In Tempe, Arizona, inspiration has come full circle. Taking a cue from the raucous atmosphere of college football, the Waste Management Phoenix Open’s 16th hole has become the most infamous party in golf, spawning a wave of imitators. That list includes LIV Golf, who have fashioned ‘watering holes” at their Australia and UK events, and Read more…
At PGA National in February, Jake Knapp came inches from making PGA Tour history when he missed an eagle putt on the 18th hole that would have tied Jim Furyk’s single-round scoring mark of 58. As it was, Knapp tapped in for 59, just the 15th such score in the tour’s history. The 31-year-old’s incredible Read more…
Nothing in life is more certain death, taxes and Bryson DeChambeau going viral. Last week, we debated the somethingburger vs. nothingburger of an incident between DeChambeau and a spotter at Royal Portrush. Feelings were mixed, but in my response I wrote: “On it’s own, this video is just another bullet, not the smoking gun, but Read more…
Chris Gotterup is one of the hottest golfers on the planet right now. After starting 2025 with 8 missed cuts in 12 tournaments, the Rutgers’ kid found something. Something pretty special. In his dozen starts since the Valero Texas Open, Gotterup has finished outside the top 30 just once—a MC at the RBC Canadian Open—and Read more…
Last fall, Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast, before moving north. As the system stalled over Georgia and the Carolinas, it brought high winds and devastating flooding to much of the mid-Atlantic. 252 lives were lost and an estimated $78.7 billion in damages were inflicted, making it the deadliest storm to hit the Read more…
Jon Rahm is 6’ 2”, 220 pounds. That’s a peak beer-drinking frame if we’ve ever seen one. Whether he’s pounding one 400-hundo down the middle of the fairway or cursing like a Basque sailor, Rahm seems like the kind of guy that could delete a six pack of imperial Belgians on a hot day and Read more…
The year is 2025, and the debate about what constitutes a genuine hole-in-one rages on. Now, thanks to this lucky dad, we have another new variation to add to the ace authenticity committee’s growing queue: The Upper Deck Golf hole-in-one. Let’s evaluate. My dad dunking it at Upper Deck Golf byu/Mfeldyy ingolf RELATED: One man’s Read more…
Deep behind enemy lines in Northern Ireland, the Crushers GC captain shot from the hip, blasting out a series of quotes that left little doubt about his commitment to the American cause.
There’s been no shortage of enthusiasm for the British Open in Portrush this week. Fans have lined the fairways 10 deep from Tuesday to Sunday, mostly to cheer on local boy Rory McIlroy as he vies for the first home-soil claret jug since Paul Lawrie in 1999. Unfortunately for the throngs of Guinness-sloshing golf maniacs, Read more…
After a flying start to his third round, the wheels came flying off on the eighth hole where Rose’s tee shot found a particularly nasty patch of rough. Iron in hand, Rose swiped at his ball, which exploded off his clubface at a near 90-degree angle, flying into the gallery at head height. Watch it and wince.
The profanity was flying thick and fast at Royal Portrush on Friday. With the cutline looming and the weather suffering a severe identity crisis, players and broadcasters alike found themselves scrambling for sanity. The worst of it came from Shane Lowry, who was heard shouting “f—k this place!” about the site of his 2019 British Read more…
At just about every major, Jon Rahm delivers some sort of hot-mic moment. It’s practically tradition at this point. During the second round at Oakmont, the spicy Spainard lost his cool, issuing an F-bomb that was felt on the Richter scale after yet another missed putt on the slip n’ slide greens. Though Rahm kept Read more…
Viktor Hovland is a man of simple pleasures. He’s amassed over $66 million in career winnings BEFORE endorsements, but you won’t find him rocking seven-digit watches, cruising Monaco in rare cars or eating out at restaurants you and I can’t get a reservation at, let alone afford. As he proved after his $18-million Tour championship Read more…
It’s a well-known fact that golf and spouses make for awkward bedfellows. Many significant others embrace their partner’s hobbies—golf or otherwise—and welcome the free time it affords them, but the stereotype is quite the opposite, and sometimes stereotypes exist for a reason. Enter this Reddit user, who posted a wild series of messages he received Read more…
Much like the President of the United States, Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze has come under fire for playing too much golf on the job. After several high-profile decommits and a dismal 2024 campaign that saw the Tigers go 2-6 in SEC play and fail to qualify for a bowl game for just the fourth Read more…
Jason Day usually saves his best for major weeks, and that trend continued on Tuesday at Royal Portrush, where the 2015 PGA champ rolled out his first Internet-breaking fit of the week. Feast your eyes.
Aaron Rodgers courts controversy like railroad tycoons courted textile heiresses in the roaring ‘20s. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ new-old quarterback would probably dispute that. He’d probably tell you the media are drama queens, not him, and to some extent that may be true, but it seems that everywhere Rodgers goes, a headline of his own making Read more…
It’s hard to believe, but the final major of 2025 is upon us. Whether you’ve hit ’em all and are hoping to clinch a calendar grand slam or are still looking for your first win, this is it, the last big kahuna of the season. Unfortunately for bettors, the British Open (now the Open Championship) Read more…
The Old Course, Augusta National, Lahinch, Oakmont, Pebble Beach. All golf holy sites that golfers across the world dream of visiting—links pilgrimages where the water hazards turn to wine and the bunkers are filled with memories not sand. All of them, however, pale in comparison to a non-descript patch of swamp grass in Red Deer, Read more…
If hole-in-ones are the unicorns of golf—mythical creatures that golfers wait their entire lives for a glimpse of—then what does that make a par-4 ace? When in Scotland, it’s tantamount to the Loch Ness Monster. Just ask Corey Conners, who nearly saw old Nessie on Friday at the Genesis Scottish Open as his incredible tee-shot Read more…
Here at Golf Digest, we don’t usually condone making fun of other golfers’ swings. Different strokes for different folks, after all. But when that golfer is four-time NBA champion and world-famous superstar LeBron James, we’re willing to make an exception. James has never been big golfer, even as the sport has became the NBA’s pastime Read more…
There was no shortage of heartwarming stories and heroic highlights from Woodmont Country Club on Wednesday. That’s where some of the best disabled golfers in the world gathered for the final round of the 4th-annual U.S. Adaptive Open, displaying their odds-defying skills live on Golf Channel. One of the most incredible shots from the final Read more…
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