Of all the nations, who’d have thought Australia would be the most hellbent on making golf style statements at the Masters? Cameron Smith practiced in a four-way stretch navy sport coat on Wednesday, and there was much handwringing over what Jason Day would wear Thursday.
It’s a special type of human who relishes spotting and reporting a dress-code infraction. The findings of several psychiatric studies devoted to the phenomenon are inconclusive, though evidence suggests more than a mild correlation with repressed Oedipal desires. To dress like a good little boy and eliminate competition to “win” one’s mommy. The only aspect Read more…
My father had a subscription to Golf Digest. New issues floated around our kitchen table a few days, then ended up either in my bedroom or his bathroom. He liked the top writers, which reflected in his game. To him, golf was four hours of clever jokes and enjoying time together outside, always continued with Read more…
Before we try to answer the question, one thing to set straight: any cultural rivalry between golf and tennis is like Australia versus New Zealand. Their proximity amid sequestration intensifies some ill feelings – I play golf where the tennis courts sit exposed to power hooks off the first tee, which draws disdainful comments from Read more…
Golf’s greatest trophy isn’t necessarily the Claret Jug, the Wannamaker, a green jacket or anything else coupled with millions of dollars and World Ranking points. It’s the thing you believe you can and should win. Each time you grip a club, it sits on a shelf in the mind. It’s the thing you believe you Read more…
OK, there’s still some golf to be played in November and December, but it’s that time of year when we start to think about season superlatives. And not just in the pro game. Who among all the duffers, amateurs and weekend warriors out there in Golf Land also did something truly remarkable in 2024? (Did Read more…
Ihave friends who are crushing the singles scene. Not to say they aren’t handsome, charming fellas who wouldn’t have met such desirable women in due time, but the Internet has no doubt hastened the efficiency and rapidity with which they land dates. When it comes to overachieving, it’s also a new era for being a Read more…
Watch as DeChambeau does his best to adjust his entire posture and swing to the cutdown starter kit, and produce some shots that will make you green with envy
On the right day and right course, you’ll break 80. Congratulations. As a 6-handicap, you’re in the top quarter of male golfers—top 3 percent for females—according to the United States Golf Association. A professional career isn’t happening anytime soon, but you should be proud of the level you’ve attained. Perhaps similar dedication and talent has Read more…
Dare we say everything in the golf world is starting to make sense? A horse named Dornoch won the Belmont Stakes, and a week later a hoss named DeChambeau wins by a nose over another favorite down the stretch at Pinehurst. We felt this was coming. Four weeks ago, 36 hours after Bryson DeChambeau left Read more…
We’re coming on three decades since Tiger Woods started shaking the world on its axis and inspiring kids in every neighborhood, and golf’s still as white as ever. The number of Black pros at the highest level can be counted on one hand, and the elite amateur and college ranks don’t look much different. Several Read more…
Where is the best golf town in America? At first the mind wanders southerly, looking for clusters of famous or at least very good courses with warm weather. But that’s a narrow approach. Maybe a better consideration is, where would you raise your children if you were hellbent on cultivating within them your love for Read more…
This May I’m missing my 20-year college reunion to play in a four-day event celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bandon Dunes, at Bandon Dunes. If only more of life’s decisions were this kind of hard. I equate it with choosing music or no music on the golf course. Either way, I’m going to have a Read more…
Are all golf vests blue? Of course not, but my travels across the golf shops and putting greens of North America suggest it is so. Among my sleeveless souvenirs are a couple with logos so powerful they stop more conversations than they start. Like the salt in my hair, looking in the mirror at these Read more…
I first met Stephen Malbon 10 years ago at golf’s annual PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. I had attended enough of them to know the unofficial dress code for men: navy blazer, tie, khakis and the most deceptively comfortable dress shoes you could find for traipsing the harshly carpeted miles between appointments on the convention Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Last place and tied for 43rd, the respective finishes of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at the 88th Masters. Of the 60 players who made the cut, they ranked 52nd and 59th in driving distance—only Jose Maria Olazabal hit it shorter. With their eight green jackets, Tiger and Phil’s collective experience at Augusta National Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga.,—Automatic acridity toward anything different is what you might expect on social media, but under the Big Tree at Augusta National words are chosen more carefully. Many golf agents and business leaders were reluctant to assign a dollar value to a Thursday afternoon tee time alongside Tiger Woods, but nodded knowingly. Some wizened green Read more…
Australian Golf Digest
.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.616.822.suffix/1715700176805.jpeg)
