The 10 best new holes I saw in 2025

A quarter of the way into the century, it’s clear the quality of new courses and renovations continues to get better. Developers and clubs keep giving architects outstanding properties to work on, along with budgets to match. Even when the land doesn’t sing, designers have found ways to put spins on it that make the Read more…

How to make your New Year’s golf resolutions stick

It’s time to make New Year’s resolutions and if you’re like us, you have big plans for your golf game in 2026. Instructors such as Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Megan Padua Buzza say it’s common for golfers to set big goals like getting up and down more, or lowering their handicap. But the way Read more…

Golf Digest Honors: Recapping the best golf ‘accomplishments’ of 2025

Welcome again to Golf Digest Honors, our annual tradition where pros, amateurs and weekend golfers are judged as equals. All year long we fawn over prize money and polished skill, but once a season we strive to recognize even more. Who among us produced feats that flashed the ethereal magic of this universal game? As Read more…

Meet the First Tee Game Changers who helped golf grow in 2025

They number in the thousands around the country—an army of volunteers at golf courses who plant seeds of love for golf in children and then nurture that interest in the game and its life lessons. Golf Digest once again recognizes and honors the First Tee Game Changers—the recipients of the highest awards given out by Read more…

The most popular Golf Digest+ stories of 2025

Golf Digest has long featured a motto of “How to play, what to play, where to play” golf. You might have seen the phrase on our cover over the years. It’s even a registered trademark. But more importantly, it serves as a guiding principle and reminder of what audiences have valued from us for more Read more…

An exclusive look at Tiger Woods’ first Golf Digest tips

Hard to believe that Tiger turns 50 on Dec. 30. In recognition of the GOAT’s birthday, we’re revisiting his first instructional article for Golf Digest, which appeared in the August 1997 issue, not long after he turned pro. Woods continued to offer advice on the game for decades to our readers, but it’s interesting to Read more…

Paying tribute to those golf lost in 2025

In 1997, Judy Bell became the first female president of the USGA in its then 102-year history. The standout amateur turned golf trailblazer was asked the morning after her election how it felt to be a woman leading one of the most influential associations in sports, to which she responded, “I don’t know yet how Read more…

Our favorite golf memories from 2025

Did you have fun watching and playing golf in 2025? We hope so, because we sure did. Granted, it’s our “job” to cover all things golf—professional events, personalities, instruction, equipment, the recreational game, etc.—yet it’s also something our entire staff takes joy in. Like most of you, the game isn’t just a sport for us Read more…