At 98, Bob Toski is the oldest living PGA Tour winner, having succeeded his friend Jackie Burke, who passed away in 2024 at the age of 100. Both men had magnetic personalities and shared mutually enriching relationships with giants of the game. Toski is now the last member of an era that was eyewitness to 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…
My dad always used to say, “A steady drip caves the stone.” This little phrase fits how I want to manage my career—and I think it will help you with your golf. The “steady drip” concept to me means if you put in the effort, little by little, everything is doable. Big goals are awesome, Read more…
There’s something so satisfying about successfully executing a flop or lob shot. It suggests a level of skill that you might not have ascended to. If you watch the pros hit them, you might think this is a shot that requires technical precision, great hand-eye coordination and a whole lotta guts. I think that might Read more…
Max Homa is happy. And even a little surprised. The six-time PGA Tour winner shot an opening eight-under 63 Thursday at the John Deere Classic, the lowest first-round score of his career. He’s tied for second place, one shot behind Doug Ghim. Yes, that score pleases him. The surprising part? “I didn’t hit one crazy Read more…
In the wise words of the late Yankee legend Yogi Berra, “it’s getting late, early.” Meaning, we’ve only just started July but there are only five weeks remaining until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The tour is at TPC Deere Run this week for its annual stop at the John Deere Classic, which 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…
The most common affliction in golf is not the slice but the driving range swing that has mysteriously vanished. For many players the typical practice session involves a bucket of balls, a series of swings and the occasional sense that a problem has been solved. If it rarely works out, it’s because this way of Read more…
What the PGA Tour Policy Board apparently approved in May – but didn’t make public until overnight – were additional changes to the FedEx Cup prizemoney distribution, with a new three-tier system that could create more volatility in payouts.
Max Homa rose to golf notoriety through an unlikely source: X (well, back then it was called Twitter). Displaying unusual candor and wit for a professional golfer, Homa amassed a dedicated following on the social media app long before he became a household name on the PGA Tour. For years, Homa entertained fans with his Read more…
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