A skinny, 80-kilogram economics major from Vanderbilt University, Sargent has a seemingly otherworldly ability to do something that pros and amateurs alike dream of: hit the ball unbelievably far.
Sometimes there’s magic in a swing tip, a feeling, a thought or even a drill; something that just feels right, and gets you hitting better golf shots because of it. Like these:
Lee Trevino remains a kind of all-knowing figure within the game of golf, and the best news for the rest of us is that he’s never been shy in sharing that knowledge. There’s a lot of it out there to sort through, but the other day, I came across a handy tip that I’m looking Read more…
When you want to know how much horsepower a car has, you look at its engine. When you want to how powerful a golf swing is, you look at its pivot. Your golf swing’s pivot is, basically, its turn. And it is for all intents and purposes the engine of your golf swing. It’s the Read more…
Tiger Woods once said his golf swing was at its most powerful from the years of 1995 to 1997. It makes sense why: Young Tiger didn’t have much wear-and-tear on his body at this point, and he swung with total freedom. Yes, he was occasionally wild, but his supreme power helped him to astonishing six Read more…
There’s no harder transition to make in golf than the jump from the college ranks to the professional level. Even when you’re one of the best amateurs in the country, like Andy Ogletree was. Ogletree won the 2019 U.S. Amateur, then finished low amateur at the 2020 Masters. But golf can be a cruel game Read more…
Something that goes underappreciated when amateur golfers watch pros on television is how much higher they hit the golf ball. Pros launch their ball seemingly into the stratosphere—the average apex on tour hovers around 100 feet. Amateur golfers, by contrast, often struggle to hit their drives north of 60 feet high. A large part of Read more…
College golf is fun, but the adjustment is humbling, and not always easy. If you’ve landed on a college golf team, it’s probably because you’ve experienced some level of success at the junior golf level. But once you get to college, that starts to change. You’re surrounded, and competing, by players of similar ability level. Read more…
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is breaking down everything you need to know about college golf from the recruitment process to advice from pros who’ve been through it to the best collegiate courses. Check out the complete syllabus below. Without a college draft in golf, players who harbor professional aspirations have no obligation to attend college. Read more…
At the start of the Shriners Children’s Open, Lexi Thompson said becoming the first woman since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945 to make the cut in a men’s event would be among the biggest achievement of her career. She was just the seventh woman in history to try, and for a while, it looked like Read more…
It feels wrong to call Luke List a bomber, even though he objectively is one. The newly-crowned winner of the Sanderson Farms Championship finished eighth, 12th, and 18th in Driving Distance his last three seasons on the PGA Tour, helping him onto a 13th, seventh, and 10th ranking in SG: Tee-to-Green, respectively. His average remains Read more…
It feels wrong to call Luke List a bomber, even though he objectively is one. The newly-crowned winner of the Sanderson Farms Championship finished eighth, 12th, and 18th in Driving Distance his last three seasons on the PGA Tour, helping him onto a 13th, seventh, and 10th ranking in SG: Tee-to-Green, respectively. His average remains Read more…
There are some common themes that arise in Bobby Jones’ teachings of the golf swing: The importance of the golfer remaining tension-free during the swing. The role of the trail arm (which is the right arm for most golfers) and why it should stay close to your side on the downswing. The importance of shifting Read more…
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