Jim Plotkin’s year began just like any other back in 2018. The former touring golf professional and teaching professional at a San Diego area-course was playing lots of leisurely golf, competing in some tournaments, going surfing and even enjoying a senior softball league with his 81-year-old father. Then everything changed. A physician’s assistant noticed a Read more…
The recent drama surrounding the exorbitant ticket prices for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black is hardly surprising to anyone who has been paying attention. This is the way sports are now. Overpriced. Over commercialized. Overdone in every which way imaginable. The biggest and best events are often built up to a point that Read more…
As we’ve seen countless times through the years, Max Homa hits the sweet spot on Twitter even more often than he does with his clubs on the golf course. The dude just doesn’t miss, particularly when it comes to his trademark swing roasts. We find them hilarious—especially since he’s never roasted any of our staff’s Read more…
Most pro golfers have a go-to club they lean on under pressure, or when it’s important they stay out of trouble off the tee. Spoiler alert: It’s not always driver. Tiger Woods won the 2006 Open Championship at Hoylake without hitting a single driver over the final 54 holes. His chosen club was a 2-iron, Read more…
NAPLES, Fla. — LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan delivered her annual state of the tour address Wednesday at the CME Group Tour Championship and praised unprecedented growth helped by the performances of players like World No. 1 Nelly Korda and Olympic gold medalist Lydia Ko, who earned entrance into the LPGA’s Hall of Fame with Read more…
Knowing how to hit a draw is a kind of holy grail for many golfers. A sign that you’ve officially made it. Most golfers grow up knowing how to slap a slice down the fairway. But turning it gently from right-to-left? That’s the good stuff. Which brings me to a really interesting article statistician Jake Read more…
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Audrey Rollins was too humble to tell me herself, but her great-aunt, Lynn Pulser, was just fine bragging on her behalf. Not only is Rollins, 15, one of the best high school players in Florida, as Pulser told me, but she was featured in Sports Illustrated, where she was described Read more…
If there’s one thing that brings together all golfers, from tour stars to beginners, it’s the desire for more distance off the tee. Ego plays a part, that’s for sure, but longer drives mean shorter approach shots, more greens in regulation, more putts for birdie—you get the idea. Distance helps. A lot. Take Bryson DeChambeau. Read more…
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — When looking back on the goals he hasn’t yet accomplished in 2024, there’s one in particular that stands out for Chris Kirk. He hasn’t yet broken 80. Left-handed. He’s come close, shooting 80 on the number with a birdie on the 18th hole at Athens Country Club. The 39-year-old PGA Read more…
After yet another 0-for-4 season in the majors, inlcuding an utterly crushing defeat at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, we were the first to call 2024 another lost year for Rory McIlroy. Some would argue even after he claimed his sixth Race to Dubai title on the DP World Tour this past Sunday that it Read more…
As prizes go, a hole-in-one is more than enough on its own, but some recognition and free goodies never hurt. That’s exactly what happened when one Redditor aced the par-3 No. 8 at Mariners Point Golf Center in Foster City, CA. While playing some night golf earlier this month, r/golf poster realethanbradberry made a hole-in-one Read more…
The holiday season is in full swing and while you cross people off your list, ours keeps growing as we discover more products. We’ve all received the usual lineup of undesirable golf gifts—golf-bag desk decor, generic boxes of golf balls and golf books we’ve already read. Surprise your favorite hacker this year with one of Read more…
What does it take to be considered the best golf course in the world? What mix of holes and thrills and vistas go into such a lofty assessment? This is the question that Royal County Down makes us consider. Sitting at No. 1 in Golf Digest’s ranking of the World’s 100 Greatest Courses, Royal County Read more…
You could argue that no one, not even eventual winner Rory McIlroy, had more riding on their closing stretch at the DP World Tour Championship than Tom McKibbin. The 21-year-old found himself on the bubble heading to the 72nd hole on Sunday, needing a birdie to secure a 2025 PGA Tour Card. Thankfully, he avoided Read more…
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