Every now and again I’m tasked with covering a golf tournament where Lee Trevino is playing, and you can’t help but get pulled into his orbit whenever you do. The six-time major champion is still an avid range rat who holds court whenever he gets the chance. In honor of his 84th birthday this week, Read more…
NASSAU, Bahamas — His victory in early July at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, as one might suspect, was “the cherry on top” to Rickie Fowler’s comeback season. Now the real work begins. After struggling for the better part of three seasons, falling out of the top 100 in the World Ranking and having to sit Read more…
NASSAU, Bahamas — More good than bad. That about sums up the second round of the Hero World Challenge on Friday for host Tiger Woods. Woods started fast with birdies on four of his first seven holes, but he couldn’t sustain the pace, struggling in the same area of the golf course where he encountered Read more…
Any discussion of bad golf habits can quickly spiral out of control considering how often golfers define their games by what they’d prefer not to do. I’d love to not pull tee shots into someone’s backyard. It’d be great to not miss any more absurdly short putts. You get the point. There are bad habits, Read more…
EDITOR’S NOTE—Retired U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor died Friday at age 93. A pioneer as the first woman to serve on the high court, working from 1981 to 2006, O’Connor also was a golfer, taking up the game in earnest as an adult. The combination inspired a conversation Golf Digest writer Dave Kindred Read more…
Late at night, when normal human beings are sleeping, one writer spends literal hours on Reddit Golf, a treasure trove of humor, whining, equipment scores, outright lies and occasionally some great advice. It also led him, once upon a time, to Bucket Hat Guy. Each Friday, he will bring the site’s best content to you, Read more…
In a clip that went viral recently, legendary comedian Brian Regan told a joke about how differently men and women think when it comes to conversating with their closest friends. Regan mentions how he had just played golf with a close companion who got divorced six months ago, and upon returning home, his wife hit Read more…
There are plenty of reasons we should be concerned about the developing power of artificial intelligence. For instance, is this story being written by an actual person or a computer? You can’t say for sure, can you? Are you a real person? See, things are already getting weird. If we can agree we need to Read more…
Razorback nation, we have incredible news: Bobby Petrino is back in the saddle again. The prodigal son has returned. The half has been made whole. The unfinished business is finally complete and the college football universe, at long last, has returned to a state of equilibrium. Mr. Tyler, if you would please do us the Read more…
Golf’s going through a bit of an existential crisis. Between the rollback chaos and the LIV Golf saga, things are a bit odd right now. It’s cold out, pitch-black at 4 p.m. and golf is walking around listening to Bon Iver. Sometimes you need to go back to basics and a father swinging a golf Read more…
If you want to take a trip somewhere that allows you to split time between the golf course and the beach, and has great places to eat and shop, head to Myrtle Beach. Epson Tour player Carley Cox grew up in North Carolina, but spent summer vacations at her grandpa’s house in South Carolina. She’s Read more…
We’ve got an incredible life-imitating-art-situation involving PGA Tour winner Adam Hadwin, his wife (and Golf Twitter Queen) Jessica Hadwin, and a suitcase. Or, rather, we had one. According to Jessica, a ‘silent standoff’ is over after five days when she reluctantly carried her suitcase up the stairs of the Tinder couple’s house. Jessica was hoping Read more…
On Wednesday, golf fans were greeted with the announcement that Luke Donald will return as European Ryder Cup captain, leading his team to Bethpage Black in 2025 in an attempt to reprise his winning campaign at Marco Simone this fall. It was a move teased as early as the post-match European press conference in Italy, Read more…
Earlier this week, in a video captured at a recent Bridgestone shoot, Tiger Woods introduced his latest and greatest “Tigerism” into the lexicon. The “up shoot spin cut.” Nobody knows what it means, but it’s provocative. Justin Thomas got emotional over finally eating this food item again That called to mind some of Tiger’s most Read more…
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