Playing in this week’s Hero Indian Open was always going to be a memorable experience for Akshay Bhatia. Born and raised in the United States, the 24-year-old comes from a family of Indian descent (both his parents were born in the country). After turning pro just out of high school in 2019, and with no Read more…
Call it the Texas two-step. This week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open is the beginning of a two-event swing for the PGA Tour through the Lone Star State. Memorial Park Golf Course, a municipal layout refreshed in 2019 by noted course architect Tom Doak, with consultation from Brooks Koepka, plays host for the six straight season. Read more…
With two weeks until Augusta, Brooks Koepka has one item left on his prep list. For how much was made about his return from LIV Golf, Koepka has quietly put together a string of solid starts over the past month, including a T-13 at the Players and T-18 last weekend at the Valspar Championship, and Read more…
Asterisk Talley will be making her third Augusta National Women’s Amateur start next week. She’s finished inside the top 10 twice, and she’s coming off a one-stroke loss in 2025. But now the 17-year-old has a secret weapon heading into this year’s ANWA: No. 1 male junior Miles Russell on her bag. In an Avengers-esque Read more…
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Vice Golf is launching two new putters that embrace the idea of “zero-torque” or what the company is calling “zero twist.” Making use of a more extreme onset-angled hosel, the VGP03ZT blade and VGP04ZT mallet both are designed to align the shaft axis with the center of mass in the Read more…
There are only a few acceptable reasons for taking a phone call on a golf course, but Jeff McNeil had one that most golfers have probably never considered. On the morning of December 22 last year, the two-time MLB All-Star was on the 14th hole at TPC Monterey at Pasadera when his phone started going Read more…
Baker Thompson has known Michael Keiser Jr. since he was 10 years old. They’d spend summers together as neighbors near The Dunes Club in New Buffalo, Mich., the first golf development of Keiser’s father, Mike, which launched his career that would redefine destination golf with public access. Now Thompson and Keiser Jr. are themselves redefining Read more…
Good news: The Schefflers are having another baby. Even better news? Because of that, the World No. 1 has WD’d as a precautionary measure from the Houston Open. Well, good news for gamblers, we mean. Now we might actually have a chance to hit another outright, and the Houston Open provides a great opportunity as Read more…
Each and every April, Georgia returns to the minds of sports fans everywhere, who descend upon Augusta National from near and far—physically and virtually—for the annual playing of the Masters. For country singer-songwriter and Valdosta, Ga. native Thomas Rhett, however, his home state never strays far from his thoughts. So it’s only fitting that Rhett Read more…
How did we get here? Tiger Woods’ team was at the bottom of the TGL Season 2 preseason rankings. Their original odds were more than double those of the fifth-ranked team. To say nobody saw this coming is a massive understatement! The second-seeded Los Angeles Golf Club (4-2) will take on the fourth-seeded Jupiter Links 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. I’ve spent much of this offseason trying to gain speed, possibly even too much time. But despite all my work both 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 work are you Read more…
There are likely few players on the PGA Tour who have used the same putter for more than 20 years. Heck, there are a bunch who were toddlers when Brandt Snedeker put an Odyssey Rossie White Hot XG into his bag. The putter and Snedeker’s poppy putting stroke were part of his nine tour victories, Read more…
The tiniest of twigs caused Englishman Matt Wallace considerable bother in the second round of the Valspar Championship. Thankfully for him, his honesty about the rules was matched by his own resilience. Wallace was playing the par-5 11th hole of Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course on Friday when he drove into pine straw and leaves. As he Read more…
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