A $15 million 3D printing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, is the start of changing that. The plant will expand the company’s advanced titanium research and manufacturing, and it’s expected to open in mid-2027. It should begin supplying part of Callaway’s U.S. needs in 2028, starting with custom titanium products, so early output will be more of the small-batch variety, not volume.

Callaway’s U.S. manufacturing push began with golf balls. Over the past several years, the company has spent more than $100 million on its ball plant in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Fort Worth extends that commitment to clubs.

For Callaway, the pitch is focused on design freedom. Printing lets engineers build internal structures and shapes that forging and casting can’t produce, and Callaway says that’s where its next performance gains will come from.

Chip Brewer, Callaway's president and CEO, calls 3D printing “one of the most significant opportunities to advance golf club performance in decades.” The company has been printing prototypes and custom models in-house since late 2022.

And you can expect to see a lot more of it from the 15-time major champ now that his son, Charlie, has officially commited to play golf at Florida State starting next year. Tiger was on hand at Charlie's high school for a signing ceremony on Friday and was decked out in garnet and gold instead of his usual Stanford red. Charlie, currently No. 133 in the AJGA rankings, will graduate from the Benjamin School in the spring.

South Africa's Jayden Schaper, who quite literally shaped this one to perfection. But we're not talking about a standard punch-cut from the woods or a high-draw to a back-left pin. No, at the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship on Thursday, Schaper opened up a 7-iron for a 68-yard bunker shot into the first green and hit a shot that deserves a NSFW label:

"It's genius. It's absolute GENIUS." Yup, we couldn't have said it any better ourselves. The type of shot you should not try at home. Then again, Schaper clearly has tried this at home. A lot. 

tells you all you need to know about why, as Joel Beall wrote a last month, DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings needs to be willing to let former LIV golfers return with few restrictions. Tied at the top are Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm at 12 under par. One stroke back is Adrian Meronk. Two shots back is David Puig. Long story short, these guys can obviously hang with the best on the DP World Tour and will only help make the competition that much better.

My favorite reaction to all these former LIV golfers on the leaderboard is this one from my colleague Jamie Kennedy:

LIV liquidates. Rory gets dinged with a two-stroke penalty for a rules gaffe. Colonial sounds like it’s out as a PGA Tour venue. Lost then among the headlines is the fact the PGA of America held elections for its new officers at its annual meeting in Las Vegas. While it might not feel all that important, don’t forget the last election elevated Don Rea Jr. to the office of president, and, well, that didn’t exactly turn out for the better.

Suffice to say, PGA of America officials are far more optimistic about Nathan Charnes being officially selected the association’s 45th president. The general manager at WingHaven Country Club in O’Fallon, Mo., had been serving as acting president since May, when Rea was suspended in the wake of his comments/handling of the rowdy crowds at the 2025 Ryder Cup. Charnes now will serve a two-term term, representing the 30,000 PGA of America members.

The next people in line for the presidency were also elected, with Eric Eshleman, director of golf at C.C. of Birmingham (Ala.) picked as vice president and Jared Barnes, head professional at Cedar Ridge Golf Course in Cedar City, Utah., as secretary. Traditionally, those two posts move up the leadership chain. The PGA of America also filled out vacancies on its Board of Directors.

As Golf Digest's own Shane Ryan already wrote, McIlroy could not have handled the post-infraction messaging any better than he did, which should come as a surprise to no one. You don't have to like getting a two-stroke penalty, but accepting it and moving on is the easiest route to universal praise. 

Even McIlroy's peers are already rushing to his defense. PGA Tour winner Michael Kim, who loves dropping pearls of wisdom from his X account, tweeted "There are certain players I won't question their golf integrity. Rory is one of those." Then he added a quick story on one of the ultimate standup moves he witnessed from the two-time Masters champ:

When you've got peers immediately running to social media to talk about how much integrity you have, you're doing something right.