Articles by Luke Kerr-Dineen

December 23rd, 2025

Tiger @ 50: Advanced stats reveal key insights about Tiger Woods’ peak years

Young Tiger Woods—which I’m defining here as the period before he turned 30, encompassing eight major wins from his 1997 Masters through 2002—was a phenomenon. He was a disruptor in the truest sense of the word, dominating golf courses with the kind of athletic prowess golf hadn’t seen before. What followed, though, was a perhaps Read more…

December 16th, 2025

15 things I learned from 15 different tour pros in 2025

It’s the question I’ve been obssesed with my entire life: How are these guys so good at golf? Golf is an impossibly difficult game. Millions of people play it—most of them terribly—and yet somehow, a few hundred have managed to get fantastically good at it. In 2025, I spent another year working like a scientist Read more…

November 21st, 2025

Ten tips nobody tells you about becoming a scratch golfer

The allure of becoming a scratch golfer is strong among the amateur ranks. It’s the ultimate goal for many, and a universal sign of respect. The thing is, a lot of golfers, even many who aspire to get their handicap down to scratch, have some misconceptions about the whole thing – both what it means Read more…

November 21st, 2025

Rory McIlroy: Lessons from a career year

What we learned from Rory McIlroy during his historic career Grand Slam-winning season – and how you can apply it to your game.

November 6th, 2025

Everyone wants to hit this type of drive—it’s not as hard to hit as you think

The chart from PING might just be the most important in all of golf. It represents perfection, putting into cold hard numbers the drives we all dream of hitting. The kind that Rory, Bryson, and Ludvig launch high, fly flat, and roll out forever. I call them knucklebombs, and they’re probably the most important shot Read more…

November 1st, 2025

I had never seen this ‘Gary Player Chipping Chart’ before – it’s simple genius

In honour of Gary Player’s 90th birthday, I went back into the Golf Digest archives to find some tips the rest of us can learn from.

October 29th, 2025

Golfers only get half of this right—and it’s ruining their golf swing

Golfers often talk about the importance of turning in the golf swing because, yes, it is very important. But often they can fall into a specific trap because of it. The golf swing isn’t only about turning. It’s about tilting and turning. Pairing those two movements together; that’s where the good stuff is. As Golf Read more…

October 25th, 2025

Tour Technique: Wipe it out

Use this bunker feel from the European Ryder Cup captain (who just happens to be one of the best sand players of all time).

October 22nd, 2025

I love Johnny Miller’s ‘karate move’ swing tip—here’s why it works

The main problem in my golf swing is the same one in lots of amateur golf swings: I tend to hang out too much on my trail side (right side for right-handed golfers) on my downswing—aka, I don’t transfer my weight and pressure enough as I swing. This is an annoying problem because this basically Read more…

October 21st, 2025

9 things you (almost) never hear scratch golfers say

I play a lot of golf with a lot of different types of golfers. A fairly big crowd of scratch and plus-handicap golfers, but just as many 10-to-15 handicaps, too. Over time I’ve noticed certain trends arise. Not just in their games, but also in the things golfers say about their games. On the face Read more…

October 15th, 2025

There’s something interesting hiding in one of golf’s most powerful swings

One of the best swings in golf—and certainly one of the most powerful—has been coasting under the radar here in the United States. It’s time that changed, because Marco Penge has won three times now on the European Tour this season, and his beautiful golf swing is capable of ball speeds north of 190 mph. Read more…

October 13th, 2025

I never noticed how many pros do this – until I started looking

Need something simple to think about during your swing? Then borrow this golf-ball logo trick.

October 9th, 2025

Are you bad at chipping? This new study may explain why

It’s something you see often around PGA Tour chipping greens – a golfer chipping with only their right hand.

September 30th, 2025

Seven things I learned from pros at the 2025 Ryder Cup

Justin Rose’s thoughts on putting are one of several things I learned this week from the pros competing in the Ryder Cup. Here’s a look at the others:

September 28th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: Explaining the heated argument between the Europeans, caddies and Bryson DeChambeau

For the second consecutive Ryder Cup, we’ve got some heated exchanges between players and caddies that bubbled over late on Saturday afternoon.

September 28th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: Jon Rahm has mastered one of Seve’s key matchplay principles

The third principle of Seve Ballesteros’ handwritten advice to his players during his Ryder Cup captaincy in 1997 is very telling.

September 27th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: The weird drill Ludvig Aberg did before his foursomes match – and it worked perfectly

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Most golfers have at least one thing in their pre-round routine that I’d classify as quirky. Something they do because they think it works and makes them comfortable—even though it looks a little strange. In the darkness on Friday morning, before his foursomes match, I found Ludvig Aberg’s. It came on the Read more…

September 26th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: Viktor Hovland’s golf swing upgrade, explained

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The most frustrating thing about improving your golf swing isn’t getting it right in the first place—it’s stopping it from changing when it does land in a good spot. That’s what Viktor Hovland has spoken so candidly about over the past few seasons. But he’s finally on the right side of it Read more…

September 25th, 2025

The European team pulled a clever little tactic on the U.S. team at the Bethpage range

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – There’s one strange and specific skill that the European Ryder Cup team is light-years ahead of the U.S. team. That skill is driving range gamesmanship. What is driving range gamesmanship, you say? Well, as I said, it’s strange and specific, but the European teams have been dabbling in the dark arts for Read more…

September 18th, 2025

3 sneaky (but legal) tactics pros use to annoy their Ryder Cup opponents

There is a dark side to golf strategy and every two years at the Ryder Cup, we see it. These are subtle tactics that spark controversy. They fuel resentment. And sometimes, they can even be enough to win you a point. This is gamesmanship: a series of strategies pro golfers use that are designed not Read more…

September 13th, 2025

10 tips nobody tells you about becoming a scratch golfer

As a former college golfer and current perpetual zero-point-something handicapper, our man chatted with some of the other scratch markers in the Golf Digest office for some tips you may find helpful.

September 12th, 2025

Scottie Scheffler is sneaky good at one weird skill. You can learn from it

Scottie Scheffler does a lot of things well (obviously) including one thing nobody talks about. He doesn’t miss to the right very often. Scottie misses the fairway 37 percent of the time, and when he does, here’s how his left-right rough misses break down: Left rough tendency: 14.38% (108th least on tour) Right rough tendency: Read more…