300: Rory McIlroy
+400: Jon Rahm
+450: Tommy Fleetwood
+850: Ludvig Aberg
+1000: Tyrrell Hatton

Top English point scorer?

+110: Tommy Fleetwood
+250: Tyrrell Hatton
+400: Matt Fitzpatrick
+500: Justin Rose

Top point scorer among rookies?

+200: Russell Henley
+250: Cameron Young
+330: Ben Griffin
+425: J.J. Spaun
+750: Rasmus Hojgaard

Top point scorer among captain’s picks?

+350: Jon Rahm
+550: Patrick Cantlay
+750: Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young
+900: Justin Thomas

Player to score winning point?

+1100: No winning point (tie)
+1500: Bryson DeChambeau
+1600: Russell Henley
+1700: Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns, J.J. Spaun, Harris English, Ben Griffin

No holes lost in a match?

Yes: +180
No: -250

Hole-in-one?

Yes: +400
No: -600

Number of tied matches?

Over 4.5: +100
Under 4.5: -125

Number of matches to reach 18th hole?

Over 10.5: -115
Under 10.5: -110

Will there be a session sweep?

Yes: +270
No: -360

Correct score?

+1000: U.S., 15-13; U.S., 14.5-13.5
+1100: Tie; U.S., 16-12; U.S., 15.5-12.5; Europe, 14.5-13.5
+1200: U.S., 19-9 or better; U.S., 16.5-11.5; Europe, 15-13

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Ryan Blaney booked the first spot in the quarterfinals of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs on Sunday.

The driver of the No. 12 car captured a win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to advance from the round-of-12 to the round-of-8.

Blaney beat out Josh Berry in a race dominated by Team Penske. Blaney won the race and his teammate Joey Logano led the most laps.

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Blaney ensured that the next two races will be as stress free as possible for the No. 12 team.

Blaney passed Berry late in the race and held off the push from the No. 21 car to the checkered flag.

The No. 12 car driver is locked into the round-of-8, while the other 11 playoff participants have to fight over the next two races to solidify their spots.

William Byron is in the best spot from a points perspective to advance. He is 47 points above the cut line.

Byron could be in a position to clinch a round-of-8 spot on points sooner rather than later if he replicates the second-place performance he had at Kansas last fall.

Chase Briscoe is in eighth with a 12-point advantage over Ross Chastain on the cut line. Chastain, Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace all have work to do at Kansas and the Charlotte Roval to make the top eight.

Chastain, Reddick and Wallace are the last three winners of the playoff race at Kansas.

None of the four drivers beneath the cut line finished inside the top 10 at Kansas back in May.

Kyle Larson won that race at Kansas. A win, or a high finish, for the No. 5 car at Kansas this time around would be great for Larson’s round-of-8 status.

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Kobe Bufkin has played in just 27 NBA games across two seasons — because of time in the G-League and injuries — but at Summer League in Las Vegas this July he showed some potential as a point guard who could run the pick-and-roll, like during his 29-point outing against the Heat (17 in the fourth quarter to spark a comeback win).

That was enough to get the Nets to take a chance on him.

Atlanta is trading Bufkin to Brooklyn for cash considerations, a story broken by Shams Charania of ESPN.

For Atlanta, this is a salary dump. The Hawks save Bufkinâ€s $4.5 million salary, putting them $7.7 million below the luxury tax line and $15.4 million below the first apron, where they are hard-capped (plus they create a trade exception they can use for the next year). For the Nets, this move puts them above the leagueâ€s salary floor, but they still have $11.4 million in cap space to facilitate trades.

The Nets also get a one-year roll of the dice on Bufkin, to see if he is the point guard who was putting up so many points in Las Vegas, or if he is more the guy who was committing turnovers and not shooting consistently while he was doing so. This is the kind of move Nets GM Sean Marks made a lot during his first rebuild, taking a shot on a flawed player with potential to see if other teams have given up too quickly. Sometimes that works out, sometimes it doesnâ€t, but itâ€s a risk worth taking for the Nets, who are in the middle of another rebuild.

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