It became official this week. Jim Furyk will captain the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 2027. He’ll lead the team to Ireland and Adare Manor in hopes of the Americans first away win in 34 years. Stop me if you’ve heard this all before. Yes, this isn’t the first time the PGA of America has Read more…
If you scripted a movie centered around the quintessential Los Angeles golf club, that lead would look a lot like Bel-Air. Winding through the mansion-dotted canyons of the Hollywood Hills, Bel-Air Country Club is a Tinseltown vision of Southern California golf with topography so steep it seems fictitious as golfers are guided hole to hole Read more…
Golf Digest is talking to the next generation of course architects whose names might be new to you, but are popping up more and more with great projects. This interview has been edited for concision. The full Q&A is available on the “Feed the Ball” podcast with architecture editor Derek Duncan. What shaping or design Read more…
HOUSTON — World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul is still searching for her first major and it’s not going to happen this week at the Chevron Championship. MORE: Farah O’Keefe has a big personality to go with powerful game Thitikul, who already has won in her home country at the Honda LPGA Thailand this season and Read more…
HOUSTON — Farah O’Keefe is having fun in her home state of Texas, chatting it up on the golf course, throwing darts and making up-and-downs look easy. It just so happens she’s doing all of this in a major championship. O’Keefe, a University of Texas junior and the fourth-ranked amateur in the world, shot a Read more…
HOUSTON — World No. 2 Nelly Korda has put herself in position to run away with the Chevron Championship. Korda, playing in the morning wave of the LPGA’s first major of the year, shot a second straight seven-under-par 65 on Friday and led the field by seven shots when she finished at Memorial Park Golf Read more…
Let’s start by anticipating a line of attack against Jim Furyk—that he’s a boring, predictable choice to be the 2027 U.S. Ryder Cup captain—with a truth everyone needs to digest post-haste: Flashy captain announcements lead to Ryder Cup disasters. Again: Flashy captain announcements lead to Ryder Cup disasters. If you hate this decision because you Read more…
If you ever get the chance to sit in the bleachers behind the driving range at a professional tournament, you’re sure to be amazed with how high and far tour players hit the ball. Before you head off to the watch the event, do yourself a favor and close your eyes for a minute and Read more…
HOUSTON — Stacy Lewis is coming out of retirement for one last glorious start at the Chevron Championship in her home state of Texas. Whether she makes the cut in the LPGA’s first major of the season, she’s got another sporting milestone lined up on Saturday. MORE: 15 players to watch in the Chevron Championship Read more…
HOUSTON — Sheila Johnson’s first love was music. She studied to be a concert violinist, began her career teaching the subject and eventually went on to co-create Black Entertainment Television. Over time, the successful businesswoman and black pioneer added golf to her portfolio—and to her list of passions. Since taking up the game in the Read more…
Hey, if you’re picking up some stuff from Costco, do you mind getting some paper towels, a new bottle of sunscreen, a few hot dogs and some forged wedges? You may have to wait a little on the wedges, but they’re on the way … and they’re USGA-approved. That’s right! Kirkland Signature has some new Read more…
I didn’t buy tickets to this Stacy Lewis retirement tour. The two-time major winner announced that 2025 would be her last season on the LPGA Tour. However, she is making a one-week comeback to retire officially at the Chevron Championship, the same event at which she won her very first LPGA title 15 years ago Read more…
Golf fans are well aware that every shot on Sunday is worth a LOT of money on the PGA Tour, even for those who aren’t winding up in the winner’s circle. And, obviously, the players themselves are well aware of that themselves as well. Just earlier this year, Rory McIlroy was asked whether it was Read more…
Golf gator videos and golf fight videos have one thing in common: No matter how many times we see them, when a new one pops ups, we can’t look away. That’s exactly what happened this week, when TikTok user @rachhansonn posted a video of a particularly enormous specimen sauntering across a Florida golf course without Read more…
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