Suppose you have a friend whose golf swing is less than perfect. The friend is working hard on his swing, but he’s also intrigued by some of the shiny new drivers that are rolling out around now. Should the friend work on getting better first? Or just get the new driver? Now imagine the friend Read more…
Hey! I’m Sam Weinman, Golf Digest’s Digital Editorial Director. My Low Net newsletter will take on the typical dynamics faced by average golfers like me—why we can hit it great on the range then terribly on the course; why we make dumb decisions late in rounds; how we can still get better even when it Read more…
Every year around this time we’ve pieced together a “Best of” Golf Digest review, but it was often using the traditional framework of the best-read articles on our website. While that’s still a big part of what we do, we thought it important to expand our retrospective to include the broad and creative assortment of Read more…
Within a 25-minute Stack session, you begin to understand what positions generate speed and where there is still inefficiency. And you only want to keep going.
Any discussion of bad golf habits can quickly spiral out of control considering how often golfers define their games by what they’d prefer not to do. I’d love to not pull tee shots into someone’s backyard. It’d be great to not miss any more absurdly short putts. You get the point. There are bad habits, Read more…
There are plenty of reasons we should be concerned about the developing power of artificial intelligence. For instance, is this story being written by an actual person or a computer? You can’t say for sure, can you? Are you a real person? See, things are already getting weird. If we can agree we need to Read more…
Golf presents a broad array of ethical dilemmas, but none might be thornier than this: Is it OK to back out of one golf invite in favor of an even better golf invite? Those who answer “Of course!” show such disregard for common decency they shouldn’t count on golf invites in the future. The rest Read more…
I played a decent amount of golf this year, but by one measure it appears I didn’t do much at all. A review of my handicap shows I started the year as an 11 and it looks like I’m ending the year as . . . an 11. It reminds me of that Jerry Seinfeld Read more…
The coldest round of golf I ever played was our Golf Digest company tournament, the Seitz Cup, in November 2019. It was 19 degrees in Connecticut, frost on every fairway. My outfit was basically what it would be if I was packing for a long weekend, didn’t want to bring a bag, and just wore Read more…
Most of the golfers I play with are better than me. There is a joke in there somewhere about what that says, but I prefer to point to the company I keep. My oldest son now plays in college. My coworkers are mostly former college golf snobs as well. Even in my weekend game I’m 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. The easiest path to college golf has coaches flocking to you with scholarships in hand. It’s also Read more…
That Rickie Fowler conceded a short putt to Tommy Fleetwood on the 16th hole to assure Europe the half point it needed to win the Cup was no doubt classy. The lingering question is whether it was smart.
The idea of players wanted to be paid to play in the Ryder Cup really took off in the pages of Golf Digest, and almost derailed one of the most iconic moments in golf history.
Whenever I’m on site at a PGA Tour event, I become the embarrassing guy who mimics players’ takeaways after watching them swing. I wish I could help it, but I can’t. The professional in me gives way to the guy who just wants to hit the clubface square. The problem, though, is the oceanic gap Read more…
One story that best encapsulates country club point-missing has circulated for years. The setting is an old, eastern golf club, with one of the best courses in the state. The club is notorious for its men-only policy. Forget about women joining as members or playing the golf course. Only a few days a year are Read more…
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