The Hero World Challenge is sometimes chastised as “not a real event”. Don’t tell that to world No.1 Scottie Scheffler, the two-time defending champion who is using the competition as a proving ground for a new TaylorMade driver.
Amazon’s new two-piece Basics Core Soft ball was never designed to dominate the tour. But when an ultra-budget ball promises “exceptional distance, straight flight and advanced cover and core technology,” golfers understandably get curious. So we put it to the test. We compared Core Soft to Titleist’s Pro V1, Tour Soft and Velocity using the Read more…
Holiday gift-giving can be stressful. When it’s for a picky golfer, it can be overwhelming. Enter a Golf Digest+ membership, which provides the avid player in your life unlimited access to the best in golf. Here are six ways golfers can get the most out of their Golf Digest+ membership. (Click here to gift a Read more…
CBS Sports is elevating former PGA Tour player Colt Knost into its booth for the network’s upcoming golf coverage. Knost, 40, has been working with the CBS golf team since 2019 as an on-course reporter, joining the network full-time in 2021. He is best known for winning the 2007 U.S. Amateur along with the 2007 Read more…
Golfpocalypse is a meandering collection of words about golf (professional and otherwise) that sometimes, but not always, has a point. Reach out with your questions or comments on absolutely anything at [email protected]. We’ll publish the best emails here. For me, there is almost nothing more fun in professional golf than obsessing over small details of Read more…
After getting the Thanksgiving break off (unless you wagered on the Skins Game), the PGA Tour returns to offer us one last shot at glory in 2025 with the Hero World Challenge. Tiger Woods is on site as host but won’t be teeing it up this year. And while the small field does leave a Read more…
The thing to remember when you’re in a bunker is you can’t do anything that can be construed as improving your lie or testing the conditions. If you’re not sure what that means, Rule 12.2 covers when touching the sand does or does not result in a penalty.
A South African pro (and now PGA Tour winner), Aldrich Potgieter has quickly become one of the longest hitters in pro golf, not long after becoming the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history. Potgieter won the Rocket Classic back in June in a playoff, not long after losing in a playoff at the Mexico Open. He has Read more…
In a way that leaves me even more convinced that golf is the greatest game of all, I’ve always found it tremendous fun to play 18 holes with Jerry Tarde. I can hear the howls that opener just set off. “Isn’t that guy your boss? Even if it wasn’t fun, what else are you going Read more…
A new college golf tournament will be televised on Golf Channel next fall. It will also be the first public showcase of a billionaire’s new backyard course. Halbert National, the personal golf course of biotech billionaire David Dean Halbert will host the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate next fall. The Tom Fazio design cost $50 million (and Read more…
MELBOURNE, Australia – The challenge is simple, if hefty. Rory McIlroy wants to focus on winning the game’s oldest and most prestigious trophies at golf’s most sacred venues. An Open Championship at St. Andrews, a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, and, this week, an Australian Open at Royal Melbourne. MORE: Adam Scott is experiecing a Read more…
Overnight, the R&A announced the eligibility for the qualifier, putting into picture the criteria for how the governing body is going to select the 12 players who will play in the 18-hole competition at Royal Birkdale.
Despite the distractions while serving as the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, Keegan Bradley was justifiably proud of his 2025 season, surpassed in his mind only by his 2011 rookie year when he won twice, including the PGA Championship. Yet when asked to assign a letter grade to a season in which he won his eighth Read more…
It’s Tiger Woods’ week even though he won’t take a single swing. The 15-time major champ is the host of the Hero World Challenge and was on hand early in the week to sit down and talk with the assembled media, talking about the state of the PGA Tour, his health and his chances of Read more…
Golf has long been a mainstay for bachelor parties, but now it’s popular for bachelorette parties, too. Any successful bachelorette party starts with a slogan, a catchy little play on words that drives the weekend. Luckily, golf is rich in this department: Last Swing Before the Ring, Perfect Match, Let’s Par-Tee, [Insert bride’s name]’s Golf Read more…
Last week, Paige Spiranac finally addressed the cheating allegations that had hounded her in the wake of the Internet Invitational. The OG golf influencer was at the center of the controversy during the YouTube event’s finale, bursting into tears when Francis Ellis raised concerns she had improved a lie midway through the round. In the Read more…
Scottie Scheffler will have yet another chance to make a bit of golf history this week, as he can become the first golfer to go back-to-back-to-back at the Hero World Challenge. After winning the previous two Bahamas events by a combined nine(!) strokes, Scheffler is the heavy favorite of the 20-player field to win the Read more…
Tiger Woods sightings are rare these days, making his annual appearance at his Hero World Challenge a de facto state-of-Tiger address. Historically, that means updates on his health and this year was no different, as the 15-time major winner didn’t seem remotely close to a competitive return from his latest surgery. Tuesday was also dominated Read more…
Competitive golf is not immediately on the horizon for Tiger Woods as he recovers slowly from October back surgery, bringing into question his prospects for the Masters next April or even his ability to compete in the next few months in the second season of TGL, the simulator golf league he helped found. Woods, who Read more…
Australian Golf Digest
