This article first appeared in Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. My favorite example of people not understanding handicaps is from the golf tournament I organized on my wedding day. Working Read more…
Phil Mickelson turned pro in 1992. Let that sink in for a minute. Nirvana was a new band. George Bush (senior!) was president. The Dallas Cowboys were winning Super Bowls. It was a very different world, both on and off the golf course. Mickelson has experienced a lot of incredible highs and low lows since Read more…
Kris Kim became the latest teen to make his PGA Tour debut at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Thursday. And his solid start included a dream finish that has him thinking about a weekend tee time. Kim, a 16-year-old amateur from England, was one under par when he reached his final hole of the Read more…
The new, sleeker P•UDI and wider-soled P•DHY aim to replace the long irons, hybrids or high-lofted fairway woods in the bag by offering a flatter, more penetrating flight, but still exhibiting the ball speed of a flexible-face iron.
This is Si Woo Kim. A four-time PGA Tour winner, Kim is best known for capturing the 2017 Players Championship. What separates him from many golfers is that he’s able to swing aggressively through impact, letting the clubface close noticeably without fear of hooking the ball. He and his coach, Chris Como, will explain why. Read more…
Injuries such as sprains, tendinitis, carpal-tunnel syndrome – and even fractures of a delicate bone called the hook of hamate – are common wrist issues that golfers experience.
Peter Oosterhuis made people comfortable. He was a flinty but friendly competitor, an authoritative but empathetic broadcaster, a stimulating but relaxing dinner companion. His gift for counterbalance allowed him to leaven even the horrible experience of Alzheimer’s disease. The urbane Englishman’s life well lived ended peacefully early Thursday morning in his longtime home of Charlotte, Read more…
LIV Golf is playing back-to-back weeks, taking the show from Adelaide, Australia last week to Singapore this week. It’s the seventh of 14 events on the league’s schedule. The field will play for its usual $20 million purse with the winner taking home $4 million for his victory. The team champion will split $3 million. Read more…
The PGA Tour is back in Texas, this time at TPC Craig Ranch for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Many of the top players are taking more of a break before a busy summer schedule picks up shortly, with a signature event and a major championship coming in the next two weeks. So, with that, Read more…
All hole-in-ones are special, but not every ace is created equal. There’s various factors at play. Distance, wind and pin position are big ones. Then there’s the course, the tees and, of course, lady luck—a big kick or a fortuitous ricochet count the same on the scorecard but are worth less in social currency. None Read more…
Woods joins a list of legendary golfers who have received special exemptions from the USGA that includes Jack Nicklaus (seven times), Arnold Palmer (five times) and Tom Watson (five times).
Editor’s note: Peter Oosterhuis, celebrated player and broadcaster, died at 75 on May 2, 2024. The following is a look back at his incredible career and documented health struggles from Golf Digest’s September 2015 issue. Things happen to golfers they’d just as soon forget. If Doug Sanders could erase the memory of missing a short Read more…