Good afternoon. We hope you find yourself out on a golf course today.

Here's what we've got for ya today:

• How To Hit Driver Consistently

• Quick Update: CJ Cup Byron Nelson

• Shots Heard Round The World

• These Guys Are So Bright

• Saturday Steals

• Divots

• New Drop: The Dude

How To Hit Driver Consistently

Watch: How To Hit A Draw With Your Driver 

Watch: Chipping vs. Pitching

Quick Update: CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Heading into the weekend, PGA Tour rookie Jake Knapp is eyeing his second career victory. He holds a one-stroke lead over Matt Wallace and Troy Merritt.

Knapp is at 14-under after consecutive rounds of 7-under 64, making 15 birdies with just one dropped shot in the first 36 holes. Not bad…

Read: Why Jake Knapps Ultra-powerful Swing Looks So Smooth

If he hangs on, he would be the first rookie to win multiple times in their debut season since Xander Schauffele in 2017.

What About Everyone Else?

Jordan Spieth missed the cut. It won’t be surprising if he ends up getting wrist surgery in the near future. He did, however, have a really great post-round interview where he talked about Scottie Scheffler. Worth a listen.

According to Data Golf…

“Spieth has now missed 4 of his last 6 cuts (and one of those was a no-cut event). Definitely sounds worse than the SG numbers indicate, but still not good.

He's been solid OTT this year and that continued this week (9th), but putting and approach were awful (120th in both).”

Oh, and did we mention a 16 year old made the cut?

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Shots Heard Round The World

🏌️‍♂️Phil Mickelson discusses his retirement. Bloomberg has teased a full story on Lefty, including his remarks on calling it quits sooner than later.

“I’m 53 now, and my career, you know, if I’m being truthful, it’s towards its end,” Mickelson said.

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📺️ Peter Oosterhuis dead at 75. Born just outside London, Oosterhuis compiled an impressive playing record that included everything but a major championship. When he quit playing competitively, he became a club professional for a time at the prestigious Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, then eventually found his niche as a broadcaster—first for Sky Sports, then Golf Channel and finally with CBS Sports, where he worked until his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014. Read More.

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Divots…

Quote: “The sea was angry that day, my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli."

That famous golf ball speech from Seinfeld? It almost never happened.  

Stat: In over 1200 rounds on the PGA Tour, Calvin Peete only hit one ball OB.

Read: Ludvig Abergs secret to success? His boring hometown.

New Drop: The Dude

There’s two groups of people in this world. People who think The Big Lebowski is hilarious and people who haven’t seen it yet.

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That’s all folks! See you Monday.