All golf course junkies know the name Tom Doak. And if you don’t know the man, you certainly know his courses. The 64-year-old has designed some of the top tracks in the world, most notably Te Arai Links (North) in New Zealand, Childress Hall (Doak) in Texas, Punta Brava Golf & Surf Club in Mexico, Read more…
With the British Open around the corner, the five top-ranked golfers in the world will get some links golf practice at this week’s Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club. Scottie Scheffler will be leading the charge, joined by past Scottish Open winners Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas and Ludvig Aberg. We’ll also Read more…
As golf zealots, we have nothing but respect for the Spaniard’s growing golf obsession, but tennis fans may want him to keep his head in the game after watching this video.
Sometimes, all it takes to create chaos is one spicy question. And ladies and gentlemen, this is that spicy question. Within five minutes of dropping Can you call it a career round if you took gimmes? into our Golf Digets Slack channel, the responses started pouring in. Some were brief, others went on long diatribes Read more…
Before the PGA Tour’s best get on their respective international flights for next week’s Genesis Scottish Open and the soon-approaching Open Championship, it’s time for a little Quad Cities golf with the John Deere Classic. Of the top-30 ranked pros in the world, No. 17 Ben Griffin, No. 25 Sungjae Im and No. 28 Jason Read more…
It’s not the best look, but it’s also not uncommon in these kind of qualifying events; at last month’s US Open, more than a dozen tour pros failed to finish all 36 holes.
Back in 2017, Hideki Matsuyama and his wife Mei welcomed their first child into the world. That’s nice and all, except for one thing, no one knew the tour pro was married at the time. Eventually, he stated that, “No one really asked me if I was married, so I didn’t have to answer that Read more…
It’s too hot to think of a creative lede for this story. Although a mere 94 degrees, it feels like 100 (at least on the East Coast), and the temperatures in this heat wave are only going up for the rest of the day. It’s too warm to think, let alone play 18 holes. But Read more…
Drop the “Mortgage.” It’s cleaner. No matter what we’re calling it, the Rocket Classic is back this week, returning once again to Detroit Golf Club, its home since the event’s debut in 2019. As in years past, it’s one of the last PGA Tour tournaments before the final major of the season and an opportunity Read more…
Xander Schauffele might have just accidentally solved the male loneliness epidemic. All you have to do is be a major champ and multi-millionaire, hit an errant drive at a signature event and then treat the unlucky fan it hit to dinner.
Majesticks GC has paired up with TrackMan to bring golfers a once-in-a-lifetime competition, which will allow a few lucky individuals to test their mettle against a LIV golfer in a high-stakes nearest-the-pin competition.
The New York Knicks didn’t make the NBA Finals. (My apologies to 3/4 of the Golf Digest staff.) And yet, they had a superb season featuring an Eastern Conference Finals appearance and multiple All-NBA recipients. To celebrate a hell of a run, the team’s engine, Josh Hart, finally got the chance to redeem his wife’s Read more…
The PGA Tour moves quickly, no matter how much rain comes down the weekend before. After a wet, wild Sunday at U.S. Open, we’re all set for a signature event with this week’s Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. Recent major champ J.J. Spaun will be teeing off, even with his busy schedule, as will Read more…
Harry Vardon made $US200 after winning the 1900 US Open. And just this week, a golf ball he played to win at Chicago Golf Club was sold for $US194,259 ($A298,000). Yes, there’s inflation and 125 years to account for, but that’s quite the monetary leap for a Spalding “Vardon” Flyer.
Sometimes you just need a break. For example, J.J. Spaun got a perfectly timed weather delay to get his major chances back on track, and then he took advantage of the opportunity. Similarly, Redditor TeezyGolf got, well … another golfer’s broken wrist. All love to the wounded “Brian,” but an inopportune injury was what allowed Read more…
Spaun’s 64-foot, walk-off putt didn’t just win the US Open and change the 34-year-old’s life forever; it got a full grin out of Hatton looking on during a perfectly timed press conference.
When one door closes, another door opens. Or, in golf terms, when one golfer collapses, another one sneaks out with a win. In this case, those golfers were Adam Scott and Ernie Els, respectively, at least when it comes to the 2012 Open Championship. RELATED: Why everyone is cheering for Adam Scott, and the burden Read more…
Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa finished up Oakmont’s par-4 11th hole this morning at 8:07 a.m. EDT. Forty-four minutes later, at precisely 8:51 a.m., the trio got through the brutal par-5 12th. It’s not as if there were any rules shenanigans or lost balls; three of the world’s best golfers took three quarters Read more…
Six years is both a long time and a short time. Yes, 2031 may sound like a fake year, but it’ll be here before you know it. And Dustin Johnson is already planning ahead in a way that few would expect. While speaking to the AP’s Doug Ferguson, DJ admitted that he’s already thinking about Read more…
Rory McIlroy’s worst PGA Tour round this year is a 78 at last week’s RBC Canadian Open. Other than that, he has two 74s—plus many, many more rounds in the 60s. So, when he admitted to struggling at Oakmont during a practice round, one could reasonably assume that it was in the mid-70s, or at Read more…
It looks like we’re in for bedlam at the upcoming 2025 U.S. Open. The fairways are narrow, the rough is thick, the players are (already) frustrated and we can’t wait to watch! We’re assuming—why else would you be reading this?—you feel the same way. Therefore, we felt it necessary to compile all the information for Read more…
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