Adam Scott, who will make his 100th straight major appearance, and three-time major champion Jordan Spieth were among the 35 additional golfers who have reached next month’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock, as announced on Monday by the USGA. The cutoff for the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking ended on Sunday with the Read more…
After Aaron Rai’s breakthrough victory on Sunday at the PGA Championship, it seems like fellow tour pros are practically tripping over themselves to compliment the guy. Not just for his kind demeanor, but for his tireless work ethic. Xander Schauffele told a great story that explains why he’s now a major winner. Jon Rahm pointed out Read more…
Four shots back of winner Aaron Rai, Alex Smalley understood he wasn’t going to win the PGA Championship if he made the 20-foot birdie putt he was standing over on the 18th green Sunday at Aronimink. The question is whether he realized how much he still would walk away with if he could hole the 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 moment I set my sights on becoming a scratch golfer, I had to first clarify what that precisely means. This Read more…
To the victor goes the spoils. Aaron Rai’s career-changing triumph at the PGA Championship, fueled by a superlative Sunday 65 that separated him from the field to win by three strokes, earned the Englishman a tidy $3.69 million, possession of the Wanamaker Trophy and the lifetime title of “major champion.” Our Luke Kerr-Dineen broke down Read more…
After a rough opening round, Rory McIlroy made a valiant effort to win the second leg of the calendar Grand Slam. Ultimately, he was undone by what’s normally a strength of his game. McIlroy finished at four under for the week at Aronimink and five shots behind Aaron Rai, who pulled away late. But shockingly, Read more…
A common trait among those who went to the LIV Tour is to act offended at the mere suggestion that they might not be the player they once were, despite, in certain cases, evidence pointing to the contrary. For former Open champion Cam Smith, the evidence was mounting, at least in the majors, where he Read more…
No one in my family played golf. My dad, Amrik, was a tennis player and says my tennis stroke looked more like a golf swing, so he got me plastic clubs. I played my first tournament when I was 4 years old. The age group was 12 and under. I had many family members watching. Read more…
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — After Friday’s pin placements stirred some strong emotions about set-up, Saturday’s course presentation at the PGA Championship seemed to meet the platonic ideal of facilitating fireworks but causing punishment for anything less than right. That doesn’t mean it was universally loved by the field, however. Most notably, Shane Lowry. The former Read more…
The saying goes experience is the best teacher. If that’s the case, then an awful lot of tour pros are going to learn some lessons on Sunday at the 2026 PGA Championship. Entering the final round at Aronimink Golf Club, Alex Smalley has a two-stroke edge on the field. However, there are 21 players within Read more…
Alex Smalley started Saturday tied for the lead at Aronimink with, perhaps expectations and pressure of his own, but not necessarily from anyone watching either in person or on television. That’s not to be disrespectful. But Smalley, the 29-year-old from North Carolina who played college golf at Duke, is playing in only his fifth major Read more…
The last hour of competition Saturday at Aronimink changed the PGA Championship quite a bit. The whole story focused around how many players were packed near the top of the leaderboard, with some 30 men within three shots of the lead at one point. Then Alex Smalley, the leader after Round 2, rattled off three Read more…
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — The grounds were still buzzing almost 24 hours after it happened. Jordan Spieth won’t win this PGA Championship, but he quite possibly hit the defining shot of the tournament. “I don’t think most amateurs understand how incredible it was,” says coach Josh Gregory. “It was an unbelievable golf shot. Unbelievable,” says Read more…
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Rory McIlroy was quoting Aaron Eckhart, the actor who portrays Harvey Dent in the Batman film, “The Dark Knight.” McIlroy described the 2008 picture as one of his “go-to” movies to take his mind off Read more…
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