Well, folks, golf ball rollback, whether you love it or loathe it, is coming. For real this time. On Wednesday, USGA officials confirmed that revised ball testing is set to go into effect for professionals in 2028 before, uh, rolling out to all golfers in 2030. The USGA are implementing the changes to “protect the Read more…
Come with me as I travel back to one of the biggest Oh, crap! moments of my career. My player was heading to a sponsor event after a Wednesday practice round during a tournament week. Usually this is something he’ll do by himself, but this time he invited me. As part of the event, he Read more…
Late Wednesday night, the Yankees and Padres completed a blockbuster trade sending superstar Juan Soto to New York in a move sending shockwaves through all of Major League Baseball. By Thursday morning, sports fans’ heads were also spinning from the report that Jon Rahm is leaving the PGA Tour for LIV Golf. What a wild Read more…
Golf and private aviation have grown up together. As early as the 1950s, West Virginia businessman and legendary amateur Bill Campbell piloted his Cessna “taildragger” to tournaments with Sam Snead as a regular passenger. When Arnold Palmer hung up his wings after a final flight from Palm Springs, Calif., to Orlando in 2011, at age Read more…
Normally, when we’re talking about “feeling old,” it’s the young person schooling the old head. Especially so when the topic is group chat names, which are created on one of them mobile devices. But in the case of Joel Dahmen, 36, and Lilia Vu, 27, it was the veteran who had to school the young-in Read more…
I consider myself a generous golfer—so generous, in fact, that when I conceded a clinching four-footer (five?) to a colleague during our company match-play event earlier this year, he responded, “Are you sure?” No, I wasn’t, but I couldn’t stand the awkwardness of being that guy. I’ll take the 2&1 loss. Creating that little bit Read more…
The Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and ISPS Handa Australian Open have rounded off two exciting weeks for Australian golf, with Min Woo Lee’s wizardry driving huge ratings and attendance results.
Former Australian Open champion Adrian Meronk instantly put an end to the LIV Golf smoke with a creative Instagram post that shows him “swiping to accept” his PGA Tour card.
It’s a real shame we already put together Golf’s Turkeys of the Year, because this woman would have definitely made the list. We’re sorry to pile on, and we hope she got her car out in one piece. Literally. But this is too crazy of a #fail not to share: That’s an all-time “GOD DAMNIT!” Read more…
Thomas Pagel, chief governance officer for the USGA, spoke to Golf Digest on the topic of why the decision to include a rollback for all levels of golfers.