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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
One of the (many) reasons why golf is so tricky is because the way most golfers practice isn’t all that similar to the game we actually play. Yet, it’s an essential part of getting better. We need to work on our games on the range and practice green, then somehow flip the switch when we Read more…
Matt Fitzpatrick’s golf swing felt lost. “The Players this year, it was really bad…I couldn’t find the face with the ball. It was just not good,” Fitzpatrick said. “That’s the lowest I’ve been, I felt, in my career. Statistically it could be the worst run that I’ve played as well. Yeah, I just didn’t feel Read more…
One of the fascinating wrinkles of Open Championship week is the greens. Portrush’s greens on Friday were rolling the fastest they had all week—11 on the stimp meter, before the rain rolled through and slowed them down about a foot more, according to commentator Kevin Kisner. That’s notably slower than an average PGA Tour event. Read more…
Low stingers are perhaps the nastiest shot in golf. A shot so cool that people gave it its own name, and even that nickname was awesome. The stinger; it’s a shot that pros usually use off the tee that rips through the air very low and usually pretty straight. There are three things that golfers Read more…
Avoiding blow-up holes isn’t glamorous, but it’s how you win. Whatever your trophy is, this is how you chase it – by turning big numbers into manageable ones.
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