Highs in the upper 70s and good golf as far as the eye can see call for one thing and one thing only: An ice-cold beer. Suppose you’re lucky enough to find yourself walking around Valhalla this week. In that case, you’ve probably already spent a pretty penny on tickets and accommodations, but you shouldn’t Read more…
I’m Luke Kerr-Dineen, Senior Editor for Game Improvement at Golf Digest and resident golf swing nerd. Golf IQ is my weekly newsletter where I’ll share insight from some of the smartest people in the game to help us all play better golf. This is a special free edition of the Golf IQ newsletter to celebrate Read more…
More than 30 years after his shocking PGA Championship victory at Crooked Stick, John Daly is still going strong at the revered major. The tournament hasn’t even started yet and Long John has already taken the photo of the tournament, built his own perfect little foursome at Valhalla and did … well, just watch the Read more…
LOUISVILLE — Attention on golf betting is growing like Scottie Scheffler’s bank account. Even if you haven’t gotten involved yet—or you’ve dabbled just a few times—this might be your week. PGA Championship 2024 power rankings: Our deep dive into every player in the field competing at Valhalla The next step for new and seasoned fans of Read more…
I don’t think we talk enough about Brooks. Not the “brothers,” though I am in need of seersucker and a particularly sporty rep tie. No, not “Garth” or even “and Dunn,” even though both country-music legends would seem ideal for a major championship played in a state famous for consuming distilled spirits surrounded by “friends in Read more…
So far, the headlines at this week’s PGA Championship have had very little to do with the golf that’s set to take place at Valhalla. To that we say that Thursday morning cannot get here soon enough. And once it does, enjoy it as much as you can, because sadly it’s only so often we Read more…
LOUISVILLE — If he didn’t quite grasp it before, Scottie Scheffler now understands there’s a more heroic figure in his family who doesn’t hit golf balls for a living. Last Tuesday, Scheffler’s wife, Meredith, gave birth to their first child, a boy they named Bennett. And from the sound of it, Scottie was in awe Read more…
LOUISVILLE — Max Homa has a beautiful golf swing, which is kind of a gift and a curse. At least when it comes to major championships. Before his impressive T-3 finish at the 2024 Masters Tournament, Homa has missed the cut in eight of 17 major starts, with a career-best finish of T-10 at the Read more…
As is always the case with Tiger Woods, every move he makes at this week’s PGA Championship will be watched, discussed and dissected to the nth degree. From what he’s wearing to how he’s walking to the clubs he’s hitting and beyond. It even extends to his facial hair. Yes, his facial hair. RELATED: The time Read more…
At long last, Scottie and Meredith Scheffler are proud parents. On Monday—after weeks of waiting—Scheffler announced the birth of his son Bennett on Instagram. Bennett arrived on May 8, eight days before the start of the year’s second major, leaving Scheffler with conflicted emotions as he departed for Valhalla this week. With a Players Championship Read more…
LOUISVILLE—Valhalla’s architecture pedigree is something of a schismatic subject, although there’s nothing divisive about the drama that’s unfolded on the Louisville stage. There was a sudden-death showdown between Mark Brooks and Kenny Perry at the 1996 PGA Championship and a three-hole playoff pitting Tiger Woods against Bob May in 2000, and Rory McIlroy had to Read more…
Golf Digest has long been a bastion for instruction, tips and tricks to improve your game. It’s kind of what we’re known for. No big deal or whatever. The one problem with giving incredible teachers a platform and providing detailed analysis on how to improve your game is that some golfers out there are looking Read more…
Take a scroll through Michael Block’s Instagram page and you’ll see that the man has had himself a YEAR. Everybody and their mother wanted a piece of the 2023 PGA Championship folk hero after his performance at Oak Hill, and he was more than willing to give it to them on some advice from golf Read more…
A terrifying video of a tornado tearing through Big Cedar Lodge in Branson, Miss., made the rounds on social media Monday. Big Cedar Lodge has become one of golf’s biggest destinations with three courses ranked inside Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses—Ozarks National, a Coore/Crenshaw total redesign of an existing course, ranked 33rd, Payne’s Read more…