Mateo Pulcini’s closing birdie on Thursday likely won’t play an important role in this week’s Open Championship, but it will be remembered by those in attendance at Royal Birkdale. And not too fondly. Pulcini rolled in a 40-footer for birdie to finish a tough opening 75, but his celebration is what caught people’s attention more. Read more…
Charlie Woods will have to wait at least another year to check off an important box for any amateur golfer. The son of 15-time major champ Tiger Woods struggled during Thursday’s U.S. Amateur qualifying at Ohio State University’s Scarlet Course. Charlie shot a five-over-par 76 to miss qualifying by six shots. RELATED: Charlie Woods makes Read more…
Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we have reached the stage of the World Cup where we’re just watching to see how it ends. Kinda like the latest Harlan Coben series on Netflix. No offense to the sport and the event, because I’ve watched more than ever this year and it’s been fun, Read more…
Jason Day has done it again. After a plain look on Monday, the Aussie showed up to Tuesday’s practice round at Royal Birkdale in full camo, complete with a white belt.
How will you be remembered by your golf buddies when you die? It’s probably not a question you think about often, but, sadly, it’s an inevitable reality. And something that others will hear about as well if you’re a prominent figure—and one of those golf buddies happens to be the President of the United States. Read more…
Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. Through six holes of my 2026 golf season, I was two under par and feeling on top of the world. After Read more…
A simple question about what handicap makes you “good” at golf has sparked a massive debate online, with nearly a million views in 24 hours. Here’s what sparked it, and why golfers can’t seem to agree.
Rory McIlroy recently made a scouting trip to Royal Birkdale ahead of next week’s Open Championship and no one would have known about it if not for a fellow six-time major champ blowing up his spot. That would be Nick Faldo, who randomly ran into Rory and then shared video of their encounter on X. Read more…
And then there was one. Men’s major, that is. Major season goes quick so let’s savor this last one of 2026 as the Open Championship heads to Royal Birkdale for the first time since 2017. And if it’s anything like that week, we’re in for a treat. RELATED: 11 British Open terms you need to Read more…
With more people than ever playing golf, there are also more golf stories to tell. That’s where The Fringe comes in. Whether it’s a profile of a celebrity golfer, a look at how golf made a difference in someone’s life or just an interesting on-course tale you may have missed, The Fringe brings fun stories Read more…
The debate over who should buy hole-in-one drinks rages on, but at one golf course, it’s the lucky player who gets a drink. And an expensive one at that. We take you to Ardfin on the Isle of Jura in Scotland, where they give out special inscribed bottles of Jura whisky to those who make Read more…
Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. As I struggled around the beautiful, but difficult CC of Darien during my second official tournament round of the year, I Read more…
As the frontman of a band that has sold more than 10 million albums, Pat Monahan has performed on stages all around the world. But as a golfer, a few smaller gigs stand out. The Train lead singer didn’t buy a set of clubs until he was in his 40s and just dabbled in the Read more…
Ben James is one of the most promising college golfers since Tiger Woods. But he missed crossing paths with the 15-time major champion on Tuesday for a hilarious—but understandable—reason. James recently turned pro after graduating from the University of Virginia, where he won seven times and became the first player in a quarter century to Read more…
CROMWELL, Conn. — A year after being officially announced as PGA Tour CEO, Brian Rolapp is adding another impressive title to his résumé. Following a lengthy presentation and Q&A in the TPC River Highlands clubhouse on Tuesday in which Rolapp outlined planned sweeping changes to the PGA Tour, it was announced that he would succeed Read more…
Dressed in a navy suit, Woods watched from the side of the room with outgoing PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan as Rolapp detailed the extensive planned changes to the PGA Tour’s structure.
Joaquin Niemann became the first player in major championship history to receive a two-stroke penalty for throwing a club, then responded with rounds of 65 and 66 to nearly pull off an extraordinary comeback at the 2026 US Open.
On a day marked by Clark continuing to pour in clutch par putts, he had a chance to go on the offensive on the par-5 16th. And, boy, did he take advantage.
Emiliano Grillo looked like he was playing a different golf course at times on Saturday. Afterward he didn’t want to talk about that course the last time he visited. RELATED: And the sauciest shot of the week goes to . . . Grillo shot 67 in the third round of the U.S. Open to make Read more…
Life comes at you fast at a U.S. Open. One minute, you’re in contention. The next? You’re cursing the golf gods for completely abandoning you. Such was the case for William Mouw during Friday’s second round at Shinnecock Hills. The 25-year-old Pepperdine product pulled himself to three under par as he made the turn and Read more…
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