Articles by Jaime Diaz

The story of Rory McIlroy

Editor’s Note: This article was Golf Digest’s cover story in 2015 ahead of McIlroy’s first attempt at completing the Career Grand Slam. The in-depth profile by Jaime Diaz is a fascinating read after McIlroy completed the slam last year and followed it up with a second Masters title in 2026. Amid the steel beams and Read more…

Caddies special: When caddie Cayce Kerr rescued Ernie Els

Measuring caddie credit in pro golf is a subjective exercise. Few moments are as clearcut as Steve Williams calling Tiger Woods off a bounced-in sand wedge from deep rough in favour of a risky, nuked and spinning lob wedge on the 72nd hole of the 2008 US Open, setting up the most momentous 12-footer ever. Usually, Read more…

The Best I Ever Did: How writer Guy Yocom mastered the golf interview

When he gets interested in something, which happens a lot, Guy Yocom goes deep. Given the way one of golf’s all-time interviewers has been wired—abundantly by nature, sparingly by nurture, dynamically in combination—it seems he’s had little choice. Sixty years ago, when he was 9, Yocom began diving into the stacks of rejected old books Read more…

The Best I Ever Did: Bob Toski

At 98, Bob Toski is the oldest living PGA Tour winner, having succeeded his friend Jackie Burke, who passed away in 2024 at the age of 100. Both men had magnetic personalities and shared mutually enriching relationships with giants of the game. Toski is now the last member of an era that was eyewitness to Read more…

A Quest For Perfection

When David Leadbetter met a student of equal intensity Editor’s note: In June 1985, instructor David Leadbetter teamed with Nick Faldo. Faldo willingly suffered through a difficult transition period that threatened to derail his career. But under Leadbetter’s steady guidance, the fiercely determined Faldo won the 1987 Open Championship and then five more majors. The Read more…

U.S. Open 2025: Why Johnny Miller’s Oakmont 63 still matters

Johnny Miller has gotten a lot of mileage for the 63 he shot at Oakmont Country Club on Sunday at the 1973 U.S. Open. Critics of Miller when he was the lead analyst for NBC’s golf coverage tired of the rhetorical shoehorn he often used to mention the feat. Maybe. But I think Miller deserves Read more…

The Best I Ever Did: Cayce Kerr

Measuring caddie credit in pro golf is a subjective exercise. Few moments are as clear-cut as Steve Williams calling Tiger Woods off a bounced-in sand wedge from deep rough in favor of a risky, nuked and spinning lob wedge on the 72nd hole of the 2008 U.S. Open, setting up the most momentous 12-footer ever. Read more…

The Best I Ever Did: Brad Faxon

Brad Faxon always seemed to be two different players, each on parallel but dramatically divergent paths that never seemed to intersect. One was easy, capable of wondrous eye-hand artistry. The other had a dogged, fitful struggle whose triumphs put him in the conversation for best bad ball-striker in golf history. With short shots, and especially Read more…

The Best I Ever Did: David Leadbetter

Editor’s note: In celebration of Golf Digest’s 75th Anniversary, each month Writer-At-Large Jaime Diaz will interview key figures in the game to explore what happened when they were at the height of their powers. In June 1985, instructor David Leadbetter teamed with Nick Faldo. Faldo willingly suffered through a difficult transition period that threatened to Read more…

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Biltmore Championship Asheville - 2026
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
-Lee Hodges--1
-Nick Hardy--1
-Mark Hubbard--1
-Ryan Brehm--1
-Troy Merritt--1
-Justin Lower--1
-Emiliano Grillo--1
-Chad Ramey--1
-John Parry--1
-Nick Dunlap--1
-Henrik Norlander--1
-Zach Bauchou--1
-Chandler Phillips--1
-Will Gordon--1
-Hank Lebioda--1
-Ben Kohles--1
-Johnny Keefer--1
-Danny Walker--1
-William Mouw--1
-Stephan Jaeger--1
-Chris Kirk--1
-Nico Echavarria--1
-Corey Conners--1
-Ryo Hisatsune--1
-Karl Vilips--1
-Cam Davis--1
-Taylor Pendrith--1
-Nick Taylor--1
-Billy Horschel--1
-Blades Brown--1
-Andrew Novak--1
-Davis Riley--1
-Lucas Glover--1
-Andrew Putnam--1
-Michael Kim--1
-Dylan Wu--1
-Tyler Duncan--1
-Brendon Todd--1
-Rasmus Højgaard--1
-Taylor Moore--1
-Mackenzie Hughes--1
-Adam Hadwin--1
-Matthieu Pavon--1
-Max Greyserman--1
-Kristoffer Ventura--1
-Rafael Campos--1
-Ben Martin--1
-A.J. Ewart--1
-Trace Crowe--1
-Keita Nakajima--1
-Chandler Blanchet--1
-Isaiah Salinda--1
-Christo Lamprecht--1
-Keller Harper--1
-Jimmy Stanger--1
-Kensei Hirata--1
-Carson Bertagnole--1
-Alejandro Tosti--1
-Luke Clanton--1
-Spencer Oxendine--1
-Adrien Dumont de Chassart--1
-Jeffrey Kang--1
-Austin Duncan--1
-Jeremy Paul--1
-Marcelo Rozo--1
-Tyler Jones--1
-Seamus Power--1
-Pi Coody--1
-David Skinns--1
-Adam Svensson--1
-Joel Dahmen--1
-Beau Hossler--1
-Camilo Villegas--1
-Christiaan Bezuidenhout--1
-David Lipsky--1
-Brice Garnett--1
-Eric Cole--1
-Zac Blair--1
-Austin Eckroat--1
-Jonathan Byrd--1
-Jackson Suber--1
-Luke List--1
-Kevin Streelman--1
-Max McGreevy--1
-Jackson Koivun--1
-Jacob Bridgeman--1
-Webb Simpson--1
-Steven Fisk--1
-Adam Schenk--1
-Kevin Yu--1
-J.T. Poston--1
-Tony Finau--1
-Ben James--1
-Ricky Castillo--1
-Davis Thompson--1
-Aaron Wise--1
-Peter Malnati--1
-Rico Hoey--1
-Ben Silverman--1
-Erik van Rooyen--1
-Denny McCarthy--1
-Kevin Roy--1
-Patton Kizzire--1
-Tom Hoge--1
-Takumi Kanaya--1
-Kevin Kisner--1
-Fabián Gómez--1
-Mac Meissner--1
-Cameron Champ--1
-Lanto Griffin--1
-Doug Ghim--1
-Vince Whaley--1
-Harry Higgs--1
-Austin Smotherman--1
-Hayden Springer--1
-Zecheng Dou--1
-Davis Chatfield--1
-Neal Shipley--1
-John VanDerLaan--1
-Phillip Yribarren--1
-Jesper Svensson--1
-Gordon Sargent--1
-Pontus Nyholm--1
-Michael Thompson--1
-Patrick Fishburn--1
-Tyler Watts--1
-Paul Peterson--1
-David Ford--1
-Morgan Deneen--1
-Haotong Li--1
-Marco Penge--1
-Brendan Valdes--1
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