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…
It’s a yuuuuuge week for prospective PGA Tour players across the country. For the first time in over a decade, Q-School Final Stage will offer players honest-to-goodness PGA Tour cards. The top five finishers at TPC Sawgrass and Sawgrass Country Club this week will earn their golden tickets, while the next 40 earn guaranteed starts Read more…
More than 3,000 voters have spoken in the most comprehensive peer review of teachers in the game. This new edition of Golf Digest’s biennial 50 Best Teachers ranking is the first without a veritable Mt. Rushmore of instructors—Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, Jim McLean and 17 other fixtures who have been named to our new Legends Read more…
Like most things, technology has had a heavy influence on golf instruction. Gone are the days when teachers would have to rely solely on their eyes and ears to resolve issues their students were experiencing. Those senses have been augmented by a myriad of 21st-century gadgets, including force plates, radar, 3D imaging, etc. With that Read more…
There’s a new face at the top of Golf Digest’s biennial 50 Best Teachers rankings, but if you’ve been watching any PGA Tour golf the last few years, it’s probably one you recognize. Mark Blackburn is the new No. 1 and recipient of the first-ever Butch Harmon Award, named for the longtime No. 1 who Read more…
If you’re not sure what to get the ladies on your holiday shopping lists, this roundup includes great gift ideas for the women in your life who love golf, whether you’ve known them for twenty years or twenty minutes. With personalizable gift ideas like fashion-forward golf bags to upgrade her game to quirkier, novelty gifts 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…
It’s been a while since the LPGA and PGA Tour help a co-sanctioned mixed team event. How long? Well, roughly a dozen of the participants at this week’s Grant Thornton Invitational weren’t yet in elementary school the last time the two tours combined forces at the 1999 JCPenney Classic, and two weren’t born. The opportunity Read more…
A first look at the leaderboard following the final round of PGA Tour Champions Q School made one point very obvious: Australians had a very good week. There were five fully exempt spots for 2024 up for grabs over four days at TPC Scottsdale Champions, and following the final round on Friday, four positions were Read more…
Sports fans love a good debate on who’s the greatest of all-time. Is it Jack or Tiger? LeBron or Jordan? Federer or Djokovic? But when it comes to evaluating golf instructors—a small but highly influential niche in our game—there is no debate. Butch Harmon has coached more tour players to more wins, more major championships Read more…
Michael Kim recently offered to give free golf lessons to his Twitter followers, but got a lesson of his own in course management from an unlikely source on Friday: his girlfriend. The PGA Tour winner was playing PGA National with his girlfriend, who he says is “pretty new to golf,” when he pulled a tee Read more…
If you’re not familiar with the acronym AITA, it stands for “Am I the asshole?” It generally denotes a genre of content on Reddit when a person becomes so confused about a sticky situation they are forced to ask strangers on the Internet if they are the ones in the wrong. In the overwhelming majority Read more…
Whether you’re looking for a mid-size accessory for your golf-obsessed co-worker, or an extra stocking stuffer for a loved one, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite apparel, gear, and novelty gifts that won’t break the bank. From cashmere blend performance socks to elevate your winter golf game to stylish colorful lunch sacks to keep Read more…
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