Articles by Drew Powell

The worst holiday gifts for golfers

You’d think golfers would be extremely easy to shop for. No sport has more gadgets, gizmos and gag gifts. But that’s also part of the problem. There are so many items out there that no self-respecting golfer would ever touch. Be that as it may, there are, of course, plenty of awesome golf gifts out Read more…

4 shots every beginner needs to know

If you’re just dipping your toe into golf and not sure where to start, you’ve come to the right place. At Golf Digest, we cater to all different levels of golfers, but this collection of 2-Minute Clinics is designed specifically for beginners. Assuming no existing knowledge, we provide clear demonstrations to help you learn the Read more…

The 7 most iconic Ryder Cup moments

The Ryder Cup hasn’t always had the high stature that it does today, sitting alongside the major championships among golf’s biggest events. Indeed, the biennial match has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1927 at Worcester Country Club, when the Americans, led by captain Walter Hagen handily defeated Ted Ray’s Great Britain Read more…

Best Little Golf Towns: Sioux Center, Iowa

It took just over a year, but what began as a definition of terms and followed with further input from the PGA of America, readers like you and lots of shoe-leather reporting from our editors, we’ve now picked four communities that we think represent the ideal of what golf should be. We dispatched Golf Digest Read more…

Lie Detector: The simple downgrain chip

Welcome to Lie Detector, a Golf Digest+ series where we use an ultra-slow-motion camera to help you identify and properly execute shots from various lies. Different lies, whether they be in the fairway, rough or bunker, require different techniques, but first, you must get better at identifying the lie that you have. Have you ever Read more…

Big-hitting U.S. Am finalists are proving smart play gets the job done

SAN FRANCISCO — Your eyes see the two U.S. Amateur finalists, Mason Howell and Jackson Herrington, quite differently. Howell is a long-armed 6-foot-4 18-year-old, while Herrington is country strong, his stalky build in part the result of his life on a farm in Dickson, Tenn. The ball doesn’t notice any difference, though, as both players Read more…

The U.S. Amateur is a looong week. Here are the recovery strategies players are using to survive and advance—and you could use, too

SAN FRANCISCO — If Final Qualifying for the U.S. Open is annually dubbed “Golf’s Longest Day,” the U.S. Amateur (or any of the USGA’s amateur championships) can certainly be called Golf’s Longest Week. The players who advance all the way to Sunday’s championship match will have played nine competitive rounds in seven days at The Read more…

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Hero World Challenge - 2025
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
-Akshay Bhatia--1
-Aaron Rai--1
-Andrew Novak--1
-Chris Gotterup--1
-Harris English--1
-Brian Harman--1
-Corey Conners--1
-Sepp Straka--1
-Wyndham Clark--1
-Hideki Matsuyama--1
-Billy Horschel--1
-Alex Noren--1
-J.J. Spaun--1
-Sam Burns--1
-Robert MacIntyre--1
-Justin Rose--1
-Cam Young--1
-Keegan Bradley--1
-Jordan Spieth--1
-Scottie Scheffler--1
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