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…
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…
When he started looking for land in 2001, Jeff Warne thought he’d be a pioneer in what is now the booming Aiken, S.C., golf scene. Now he’s hoping he’s not too late to the party as private destination clubs proliferate in the area. There’s Old Barnwell and Tree Farm, which have garnered significant national acclaim. Read more…
If you’re tired of hitting weak slices, I get it, but the fix isn’t as complicated as you might imagine. Let’s simplify things. Every slice is caused by the same thing: the clubface is open in relation to the path of the club. As the clubhead is swinging down, it’s traveling too far from out-to-in Read more…
On only the second hole in her first start as a rookie on the LPGA Tour, Natasha Oon suffered a quadruple-bogey 8 in the Fortinet Founders Cup. It would have been easy to write her off for the weekend at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park, Calif., but to do so would Read more…
Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest+ series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with golfers and robots. Sometimes definitive, other times less so, our findings aim to shed new light on topics that have consumed golfers for years. To maximize distance off the tee, you Read more…
There’s been a lot of hype since the LPGA announced a partnership with FM that would help enhance its broadcasts this year, and those bells and whistles debuted Thursday on Golf Channel for the first round of the Fortinet Founders Cup. With hype comes expectation, and the broadcast delivered in quality of a few new Read more…
The LPGA is back in the U.S. this week for the second time, after spending the past few weeks in Asia. It’s the 15th edition of the Fortinet Founders Cup where a top field will compete at Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club in Menlo Park, Calif. The purse is $3 million with the winner Read more…
This week is the fifth LIV Golf event of the year and the third straight week the league has played in three different countries. But this marks the first time they’ve ever played in Africa, competing at the Club at Steyn City in Johannesburg. The all-South African Southern Guards team of Louis Oosthuizen, Dean Burmester, Read more…
The Florida Swing ends this week at the Valspar Championship, and what a swing it’s been. It started in South Florida where Shane Lowry collapsed over the last few holes and handed Nico Echavarria the trophy. Then onto Bay Hill where Akshay Bhatia erased a five-shot deficit with nine holes to play to win. Last Read more…
Thursday marks the beginning of the 2026 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, affectionately known as March Madness. Across America, people are scrambling to fill out their brackets and preparing their minds and bodies for a lovely spring weekend spent in front of the TV obsessing over the full-court press of the Osh Kosh Community College Battle Read more…