Articles by Guy Yocom

October 22nd, 2024

Who Is Payne Stewart?

Twenty-five years after the golfer’s passing, a writer remembers unguarded times.

May 4th, 2024

Tom Weiskopf’s desperate hours trapped in a bog

Editor’s note: In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary in 2020, we revisied tthe best literature and journalism we’ve ever published. Catch up on earlier installments. Weiskopf died in 2022 at age 79 from pancreatic cancer. Tom Weiskopf of Columbus, Ohio, and Ohio State had the misfortune of playing in the same picture frame as Jack Read more…

May 3rd, 2024

Inside Peter Oosterhuis’ battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s, and how he vowed to keep swinging

Editor’s note: Peter Oosterhuis, celebrated player and broadcaster, died at 75 on May 2, 2024. The following is a look back at his incredible career and documented health struggles from Golf Digest’s September 2015 issue. Things happen to golfers they’d just as soon forget. If Doug Sanders could erase the memory of missing a short Read more…

January 20th, 2024

From the Golf Digest Archive: My Shot with Jack Burke Jr. (2007)

Editor’s Note—On Jan. 29, 2024, legendary golfer Jack Burke Jr. would have celebrated his 101st birthday. But 10 days shy of that milestone, the oldest living Masters and PGA Championship winner passed away in Houston. Almost 60 years removed from his retirement as a tour pro, Burke managed to remain, as Guy Yocom wrote for Read more…

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January 27th, 2023

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The American Express - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Sepp Straka	-25	F	4
2	Justin Thomas	-23	F	4
T3	Jason Day	-22	F	4
T3	Justin Lower	-22	F	4
T5	Patrick Cantlay	-20	F	4
T5	Charley Hoffman	-20	F	4
T7	Max Greyserman	-19	F	4
T7	Ben Griffin	-19	F	4
T7	Taylor Moore	-19	F	4
T7	Camilo Villegas	-19	F	4
11	Alex Smalley	-18	F	4
T12	Frankie Capan III	-17	F	4
T12	Beau Hossler	-17	F	4
T12	Mark Hubbard	-17	F	4
T12	J.T. Poston	-17	F	4
T12	Nick Taylor	-17	F	4
T12	Will Zalatoris	-17	F	4
T18	Cam Davis	-16	F	4
T18	Trey Mullinax	-16	F	4
T18	Kevin Roy	-16	F	4
T21	Daniel Berger	-15	F	4
T21	Jacob Bridgeman	-15	F	4
T21	Rickie Fowler	-15	F	4
T21	Doug Ghim	-15	F	4
T21	Harry Hall	-15	F	4
T21	Billy Horschel	-15	F	4
T21	Ben Kohles	-15	F	4
T21	Keith Mitchell	-15	F	4
T29	Sam Burns	-14	F	4
T29	Tom Hoge	-14	F	4
T29	Vincent Norrman	-14	F	4
T29	J.J. Spaun	-14	F	4
T29	Car Young	-14	F	4
T34	Quade Cummins	-13	F	4
T34	Nick Dunlap	-13	F	4
T34	Brice Garnett	-13	F	4
T34	Lanto Griffin	-13	F	4
T34	Harry Higgs	-13	F	4
T34	Lee Hodges	-13	F	4
T34	Chris Kirk	-13	F	4
T34	Ryan Palmer	-13	F	4
T34	Victor Perez	-13	F	4
T43	Ricky Castillo	-12	F	4
T43	Harris English	-12	F	4
T43	Ryo Hisatsune	-12	F	4
T43	Rikuya Hoshino	-12	F	4
T43	Michael Kim	-12	F	4
T43	Matt Kuchar	-12	F	4
T43	Matteo Manassero	-12	F	4
T43	Sam Ryder	-12	F	4
T51	Brian Campbell	-11	F	4
T51	Ryan Gerard	-11	F	4
T51	S.W. Kim	-11	F	4
T51	Matthew Riedel	-11	F	4
T51	Brandt Snedeker	-11	F	4
T51	Sam Stevens	-11	F	4
T51	Davis Thompson	-11	F	4
T58	Rico Hoey	-10	F	4
T58	Mackenzie Hughes	-10	F	4
T58	Kurt Kitayama	-10	F	4
T58	Taylor Montgomery	-10	F	4
T58	Alejandro Tosti	-10	F	4
T58	Kris Ventura	-10	F	4
T64	Jeremy Paul	-9	F	4
T64	Vince Whaley	-9	F	4
T66	Will Gordon	-8	F	4
T66	Joe Highsmith	-8	F	4
T68	Eric Cole	-7	F	4
T68	Mac Meissner	-7	F	4
70	Patrick Rodgers	-6	F	4
71	Chez Reavie	-5	F	4
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-8	F	3
CUT	Nate Lashley	-8	F	3
CUT	Luke List	-8	F	3
CUT	Chandler Phillips	-8	F	3
CUT	Chad Ramey	-8	F	3
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	-8	F	3
CUT	Norman Xiong	-8	F	3
CUT	Kevin Yu	-8	F	3
CUT	Tony Finau	-7	F	3
CUT	Chris Gotterup	-7	F	3
CUT	Zach Johnson	-7	F	3
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-7	F	3
CUT	Patton Kizzire	-7	F	3
CUT	Jake Knapp	-7	F	3
CUT	K.H. Lee	-7	F	3
CUT	Francesco Molinari	-7	F	3
CUT	Andrew Putnam	-7	F	3
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	-7	F	3
CUT	Tim Widing	-7	F	3
CUT	Blades Brown	-6	F	3
CUT	Nico Echavarria	-6	F	3
CUT	Noah Goodwin	-6	F	3
CUT	Adam Hadwin	-6	F	3
CUT	Sungjae Im	-6	F	3
CUT	Chan Kim	-6	F	3
CUT	Tom Kim	-6	F	3
CUT	Peter Malnati	-6	F	3
CUT	Ben Martin	-6	F	3
CUT	Matt McCarty	-6	F	3
CUT	Henrik Norlander	-6	F	3
CUT	John Pak	-6	F	3
CUT	Jesper Svensson	-6	F	3
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	-6	F	3
CUT	Aaron Baddeley	-5	F	3
CUT	Zac Blair	-5	F	3
CUT	Wyndham Clark	-5	F	3
CUT	Greyson Sigg	-5	F	3
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	-4	F	3
CUT	Nick Hardy	-4	F	3
CUT	Brian Harman	-4	F	3
CUT	Max McGreevy	-4	F	3
CUT	Paul Peterson	-4	F	3
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	-4	F	3
CUT	Matti Schmid	-4	F	3
CUT	Adam Svensson	-4	F	3
CUT	Danny Walker	-4	F	3
CUT	Anders Albertson	-3	F	3
CUT	Mason Andersen	-3	F	3
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	F	3
CUT	Lucas Glover	-3	F	3
CUT	David Lipsky	-3	F	3
CUT	Jackson Suber	-3	F	3
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	-3	F	3
CUT	Hayden Buckley	-2	F	3
CUT	Bronson Burgoon	-2	F	3
CUT	Rafael Campos	-2	F	3
CUT	Jason Dufner	-2	F	3
CUT	Steven Fisk	-2	F	3
CUT	Kaito Onishi	-2	F	3
CUT	David Skinns	-2	F	3
CUT	Braden Thornberry	-2	F	3
CUT	Will Chandler	-1	F	3
CUT	Trevor Cone	-1	F	3
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	-1	F	3
CUT	Thomas Rosenmueller	-1	F	3
CUT	Sami Valimaki	-1	F	3
CUT	Kevin Velo	-1	F	3
CUT	Taylor Dickson	E	F	3
CUT	William Mouw	E	F	3
CUT	Antoine Rozner	E	F	3
CUT	Wesley Bryan	+1	F	3
CUT	Chesson Hadley	+1	F	3
CUT	Kyle Mendoza	+1	F	3
CUT	Kevin Streelman	+1	F	3
CUT	Danny Willett	+1	F	3
CUT	Bill Haas	+2	F	3
CUT	Kevin Kisner	+2	F	3
CUT	Ben Silverman	+2	F	3
CUT	Cam Young	+2	F	3
CUT	Philip Knowles	+4	F	3
CUT	Davis Riley	+4	F	3
CUT	Andrew Novak	+5	F	3
CUT	Cristobal Del Solar	+13	F	3
WD	Adam Schenk	-	-
WD	Brendon Todd	-	-

Team Finals 2024

Rank	Team Name	Total	Score
1	RIPPER GC	-11	277
T2	4ACES GC	-8	280
T2	IRON HEADS GC	-8	280
4	LEGION XIII	-6	282
5	STINGER GC	-15	273
6	FIREBALLS GC	-14	274
T7	CRUSHERS GC	-2	286
T7	HYFLYERS GC	-2	286
9	MAJESTICKS GC	-5	283
10	TORQUE GC	-4	284
11	CLEEKS GC	-1	287
12	RANGEGOATS GC	+4	292
13	SMASH GC	+12	300

Articles by Guy Yocom

Who Is Payne Stewart?

Tom Weiskopf’s desperate hours trapped in a bog

Inside Peter Oosterhuis’ battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s, and how he vowed to keep swinging

From the Golf Digest Archive: My Shot with Jack Burke Jr. (2007)

Jack Burke Jnr, the 1956 Masters champion, is turning 100 and still has plenty to say

It’s time to celebrate Sam Snead

Going deep

2021 Goals: How to be a nicer golfer

Beauty Shots

Lone Wolff

Built To Last

Does yelling ‘fore!’ work? Maybe. Sometimes. Not always.

2018 US Open: Don’t Mess This Up

Quiz: Think you know the Masters?

Gimme A Break

Info Seekers

The trickiest challenge for a tour pro? A good night’s sleep

With dissolution of Phil-Bones partnership, trying to dissect what went wrong

10 Rules for a Golf Life

MY SHOT: Andrew “Beef” Johnston

Arnold Palmer: 10 Rules For A Golf Life

My Shot: Jimmy Walker

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