During a media outing promoting the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Scheffler, the defending champion, joined remotely and said his recovery is going well.
Thomas earned $US959,200 for his 23-under-par performance in Palm Springs, California, which pushed him past the $US60-million mark in career earnings.
Australian Jason Day kickstarted his 2025 PGA Tour season with a podium finish at the American Express event in California today and will head to his beloved Torrey Pines course for the Famers Insurance Open this week with a spring in his step.
The early California events on the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing are having a tough go of it with the withdrawal or absence of some of the game’s top players. The American Express, played last week in La Quinta, lost World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (hand injury) and No. 2 Xander Schauffele (reported medical issue). Read more…
In a race against darkness, the weather, and the rest of the field, Justin Hastings beat the lot of them, tapping in after sunset to capture the Latin America Amateur Championship at Pilar Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. MORE: Mark Hubbard contending in AmEx while hosting loved ones affected by L.A. wildfires The 21-year-old Read more…
Mark Hubbard is trying to give those close to him a distraction this week. Hubbard has close to 20 people staying with him at The American Express after the Southern California wildfires destroyed the homes of friends and family. “We’ve had a rough go,” Hubbard said on Friday after a second-round 64. “I think it’s Read more…
Ewen Ferguson has the lead through two rounds at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and that shouldn’t be much of a surprise to many. How the three-time DP World Tour winner grabbed that lead on Day 2, however, was quite a shock. Particularly to the announcers in the booth. Trailing by one shot on Friday Read more…
Michael Thorbjornsen was a last-minute WD from last week’s Sony Open. One week later, he’s one of the early leaders at the American Express. As noted in Golf Digest’s expert betting picks column for this week’s event in Palm Springs, Thorbjornsen’s late scratch gave us pause—especially since he didn’t give a reason and the young Read more…
There are a lot of pretty swings in professional golf, but the guy in the photo (above) has one of the best. If you don’t recognize him, it’s 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen. The South African, now on the LIV Golf tour, has been acknowledged for years for his smooth and stylish swing. We Read more…
Future generations will look back from 2015 to 2025, a period that is likely to extend longer still, as one of the most fertile, creative and lucrative eras in the history of golf course development and renovation. Far-flung sites throughout the United States that would have never been considered for development are now home to Read more…
Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest+ series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with real golfers. While our findings might fall short of definitive, they still aim to shed new light on topics that have consumed golfers for years. On a typical drive, how hard Read more…