The Players Championship delivered the most drama-filled and star-studded finish of the 2024 golf season thus far. Unfortunately, that didn’t lead to whopping TV ratings.
Our cover star has the rare distinction of being the only golfer ever to win his way out of playing Augusta. The reigning U.S. Amateur champ had a personal trip to Augusta National lined up for February, but winning The American Express in January threw a wrench. After the rhetorical decision to turn pro and Read more…
For college basketball fans, it’s basically Christmas morning. With all due respect to the play-in games, the real March Madness starts in a few hours when brackets will start busting faster than you can say “NCAA Tournament Selection Committee.” Speaking of which, while Joe Lunardi isn’t officially part of that group, he’s made a career Read more…
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — The dreaded R-word popped up last September for the first time in Lizette Salas’ 13-year LPGA Tour career. After the 34-year-old spent months away from competition on medical leave due to back pain, the hyper-competitive Salas briefly thought retirement was imminent while watching the Solheim Cup from afar for the Read more…
It is tough to put Sunday’s emotional roller-coaster into words. Wyndham Clark gave us hope on the 72nd hole. Once Xander’s approach was 50+ feet from the cup, we all knew it was down to Scheffler and our outright. The 36-hole leader played the weekend five under par with a four-stroke lead and lost by Read more…
The fascinating thing about Bob Vokey, the wizard of wedges who is 84 and still works out despite the aggravation of four back surgeries, isn’t how much he knows about the most underappreciated and misunderstood club in our bags. It’s how enthusiastic he remains when it comes to learning more from you—whether you are a Read more…
When you’re around as long as Golf Digest has been—the magazine was founded in 1950—you’re going to make many a prediction. Some have been right, some have been far from it. (Don’t look into it.) But we’re still chugging along, claiming that this guy will be the first this and this woman will be the Read more…
Taylor Moore enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2023, capturing his first PGA Tour title at the Valspar Championship and later qualifying for the FedEx Cup’s signature event, the Tour Championship. Yet, Moore’s struggles with the driver in the final two FedEx Cup playoff events left the 30-year-old Texan wondering what could have been. “He didn’t Read more…
Coming off the success of his masterpiece design at National Golf Links of America in 1911, a course he created to broadcast to the world the full potential of golf in the United States, C.B. Macdonald turned his attention to another groundbreaking task, The Lido. Located on the south shore of Long Island on a Read more…
Thanks to brilliant swing instructor Stan Utley, Charles Barkley is legitimately good at golf again. His hitch is gone, he’s got plenty of pop and he can actually even play on television without completely embarrassing himself. It’s a beautiful thing. But, just like the rest of us, the Round Mound of Rebound still has his Read more…
Australian Golf Digest
