Those yet to qualify for this year’s Masters are running short on time to do so. Here are five golfers who still have a shot at being at Augusta National next month.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The moments in an interview room don’t get much more surreal than they were on Monday morning in the media center at the Players Championship. As a fully composed and engaging J.J. Spaun processed his three-hole aggregate playoff loss to Rory McIlroy, something caught his eye. On the screen at the Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — As Sunday wore on and on and on during a four-hour weather delay in the Players Championship, the odds only seemed to grow longer for long-shot contenders Danny Walker and Bud Cauley. When the stoppage began, Walker was two shots behind then-leader Rory McIlroy, with Cauley three shots back. The pair Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Bud Cauley had an early golf career that any player would embrace with a bear hug. The Floridian was among the best junior golfers in the country, went undefeated playing with Rickie Fowler in the Walker Cup, and was a three-time All-American at Alabama. Turning pro didn’t phase Cauley, who joined Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Justin Thomas, who charged on Friday in the Players Championship with a record-tying 62, spoke a lot after the second round about his attitude and focus. On Saturday, that will be heavily put to the test as the wind howls at TPC Sawgrass. The players woke up to the tops of Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Years from now, when Justin Thomas looks back on tying the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course record of 10-under-par 62 that he fashioned on Friday with 11 birdies, the swings he took and the putts he rolled will be a blur. How he felt—that’s something that will stick with him forever. Rare Read more…
Junior Bridgeman, the former NBA player who served on the PGA of America’s board and was part of Valhalla Golf Club’s ownership group, died this week. Bridgeman was 71 and reportedly suffered a medical emergency at the Galt House in Louisville on March 11, and he was taken to the hospital by first responders. As Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — There is a phrase used in the PGA Tour’s Shotlink system that we’ve rarely noticed: “tree outline.” Maybe it’s more prominent in the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass because there are several nurseries worth of trees here, and in these claustrophobic confines, they come into play often. MORE: Rory McIlroy’s confrontation Read more…
The PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing schedule will have a different rhythm in 2026, and there is one tournament that likely will benefit more than any other: the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. The dates for the start of the ’26 season have changed because New Year’s Day falls on a Thursday, so the Read more…
Australian golf prodigy Karl Vilips has put himself in the box seat to win his first PGA Tour event after taking the 54-hole lead at the Puerto Rico Open in just his fourth career start.
The renowned golf course and clubhouse at Scotland’s Turnberry Golf Club, home to four Open Championships, were severely vandalised on Friday by a Palestinian group that claimed responsibility. The resort has been owned by US President Donald Trump since 2014. Photos of Turnberry show turf on the course dug up and another spot with white Read more…
In the age of limited-field signature events and a small number of PGA Tour cards being available at Q School, there was hand wringing over how top young players could possibly find a path to the major leagues. The answer is coming now in rapid bursts: Just perform, baby. MORE: Jason Day loving his putting Read more…
As he indicated earlier this week, Tiger Woods will once again skip competing in next week’s Players Championship, the field for which was released on Friday.
Mickelson responded to a Golf Digest social media post by calling an opinion Couples had expressed as a “low-class jerk move”. Mickelson later deleted the comment.
Seven Golf Digest writers combined to earn nine top-three awards over seven categories in the Golf Writers of Association of America 2025 Writing Contest results that were announced on Monday. Joel Beall took two first-place honors—in the Long Profile category for his “The Misunderstood Life of Grayson Murray” and in Enterprise for “Why is Tony Read more…
Rickie Fowler is cool. There’s been no denying that for his 16 years as a pro. Kids (and adults) dress like him, few of his peers have appeared in more commercials, and he’ll sign autographs until seemingly every seeker is happy. And on the course, not many guys show a more chill demeanor. We’re not Read more…
When the players in the Cognizant Classic were complaining that PGA National, renowned for its difficulty and “Bear Trap” closing holes were going too easy on them—and they had their proof when Jake Knapp opened the tournament with a 59—they should have known they were testing karma. Veteran Billy Horschel, citing the benign rough and Read more…
Joe Highsmith thought he had nothing. A day after he made the cut in the Cognizant Classic on the number—when he nearly three-putted from 26 feet on his final hole Friday—the second-year pro went to the range on Saturday ahead of the third round, and we can say it because Highsmith did: It was ugly. Read more…
Tears don’t flow often on Friday afternoons on the PGA Tour and rare are the occasions of triumphs on cut day. But there was Luke Clanton on the 18th hole at PGA National trying to avert his eyes away from his father because locking eyes would make them both cry. The emotions were there at Read more…
Annika Sorenstam, one of the most accomplished and powerful women in golf, is making it clear about whom she wants to see become the new leader of the LPGA Tour. Responding with a statement to an inquiry by Sports Business Journal, the World Golf Hall of Famer said she is supporting former Pac-12 commissioner and Read more…
Justin Hastings has a lot of joy and pressure in his life right now. In January, the Cayman Islands native won the Latin America Amateur Championship to ensure invites into this year’s Masters, U.S. Open and Open Championship. The win also earned him starts in this week’s Mexico Open in Vallarta, where he enters Sunday Read more…
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