Every year, golfers who play players irons (blades and compact cavities) are told the same thing: The tradeoff is real. You’re sacrificing distance and forgiveness for feel and workability. Accept it or go find a players-distance or game-improvement iron. What recent robot testing reveals is that the tradeoff is more complicated than that, and a Read more…
Sure, we’re over 300 days from the next Masters, but the beloved major technically starts in June the preceding year. That’s because the Masters ticket application lottery is officially open for you … and everyone else in the world. The application period for 2027 Masters tickets opened on Monday, June 1 and will run through Read more…
Last year, the Internet Invitational took golf by storm, pitting 48 of the most popular golf influencers against each other in a no-holds-barred battle for $1 million big ones. There were overslept tee times, cheating allegations, tears, Jon Gruden halftime speeches and even the sort of emotional storylines—Cody “Beef” Franke won the grand prize alongside Read more…
There is no definitive book of college golf records, just a patchwork assortment of sports information directors with various historic scrapbooks that they share among themselves to try to identify whether something has occurred before or not. So it is that the record many believe Malan Potgieter is setting as he plays in this week’s Read more…
It was the first week of August, hot and humid. And I was playing in a three-day tournament. The nerves mixed with the heat in a way that made my appetite vanish. I didn’t feel hungry, and when it did occur to me that I should eat something, nothing sounded good. My stomach churned at Read more…
Let’s make a deal. You pretend to be interested in a story about one of my recent golf rounds, and I promise it will teach you something about your golf in the process. If I just wanted to drone on about my golf without a point, that’s why I have a family. The details are Read more…
Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. The drawback with doing a hands-on experiment like this project is that sometimes the content can get in the way of Read more…
There have been dozens of studies over the years that conclude the health benefits of playing golf are far-reaching. Most focus on the physical aspects—better strength and balance, improved bone density, less risk of heart disease and strokes, etc.—but an often overlooked perk is what the game does for your mental well-being.You might think that Read more…
The busy summer is in full bloom on the LPGA as two majors will be played in the next four weeks. But first, eight past champions are in Galloway, N.J., for the ShopRite LPGA at Seaview Hotel & Golf Club. Jennifer Kupcho is the defending champion. The field will play for the $2 million purse Read more…
This week LIV Golf Korea marks the eighth tournament of the season, marking the start of the five final regular season events before a team championship in Michigan ends the tumultuous year in late August. This also is the eighth country LIV Golf has visited this year and the second time to Korea although last Read more…
The PGA Tour returns to Colonial for the 80th time this week, where seven of the top 20 players in the world are set to compete at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Ben Griffin is the defending champion and is in the field playing for the $9.9 million purse with the winner taking home $1.782 million. Read more…
We’ve had John Smoltz on The Loop podcast before, but only over Zoom. Earlier this month, we got a chance to meet him in person, which is a whole different ball game, no pun intended. It’s in person where you get to see just how much passion, appreciation and love Smoltz has for golf, which Read more…
A few weeks ago, I received a FaceTime from my brother. He was playing golf with three of our high school buddies. It was the last thing I needed at the time, as I was in full dad mode, power-washing my deck. I reluctantly answered. “You’re not going to believe this,” my brother said, with Read more…
On the surface, it seems like wedges are all variations on the same theme, that the differences aren’t necessarily immediately obvious. But if you’re looking for differences in such a precise and microscopically nuanced category, it seems a good place to start would be looking at what players who have a good short game have Read more…
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