A high-stakes “relegation six-pointer” takes centre stage at Turf Moor this Saturday. Both Burnley and West Ham United are desperate to bridge the widening gap to Premier League safety.
Separated by just one place and five points in the bottom three, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Burnley enter the weekend in 19th place after a sobering 3–0 defeat at Sunderland. Meanwhile, West Ham sit six points behind Nottingham Forest following an agonising 3–2 loss at Chelsea. The Hammers must capitalise on a heavily depleted Burnley squad to regain momentum. This fixture represents a massive opportunity to escape the bottom three.
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Burnley vs West Ham United – Match preview and team news
Date: Saturday, 7 February 2026
Venue: Turf Moor, Burnley
Last Meeting: West Ham 3–2 Burnley (8 Nov 2025), Premier League
Team News
Burnley
Scott Parker is navigating a significant injury crisis with six key players potentially sidelined. Midfielders Josh Cullen (ACL) and Zeki Amdouni (knee) are major absentees. Defensive duo Jordan Beyer and Connor Roberts also remain unavailable. Furthermore, James Ward-Prowse is ineligible to face his parent club. Notably, Zian Flemming and Jaidon Anthony remain fit to lead the attack.
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West Ham United
The Hammers boast a nearly clean bill of health regarding injuries. However, Jean-Clair Todibo is serving a three-match suspension following a red card against Chelsea. January loan signing Axel Disasi could make his debut in central defence. Notably, Crysencio Summerville enters the match in scintillating form. He has scored in four consecutive games across all competitions.
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Form
Burnley
The Clarets have struggled at home, failing to win in eight consecutive matches at Turf Moor. Notably, Burnley have conceded a league-high six goals in the first 10 minutes. They recently suffered a heavy 3–0 loss to Sunderland. The team has scored in all but two of their 32 home games against West Ham. Consequently, they will rely on clinical finishing to break their 15-game winless run.
West Ham United
West Ham remain unbeaten in their last seven league meetings with Burnley. Notably, the Hammers have failed to keep a clean sheet in 21 consecutive league matches. This represents the longest such run in Europe’s top five leagues. Despite this, they have scored eight goals in the opening 15 minutes this season. Callum Wilson also has a clinical record against Burnley, scoring eight career goals.
West Ham United Predicted XI: Arréola; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Disasi, Diouf; Bowen, Fernandes, Souček, Summerville; Felipe; Castellanos
How to Watch Burnley vs West Ham United?
Due to the Saturday 3:00 PM blackout, the match will not air live on UK television. Fans in the USA can watch the game on Peacock Premium. Extended highlights will be available on BBC’s Match of the Day at 22:25 GMT.
Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Derrick White (9) congratulates guard Payton Pritchard (11) after making a basket during the second half against the Miami Heat at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images
Jaylen Brown scored 29 points and Payton Pritchard finished with 24 as the Boston Celtics overcame a 22-point deficit to stun the visiting Miami Heat 98-96 on Friday night.
Miami had possession with a chance to tie or win the game, but Davion Mitchell missed a 3-point attempt from the corner with 2.7 seconds left. Miami knocked the ball out of bounds on the rebound attempt, allowing the Celtics to run out the clock.
Nikola Vucevic had 11 points and 12 rebounds in his first game with Boston after being acquired in a trade with Chicago earlier in the week. Derrick White added 21 points for the Celtics, including a 3-pointer that put Boston in front 98-96 with 1:31 to play. The victory extended Boston’s winning streak to five games.
The Heat scored the game’s first nine points and led by as many as 19 points in the opening quarter. The Celtics were 6 of 24 from the field, including 1 of 10 from 3-point territory, in the quarter and trailed 29-15 after 12 minutes.
Pistons 118, Knicks 80
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Daniss Jenkins scored 18 points, helping host Detroit snap New York’s eight-game winning streak with an emphatic win.
Isaiah Stewart and Tobias Harris scored 15 points apiece as the Pistons overwhelmed New York in a matchup of the Eastern Conference’s top two teams, winning their fifth straight game over the Knicks while bouncing back from a stunning loss to Washington the night before.
Mikal Bridges led the Knicks with 19 points. All-Star Jalen Brunson was held to 12 points, made just 4 of 20 shots and missed on all eight of his 3-point attempts. Jordan Clarkson added 11 points.
Pelicans 119, Timberwolves 115
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Saddiq Bey scored 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds as New Orleans rallied for a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis. The Pelicans outscored the Timberwolves 30-21 in the fourth quarter.
Zion Williamson added 29 points on 11-for-13 shooting for New Orleans, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Trey Murphy III added 26 points and made a half-dozen shots from beyond the arc.
Anthony Edwards scored 35 points on 11-for-22 shooting to lead Minnesota, which lost for only the second time in the past seven games. Julius Randle scored 24 points, Bones Hyland chipped in 20, and Rudy Gobert registered 12 points and 16 boards.
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Bucks 105, Pacers 99
Kevin Porter Jr. scored 23 points and dished eight assists to lead Milwaukee to a victory over visiting Indiana, giving the Bucks their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Ryan Rollins added 22 points while Bobby Portis scored 21 and Jericho Sims grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds for Milwaukee.
Indiana fell for the third game in a row despite Andrew Nembhard putting up 22 points, all but four coming in the fourth quarter, and eight assists. Pascal Siakam contributed 19 points.
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Trail Blazers 135, Grizzlies 115
Jerami Grant scored 23 points and Jrue Holiday added 20 points and seven assists to help Portland roll to a victory over visiting Memphis in the first of back-to-back games between the teams.
Toumani Camara had 15 points and Donovan Clingan recorded 13 points and 17 rebounds as the Trail Blazers halted a six-game slide. Portland scored 81 points during the middle two quarters.
Cam Spencer scored 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench and GG Jackson added 15 points for the Grizzlies, who lost for the seventh time in nine games.
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Clippers 114, Kings 111
Kawhi Leonard produced a game-high 31 points, Kris Dunn and Derrick Jones Jr. contributed and-ones to a fourth-quarter pull-away and Los Angeles handed host Sacramento its 11th straight defeat.
Playing short-handed in the aftermath of trades this week that saw them export James Harden and Ivica Zubac, the Clippers trailed 84-81 early in the fourth quarter before outlasting the Kings for the 11th win in their past 15 games.
Leonard went 12-for-12 at the free-throw line en route to his 13th 30-point performance of the season. He also found time for nine rebounds and a game-high seven assists.
West Indies vs Scotland Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Scotland will be keen to prove that their late inclusion in the T20 World Cup was no accident when they begin their campaign against two-time champions West Indies here on Saturday, aiming to turn an unexpected opening into an opportunity to unsettle more established opponents.
After nearly a month of discussions with the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the ICC were ultimately compelled to replace Bangladesh with Scotland, resulting in a dramatic entry for the Europeans just two weeks before the tournament got underway.
Bangladesh were scheduled to play four group matches in India, three of them in Kolkata, but the BCB stayed firm on its decision not to travel, citing “security concerns”.
The chain of events was triggered on January 3, when the BCCI instructed Kolkata Knight Riders to release Mustafizur Rahman from their IPL 2026 squad amid worsening ties between India and Bangladesh.
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Matters escalated the following day when the BCB informed the ICC that the Bangladesh team would not travel to India for its matches and held its ground, clearing the path for Scotland’s inclusion based on rankings.
However, Scotland, who finished fourth in the European Qualifier behind the Netherlands, Italy and Jersey, have insisted they are far more than last-minute replacements.
“We’re very sympathetic towards Bangladesh players. But we still massively believe that we should be here,” left-arm spinner Mark Watt, one of Scotland’s most experienced campaigners with 77 T20Is and 82 ODIs, said on the eve of the opener.
“We had a blip in the summer and we believe that we should be here and we believe that we can be beating teams higher ranked than us. So there’s no second guessing our invite into this tournament. We’re all ready to go,” he added.
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That confidence is rooted in past performances. Scotland stunned West Indies by 42 runs at the 2022–23 T20 World Cup in Australia, with Watt taking 3/12, and have beaten them twice across formats, including a seven-wicket ODI win at the 2023 World Cup Qualifier.
“I don’t think teams will take us lightly. We’ve caused a few upsets in the past. We had a really good start against England in the last World Cup game that was sadly rained off. I don’t think teams will be taking us lightly at all.”
Despite limited preparation time, belief runs high within the squad, especially among younger players suddenly thrust onto the global stage.
“We got a lot of youngsters in the team at the moment and how more excited can they be. Ten days ago they were sitting and doing nothing, now they’re here in India playing in a World Cup, it’s absolutely amazing for them, we’re all so excited to be here and ready to go.”
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With England also in their group, Watt said the broader aim is to challenge Test-playing nations.
“Scotland playing at the World Cup, that’s going to inspire the younger generation, that’s what our job is to do — go out there and beat Test-playing nations and inspire young kids to grow up and look at us on the TV and say I want to be able to do that.”
To prepare for Kolkata’s conditions, Watt even picked the brains of Afghanistan’s spin stars Rashid Khan and Mohammed Nabi during a warm-up match in Bengaluru.
“I spoke to a few of the Afghani players, like Nabi and Rashid about what’s the best way to bowl in Kolkata,” he said.
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Scotland’s squad combines experience with youthful energy. Former New Zealand batter Tom Bruce strengthens the middle order, Afghanistan-born 19-year-old seamer Zainullah Ihsan brings raw pace, while Watt’s variations and Brandon McMullen’s explosive hitting — including a 95 off 39 in a warm-up — highlight their potential to spring surprises.
West Indies, two-time champions who last lifted the trophy at this very venue in 2016, will nonetheless pose a serious threat despite mixed recent form. Sherfane Rutherford (334 runs) and Shai Hope (276 runs) impressed in the recently concluded SA20 for Pretoria Capitals, while Shamar Joseph and Akeal Hosein provide plenty of firepower with the ball.
Teams (from)
West Indies: Shai Hope (captain), Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd.
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Scotland: Richie Berrington (captain), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal.
Washington Wizards fans may end up having to wait until the 2026-27 season to see their newest star acquisition.
Big man Anthony Davis is expected to sit out the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign as he nurses a couple of injuries in order to be fully healthy for next season, NBA insider Chris Haynes reported Friday.
The Wizards acquired Davis via trade on Wednesday from the Dallas Mavericks in a blockbuster eight-player deal. The Mavericks received two first-round and three second-round picks in the swap.
Originally, Dallas netted the 32-year-old in the Luka Doncic trade last season, but the centre has struggled with injuries since, playing in just 29 games for the Mavericks before being shipped off.
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In 20 games this season, Davis has averaged only 20.4 points — his lowest mark since his rookie year — along with 11.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.7 blocks in 31.3 minutes a night.
A five-time All-NBA selection, five-time All-Defence selection and 10-time All-Star, Davis is expected to anchor the Wizards next season along with fellow trade acquisition Trae Young.
Like Davis, Young has yet to suit up for Washington since being acquired in a trade from the Atlanta Hawks in early January. The point guard is currently dealing with a quad injury that has kept him out since Dec. 27.
The Wizards are currently 14-36 and sit 13th in the Eastern Conference.
Atalanta President Luca Percassi has reacted to Ademola Lookman’s decision to leave the club and complete a move to Atlético Madrid.
The Nigeria international had made it clear during the summer transfer window that he wanted to leave Atalanta. Inter Milan were believed to be his preferred destination, but the Atalanta management were unwilling to allow the 28-year-old join another Italian club, especially a direct rival.
Before Lookman’s eventual departure, Percassi had publicly insisted that the forward would remain at the club, stressing that there was no intention to sell him at the time.
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“Does Lookman stay until the end of the season? The arrival of Raspadori was a market opportunity that did not presuppose the disposal of another player,” Percassi said.
“We are happy that Giacomo has chosen Atalanta, he is an important player like Ademola, who tonight returns to be the starter. We just want to do well, in short.”
Following Lookman’s move to Spain, Percassi said Atalanta are now satisfied with their squad and are keen to focus fully on football rather than transfer speculation.
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“Football has a short memory, so we must work all the time to ensure the squad is as competitive as possible,” he said.
“I think the transfer window allowed Atalanta to reinforce the team. We signed a player that we were not expecting to get. We’re very happy that Raspadori chose Atalanta.
“Now, fortunately, we can talk only about football and not the transfer market, as many important matches are coming up.”
Percassi also reflected on the club’s long-term journey and the challenges of rebuilding after a successful period.
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“This is our 16th year since my family returned to Atalanta, so we know the journey we have taken, and that this remains a provincial club that must earn every single point,” he said.
“We knew that after nine years, a fantastic era was ending, that it would not be easy to start again, but we put all our energy and financial support into the technical project. We want to keep going with no regrets.”
Atalanta are currently seventh in the Serie A table and sit 19 points behind league leaders Inter Milan.
Welcome to GOLF’s Fully Equipped’s weekly Tour equipment report. Each Friday of PGA Tour weeks (plus other times, if news warrants), GOLF equipment editor Jack Hirsh will run you through some of the biggest news surrounding golf clubs on Tour, including changes, tweaks and launches.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ping’s G440 K just earned perhaps its toughest conversion yet.
Viktor Hovland has a boatload of golf clubs still in his bag from 2019-2020, the years of his first two wins on the PGA Tour. But he has one less this week as his venerable G425 LST driver took a back seat to Ping’s new G440 K driver.
Hovland is a notoriously hard switcher when it comes to his gear, still playing Ping’s i210 irons and a Ping Glide 2.0 60˚ wedge. When it comes to the driver, he’s been close to switching to one of Ping’s new G440 line of drivers before. He made a surprise switch to G440 LST at the Masters last year before returning to the 425 before his next event.
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But he was really impressed with the new 440 K in his initial testing.
“The spin consistency off the face is a joke,” he said on Tuesday. “If I hit it off the heel or the toe with a 425, the spin discrepancy is very large. Like if I hit it off the toe, I can spin it under 2000. If I hit it off the heel, I can maybe get up to 3000. Versus the 440, it’s very tight. It goes from maybe 2000 to 2600, so a huge gap. And it’s also faster.
“However, the problem is it launches a little bit higher for me. And for some reason, just with the setup that I’ve tested with, it tends to go a bit more to the right. Right now, with my golf swing, when I get stuck, my miss is already a high-right miss.”
Hovland would have been content to stick with the G425 this week, had it not been for poor performance off the tee on Monday, leading to an evening text to Ping Tour Rep Kenton Oates.
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“Monday night, he wanted to try some shorter drivers, 45 inches,” Oates told GOLF. “And I was like, ‘Well, this is a perfect time to keep trying the K because the shorter length will take off some height and should help reduce the right miss.”
What’s interesting is that the unique properties of the K driver, a large profile driver with an extremely deep and low CG, should help players square the club face. In early testing, it didn’t go as far right as the 440 LST did, but it was still far enough right for Hovland to start the season in Dubai with his trusty G425.
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But this week, Oates decided not only to have Hovland test the K with a shorter build, but also with a different shaft, the Mitsubishi Whiteboard 73 TX.
“The one thing that we’ve always noticed and seen is very good start line tendencies. It’ll start where you’re swinging it and kind of just stay with you really well,” Oates said. “That WB did exactly kind of what Viktor needs this K to do: go a little bit lower and go a little bit more left.”
That was the final build Hovland went with. Despite the .75″ shorter shaft than his previous driver, Hovland was still retaining a 173-175 mph ball speed with more consistentcy and hitting his optimal 9˚-10˚ launch window with 2300 rpm of spin.
If you look closely at the shaft, you’ll see the shaft graphics are actually facing up, the opposite side on what they previously are. That’s because the shaft was actually built earlier this week for Ben Griffin, who also tested it in a G440 K.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Diamana WB Wood Shaft
The board is back. After a few years away, the vintage surfboard always associated with Diamana™ makes its return with Diamana WB. Built on an extraordinarily popular and tour-proven platform, WB brings classic low-low performance and the legendary stability and control you’ve come to expect after two decades.
The first in the 6th Generation Diamana™ family, WB is designed with all the traditional branding that made Diamana™ so beloved, including flowers in the handle section, a surfboard behind the Diamana logo, and return to the original 53/63/73/83 weight class designations. But rest assured, the only thing throwback about Diamana™ WB is its appearance. Indeed, super high-modulus 80-ton Dialead Pitch Fiber is used in the butt section to deliver maximum stability and increased energy transfer and high modulus 46-ton fiber is used in the shaft’s angle plies to reduce torque without increasing weight for improved control and stability. Carbon fiber orientation at the tip section is optimized to further lower torque.
The classic feel of this Diamana™ profile is achieved through the use of our proprietary Xlink Tech™ Resin System and MR70 technologies. Our Xlink Tech™ Resin System increases the strength and durability of the shaft while driving carbon fiber volume up for better feel. Feel and strength is further increased through the use of our aerospace-grade MR70 fiber – our strongest fiber to date.
“The shaft that Victor’s played for 5 years was a James Hahn backup driver because Hovland broke his driver in Mexico,” Oates joked. “So maybe that’s our key to getting Viktor into new product is just build stuff for other players and then work for him.”
Griffin plays his drivers at 44.75″ and neutral but Hovland uses his driver Ping’s flat setting, the opposite side of the adaptor. So the shaft ended up at 45″ when installed in Hovland’s preferred setting.
Griffin also ended up making the move to the 440 K from his G430 Max 10K this week because he was actually seeing the driver reduce his miss.
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New Ping G440 K driver officially in play for Ben Griffin at WM.
Watching him crank this thing on the range on Monday was fun, but he actually seemed like he was gonna stick with his G430 Max 10k.
Ben has loved to test new gear lately, but he says he rarely likes to switch.… pic.twitter.com/0ZYyT8tJhy
Ping built him several drivers to test at home while he took last week off but he didn’t end up trying them until he got to TPC Scottsdale on Monday. During a Monday afternoon session, Griffin dialed in both a 440 K build and new 430 Max 10K build that could potentially go in, but after playing with it during the week, Griffin went with the new K and his gamer UST Lin-Q Powercore White 7TX shaft.
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The three-time winner in 2025 is also using a new Maxfli Tour X-LS golf ball, which he said allows him to swing hard at the ball with his driver and not worry about the ball spinning too much.
Maxfli announced a three-year extension with Ben Griffin, which is now the only equipment partnership the three-time PGA Tour winner has for this season.
Had a really fun chat with Ben on Monday on going going the free agent route for his clubs, and he said Maxfli was the gear… pic.twitter.com/KGKf9fwd0l
“I’m a pretty high ball flight player. I’m able to put a lot of spin on the ball,” Griffin told GOLF this week. “So this new golf ball that’s come out, the Tour X-LS, is able to keep the same profile ball that I’m playing, yet knock down the spin numbers a little bit and knock down the trajectory height for me and it’s going to be a perfect golf ball.”
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Why a game improvement hybrid is trending on Tour
Last week, Cam Young did something very strange with his bag.
Young, who had been playing a GT2 hybrid, switched to to a 20-degree GT1 hybrid with a Mitsubishi Diamana PD 80TX fairway wood shaft last week for Torrey Pines’ deep rough. It’s stayed in his bag for this week at TPC Scottsdale too. Tom Kim is doing the same with one in a hybrid shaft.
Really cool story going on with @Titleist right now with both Cam Young and Tom Kim adding the GT1 hybrid to the bag last week and keeping it for this week.
Young’s (pictured) especially because it was built with a fairway wood shaft to play as a 5-wood.
The GT1 is a unique club in the Titleist lineup with an oversized, almost fairway wood-like profile and the unique ability to accept both fairway wood and hybrid shafts. Unlike the other two GT hybrids which have left-to-right CG adjustability, the GT1 has fore-and-aft adjustability.
While the GT1 fairway wood, with a large and shallow profile, has gained traction on the PGA Tour, Titleist Senior Director of Player Promotions JJ Van Wezenbeeck said last week at Torrey Pines offered an opportunity to reintroduce the GT1 hybrid to players looking for versatility.
“When we look at GT1, we’re not looking at it solely for slower speed players,” Van Wezenbeeck told GOLF. “We’re looking for trajectory reasons. This is an opportunity for us to do kind of these unique builds on this in-between club.”
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The GT1 has a sharp leading edge that allows it to sit close to the turf, making it easy to launch. That high ball flight was great for the rough at Torrey Pines or the firm desert greens this week at TPC Scottsdale.
But it’s the ability of the GT1 to take a fairway wood shaft, which will play softer than a larger tip diameter hybrid shaft, that makes the club so versitile for fitting.
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“For Cam Young, we were trying to create more of a 5-wood type golf club, so we were able to build it with a 5-wood shaft and use a .335 tip on the interior diameter, but a hybrid outside diameter [on the hosel]. We get kind of the best of both,” Van Wezenbeeck said.
Big Tone goes low torque
Tony Finau made an under-the-radar switch to a new Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset putter last week during his T11 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Finau hasn’t gained strokes putting for a PGA Tour season since 2022 and had lost more than a stroke in each of the first two events of the season. So he showed up at Torrey Pines looking to try a mallet from his PLD Milled Anser 2D.
Tony Finau made a really surprising change to a Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset putter.
Not only does it make Finau the latest player to move to a low torque putter, but it also moves him away from the milled face of his previous PLD Anser 2D.
This isn’t the first time Finau has used a mallet as he tried an PLD Milled Ally Blue Onset previously at last summer’s FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Ping Tour rep Dylan Goodwin told GOLF they started with the new and unreleased Scottsdale Tec mallet putters since they just arrived on Tour at the end of last season at the RSM Classic.
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“Tony gravitated towards the Ally Blue Onset again and the Ketsch 4, which has a hosel he had used in the past on a blade putter,” Goodwin said. “After going back and forth between the putters, the Ally Blue Onset ultimately matched better to his stroke and delivered the face at impact more consistently. As a result, his start line improved, and he liked the contrast between the white finish of the head and the black sight line, which he found easier to line up with.”
While the Scottsdale Tec version and the PLD Milled version of the Ally Blue Onset are the same shape, they have different optics, alignment features and perhaps most importantly, feels. This new Scottsdale Tec marks the first time Finau hasn’t used a milled putter face.
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PING 2025 PLD Milled SE Ally Blue Onset Custom Putter
The Ping PLD Ally Blue Onset delivers Tour-proven performance with a design that feels natural in the hands of traditionalists. Played on Tour by Corey Conners, this 360-gram putter combines a 304 stainless steel sole plate with a 6061 aluminum top plate, creating a high-MOI profile without the excess weight of oversized mallets.
Unlike trend-driven zero torque or toe-up putters, the Ally Blue Onset features a 15° toe hang, giving golfers a familiar feel with just the right amount of arc in the stroke. This balance helps reduce common pull-side misses while maintaining stability and consistency on the greens.
TECHNOLOGY
Machined 6061 aluminum top with 304 stainless steel sole plate
15° toe down to achieve a slight arc
Deep milled for slightly softer feel
Single alignment line
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However, the putters sounded the same to him, so he didn’t mind the softer feel of the insert.
In his opening round Thursday, Finau gained .611 strokes on the greens, despite shooting a two-over 73.
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This section is dedicated to one cool photo we’ve snapped recently on Tour, but haven’t had a reason to share yet. For this week, check out Tony Finau’s Nike Vapor Fly Pro 3-iron.
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Brooks Koepka isn’t the only player with this club still in the bag.
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Odds and Ends
Some other gear changes and notes we’re tracking this week.
Brooks Koepka led all gear news this week with his switch to a TaylorMade Spider Tour X L-neck putter. He missed the cut and lost more than 3.3 strokes putting. He did improve to gain nearly .3 strokes putting in the second round … Collin Morikawa also changed to a Spider Tour X, but with a flow neck … Jordan Spieth switched to the new Titleist SM11 wedgesand a GT2 hybrid, replacing his longtime TSi2 … Marco Penge moved back to a Scotty Cameron Newport Tour Prototype and switched to SM11s … Sam Burns also added SM11s along with Tony Finau (just 60), Michael Kim, Bud Cauley, and Eric Cole … Aldrich Potgieter traded his Scotty Cameron 009M gamer for a new Fastback 2 Tour prototype … Chris Kirk added a Quantum Triple Diamond, keeping up momentum for Callaway staff conversions … Justin Rose’s putter last week at the Farmers was actually a backup after his gamer was damaged beyond repair.
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The best players in the world, like 2025 champion in Augusta and career Grand Slam winner Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa have already made the switch to the fastest ever TP5. It’s time for you to make the switch, too.
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The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opened Friday with a glittering ceremony at the San Siro stadium featuring US pop diva Mariah Carey, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and Chinese pianist Lang Lang among other performers. It was accompanied by celebrations at Games venues across the Italian Alps in an unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron opening ceremony.
Oleksandr Usyk has revealed some big news ahead of his impending return to the ring.
The Ukrainian has established himself as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, having compiled a stellar record which has seen him become undisputed across two weight divisions.
His first undisputed triumph came at cruiserweight back in 2018, before he moved up to the banner division and claimed all four heavyweight world titles on two occasions.
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The latest of those was last July when he knocked out Daniel Dubois inside five rounds, and while he may have since relinquished the WBO title, Usyk still remains in possession of the WBC, WBA and IBF belts.
It appeared that a showdown with former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was next on the agenda for the Ukrainian, but after Wilder instead signed a deal to fight Derek Chisora in April, it has left fans wondering who Usyk could face next.
He may have now hinted towards who will promoting his next fight, after revealing on social media that his own promotional firm is set to stage ‘something big’ soon.
“Usyk 17 Promotions is back! Something big is coming soon, you definitely won’t want to miss it.”
“This spring in Kyiv we want to hold a big tournament. We’ll announce it a little later and where it will be, on what date, and the main event and undercard fighters.
“It will be exclusively young promising boxers from Ukraine and beyond. We’ll help these guys reach their goals and everything that depends on us to do we’ll do it for the growth of new champions in our country.”
The new-look Detroit Lions have been a force to be reckoned with, but this season, they are in what has recently become unfamiliar territory.
After making the playoffs in each of the previous two seasons, the Lions missed out on the playoffs after being one of the favorites to win it all in the preseason.
In 2023, they were this close to making the Super Bowl for the first time. Last season, they lost in their first playoff game as the No. 1 seed.
Amon-Ra St. Brown of the Detroit Lions and running back Jahmyr Gibbs look on prior to an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sept. 7, 2025, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)
“I really think we have all the pieces, and that’s why this year hurt the way that it did, because you know we have this high elite level of talent,” star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson told Fox News Digital on Radio Row. “I really just think it was a football thing, and it was a lack of complimentary football in critical moments. I think different phases were letting the team down. That’s defense included, too. It sucks that you have to sit there and say it, but I think that’s kind of what happened. Because we have the pieces.”
“I think we just slipped up here and there. Details kind of slipped up, we had a lot of people injured, but I wouldn’t make that as an excuse because we did the same thing last year. Just need to clean up some stuff,” running back Jahmyr Gibbs added. “Everybody’s in the league for a reason. Every team’s good. Every team’s got players getting paid. So, I mean, anybody can beat anybody any given Sunday, Thursday, Monday, whatever it is. We just happened to get beat more than we’re used to. So it is what it is.”
Part of the reason the Lions did not go to that Super Bowl two years ago, many would argue, is Dan Campbell’s aggressiveness on fourth down. But don’t expect anyone on the Lions to ever disagree with their coach’s mentality.
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“We love it,” Amon-Ra St. Brown said. “We’re rocking with it, we feel like we have a good offense, players everywhere that can go make plays on fourth down. We feel like we can get it on every fourth down. Dan’s instilled that in us since we’ve been there… and we feel like we can get it every time.”
Head coach Dan Campbell looks on prior to the game against the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field on Sept. 28, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
Gibbs’ answer was much simpler.
“We want more points,” he said.
One thing that the Lions undoubtedly do, though, is lean on one another. Hutchinson and Gibbs partnered with Rocket Mortgage on Radio Row to spread the word on being a good neighbor, and likened home living to the locker room.
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“Be dependable. Always depend on that one person that’s gonna be, then no matter what, to help you. Like, you need your packages picked up. They gonna help you,” Gibbs said.
Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (0) celebrates his touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Detroit.(AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
“It’s really what Rocket is all about,” added Hutchinson. “And their culture, they preach being a good neighbor and being kind and spreading kindness. The biggest thing is dependability when I think of teammates and neighbors. “I think the severity of the situation changes in-game, a little bit higher pressure, but it’s a similar flair of dependability.”
When asked if anything is missing to get over the hump, Penei Sewell echoed Hutchinson’s teammates about having the right pieces.
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“Nothing comes to mind,” Sewell admitted.
“But I’ll tell you what,” Hutchinson added, “once we all come back for OTAs, we all know what’s at stake. We all know how much has been put into this team and the talent that we have. So it’s going to be continuing to sharpen iron, compete in practice, compete in games, and really become the best version of ourselves.”
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