AUGUSTA, Ga. — Airplane rides, Antarctic expeditions and Augusta National are among the few remaining spots in which a cellphone isn’t a viable means of communication. If you’ve ever wondered how much you depend on one, the tournament’s infamous ban annually reintroduces a way of life that feels primitive by comparison. Want to meet up Read more…
This is a free article version of Low Net, a weekly newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. To get Low Net each week, sign up for Golf Digest+. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email and I’ll do my best to dive in. AUGUSTA, Ga.—This is Read more…
This article first appeared in Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. Most club golf tournaments are played without leaderboards, yet a discerning eye can still determine who’s doing what. Slumped shoulders Read more…
This article first appeared in Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. I am a sucker for a good swing thought. There are hundreds I’ve utilized over the years, many of them Read more…
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest released this video profile of Scottie Scheffler in February 2022, fresh off his first tour win in the WM Phoenix Open. The 25-year-old Scheffler went on add his first major title with his three-shot win at that spring’s Masters. You may know Scottie Scheffler as the American superstar who captured his Read more…
This article first appeared in Low Net, a newsletter written for the average golfer by an average golfer. To get Low Net right in your inbox, sign up for Golf Digest+ right here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. Of all the gritty performances in golf, right Read more…
For the right price, any golfer can book a tee time at TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course. But one section of the annual home of the Players Championship is out of reach for the paying public—a practice facility on the south end of the range open to only card-carrying tour players and contestants in this week’s Read more…
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This story first appeared in Low Net, a weekly newsletter written for the average golfer by an average golfer. The newsletter will be for Golf Digest+ members, but you’re getting it free for now. To continue to get Low Net, sign up for Golf Digest+ right here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Read more…
This story first appeared in Low Net, a weekly newsletter written for the average golfer by an average golfer. The newsletter will be for Golf Digest+ members, but you’re getting it free for now. To continue to get Low Net, sign up for Golf Digest+ right here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Read more…
This story first appeared in Low Net, a weekly newsletter dedicated to golf through the eyes of average players. The newsletter will be for Golf Digest+ members. To receive yours weekly sign up for Golf Digest+. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email and I’ll do my best to dive Read more…
This story first appeared in Low Net, a weekly newsletter dedicated to golf through the eyes of average players. The newsletter will be for Golf Digest+ members. To receive yours weekly sign up for Golf Digest+. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. Jerry Tarde is Golf Digest’s Read more…
This story first appeared in Low Net, a weekly newsletter dedicated to golf through the eyes of average players. The newsletter will be for Golf Digest+ members. To receive yours weekly sign up for Golf Digest+. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. One of my more embarrassing Read more…
This story first appeared in Low Net, a weekly newsletter dedicated to golf through the eyes of average players. The newsletter will be for Golf Digest+ members. To receive yours weekly, sign up for Golf Digest+. I used to be a bit of a bunter. I won’t bore you with the reasons, but trust me, Read more…
The balls fly farther, the greens roll truer, and the clothes aren’t quite as laughable, but one thing golf still hasn’t figured out in the last 50 years is how to get around winter. Snowbird jaunts and 50-degree heat waves asides, most of the country is still stuck inside with its proverbial noses against the Read more…
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…