In January 1987, PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman introduced the first-ever Tour Championship—it was called the Nabisco Championship then—with these words: “We’ve tried various other methods, but this could be what we’ve been looking for–a logical, dramatic conclusion to the tour.”That was the problem they were trying to solve, but it went a little deeper Read more…
If it feels like Megha Ganne has been around for a long time, she kind of has. Four years ago, the then-17-year-old played in the final pairing of the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, competing alongside eventual winner Yuka Saso while earning top amateur honors. Ganne has also competed at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur five Read more…
The USGA received 5,245 entries for this year’s U.S. Amateur, with only about 6 percent of those making it into the 312-player championship field competing this week at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. And after two days of stroke-play qualifying, only around 20 percent of those players remain in contention for the Havemeyer Trophy, Read more…
We have some great intel this week at Caves Valley. Keith Stewart, CEO of Read the Line and a member of our Golf Digest betting panel, travels to all the big PGA Tour events—getting boots-on-the-ground insights into how the players are prepping for the week. He’s had his eye on Rory McIlroy this week. He’s Read more…
There will be more coverage of USGA events in the future on the same network after the USGA and NBCUniversal announced on Tuesday that they’ve struck a media rights agreement through 2032. NBC will continue its exclusive coverage of the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Senior Open, and for the U.S. Open it Read more…
AI is impacting the way we live in virtually every industry and across all platforms. In golf course design, however, the capability of AI to help develop ideas and craft new courses has only begun to be explored. Golf Digest teamed up with the golf team at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, to see what Read more…
After a thrilling finish in Memphis, the top-50 players in the FedEx Cup playoffs advanced to this week’s BMW Championship. The host venue is Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md., which last hosted this event in 2021. The Tom Fazio design has made several key changes ahead of the 2025 tournament, including changing Read more…
We’re moving on to the second FedEx Cup playoff event, the BMW Championship, which has returned to Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. The star-studded field is playing for $20 million with the winner taking home $3.6 million for a victory on Sunday. It’s going to be difficult to top the drama of Read more…
Six years, ago, when Megha Ganne was all of 15 years old, she played her way into the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Old Waverly Golf Club in Mississippi. It was all such a blur before she was beaten by a woman she idolzed, Albane Valenzuela, that the Holmdel, N.J., native insists Read more…
“Big Mama” is getting her name on a sizeable prize. The USGA announced on Saturday that the gold medal awarded to the U.S. Women’s Amateur champion will be redesigned and named in honor of JoAnne Carner. Carner has a long and rich history with the USGA, having won eight championships, including five U.S. Women’s Amateur Read more…
Historically, golf shoes and sneakers haven’t had a lot in common. But now, we’re seeing crossover between golf shoes and running shoes. Some companies that make running shoes are taking their running-shoe technology and putting it into their golf shoes. And even golf shoe manufacturers who don’t make running shoes know the benefits of thick, Read more…
Do you find that your misses inside five feet are all over the place? Sure, nerves play a part, because the expectation is that you should make them. That pressure only builds when the putt is for birdie or to save par. But the biggest reason you alternate between pulling one putt and pushing the Read more…
The PGA Tour has confirmed that a clerical error led to an ineligible player being allowed into this week’s Korn Ferry Tour Pinnacle Bank Championship, while leaving out another competitor who should have been in. As first reported on X Friday by Monday Q Info, MJ Daffue had not earned enough points through his major Read more…
MEMPHIS — There is no escaping Scottie Scheffler this week, either as the FedEx Cup leader or celebrated film star. In a send up to his cameo appearance in “Happy Gilmore 2,” Netflix has a promotional tent set up at the FedEx St. Jude Championship called “Scottie’s Chicken Shack.” Located at the Fan Hub between Read more…
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