ORLANDO, Fla. — Thursday at the PNC Championship was about as chill as it gets when it comes to a professional golf event. Then, on Friday, Tiger and Charlie Woods arrived. While the mob scene made the vibe decidedly less chill, you wouldn’t know it by the way Tiger was carrying himself. The man was Read more…
Much like peanut butter and jelly or an ice cold beer on the beach, Tiger Woods and the Nike swoosh just simply go together. It wouldn’t be right to have one without the other. Unfortunately, rumors are swirling that the 15-time major champion and the legendary footwear and apparel brand could be going their separate Read more…
Anthony Taylor was the biggest personality in the room, and it was fitting that the tournament’s competitive drama peaked with his bunker shot on the 18th hole. He badly wanted to make eagle on the par 5 at PGA National’s Champion course, and when his second shot flew over the green and into the sand, Read more…
Folks, if you’re inclined to be negative about the state of … well, anything, then you’ve found plenty of material in the year 2023. Golf was no exception, and it took a special mindset to keep on the sunny side. You might retort with, “What makes 2023 different from any other year in recent memory? Read more…
For the fourth straight year, Tiger Woods and his son Charlie will team up in hopes of winning team glory at the PNC Championship. The duo is looking to improve on their T-8 finish a year ago and outpace defending champion Vijay and Qass Singh in the annual two-day family affair at the Ritz Carlton Read more…
The following teachers were voted the best in each state through a peer-voting process conducted by Golf Digest. More than 3,000 teachers were included in the voting. Note: Number in parentheses after name indicates current ranking on Golf Digest’s 50 Best Teachers in America. ALABAMA 1. MARK BLACKBURN (1)Blackburn G. Academy at Greystone G & Read more…
Mark Blackburn might not have the ubiquitous name recognition of Butch Harmon, his immediate predecessor as Golf Digest’s No. 1 teacher and headliner of the new class of Golf Digest Legends of Golf Instruction. But among his peers—and the PGA Tour’s best players—the Alabama-based Blackburn has built a formidable reputation. The 2020 PGA Teacher & Read more…
Editor’s note: Starting in 2001, Butch Harmon was voted by his peers No. 1 on Golf Digest’s 50 Best Teachers in America for more than two decades. In a sport obsessed with records, it’s hard to imagine that one ever being broken. Harmon’s historic run as a coach, from Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros to Read more…
Pro golf’s landscape has never been messier than it has been the past two years with the PGA Tour and LIV battling for the game’s biggest stars. But there’s a chance things are going to get even murkier. LIV’s signing of Jon Rahm has most believing some sort of merger between the two entities is Read more…
UPDATE: On December 12th, 2022, Mike Leach passed away following a massive heart attack at his home in Mississippi. Over the years, Coach Leach delivered countless memorable sound bites, but his 2018 monologue on the sport of golf remains one of our favorites. In memory of Leach, we have updated and republished the following post Read more…
One of those most consistent holiday traditions, it seems, is just how quickly the holiday season flies by. There are just a few more weeks of shopping time left before the holidays are here, but don’t worry, there is still time to pick up some last-minute gifts for all the golfers on your list this Read more…
The other day I heard a somewhat disturbing story from a golf coach. He was at a PGA Jr. League event, which, as you know, is that innovative and excellent program modeled after Little League baseball in which teams of kids wearing individually numbered “golf jerseys” compete against other towns in a scramble format. This Read more…
Shohei Ohtani is not of this world/galaxy/universe. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ new $700-million slugger/ace is an athletic hybrid we haven’t seen since the halcyon days of Deion Sanders—a shutdown defensive force and an explosive offensive weapon rolled into one crazy ball of WTF. Over the course of his first five MLB seasons, Ohtani has clubbed Read more…
If you haven’t found the perfect gifts for the golfers in your life, there’s still time to find something great. Maybe they’ve just picked up the game or are a life-long hacker. Either way, these gift ideas from adidas are on-trend, performance-ready and super affordable. The golfer-favorite brand is slashing prices sitewide to help make Read more…
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