Articles by Golf Digest Editors

January 29th, 2025

Welcome back to the Golf Digest Honors!

Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Francesco Molinari and Gary Koch are some boldface names, but the golfers who pulled off some of the other great feats last season you’ve likely never heard of—until now. Ours is the most special game because magic can happen on any course, at any time, off any clubface. Here we celebrate Read more…

January 29th, 2025

The 75 coolest records in golf

We can all pretty much agree who has played the greatest golf in the history of the game. It starts with the men and women in the World Golf Hall of Fame and ends somewhere near the top of the current World Rankings. But winning isn’t everything. The coolest records in golf come from grit and talent, yes, but derive also from intangibles. Read more…

January 25th, 2025

The coolest stuff we saw at the 2025 PGA Merchandise Show

ORLANDO — Just like in any industry, it’s harder than ever to create a new product that impresses. Technology has advanced so rapidly in many areas of golf, it seems like most things have already been innovated. But yet every year, companies impress us as we walk the floor of the PGA Merchandise Show. It Read more…

January 22nd, 2025

Golf Digest Hot List 2025: Inside the process behind our annual equipment review

Just as there was with the first Hot List 22 years ago, there’s a kind of pursuit of the impossible that drives our equipment testing. While “What are the best new clubs?” seems a straightforward enough enterprise, each possible answer spurs more questions. “Best” is a word that draws a lot of attention, but we Read more…

January 22nd, 2025

Hot List 2025: What does our ‘MOI Rating’ mean?

The “MOI Rating” characterizes drivers based on the measured Moment of Inertia of a driver (stability on off-center hits) in the heel-toe direction. The limit is 5,900 grams-centimeters squared, plus a 100-point tolerance. Measurements were conducted by Tom Mase, a long-time member of the Golf Digest Technical Panel and professor of mechanical engineering at Cal Read more…

January 22nd, 2025

Hot List 2025: Explaining Top 5s and Vector Ratings

In addition to our overall star ratings in Performance and Look/Sound/Feel, we also ask our player testers to provide their input in two other dimensions that you will see in the individual club writeups. One is Top 5 ratings by handicap group, and the others are the descriptive “Vector Ratings,” which are displayed with a Read more…

December 31st, 2024

Our favorite Golf Digest portraits of 2024

The secret to good storytelling is more than simply smart and insightful words on a page or screen. It also calls for images that capture the essence of the subject, whether the demeanor of an individual, the mood of a moment or richness of place or thing. Golf Digest has long prided itself on capturing Read more…

March 9th, 2024

Nine tee-to-green tips to help you get the most out of your equipment

There’s never a bad time to investigate buying new clubs, so to help you actually swing those new sticks the way they’re designed, we compiled some equipment-related tips from some of our Best in State and Top 50 coaches.

January 26th, 2024

The coolest things we saw at the 2024 PGA Merchandise Show

Every January, the golf industry comes together at the annual PGA Show in to share new products, technology and ideas at a four-day exhibition in Orlando. This year, in its 71st year, the show included almost 1,000 brands displaying best and newest equipment, apparel, accessories from across the world. Our editors hit the convention floor—a Read more…

December 29th, 2023

Our favourite Golf Digest portraits of 2023

Any “Year in Review package” from Golf Digest would not be complete without a return to the images we shared with readers over the course of the previous 12 months. In looking back at 2023, we like to think we worked hard once again at telling a panoply of stories that covered golfers of all Read more…

November 20th, 2023

Who replaces Paul Azinger?: Here’s what NBC should consider when looking to fill its lead golf analyst role

Depending on your point of view, the announcement Sunday morning that Paul Azinger would no longer be the lead golf analyst at NBC Sports was either a surprising development or a long time coming. Opinions about the job that Azinger, 63, has done since joining Dan Hicks in the booth after the retirement of Johnny Read more…

November 13th, 2023

Six tour pros who surprisingly won’t be playing in the LPGA’s CME Group Tour Championship

Here are six tour pros – major champions and Solheim Cuppers among them – who surprisingly won’t be travelling to Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, this week.

September 30th, 2023

Ryder Cup 2023 updates: Everything you need to know to catch up on Saturday’s action from Marco Simone

What a difference 24 hours makes. Over the course of play Friday at Marco Simone, the anticipation that bathed the start of the 2023 Ryder Cup had turned into jubilation/resignation, depending on which team you were rooting for. Even the most diehard European fan couldn’t have dreamed of the magical 6½ -1½ performance of the Read more…

September 29th, 2023

Ryder Cup 2023 updates: Everything you need to know to catch up on Day 1 play at Marco Simone

The anticipation for Day 1 of the 2023 Ryder Cup has been building since … well, since a jubilant American team walked out—sipping champagne and smoking cigars—of their post-event press conference at Whistling Straits nearly two years ago. A 19-9 runaway victory over the Europeans, the biggest winning margin in 40 years, was a statement Read more…

September 29th, 2023

Ryder Cup 2023: Everything you need to know to watch Friday’s foursome matches

Here’s a breakdown of Friday’s opening foursomes session, exploring the four matches and what we can expect when play is underway (with all times adjusted to AEST).

September 20th, 2023

Players to watch, handling pressure, winning formulas and more: Our writers break down all things Solheim Cup

There are plenty of firsts on the line as the Solheim Cup takes place this week at Finca Cortesin in Spain.

September 5th, 2023

Did Luke Donald get it right with his 2023 European Ryder Cup team? Our writers explore surprises, snubs and any lingering questions

The team lost its captain and a number of its (former) stalwarts. Yet anyone thinking the 2023 European Ryder Cup roster will be short on star-power is mistaken.

April 18th, 2023

On Patrick Cantlay, shot clocks and golf’s slow-play problem

Our writers and editors take a look at the issue and give their thoughts on the matter.

March 3rd, 2023

The good, the bad and the unknown about the PGA Tour’s new ‘Designated Events’ model

Our editors discuss whether changes the PGA Tour will make to its designated events is a good or bad thing for the league.

November 30th, 2021

What to make of Tiger Woods’ interview? Our writers weigh in on his recovery and future

Golf Digest writers weigh in on Tiger Woods’ interview and assess what’s next for Woods and his legacy.