No official handicaps in your golf group? “Sunningdale” solves that problem, a simple match-play format that automatically levels the playing field and keeps every round close.
Given the chaos that transpired at Royal Birkdale from late Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, it only felt right to record an instant reaction podcast to the 2026 Open Championship. That’s exactly what myself, Stephen Hennessey and Alex Myers did on Sunday afternoon, joining forces to record this week’s episode of The Loop immediately after Read more…
Bryson DeChambeau and the two-shot penalty he incurred on Friday in the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Given the circumstances—with one of golf’s most polarizing figures leading a major, only to lose two shots in a very controversial decision by the R&A—this may go down as the most remembered rules controversy of all time. Indeed, Read more…
Travis Smyth’s post-round press conference had it all, from nerves on the first tee to a hilariously blunt take on what it’s like watching Scottie Scheffler up close.
There’s a growing sentiment among the American public that “PE,” AKA Private Equity, is ruining everything. Restaurants. Movies. Video games. The housing market. Everything is getting worse yet somehow more expensive. Chipotle sucks now. Every movie is a remake or some superhero nonsense. All decisions at these privately-owned companies feel like they are being made Read more…
As if I, Christopher Powers, the man writing this, the guy who can’t hit an outright to save his life, wasn’t enough of a kiss of death, it seems that the entire betting community is on Matt Fitzpatrick to win the Open Championship this week. What could go wrong? Well, Scottie Scheffler or Rory McIlroy Read more…
Nick Faldo does not grace our television sets as often as he used to, but that is not going to stop him from absolutely firing off some takes when he gets the opportunity.
A short clip of Scottie Scheffler hitting a chip shot in a t-shirt and gym shorts at North Berwick’s iconic 13th hole has sent Golf Twitter into a frenzy over course dress codes.
One of the best two-week stretches of the season begins this week at the Scottish Open, which boasts one of it’s better fields in recent memories. Not only are Scottie and Rory in the field, but so are Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton. Breakfast golf, commence! The Golf Digest betting panel is comprised of Pat Read more…
With his fifth PGA Tour victory this past Sunday at the John Deere Classic, Chris Gotterup cemented himself as one of the bonafide closers in the sport right now. And if you think that’s hyperbolic, the numbers do not lie: Winning is as hard as it has ever been in the men’s professional game, which Read more…
Dr Lawrence Rocks’ glove features two elastomer strips on the palm and along the index finger to the base of the thumb and is designed to prevent the clubhead from twisting at impact.
It is perhaps one of the enduring golf memes of our time. It features a clip from “The Hangover,” starring Zach Galifianakis, who plays the character Alan in the all-time great comedy. In the clip, an old man walks up to Alan at the gas station to compliment his car, and Alan immediately snipes back Read more…
Unfortunately, the panel has gone somewhat cold on the outright front, particularly gutting given the fact that Viktor Hovland was as high as 50-1 in some spots last week. Always tough to miss out on a high-caliber player at a juicy number like that. Fortunately, though, we continue to come through in our matchup and Read more…
It’s now been 20 years since Liberty National Golf Club has opened, and in those two decades, Dan Fireman, the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the club, has seen everything. Tour events, a Presidents Cup, four actual presidents on his course at once, a ferry in the 10th fairway. Wait, what? Fireman, who joined us Read more…
A crazy stretch of big-time golf continues this week at the Travelers Championship, the final Signature Event of the 2026 season. There is no Rory McIlroy, but Scottie Scheffler and now two-time U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark will both be teeing it up in Cromwell, Conn. RELATED: Travelers Championship picks 2026: Why our DFS expert Read more…
“I’m gonna hit another one.” A perfectly common phrase in golf. Probably one you’ve said many times before yourself. The question is, what’s your reason for teeing up another or throwing an extra one down? What preceded it? It took me awhile to find it, but my good Twitter friend Brian Kirschner’s spicy reply to Read more…
For 54 holes, Golf Twitter would have had you believing that the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock was one of the most boring major championships ever. Then, Sunday happened. We often forget that much of the good stuff doesn’t happen until the final round, like Wyndham Clark nearly spoiling a six-stroke lead, the fans turning Read more…
A wise man once said that you never want to be the main character on X/Twitter on any given day. But there is somehow a worse scenario—being the misidentified main character on X/Twitter on any given day. That was the predicament Canadian tour pro David Hearn found himself in on Sunday evening, when a story Read more…
Thankfully, Xander Schauffele picked off his first two majors in 2024, shedding the “always the bridesmaid…” label. Otherwise, this preposterous streak he kept alive at the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock would be a punchline as opposed to what it actually is – a wildly impressive statistic. Schauffele looked poised to win major No. 3 Read more…
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