A match-play tournament is incomplete without a flare-up or two around gimmes. Our Golf Digest Match Play has been no exception. Some staffers are stingy with concessions, others are generous, and some are generous until they realize they shouldn’t be. In one match recently, a player stewed when her opponent rolled a putt for practice after Read more…
On major championship weeks, my Instagram feed is filled with golf things that I either can’t do, I shouldn’t do, or at least need to do much differently. Rory McIlroy launching high draws. Justin Thomas hitting spinny pitches. Bryson DeChambeau dialing in yardages down to the decimal point. If there is aspirational value in regular Read more…
Golf compliments don’t come around often for a player of my level, but last week at my home course, I got one after sending my drive to a perfect angle into the 12th green. “Smart play,” a playing partner said. But it wasn’t. I caught the ball on the heel, which produced a low, weak Read more…
One day last June, a typical day at Golf Digest’s New York headquarters was interrupted by the announcement of an emergency Zoom meeting. A major strategy shift? No. Breaking golf news? Not exactly. Two staffers were going to a playoff in the season-long Golf Digest Match Play tournament, and a livestream was set up for Read more…
On the short list of things I don’t want to hear on the golf course, someone else’s phone call ranks pretty high. It’s an intrusion I resent when I’m trying to practice, which is different than saying it’s an intrusion I don’t need. Think about how often you play golf and something sets you off. Read more…
Golf is not a game for fiery locker-room speeches, but imagine what it would look like if it was. Player gets riled up in the clubhouse, storms past the green jackets on his way to the first tee and then … what exactly? Lag putts the Masters field into submission? Motivation in golf is tricky. Read more…
For those of us who have played Augusta National – it’s a small club that meets once a week and mostly just high-fives each other – the tournament takes on a new light once you’ve navigated the same holes.
The hardest shot in golf, it’s been said, is the shot right after a shank. Because now you’re rattled, the thinking goes, and the memory is still fresh. The more golf you play, the more bad memories you risk accumulating. This is one of the downsides of experience. At my home course, I could provide Read more…
The pool noodle never made sense. Of all the odd concoctions in those frantic early days, that’s where they lost me. Golfer knocks a putt into the hole, fishes ball out of the bottom, but … don’t worry! This styrofoam pool noodle will keep illness at bay. The rest I got. No hand-shakes, no pulling Read more…
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This article first appeared in Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. To get Low Net each week directly to your inbox, sign up for Golf Digest+ right here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email and I’ll do my Read more…
Welcome back to Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. To get Low Net each week directly to your inbox, sign up for Golf Digest+ right here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email and I’ll do my best to Read more…
This article first appeared in Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. To get Low Net directly in your inbox, sign up for Golf Digest+ here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email and I’ll do my best to dive in. Read more…
This article first appeared in Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. To get Low Net straight to your inbox, sign up for Golf Digest+ here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email and I’ll do my best to dive in. Read more…
There are plenty of ways to gauge the success of a golf story—readership, feedback from readers, pick-up from other outlets. But just like a golf shot, the best measure might be from whoever produced it—sometimes you can feel it the moment it leaves you. This was the exercise we put before our collection of writers Read more…
Welcome back to Low Net, a Golf Digest+ newsletter written for the average golfer by an average golfer. To continue to get Low Net, sign up for Golf Digest+ right here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. Holiday shopping for golfers is an inexact science. What golfers Read more…
Last year, to make myself feel better about a lack of progress in my handicap, I determined one’s golf season shouldn’t be judged by a set of numbers. Instead, I devised a year-end golf assessment based on a series of questions … that resulted in another set of numbers. But this is still different. As Read more…
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I’ve struggled with my decision on Election Day for some time now. I’ve weighed both sides carefully. I’ve heard from people who will agree with me and from people who will think I’m an idiot. Ultimately, though, the decision is deeply personal. It has to be my own. I am going to play golf. There, Read more…
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