It was a busy week in professional golf, and if you pay any attention to equipment — which, if you’re reading this site, you almost certainly do — then Jacob Bridgeman’s two-stroke victory at the Biltmore Championship is the story you need to hear about first. Bridgeman is putting together a legitimate season, and what he had in his hands when he ran away from the field on Sunday is worth knowing about. There’s also a genuinely ugly rules situation out of the DP World Tour that’s worth your time, a heartwarming moment out at Pebble Beach, and the Presidents Cup at Medinah is right around the corner. Let’s get into it.
PGA Tour: Biltmore Championship
Jacob Bridgeman picked up his second win of the 2026 season at the Biltmore Championship, pulling away on Sunday for a two-stroke victory. Two wins in a season is a strong campaign, and he’s clearly playing the best golf of his career right now. But the gear detail you’ll want to know is that Bridgeman did it with a new TaylorMade driver in the bag — you can dig into the full Jacob Bridgeman WITB breakdown over at Golf.com for everything he was playing. On the green, he had a SuperStroke Zenergy 2.0 PT putter grip underneath his hands, and SuperStroke was quick to flag the win — as they should be. If you’re shopping for a putter grip and want to know what a Tour winner is holding on a Sunday back nine, now you know.
Two wins gets you into some real conversations about who’s playing the best golf on Tour right now. Bridgeman should be in the Presidents Cup discussion for future cycles if he keeps this up.
DP World Tour: BMW PGA Championship
The big talking point out of the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship this week had nothing to do with the winning score — it was Robert MacIntyre absolutely unloading on a rules decision he received on Sunday. MacIntyre was hit with an embedded-ball ruling that he called flat-out “ridiculous,” and from the sound of it, he believes it cost him dearly in the final round. According to Golf.com’s coverage of the incident, the ruling sent him spiraling at a critical moment in the tournament.
I have long thought that the embedded ball rule is one of the more frustrating in the game, because the outcome can hinge on a matter of millimeters and a referee’s judgment call on a golf ball sitting in turf conditions the player had absolutely no control over. MacIntyre isn’t wrong to be frustrated. Whether the rule itself needs a look is a longer conversation, but when a Tour-level player at a marquee event is that openly upset about a decision, it’s worth paying attention to. The R&A and USGA have made strides on rules simplification in recent years, but stuff like this is a reminder there’s still work to do.
PGA Tour Champions: PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach
Out at Pebble Beach, the 2026 PURE Insurance Championship wrapped up and produced one of the better stories you’ll hear out of a golf tournament all year. Vaughn Taylor was paired with a teenage amateur who was struggling early in the week, and before their round Taylor offered her a lesson. That’s a classy move by itself. Then, as Golf.com reported, she went out and made a hole-in-one. You can’t write that. Good on Taylor for taking the time — that’s what this event is supposed to be about.
On the pro-junior competition side, Naomi Raymundo of First Tee – Monterey County and Charlie Haney of First Tee – Manhattan took home the pro-junior titles, paired with Stewart Cink and Rory Sabbatini respectively, according to The Golf Wire’s event recap. The PURE Insurance Championship does a good job of putting young players in real competitive situations alongside Tour professionals, and the Vaughn Taylor story is a pretty good illustration of why that format works.
Looking Ahead: 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club
If you haven’t started paying attention to the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in Chicago yet, now is the time. The rosters are set, the TV schedule is out, and you can get all the streaming and broadcast details through Golf.com’s Presidents Cup hub. Medinah hosted the 2012 Ryder Cup, so the venue knows how to handle a team competition, and this one should be good. The Tour Confidential Presidents Cup preview is worth reading if you want some informed takes on how the matchups might shake out.
The International Team has been competitive in recent editions and has some real weapons in the lineup. Clear your schedule for Medinah.
Quick Hits
A couple of other things worth flagging this week: Callaway fairway woods are on clearance at Golf Town in Canada right now, which is exactly the kind of thing you want to know if you’re north of the border and have been thinking about a 3-wood or 5-wood upgrade. Don’t sleep on it if the timing works. And for anyone putting together a golf travel itinerary, the 6th Sheraton Mallorca Golf Tournament is a stay-and-play package getting some attention — Mediterranean-setting golf with a competitive amateur format attached. The Mallorca region has solid course options, and if Europe is on your radar for 2027, it’s worth a look.
That’s the week. Bridgeman is the story — two wins, a new TaylorMade driver, and a SuperStroke grip doing the work on the greens. Get your Presidents Cup calendar cleared for Medinah, and keep watching the MacIntyre embedded-ball situation on the DP World Tour. More gear coverage coming this week.
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