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On day three of the Presidents Cup, Japan's Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Hisatsune went head-to-head with American pair Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns in a fiercely contested match. Golf fans, particularly in Japan, are following the duel closely as the international team takes on the United States in the biennial competition.

Japanese golf instructor Kensuke Aoshima (青島賢吾) is pushing back against a common teaching maxim, arguing that approach shots should not automatically be played from an open stance. The short lesson, shared within Japanese golf communities focused on score improvement, covers iron play and course strategy alongside putting and driver tips.

Japanese golf professional Tsuneyuki Nakajima is offering a lesson focused on maintaining the forward tilt, or spine angle, throughout the swing, particularly for iron play and approach shots. The instruction is aimed at golfers, including beginners, looking to improve consistency in their ball striking.

Shiho Kuji and Eri Fukuyama are tied for the lead heading into the final round of the Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open in Japan, with Ai Kido one shot behind. Golf fans are following the close three-way battle as the tournament reaches its deciding day on the JLPGA tour.

The Japan Women's Open, a JLPGA major that had never been played at Takarazuka Golf Club in its previous 58 editions, is arriving there for the tournament's 100th anniversary. The milestone has drawn attention from Japanese golf fans, with discussion of the historic venue and figures in women's golf such as Hisako Higuchi, Ayako Okamoto and Ai Miyazato.

Japanese golf instructor Tetsuhito Masuda shared a lesson explaining why many golfers fail to improve, arguing that repeatedly striking the ball with incorrect movements only entrenches bad habits. He highlights a blind spot in conventional practice and links poor mechanics to lower back pain, promoting his 'ten swing' approach as a route to both better scores and relief from discomfort.

The Japan Women's Open Golf Championship, the third domestic major on the JLPGA calendar, is drawing pre-tournament attention as four days of play will decide Japan's top female golfer. Preview coverage highlights the field and expectations, with players such as Mayu Hattori among those in focus ahead of the tournament's start.

Japanese golfers are sharing a short-hole iron shot clip showing a ball struck low that still holds its position on the green. The post, tagged as a golf round video, is circulating among golf fans discussing shot-making technique, with hashtags covering irons, short holes and round footage.

A Japanese golfer posted about a round at Takamoto Country Club, describing the experience as 'neither good nor bad'. The post highlights playing golf with her daughter and tags herself as a golf beginner and 'golf girl', part of a growing community of casual women golfers in Japan sharing their rounds online.

Japanese golfers are sharing advice for players who struggle to hit fairway woods, suggesting utility clubs (hybrids) as an easier alternative. The tip circulates among Japan's golf community, with players swapping guidance on how hybrids can help those who lack confidence with longer clubs off the deck or from the rough.

Golf instructors in Japan are discussing which players suit a 'hittable' shaft, meaning a shaft with a softer tip that is easier to load and whip through impact, and which players are better off with a firmer profile. The debate is playing out across Japanese golf coaching circles, with tips tied to online golf lessons and swing advice for amateur players looking to add distance.

A golfer won a club championship in Japan, described as the country's toughest, and earned a place in the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA tournament as a result. The result announcement is being shared alongside a two-part account of the challenge, warning those who attempt such championships how demanding they really are.

A golf lesson from Japan is telling players to fix their slice by swinging with the feeling of hitting at a 45-degree angle. The advice, shared as a short video on a Japanese golf feed, is aimed at self-described lifetime slicers who cannot keep the ball straight. It frames the angled swing sensation as a simple cure for the most common fault in amateur golf.

A Japanese golf instruction piece argues that players who favour a draw may actually be costing themselves strokes, claiming that better golfers overwhelmingly choose to hit a fade instead. The article explains the real reasons behind the fade preference for golfers trying to break 100, 90 or 80, and it is circulating among Japanese golf fans discussing swing technique and shot selection.

Mixed martial artist Shinya Aoki says a prediction that fellow RIZIN fighter Yoshikatsu Horie keeps adding tattoos may prove right, as the meaning behind Horie's body art has been revealed ahead of RIZIN LANDMARK 16. Fans of the Japanese MMA promotion are discussing the designs and what they symbolize as the event approaches, adding to pre-fight buzz around the card.

Japanese golf instruction content is arguing that selecting a stiff (S) flex shaft should be based on how much a player sets their wrists during the swing and their head speed, rather than convention. The advice is aimed at amateur golfers, especially those in their 50s to 70s trying to break 100, and is being shared within Japan's golf lesson community as a 'new common sense' for avoiding shaft-fitting mistakes.

A PGA teaching professional shared a golf practice moment, saying that one particular point during putting practice is extremely important. The item circulates among Japanese golf fans under golf, putting and golf swing hashtags, adding to a steady stream of short golf instruction clips from teaching pros aimed at amateur players looking to sharpen their short game.

A Japanese golf item titled 'It has been a while since I played such an awkwardly embarrassing round of golf' is circulating among golf fans in Japan, tagged under GolfJapan and Japanese golf hashtags. It is the eighth installment in a series documenting uncomfortable or cringeworthy moments on the course, drawing attention from the country's golf community.

A Japanese golf lesson circulating online claims that players who struggle with approach shots can fix nine out of ten of them simply by focusing on their practice swings. The tip is aimed at amateurs whose problems come from poor swing rehearsal rather than technique, and it has drawn attention among Japanese golf fans sharing lesson content.

The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on the LPGA tour has wrapped up its final round, with full third-round and final scores now being reported. Japanese golf fans are closely following where Japanese women players, including Mao Saigo, finished in the standings, and discussion is focusing on which players ended up at the top of the leaderboard.

A Japanese golf instruction piece argues that players who hit long, straight shots without exerting force are not stronger but move their body in a different sequence during the swing. It claims the order of movement is 'almost reversed' between good ball-strikers and those who slice, hook or top shots, and offers this sequencing as a fix for amateur golfers trying to break 90, 100 or 80.