Lottie Woad, who has won plenty over the past two years, including the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, dominated a professional event for the first time, winning the KPMG Women’s Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour by a whopping six shots.
The PGA Tour did not release a reason for the WD, which came roughly two hours after the conclusion of the third round, in which Potgieter posted a five-over 76.
England’s Lottie Woad already has established herself as the world’s best woman amateur, but now she has moved to the brink of solidifying her standing as a future professional star. Woad, 21 and a senior-to-be at Florida State, opened a seven-stroke lead through three rounds of the KPMG Women’s Irish Open in a bid to Read more…
The 2025 British Open is upon us, which means it’s time to set your alarm clocks early to watch the action. But before the tournament starts, it’s also time to brush up on the real meaning behind some phrases commonly associated with golf’s oldest major championship. Don’t worry, there won’t be a quiz. 1. “Open Read more…
The late Bing Crosby once asked his friend John Swanson if he was playing much golf. “Only days,” Swanson famously replied. This came to mind when questions arose as to whether Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze was playing golf at that kind of frequency and that it was affecting the Tigers’ recruiting efforts. Matt Stahl, Read more…
At some point, thinking about golf practice brought me back to my earliest days on skates. Some background here would help: When I grew up playing hockey, most of the drills in practice emphasized isolated skills. The coach would line us up at one end of the rink and blow a whistle, and then we Read more…
All across America, men and women are firing up the grills, putting up the volleyball nets and slathering on the sunscreen. July 4th is mere hours away and summer is in full swing. But don’t take our word for it. Just ask Joe Buck and Jim Nantz. On Wednesday, the legendary sportscasters checked in from Read more…
Golfpocalypse is a collection of words about golf (professional and otherwise) with very little in the way of a point, and the Surgeon General says it will make you a worse person. Reach out to The Golfpocalypse with your questions or comments on absolutely anything at [email protected]. At the start of 2024, the scalawags behind Read more…
Callaway updates its “game-improvement wedge” lineup with the new CB12, a wide-soled cavity-back design that redistributes 12 grams to the perimeter for increased forgiveness not just on full swings but on short-shot mis-hits, too.
Sometimes, all it takes to create chaos is one spicy question. And ladies and gentlemen, this is that spicy question. Within five minutes of dropping Can you call it a career round if you took gimmes? into our Golf Digets Slack channel, the responses started pouring in. Some were brief, others went on long diatribes Read more…
The good news about putting is, you’re probably already dedicating time to it. When you roll some putts before you tee off, that’s legitimate practice time—if you use it well. The key is to make the reps good reps, not just rapid-firing putts from hole to hole. I’m very intentional when practicing putting thanks to Read more…