I Asked The MyGolfSpy Staff For Their Favorite Stories Of 2025. Here’s What They Said.
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I Asked The MyGolfSpy Staff For Their Favorite Stories Of 2025. Here’s What They Said.

As 2025 draws to a close, it gives us here at MyGolfSpy a chance to reflect on all of the cool stuff we’ve talked about this year.

Yes, it’s crazy that we get to call this a job. And, yes, we’re eternally grateful that you all care enough to read what we write.

This week, I asked the staff to nominate their favorite articles written by other staff members. If you haven’t read them already, there’s no time like the present to dive into these staff-favorite stories.

USGA Golf Ball Buyback

Our annual April Fool’s piece is always a staff favorite. This year’s USGA Golf Ball Buyback article written by the talented and entertaining John Barba was an absolute homerun. So many Easter eggs, so many jokes, and still somewhat believable.

The End of An Era in Putter Design

Rarely does our CEO step in and put pen to paper but after witnessing this year’s zero-torque craze, he had to come out of retirement to write this banger. Few articles we’ve written this year have had a bigger impact on our ultimate mission of helping golfers find joy in the game.

We’re also trying to keep our jobs so, naturally, we had to “nominate” an article from the boss man. (If you’re reading this, Adam, just remember what I got you for Christmas last year.)

5 Ways Golf is Stuck in the Past

Yep, we’re big advocates for golf becoming less traditional and more welcoming. This article by the most hated man at MyGolfSpy is a microcosm of how MyGolfSpy feels about golf as a whole. It’s stuck in the past and needs to catch up with the times, so to speak.

The Change in Golf No One Saw Coming

We admittedly don’t put out a lot of female-focused golf content, mainly because our audience is nearly 98 percent male. That said, golf apparel has seen a dramatic shift recently and Bennett, our head of social, did a great job at highlighting that here.

5 Golf Habits That Should Be Against the Rules

While we’re all for welcoming new folks to the game, we’re also drawing a hard line when it comes to rules and course etiquette. These five habits (including leaving bunkers unraked) happen way too often and we are on a mission to put an end to it.

The Most Hated Golfers Of All Time

The “most hated man” at MyGolfSpy is back with another banger. Sean’s pieces always spark debate and this one was no different. While we try to be positive where we can, we wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t call out the bad stuff in the game, too.

History’s Mysteries: Golf City, Inc. v. Wilson Sporting Goods, et al.

As the staff grandpa, John Barba, is best known for his meanderings on the history of golf. His ongoing “History’s Mysteries” series is always a staff favorite read. This one on a 50-year-old court case is fascinating, to say the least.

I Was a Non-Believer, But After Robot Testing Golf Balls, I’ve Seen the Light

Once you’ve seen what we’ve seen, it’s impossible to ignore the reality that the golf ball makes a huge difference. Year after year, we see that it is perhaps the most undervalued piece of equipment in your bag.

Honorable Mention: Chrome Tour Cats

No one, and I mean no one, has ever in the history of the world put more effort into writing about pictures of cats on golf balls than Tony Covey. And in the same vein, no one has pissed off more readers with one single article than Mr. Covey did here.

Yeah, this one deserves a read (and a comment) when you get a chance. It’s absurd in all the right and wrong ways.

What did we miss?

What’s your favorite read of the year? What did we miss? Drop us a line and let us know!

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Connor is MyGolfSpy's resident sneakerhead and the authority on all things golf shoe performance. He's tested over 150 different pairs (and counting). When he isn't scrolling Twitter to find his next golf shoe purchase, you can find him at the piano or trying a new dessert place with his wife and daughter. #Lefty

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      Dawg Golfer

      6 months ago

      I got a sweater. I wanted a moaner or a screamer….

      Reply

      Neville Hubbard

      6 months ago

      Re OB, surely the issue isn’t about houses or narrow fairways, the issue is about your skill! By all means hit driver, but if you miss the course, why shouldn’t you play 3 off the tee? If you can’t drive straight, take a fairway wood or a hybrid or a 3-iron, and hit it in the fairway! Surely that is common sense?

      Rule 8 of the 1744, original, Rules of Golf says, to paraphrase, a lost ball should be a stroke & distance penalty. Why on earth would you want to change that? Because it’s easier? Because you can’t be bothered taking a provisional? Because you’d prefer to call it a Mulligan?! To do so is cheating under the rules, and those are rules that should never be changed, on either side of the Atlantic!!!!

      Is it any wonder that the average US handicap is 3 shots lower than the average UK handicap, if this is the sort of nonsense that US golfers think they can do? Just play to the rules, eh? If you’re putting in a card, putt out and do everything in accordance with the Rules of Golf, so no mulligans etc.. The rules are the rules, consistently agreed between the USGA and the R&A. Why is a golf journalist, like yourself, seeking to undermine them?

      Reply

      Joseph K

      6 months ago

      In actuality, is this Monty, under a pseudonym?

      Reply

      Dan

      6 months ago

      Golf should be more welcoming!

      Why is golf getting so expensive and people aren’t respecting the course or game?

      No thought that these two things are related?

      Reply

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