I spent the early part of the week hanging out with Bryson DeChambeau for an exciting project we have coming up. Stay tuned on that. I’ve gotten to know Bryson well over the years. I was there for Bryson’s first tournament as a pro—the RBC Heritage in 2016—and it’s been fascinating watching the way he’s Read more…
Korda bends more than she turns, which as Golf Digest Best in State Teacher Jeff Smith explains here, is a key trait for players who hit right-to-left draws.
Ask Viktor Hovland about his early college golf experience, and there’s a good chance he’ll tell you this story. “I was really struggling.” he says, recounting his sophomore year of college. “I was hitting just really low slices off the tee, I couldn’t really hit a 3-wood off the deck. I couldn’t get it airborne…it Read more…
LOUISVILLE — Saturday was a long day for World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. Actually, they’ve all been long days recently. Exactly five weeks ago, Scottie Scheffler was sleeping on the 54-hole lead at the Masters. The last time Scheffler was in that situation, he woke up in tears, so nervous about the prospect of losing Read more…
LOUISVILLE—Valhalla Golf Club is a wet golf course even when it’s dry out. The course itself sits within a flood basin. The humidity in Louisville routinely touches 100 percent, and it’s been raining for most of the week. “It never fully dries out,” says PGA Tour putting coach Ralph Bauer. “When it rains, it gets Read more…
LOUISVILLE—Walk down a driving range and you’ll notice golfers making rehearsal moves. It’s true at your local driving range, and it’s true at the 2024 PGA Championship. Most golfers a swing thought or two they show up to a tournament. A position, or move, in their golf swing they want to engrain in their golf Read more…
LOUISVILLE — Phil Kenyon might be the busiest man in golf. The legendary putting coach, who World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler thanked profusely in his green jacket ceremony last month after winning the Masters, spends most days darting around the putting green, from player to player. But on Friday morning before the second round at Read more…
LOUISVILLE — Golf is a complex game of many parts. Rory McIlroy does many of those parts extraordinarily well. He’s a generationally talented driver of the ball. Despite some turbulence in the early part of the season, he’s an elite iron player. His putting and chipping are vastly underrated. But every tour player has one Read more…
LOUISVILLE—You could spot Xander Schauffele doing it before his first shot of the day, and you could spot it again before his final full swing the day, an approach shot which found the green. Two putts later, Schauffele had secured a nine-under 62 during the opening round of the PGA Championship. KSchauffele will no doubt Read more…
LOUISVILLE—It’s easy to get lost in the moment watching Rory McIlroy hit golf balls. The golf swing; the firing of the golf ball off the clubface; it’s easy to focus on the beauty of the end product. The ball sailing high, straight, and far into the sky. But have you ever noticed how he tees Read more…
LOUISVILLE— Top golfers make mistakes, too. Bad habits creep in, and pretty soon, the shots start going sideways. That’s why, ahead of the final practice round at the 2024 PGA Championship, two top players in the field were singing the same tune. First, Ludvig Aberg: “Most of my work that I do is fundamentals. Normally Read more…
I’m Luke Kerr-Dineen, Senior Editor for Game Improvement at Golf Digest and resident golf swing nerd. Golf IQ is my weekly newsletter where I’ll share insight from some of the smartest people in the game to help us all play better golf. This is a special free edition of the Golf IQ newsletter to celebrate Read more…
LOUISVILLE — Max Homa has a beautiful golf swing, which is kind of a gift and a curse. At least when it comes to major championships. Before his impressive T-3 finish at the 2024 Masters Tournament, Homa has missed the cut in eight of 17 major starts, with a career-best finish of T-10 at the Read more…
No player has gained more shots on his competitors in the Strokes Gained era since Tiger Woods, but in many ways the best way to appreciate Scottie Scheffler’s recent run of form is by beholding the more basic stats.
Introducing “Power Percentage”, which compares the difference of a player’s fastest recorded ball speed to their average recorded ball speed over the course of a season.
It’s a number that helps make the bad shots look better, and the good shots look great. It masks their mistakes. The pros, they trust it above all else. And it’s a number that you should use too because it’s one of the easiest and quickest ways to strategise your way to better golf.
With the PGA Championship returning to Valhalla Golf Club, the site of McIlroy’s PGA victory 10 years ago, let’s do a quick look back on some of McIlroy’s swing changes, and how they came to be…
Caddyshack is a great golf movie. But Tin Cup is probably my favorite golf movie. The plot is nice and clean. It’s fairly believable on the Hollywood Believability scale, and the plot twist at the end is surprising, original, true to the character, yet still gives a nice feel-good factor.It’s why my eyes perked up Read more…
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