An 18-hole experiment with Joel Dahmen and our 11-handicap Golf Digest colleague confirms that playing a tour pro’s drives solves a lot of problems. Just not all of them.
Master criminal Willie Sutton said it best when asked why he robbed so many banks: “Because that’s where the money is.” Shaving shots on the golf course has the same obvious, irresistible allure for some players. You probably know a golfer who would foot-wedge a ball if it meant winning the C-grade comp in a charity best-ball.
When cricket power couple Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy aren’t guiding Australia to victories around the world, you’ll find them on a golf course battling for the ‘Stealy Cup’. Just don’t get in their way.
After a spring of cooler temperatures and unseasonable rain, one of Australia’s leading snake experts is warning golfers to remain vigilant on – and particularly off – the fairways this summer.
Stressed from unrealistic expectations, long hours and being micro-managed, superintendents and turf managers are leaving the golf industry for all the wrong reasons. Along with relatively low pay for apprentice greenkeepers and qualified turf professionals, it is…
A fight for pro golf’s future is being waged in courtrooms, in the media and even on the golf course. Could the day come when the two parties agree to co-exist?
The winner of our newest tour nice guys ranking on what it means to be selfless, why he’s not playing the LIV Tour and how he maintains his killer instinct (with a smile).
Australian Golf Digest
