The PGA Tour returns to a Miami site it’s long held ties with, although the modern connection with Donald Trump almost ensures a certain level of notoriety.
Let’s start by anticipating a line of attack against Jim Furyk—that he’s a boring, predictable choice to be the 2027 U.S. Ryder Cup captain—with a truth everyone needs to digest post-haste: Flashy captain announcements lead to Ryder Cup disasters. Again: Flashy captain announcements lead to Ryder Cup disasters. If you hate this decision because you Read more…
Golfpocalypse dives into the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic team event, questioning whether the format works, highlighting key pairings and picking out the most entertaining groups to watch.
The Masters may be over but the PGA Tour rolls on. From Scottie Scheffler’s red-hot form to Harbour Town’s unique charm, here’s everything to watch at the RBC Heritage.
When Rory McIlroy three-putted the fourth green on Sunday at Augusta, I had it all figured out, and I told my friends: He had lost this tournament on the 12th hole on Saturday. At that point, the six-shot lead he built up through the first two rounds had disappeared, the Friday luck had worn off, Read more…
A week ago, while researching a story on the best 25 final rounds in Masters history, I stumbled upon a bizarre piece of history that turned into an irresistible rabbit hole. In studying the final rounds, it became clear that the leaders weren’t always paired together. At the first Masters in 1934, Horton Smith (54-hole Read more…
Welcome back to the only prediction franchise that gets the winners right every single time. That’s right: the Vibes-Only Guide has returned, and with it our record of constant victory. Folks, look at this track record: Masters 2025: Successfully picked Rory (at No. 41) PGA Championship 2025: Successfully picked Scottie Scheffler (at No. 1!!) U.S. Read more…
Take a glance around the Internet, and you’ll find various rankings of best Masters tournaments, best Masters events, best Masters shots, etc. etc. All of them are strictly opinion-based, and while we here at Golf Digest value the noble opinion, we also say: Why resort to it when you’ve got the pistol of objective science Read more…
In news that is not especially stunning, but still impactful, the PGA of America has announced that Tiger Woods will not be the next US Ryder Cup captain.
Golfpocalypse is a collection of words that runs prior to each week’s PGA Tour event, mostly ABOUT that event. Reach out with your hottest takes on absolutely anything at [email protected]. We’ll publish the best emails here. You know how the PGA Championship used to have the tagline “Glory’s Last Shot?” It was perfect. Now that Read more…
Get the latest on the Houston Open 2026, from Scottie Scheffler’s withdrawal to Bryson vs. Rahm showdowns, top picks for the Masters, and quirky golf moments that had fans laughing.
Everybody knows the broad outlines: Greg Norman, Augusta, 1996, with a huge third-round lead that gave way to the most famous and most excruciating collapse in golf history. With time, though, you can forget the little details that filled in the color, and ultimately provide the context as to why this was such an earth-shattering Read more…
Cam Young’s outrageous 375-yard bomb, Viktor Hovland’s unlikely title defence, and a closer look at Innisbrook’s underrated challenge, this week’s Golfpocalypse dives into the Valspar Championship with sharp takes, stats, and a bit of chaos.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — There are a few extremely intriguing facts that have emerged about Sudarshan Yellamaraju in the past week—via his news conferences here at TPC Sawgrass, where at 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday he was the surprising clubhouse leader, and a particularly well-timed feature at The Fried Egg that ran before the tournament—and they Read more…
“Whenever I get in a stressful situation, I have to slow myself down because I get really fast. I start talking fast, I start breathing fast, and I kind of get a little worked up like that. So I just have to really calm myself down, try to walk slow, talk slow, make everything just Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — You don’t have to be a stats nerd to answer the following question: How will your round go if you hit 14 of 14 fairways, 16 of 18 greens, and then gain about 1.5 strokes on the field putting? The answer is, you’re going to have a good day. So it Read more…
[Photo: Tracy Wilcox] When Xander Schauffele finished his second round in the early afternoon on day two at TPC Sawgrass, he had every right to expect he’d be the story of the day. His 65 was the best round of the tournament to that point, and he held a one-shot lead as the afternoon wave Read more…
Ryan Fox, World No. 44, has withdrawn from the Players Championship after dealing with kidney stones and undergoing surgery, ending his week at TPC Sawgrass prematurely.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Last week, in his first competitive action since the Ryder Cup, Justin Thomas did what you might expect him to do—he shot 79 twice and finished last in the field. He underwent microdiscectomy surgery last November after suffering from nagging back and hip pain throughout 2025, and the long layoff, coupled Read more…
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