As well as securing the Kiwi a spot in the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open in the coming weeks, he has now taken over No.1 spot on this season’s Order of Merit.
Heading into this week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Alex Noren had 161 starts registered on the PGA Tour. He’s earned a whopping $11.7 million. He’s posted 11 top-5 finishes. And yet the 41-year-old Swede had never lifted a trophy on the PGA Tour. Incredible, really, considering Noren has 11 international victories. He’s that talented. And now Read more…
Steve Stricker delivered some encouraging news on Saturday. On social media, he posted a picture of himself, donning a mask, llaying in a hospital bed next to his smiling father, Bob, and wrote, “My dad got to go home yesterday! Thank you all for all your love and support this last week! He felt it Read more…
LIV Golf has announced it is returning to Australia for a 2024 event. Though an official schedule for the league has not been released, LIV CEO Greg Norman confirmed that the Saudi-backed circuit is planning to visit the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide next season. It is the first stop named as LIV moves towards Read more…
We often refer back to the players who prevail on certain courses as a means to measure the greatness of those designs—at least as tournament tests. Jack Nicklaus, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Watson, Tom Kite and Tiger Woods have helped cement the reputation of Pebble Beach. Oakmont has identified greats like Gene Sarazen, Bobby Jones, Sam Read more…
Does your swing feel a little too long at the top? Maybe it’s getting quick at the transition? Or you don’t know exactly what the problem is, but you just feel out of sync? Golf Digest Top 50 Teacher Erika Larkin has a simple drill that will get your swing back into rhythm. Set up Read more…
The holidays may feel ages away, but they’ll be here before you know it. Take this as your sign to start brainstorming gift ideas for all the golfers in your life, before shipping deadlines and early gift-giving events start approaching. It doesn’t matter if they’ve been playing golf for years or are new to the Read more…
The proverbial “working vacation” is how Max Homa probably pictured his trip to South Africa upon agreeing to play in the DP World Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge. And the emphasis likely was on the vacation part as Homa shared pictures on social media of the safari that he and his wife took, along with fellow Read more…
It’s beautiful to see that a generation that missed social media still has a public outlet to air grievances, bitch and moan. All you gotta do is send a letter to the editor and let the chaos commence.
Late at night, when normal human beings are sleeping, one writer spends literal hours on Reddit Golf, a treasure trove of humor, whining, equipment scores, outright lies and occasionally some great advice. It also led him, once upon a time, to Bucket Hat Guy. Each Friday, he will bring the site’s best content to you, Read more…
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