Forgive us the easy layup question we asked Stephen Curry on our shoot with him back in January for the June cover of Golf Digest. “Is there anybody in the NBA who can beat you in golf?” “Negative. No chance,” Curry said. “I’m taking those bets all day long.” So let’s accept that as a Read more…
Like the Genesis Scottish Open, the ISCO Championship is a co-sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, producing a different mix of players in the field this week at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky. The overall purse is $4 million this week with the winner taking home $720,000 for his Read more…
LIV Golf is making its 10th stop of the year, this week at venerable Valderrama, host of the 1997 Ryder Cup among other big events over the past three decades. Last year Talor Gooch topped Bryson DeChambeau by a shot to claim the victory. The field will play for its customary $20 million overall purse, Read more…
The Golfpocalypse is a weekly collection of words about (mostly) professional golf with very little in the way of a point, and the Surgeon General says it will make you a worse person. Reach out to The Golfpocalypse with your questions or comments on absolutely anything at [email protected]. Calm Down This past week, I got Read more…
Rory McIlroy returned to Scotland looking to defend his title at the Genesis Scottish Open, while also looking to shake off the disappointment of his U.S. Open finish last month, playing for the first time since finishing second place to Bryson DeChambeau at Pinehurst No. 2. This is the third year that the PGA Tour Read more…
Travel is obviously a huge part of being a professional golfer, with pros on the road upwards of 30 weeks out of the year—and amateurs following suit with their own golf travel plans. Recognizing how many golf travelers depend on their Tumi luggage, the brand made a splash in the golf world earlier this year Read more…
A year ago, Bailey Bish played in her first U.S. Adaptive Open and struggled to finish 18 holes each of the three days. With a neurological condition contracted in high school that limits the use of the right side of her body, the 24-year-old from Tucson, Ariz., takes a cart to traverse the course and Read more…
Do you know what the secret weapon for predicting winning bets in Scotland is? Lag putting. Seriously, it sounds like hyperbole, but I assure you it is not. A quick look across the list of recent winners of the Genesis Scottish Open and Open Championship reveal a short list of great approach putters. RELATED: Genesis Read more…
The most important development in golf-course architecture during the past 20 years is the elevation of sand-based sites. Encouraged by the success of destinations like Bandon Dunes, developers have spent this time scouring the globe for sandy, dunes-like properties on which to construct new courses and lure golfers, several of which make their debut on Read more…
Roughly 75 PGA Tour pros and 75 DP World Tour golfers will make up this week’s field at the co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open in North Berwick, Scotland. Still, there’s little doubt that most of the eyes will be on returning champ Rory McIlroy. Despite coming in as the 2023 victor, McIlroy has something to prove Read more…
A yet-to-be-identified woman broke into Mud Run Golf Course in Akron, Ohio, after trespassing at 3:30 a.m. last Wednesday. The Akron Police Department is asking for anonymous tips or to see if anyone out there can place the suspect. The individual ultimately stole items from the storage shed but not before an attempted golf cart Read more…
Here’s the corrected version with spelling and grammar errors fixed: The golf season has entered its dog-days-of-summer portion of the schedule, which means heat management becomes an essential part of playing good golf. No, that’s not an exaggeration: If you’re overheated and dehydrated, you sweat more, which means your muscles are more prone to cramping, Read more…
It’s the peak of summer, so that means exactly two things are happening down at your local country club: Golf and weddings. Lots and lots of weddings. Usually these two things are kept separate for obvious reasons—the last thing a new bride wants is her husband catching the golf bug—but occasionally they collide in hilarious Read more…
Stephen Curry loves golf. We all know this. For god’s sake, the man was just on our July/August cover. With that said, basketball comes first for the four-time NBA champ and this summer, all of Curry’s focus is on the Paris Olympics and bringing home yet another gold medal for Team USA. We already knew Read more…
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