Bundling up for fall golf is a must, but the tight, constricting feeling that comes with too many layers can be annoying and hinder your ability to rotate. It can make your swing feel suddenly unlike your own. But there is one adjustment you can make to your layering that can help. Switch one of Read more…
If you’re over 50 and admittedly not exercising like you used to, doing things such as box jumps, single-leg bounds and depth jumps are probably not on your daily checklist. That’s OK. For starters, you might not realize it, but you probably have lost your ability to leave the ground beyond a few inches. Your Read more…
In the aftermath of the Ryder Cup, a champagne-soaked Rory McIlroy got emotional as he tried to sum up his 2025. “Best year of my career,” McIlroy said. “Best year of my life.” We certainly aren’t here to argue. The last 12 months was as eventful as it was successful for the 36-year-old Northern Irishman. Read more…
While the rest of the world in 2025 was busy ranking players on data and skill and other unreliable metrics, the Vibes-Only Guide was honing in on the instinctive stuff that really mattered. The franchise began at the Masters, where I successfully picked the winner (Rory, ranked No. 41), continued at the PGA Championship when Read more…
Ryann O’Toole didn’t imagine she would put this on her December itinerary, but there she was playing golf in Alabama this past week trying to salvage her LPGA Tour card. It was a wise decision. The 38-year-old O’Toole, a UCLA alum who first gained recognition as a competitor on Golf Channel’s “Big Break,” has won Read more…
A familiar scene usually plays out when Albert “Chaz” Bowker steps to the first tee. Those paired with the man who only stands a few inches taller than a standard-length driver assume he’s in the wrong place—until they see him swing his own club. “When I go to the same tee boxes as them, they Read more…
Tom Fazio has designed more than 200 new golf courses. None of them have been quite like the one set to open in Dubai. Tom is based in Florida. As you know, that is nowhere near Dubai. In fact, it’s almost exactly on the other side of the globe from where the 80-year-old lives. That Read more…
Each year there are hundreds of equipment nuggets we dole out to our readers. And every year there are some that stand out as being truly notable and worth revisiting. Certainly, the ongoing saga of the golf-ball rollback was chief among them in 2025, but others caught our attention as well. Two of the best Read more…
Rounds have been stopped (or at least slowed down) by all sorts of animals. Birds? Sure. Bears? But of course. Dogs? It’s ruff, but it happens. And yet, we can’t say we saw this one coming, especially at an official DP World Tour event, as a caterpillar—yes, a caterpillar!—brought play to a halt. A referee Read more…
For most golfers, we’ve officially hit the offseason. It’s a sad time, but it’s also an opportunity to reassess one’s game and figure out what to work on before the next year. And if you’ve been struggling out of bunkers, we have good news. You might be doing it ALL wrong. RELATED: Paige Spiranac’s cheeky Read more…
MELBOURNE, Australia — The gallery cheered on the 15th tee at Royal Melbourne’s Composite course when Rory McIlroy put a long iron back in the bag and reached for the driver on the short but tricky par 4. The Crown Australian Open crowds had just witnessed a rare whiff from the Masters champion in some Read more…
Many golfers have swing tendencies that, no matter how hard they try, they can’t get rid of. That’s why in this Golf Digest+ series, Matchmakers, Golf Digest No. 1 Teacher in America Mark Blackburn is teaching you how to play with what you’ve got. No matter your tendency, you can play well with it as Read more…
Scottie Scheffler has his share of equipment quirks, which makes perfect sense when you think about it. Nobody reaches the top of the sport by blindly following the crowd. At some point, every elite player figures out what works, locks it in, and refuses to budge. Scheffler is no different. His quirks range from the Read more…
Amazon’s new two-piece Basics Core Soft ball was never designed to dominate the tour. But when an ultra-budget ball promises “exceptional distance, straight flight and advanced cover and core technology,” golfers understandably get curious. So we put it to the test. We compared Core Soft to Titleist’s Pro V1, Tour Soft and Velocity using the Read more…
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