The world’s shot guru Kirk Goldsberry once figured out that if you bottled up all the bank shots made by the 10 best scorers in the 2018–19 season, you’d barely reach Duncan’s total in ...

Playing the par-4 8th hole at PGA National on Friday, Johnson hit a 291-yard tee shot that left him just short of a water hazard and in perfect position to attack the pin from about 140 yards.

The shot’s stagnation stems from the mockery that awaits any variation to the “nothing but net” technique in the United States. Bank shots — bouncing the ball off the glass before it falls ...