If you’ve been in a wedding party recently, you know how much of a financial commitment it ends up being. Renting a suit or tux, traveling to a bachelor/bachelorette party, wedding gifts, lodging for a hotel … you might be in the hole for a couple grand to celebrate your good friend. One groom is Read more…
It’s been a year of chalk at golf’s biggest events this year. Rory McIlroy winning the Players at 12-1 was the best payday. McIlroy was way shorter at the Masters, and Scottie Scheffler went off around +500 at the PGA Championship. Our experts have predicted each of those successfully. Blah blah. It would be easy Read more…
This is a first for our Golf Digest betting panel—which has been making picks on PGA Tour events since gambling was legalized in 2018. We’ve had consensus bets to win with three or more of our experts picking the same player to win. We’ve also had consensus fades of players that we’ve predicted would not Read more…
The Block Party has been called off this weekend at Quail Hollow. Michael Block played in his seventh PGA Championship this weekend, but it was nothing like the fairy tale in 2023 at Oak Hill. There were a few highlights—sticking his approach on the difficult par-3 17th hole to six feet on Thursday and hitting Read more…
Like we predicted last week, our betting panel stayed hot with our anonymous swing coach, reporting from the grounds of Augusta National, nailing Rory McIlroy (+650) at the Masters! He’s now predicted Rory’s wins at the Players and the Masters. We’ll be paying close attention to the rest of his major picks this year. There’s Read more…
Only an hour into the leaders being on the course on Saturday for the third round of the Masters, all the build-up of how historic this weekend at Augusta National might be proved true very quickly. In fact, the opening hour will go down as one of the most memorable in recent Masters weekends. All Read more…
It’s an absolutely stacked leader board heading into the weekend of the 2025 Masters—Rory, Bryson, Scottie … you will be surprised to hear the name that has officials at one Las Vegas sportsbook most nervous. Some casual golf fans might not be familiar with Matt McCarty, but there’s at least one believer in the Masters Read more…
It might surprise some people that Augusta National is not the top-ranked course in America. It has earned the No. 1 spot before—three times in our ranking’s history, the last time being 2015. Most times, Augusta National has been ranked second in our ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Courses list. Though the home of the Read more…
Can we interest you in a little more action? You might have a few pools submitted, maybe some bets queued up in your sportsbook app. But it’s now Masters Eve. It’s time to put your money where your mouth is. Let us help you make your final money moves. First of all, you need to Read more…
This is our Super Bowl. We’ve assembled the best panel of expert handicappers in the industry, and we’ve been picking golf tournaments since 2018 in this column. So if it’s your first time here, you picked the right article to help you pick the winner of the 2025 Masters. Our experts have now cashed six Read more…
Like it or not, the perennial Masters Week tradition of seeing what kind of apparel Masters competitors will wear never disappoints. You might not be a style person, but clothing companies always seem to come up with something new to capture the attention of all golf fans. RELATED: Masters 2025: A Comprehensive History Of Every Read more…
Justin Thomas’ new golf club, Panther National, is one of the hottest new courses in the country. JT collaborated with Jack Nicklaus to build his own club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., around the corner from PGA National, and the new club opened in November 2023. RELATED: New Jack Nicklaus-and Justin Thomas-designed golf club launches with Read more…
After this weekend, we’ll be halfway through the signature event schedule. Crazy, right? Plus the entire major slate is ahead of us. It’s officially the thick of golf season. One of the craziest things? Scottie Scheffler hasn’t won yet. RELATED: Is ‘hats off inside’ an antiquated rule? Scheffler, who required surgery for a hand injury after Read more…
Something very uncommon happened in the design of Cabot Citrus Farms’ Roost course. A collaboration between three architects from different firms—Mike Nuzzo, Kyle Franz and Rod Whitman (plus architecture guru Ran Morrissett)—worked together to reimagine the second 18-hole course at Cabot Citrus Farms on the site of the old Rolling Oaks at World Woods. Franz Read more…
Normally, the renovation of a once-public golf course in Kansas City wouldn’t warrant a news story. Hundreds of courses undergo significant work and ownership changes each year, so what makes this significant? The group acquiring the old Hillcrest Country Club is one that’s different than any other in the industry. Links Golf Club is a Read more…
There are a couple ways to cement yourself in golf lore. Major championship victories, iconic shots in big moments. How about a hole-in-one at one of golf’s most famous par 3s? Emiliano Grillo’s perfect pitching wedge on Friday flew into the hole on the fly(!), setting off an epic celebration by the tens of thousands Read more…
Golf fans around the world celebrated Rory McIlroy’s victory last week. Many gamblers, on the other hand, were left kicking themselves. It seemed so obvious in hindsight—McIlroy had been playing great golf leading into Pebble, whereas Scottie Scheffler was just returning. But we seek big paydays in golf betting, which is why this week, most Read more…
It’s been a season of close calls so far in this column. That continued last week with three of our experts on Ludvig Aberg at Torrey Pines, where we felt pretty good heading into the weekend. Some stomach issues and vomiting mid-round were not part of our handicap, however, so we were forced to take Read more…
ESPN and the PGA Tour announced some news on Monday that might get you excited if you enjoy wagering on golf. Starting at the WM Phoenix Open, ESPN+ will add a specialized golf betting feed to its offerings for six events in 2025—presenting hole-by-hole content and live odds aimed specifically to those interested in gambling. Read more…
Torrey Pines used to mark the start of the season for many golf fans when Tiger Woods and the rest of the best players on tour would make their stateside debut each year. For many of us, Torrey is one of the best watches of the year sitting on the cliffs of La Jolla, Calif., Read more…
During a media outing promoting the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Scheffler, the defending champion, joined remotely and said his recovery is going well.
Australian Golf Digest
