If you watch a tour player hit a pitch shot into a green, one of the first things you’ll notice is that they almost always drive the ball in low with some backspin. There are some instances when that type of shot won’t work, but given a choice, most elite players opt for getting the Read more…
Justin Lower has days like Saturday on the golf course, and they steel his belief that he belongs on the PGA Tour. The 35-year-old poured in seven birdies and made a spectacular eagle on the 18th hole to shoot a career-best 63 and vault into a tie for the lead heading into the final round Read more…
Beau Hossler has been on the PGA Tour for six years now. This week, the World Wide Technology CChampionship marks his 204th start. Most avid tour fans will know that despite being a junior golf sensation and college star at the University of Texas, Hossler has yet to win in golf’s major leagues. MORE: Jason Read more…
Ryan Kroll is a 49-year-old stay-at-home dad and a veteran Hot List tester. A member of major-championship site, Hazeltine National G.C., in Minnesota, he’s used to difficult tasks—like discerning degrees of excellence when it comes to golf clubs. A 10.0 Index who plays two to three times a week and practices fairly regularly, the in-shape, Read more…
Someone call Sammy Hagar, because Cabo is ROCKING this morning. Late last night, while us East Coast old guys were dreaming of breaking 80, “Cashmere” Keith Mitchell delivered one of the great shots in celebrity golf pro-am history when he arrived on the final tee of the World Wide Technology Championship’s celeb challenge needing an Read more…
It’s been a big year for Don Rea, Jr. In July, he earned his PGA Master Professional status, the highest educational designation a PGA of America member can obtain. And on Thursday he was elected the organization’s top officer as its 44th president. Rea, 57, was elected at the PGA’s 108th Annual Meeting at the Read more…
The prevailing wisdom of golf development in the U.S. has always been to build the courses where the golfers are. First this meant in or adjacent to the towns and cities; then in the suburbs and exurbs; and finally at the beaches, lakes and mountains where people were already traveling. That paradigm changed with the Read more…
You can spend hours on the range trying to fix your slice, but your technical issue might actually be caused by a physical limitation in your shoulder. If you don’t have proper mobility in your trail shoulder (right for righties), then you’ll fight a slice no matter how hard you try and swing down into Read more…
Fall golf can be some of the best golf: The turf is usually healthy to create good playing conditions; the foliage adds color and beauty, and the later you play into the fall the more it feels like you’re getting away with something, like you’re a kid again, sneaking in an extra treat before bedtime. Read more…
The circumstances last November were proof that we never quite know what professional golfers are facing in any given week. They have lives and joys and troubles beyond the golf course, though it essentially is their job not to show it. And, indeed, if Erik van Rooyen had not shot eight under in stunning Sunday Read more…
If this past summer’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst taught us anything, it’s that even the world’s best players aren’t bashful about putting instead of chipping from off the green. Here’s Akshay Bhatia (above) during the Open. While they might not hole many, pros know these off-green putts greatly reduce the chance of needing three strokes Read more…
Average 90s-shooters miss many more greens in regulation than they hit, especially on approach shots of 150 yards or more. For low handicappers, it might be 175 or 200 yards before the bad misses outweigh the good shots. The point is, when the percentages aren’t in your favor, plan for a miss. Factoring in your Read more…
We all love a globe-trotting golf adventure, but unfortunately getting to your destination by commercial airline can be a harrowing experience. Delays, lost luggage and destroyed clubs are the norm, threatening to ruin your bucket-list trip before it even begins. Thankfully, the Denver International Airport is striving to make things a tiny bit more tolerable Read more…
On this Election Day, us here at The Loop podcast cast some very important votes—just not about what you’re thinking. Our top issue? Drinking on the golf course. We here at Golf Digest have talked about drinking while golfing plenty through the years. Heck, we’ve done multiple studies—and even a video—on how alcohol affects your Read more…
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