We wrap up the Florida Swing this week with the 2026 Valspar Championship. We were happy to see Cameron Young get his signature victory at The Players, but it selfishly hurt a lot of our experts, as we’ve been betting him outright for the past three years. Back to the well to hit a winner. Read more…
Golf’s most-debated new course name has finally been announced. Streamsong’s fourth 18-hole course will not be a color, instead Bone Valley, a nod to the prehistoric roots of the fairways and greens of Streamsong. The Florida resort announced preview play for its newest course, designed by David McLay Kidd, will begin in October with a Read more…
The opportunity for you to play premier golf clubs while competing for a coveted spot in a bucket-list national championship is here. Sign up now for the Golf Digest Open, a two-person tournament open to anybody with a WHS handicap (ages 21+) that offers unbelievable prizes on top of a great competitive experience. The top Read more…
The origins for America’s next great public golf destination can be traced back to Mike Koprowski’s decision on a Halloween afternoon in 2024 to pull his car over. He had been driving back to his home in Pinehurst from Broomsedge, his first-ever original course with Kyle Franz, and had seen a timber company list a Read more…
We’ve arrived, folks. The meat of the golf season is upon us, and this week’s Players Championship is the first major event upon us. Call it a major, call it whatever you want: For those of us who love to bet on golf, play fantasy golf or enter pools, the Players is one of the Read more…
Take a deep breath. Scottie Scheffler isn’t in the field at the 2026 Cognizant Classic. That means we have a normal oddsboard. Sort of. A litany of top names withdrew on Monday, meaning we’re left with a seemingly weak top half of the board. That shouldn’t matter too much. As Betsperts Golf’s Ron Klos points Read more…
It’s been a heckuva start to the 2026 PGA Tour season. Last week delivered a compelling back nine with Collin Morikawa holding off charges from Scottie Scheffler and a slew of other contenders to get his first win on U.S. soil since 2021. It’s also been a fantastic start in the Golf Digest picks column. Read more…
Quail Hollow Club’s long-time director of golf, Scott Davenport, died over the weekend at the age of 69. Davenport held the head job at the prestigious North Carolina country club, site of the 2025 PGA Championship and the annual Truist Championship on the PGA Tour, for the past 27 years and was one of the Read more…
The metrics proved to Scott Warfield that the PGA Tour Live’s Betcasts are ready to advance beyond the test phase. If last year’s six betting-centric alternate feeds were experiments of sorts, they were not only successful but worthy of doubling in frequency for 2026. Warfield, the tour’s vice president of gaming, pointed to the Betcast’s Read more…
A little over a year since Michael Keiser announced the development of his first project in Florida, Old Shores, he’s announcing the first course is officially under construction. Tom Doak is his designer—just like his project in Texas, Wild Spring Dunes, which opened for preview play at the end of 2025. The plan at Old Read more…
There’s no stopping the boom in new golf course construction. Dozens and dozens of new projects deserve a spotlight, but here are 6 courses we’re excited to see in 2026. There are dozens if not hundreds of projects that would be worthy of highlighting in this space. But we chose six to discuss in the Read more…
Great holes don’t just check a bunch of architectural boxes. Of course, strategy, risk/reward and beauty are all important, but more than anything else, great golf holes produce great memories. These are the holes you remember long after a round … or a season. That’s why when we asked our own staffers to identify their Read more…
Perched hundreds of feet above the lower Hudson River Valley, with never-ending views of the Hudson River and Golden Age architecture beckoning, Sleepy Hollow Country Club is one of golf’s most breathtaking settings. It’s likely your social-media feeds have flashed photos from the 16th tee with the iconic thumbprint green sitting in the fore of Read more…
Most of us dream about securing tee times at exclusive private clubs like Trout National, Crystal Downs or Winged Foot. That opportunity is here—and the best part is, everything goes toward a great cause. There are a few more days left of the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer experiences auction, which includes packages at Read more…
Made-for-TV golf is back—and a venue new to most of us will host the players on Friday. Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., will host the Skins Game on Amazon Prime with the likes of Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schaufelle, Keegan Bradley and Shane Lowry. This’ll be a rare opportunity to get a peek inside Read more…
So many new golf courses are opening these days, it can be tough to keep track. Trout National has had the attention of the industry for more than two years since it was announced perennial MLB All-Star and three-time MVP Mike Trout and Tiger Woods were partnering together to build a new course. RELATED: America’s 25 Read more…
It’s been a big couple of weeks for those seeking out the next middle-of-nowhere golf destination. Just a few weeks after the preview opening of Rodeo Dunes in Colorado, the next project by Michael Keiser, co-owner of Sand Valley, has been announced with the soft opening of Wild Spring Dunes. RELATED: Texas is booming with some Read more…
One of golf’s most iconic 19th holes has gotten a facelift. Pebble Beach’s Tap Room reopened this week after one of its most significant renovations since opening in 1949. Generations of golfers have retired to the iconic bar/steakhouse after battling historic Pebble Beach Golf Links, having a few pints and the resort’s renowned prime-rib chili. Read more…
Bill Coore felt something familiar. As he walked Rodeo Dunes—a massive 2,000-acre site with six planned courses 30 minutes north of the Denver airport—the legendary architect couldn’t help but reminiscence on his first time exploring Sand Hills. Sand Hills, built by Coore and his design partner Ben Crenshaw 30 years ago on an incredibly natural Read more…
Ben Cowan-Dewar needed to see Castle Stuart. This was 2008, a year before Castle Stuart would open then go onto host four Scottish Opens and become a mainstay on most top-100 lists (it’s #51 on our most recent World 100). Cowan-Dewar admired Mark Parsinen’s work at Kingsbarns, and now Parsinen had partnered with Gil Hanse Read more…
We expected New Yorkers to redefine what next-level obscenities and outrageousness could look like from golf fans at the Ryder Cup. No one could’ve predicted things escalating quite this far. Video of Rory McIlroy’s wife, Erica, being beaned with a beer can in the aftermath of Day 2 of the Ryder Cup went viral on Read more…
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