The jury is still out on whether Keon Coleman will turn into a great NFL player, but the second-round draft pick has already become one of the league’s biggest characters. Coleman interview clips have been circulating as much as any player’s highlights since last week’s draft. And now a new one involving golf that we’re Read more…
It’s true that a lot can go wrong in your golf swing, but once you improve your pivot—and by that we mean, the way you shift and turn during your swing—you’ll find a lot can start going right. Perhaps the biggest pitfall in amateur golfers’ swings is how they move from side-to-side during their swing. Read more…
Justin Bieber was spotted playing golf without a shirt while on vacation in the Bahamas earlier this week, causing quite the fashion stir, looking relaxed and happy, not at all “sorry.” The Canadian singer paired his topless look with vibrantly colored patterned crochet shorts that hit below the knee, plus a Balenciaga cap to top Read more…
Introduction: In an unprecedented move that’s sure to stir up the sports world, the Universal Sports Association (USA) has just announced the first-ever Galactic Golf Tournament on Mars. This interstellar event is scheduled for 2025 and aims to bring together the best players from across the galaxy. The Course: The Martian golf course, aptly named Read more…
The PGA Tour is back in Texas, this time at TPC Craig Ranch for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Many of the top players are taking more of a break before a busy summer schedule picks up shortly, with a signature event and a major championship coming in the next two weeks. So, with that, Read more…
All hole-in-ones are special, but not every ace is created equal. There’s various factors at play. Distance, wind and pin position are big ones. Then there’s the course, the tees and, of course, lady luck—a big kick or a fortuitous ricochet count the same on the scorecard but are worth less in social currency. None Read more…
Editor’s note: Peter Oosterhuis, celebrated player and broadcaster, died at 75 on May 2, 2024. The following is a look back at his incredible career and documented health struggles from Golf Digest’s September 2015 issue. Things happen to golfers they’d just as soon forget. If Doug Sanders could erase the memory of missing a short Read more…
There have been 25 players that have shot sub-60 scores on leading golf tours around the world. Out of that bunch, 20 have come in the last 15 seasons and four in the past calendar year alone (Bryson DeChambeau and Joaquin Niemann at LIV, John Catlin on the Asian Tour and Casey Jarvis on the Read more…
Auburn, North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Arizona State, Flordia State and Tennessee earned top seeds when the NCAA men’s golf committee announced on Wednesday the 81 schools and 45 individuals to play in the six 2024 NCAA Men’s Regional tournaments being held around the country May 13-15. The top five teams from each regional and the low Read more…
Stretching is a vastly underused tool for improving both your golf swing and how your body feels during and after each round. Many golfers don’t know how to stretch or what to stretch, and doing it wrong can lead to overstretching, pulled muscles and other injuries. That’s where StretchLab is a game-changer. StretchLab is a Read more…
Opportunity awaits every week on the PGA Tour—opportunity to win and secure your tour card, and an opportunity for sharp bettors to bring home a sizable take. The 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson starts on Thursday. Whether you plan to place your weekend wagers pre-tournament or live in-play throughout the contest, my weekly 10 insights Read more…
Death, taxes, and Michael Block holeing out from Downtown, USA. First it was his epic ace at the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill. Then, this past Fall, he bagged another hole-in-one during a 100-hole hike at Pebble Beach, albeit on a par-3 course (video proof!). Two months prior to that, he claimed he made Read more…
Golf tips are great, but one of the complexities of getting the most out of them is context: Apply even the best information at the wrong time or in the wrong amount, and it’s like dropping in on a movie right in the middle. It can be hard to pick up the story, and you Read more…
How many times have you finished a round and said, “I should have shot lower today”? As a mini-tour player, Scott Fawcett was tired of making strategic mistakes, so when Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie helped develop the PGA Tour’s Strokes Gained statistics in 2011, Fawcett created a quantifiable course-management system called DECADE Golf. Read more…
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