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October 10th, 2024

‘The Weapon’: How some big swing changes created one of golf’s best nicknames

Byeong Hun An had just built a new house and became a first-time dad—and then lost his PGA Tour card. It was a devastating blow and a kind of existential threat for the man who, in 2009, became the youngest-ever player to win the U.S. Amateur Championship at just 17 years old. Not sure what Read more…

October 10th, 2024

How to train your body to fix your golf swing

If you’re not happy with your ball-striking, you know you have a golf-swing problem. But what if your swing issue is the result of physical limitations? Simply trying to fix your technique won’t work if you don’t have the strength or mobility to get in the proper positions. The first step to better golf is Read more…

October 10th, 2024

From the Golf Digest archive: Legends like Nicklaus, Snead, Watson and Lopez offer tips to play smarter golf

In the February 1980 edition of Golf Digest, instruction editor Dick Aultman began his piece with a question: “How could I be so stupid?” (Golf Digest+ members get access to the complete Golf Digest archive dating back to 1950. Sign up here.) It was, he surmised, the frustration expressed by so many golfers upon hitting Read more…

PGA Tour

October 10th, 2024

Lucas Herbert and Marc Leishman join Cam Smith in heading home for multiple tournaments

Victorians Lucas Herbert and Marc Leishman will return to their home state for the 2024 ISPS HANDA Australian Open as part of multiple Australian appearances to end the year.

October 10th, 2024

Captain Jim Furyk reveals the ‘dog’ strategy he used in America’s Presidents Cup win

Furyk sought to instil an attitude of grittiness in his US players at the 15th Presidents Cup, asking them to, essentially, fight like dogs.

October 9th, 2024

Monday qualifiers for PGA Tour event were accidentally allowed into field

Chris Korte and John Sand will be making their PGA Tour debuts this week at the Black Desert Championship after earning spots through a Monday qualifier. One slight problem: Korte and Sand shouldn’t have been in the event.

LIV Golf

October 10th, 2024

LIV Golf vs PGA Tour exhibition has a pre-Christmas date and an exciting venue

An 18-hole made-for-TV spectacle featuring Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau that was announced last month will take place on December 17 at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, according to a press release.

September 26th, 2024

Ripper GC’s Mad Monday antics were about as wacky as you could have imagined

Cam Smith’s Jacksonville abode has never seen such a vast array of, well, characters.

September 24th, 2024

Cam Smith and Ripper GC celebrated the LIV Team Championship by throwing back a couple of shoeys

Temperatures in Dallas topped out at about 35 degrees on the final day, which should give you some sense of the gastrointestinal fortitude this stunt required.

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September 25th, 2024

Unlock Your Mind

Sport psychologist Dr Bhrett McCabe explains how to overcome common mental pitfalls

September 25th, 2024

News You May Have Missed: October 2024

Aussie of the Month: Cameron Smith The 2022 Open champion generated exciting headlines – that even travelled as far as a golf website in the UK – in late August when it was announced he would play in the NSW Open on the Murray River from November 14-17. The biggest star in Australian golf will Read more…

September 25th, 2024

Top 100 Spotlight: Kooyonga Golf Club

Adelaide is a fortunate city. For its population, the South Australian capital is well served for world-class golf courses. Right among them is Kooyonga Golf Club, which ranks second in the city on our list but sits first in the hearts of many who prefer the nuances of the course in the suburb of Lockleys. Read more…

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How to play

October 10th, 2024

To hit more greens, get your distance to the middle, then add seven metres

Most missed greens by club golfers are short because they tend to over-estimate how far they hit the ball.

October 8th, 2024

10 smart strategies to improve your green reading – you’ll make more putts

The reason why most of your putts don’t go in is because you’re misreading them. Unlike mashing a drive 320 metres, you possess all the tools to avoid these kinds of judgment errors. You just need to learn a few things that’ll help you along the way.

October 5th, 2024

What a statistical deep-dive into Scottie Scheffler’s historic season reveals

What was it that clicked for Scheffler for him to go from an above-average, two-win season last year to this year’s utterly dominant eight wins?

What to play

October 9th, 2024

Are hybrids still the best option to replace your long irons?

Tour players are opting for other options beyond hybrids. Those include utility irons and high-lofted fairway woods. But should you?

October 7th, 2024

The clubs Kevin Yu used to win the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship

Making putts is the thing Yu did best in Mississippi. He ranked second in strokes gained/putting, bettering the field average by nearly nine shots while averaging 108 feet of putts made per round, also topping the field in that stat.

October 5th, 2024

Will lead tape make your driver better or non-conforming? Yes. No. Maybe.

In this modern era, with dozens of weighting options already built into your driver, compounding the search for better performance with the use of lead tape or similar tactics is probably unnecessary and might even risk making your driver non-conforming.

Where to play

October 9th, 2024

One of the most unique (and affordable) golf courses on earth is sandwiched between two runways at a Bangkok airport

Kantarat Golf Course was constructed by the RTAF in 1952, becoming the first golf course in Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok and just the second in the country.

October 8th, 2024

The improbable story of the PGA Tour and LPGA landing in the lava fields of Utah

This week’s Black Desert Championship will be the PGA Tour’s first visit to Utah in more than 60 years.

October 7th, 2024

GrayBull is the newest course in Nebraska’s Sandhills. How does it stack up against its neighbors?

If you’ve never driven through the Sandhills region of Nebraska, you haven’t seen one of the world’s most extraordinary golf landscapes. It’s understandable if you haven’t. There’s little reason for anyone who isn’t a rancher or a golf pilgrim to delve into the 20,000-square miles of heaving, grass-covered dunes that cover the northwest and north-central Read more…

Women in Golf

October 9th, 2024

Golf Rules

October 10th, 2024

Opinion

September 25th, 2024

Rank	Team Name	Total	Score
1	RIPPER GC	-11	277
T2	4ACES GC	-8	280
T2	IRON HEADS GC	-8	280
4	LEGION XIII	-6	282
5	STINGER GC	-15	273
6	FIREBALLS GC	-14	274
T7	CRUSHERS GC	-2	286
T7	HYFLYERS GC	-2	286
9	MAJESTICKS GC	-5	283
10	TORQUE GC	-4	284
11	CLEEKS GC	-1	287
12	RANGEGOATS GC	+4	292
13	SMASH GC	+12	300

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