No disrespect to the Hawaii Swing, or The American Express, but the Farmers Insurance Open has historically always felt like the unofficial start of golf season. Part of that was due to the fact it was usually the first time we’d see Tiger Woods tee it up, but the other part was due to the Read more…
Given what happened on the 18th green on Saturday evening at the Ryder Cup—when Patrick Cantlay dropped a long putt, caddie Joe LaCava zealously celebrated and chaos ensued—it’s easy to forget what happened just one hole earlier. Left of the 17th green at Marco Simone, Rory McIlroy hit one of the highest-spinning pitch shots that Read more…
The longshots are running wild in 2024, with amateur Nick Dunlap being the latest mega bomb to to win on the PGA Tour. Enter Torrey Pines, a venue known for producing elite winners and elite leader boards time and time again. That should, in theory, make picking this week’s winner a heck of a lot Read more…
The PGA Tour is back in San Diego, at the renowed courses at Torrey Pines for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open. Max Homa returns to defend his title from a year ago. The West Coast kid trailed 54-hole leader Sam Burns by five shots on the final day in 2023 but came through with a Read more…
It’s been a busy start to the new year in the wild and wondrous world of golf style. The rumors, it turns out, are true: Tiger Woods called it quits with Nike, after amassing a reported $500 million, joining a suite of other pros parting ways with the brand. Earlier this year, Jason Day nearly Read more…
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The Never Compromise Reserve line of putters bring together the precision of a milled collection of putters with the precision of a fitting system driven by the imperative of getting each player in the ideal length through a simple measurement that dates at least to the ancient Greeks, specifically the Read more…
Arnold Palmer epitomized achievement and philanthropy in golf. “When you’ve reached the top, send the elevator back down for the others”—that’s the essence of the Arnie Award, given annually by Golf Digest in recognition of golfers who give back. This is the 12th-consecutive year we’ve celebrated the game’s benevolent spirit, partnering with the Arnold & Read more…
The greatest golfers have always given back. Automatically through the permanence of their records. Proactively by sharing their stories and accumulated wisdom. Munificently through philanthropy that leaves the game and the world better. Historically, no group in golf has had more to give, or given more, than the players in its pantheon, from Harry Vardon Read more…
Lost Rail, a private, stand-alone golf club near Omaha, earned second-place honors in Golf Digest’s 2023 Best New Private Course awards. It’s a remarkable property of uplands and ravines, prairies and clusters of hardwoods. A namesake abandoned railroad line cuts through a deep gully in one corner of the land, forming a dramatic hazard that Read more…
Time is linear. Every day ends, and another one starts. We’re so ingrained in our little worlds doing our little tasks just trying to get by that we don’t think about the years speeding along every second, but then you see two photos of Rory McIlroy winning the Dubai Desert Classic 15 years apart and Read more…
In 2010, Andy Gardiner spent a feverish three days scribbling out an idea on yellow legal pads. A decade later, those ideas would begin to rock the world of professional golf, and lead to the defining schism of the modern era—LIV Golf vs. the PGA Tour. But here at the start of 2024, with the Read more…
As head coach for the almighty Alabama Crimson Tide, every second of Nick Saban’s life was dedicated to keeping his program at the very top of the sport. But now the 72-year-old is retired, which means this time he’d normally be spending recruiting the next crop of five-stars is now filled with … nothing. It’s Read more…
With Nick Saban’s recent retirement, there’s an opening at the University of Alabama for the title of Big Man on Campus. But a golfer, Nick Dunlap, is certainly a good candidate for the position after etching his name into the PGA Tour history books. Just don’t expect the college sophomore to be cracking open any Read more…
Editor’s Note: The Golf Digest 1 Percent Challenge will present a new challenge every weekday in January. Catch up on Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3. The thing about golf swings is that they don’t actually matter. They’re a delivery system. A means to an end. The golf ball doesn’t know what your backswing Read more…
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