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…
Sometimes links golf feels like an altogether different sport. A few times a season, high winds, blind shots, burnt surfaces and extreme undulations turn traj-obsessed modern golfers into glorified billiards players, using every angle and carom in an effort to keep their game close to the floor and out of the elements. This leads to Read more…
Artificial intelligence is a pretty scary topic these days. It raises very real questions about human expendability and autonomy, but it’s not without its time, place and uses. Take for example the early tour of Trout National—the new private club from four-time AL MVP Mike Trout and 15-time major winner Tiger Woods—that golf fans got Read more…
Joel Dahmen is known for a few things. His funny, everyman personality, that tearjerking episode of ‘Full Swing and his friendship with caddie Geno Bonnalie. But most of all, Joel Dahmen is known for his bucket hats. Of all the bucket-adopters on the PGA Tour, Dahmen has had the most noteworthy career, his unique headwear Read more…
Homa’s T-5 at TPC Deere Run was his first top-10 in more than 14 months, but that wasn’t good enough for some deranged golf punters, who took to the internet to harass Homa
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…
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…
It’s been a few weeks since J.J. Spaun rolled in a 64-foot bomb to clinch the U.S. Open, but roars are still reverberating around golf. That includes those from the broadcast booth, where NBC’s Dan Hicks and Kevin Kisner called the action as it happened. On Tuesday, we finally got a glimpse behind the curtain Read more…
It was a BIG Monday in Pittsburgh. The week got off to a wild start in Western Pa. when news broke that the Steelers had traded for star Miami Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey and tight end Jonnu Smith in exchange for five-time Pro Bowl safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (who the Steelers acquired from the Dolphins back Read more…
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