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Masters 2024: After a brutal day at Augusta National, players share what they learned
AUGUSTA, Ga. — With scores running high and rounds stretching long, Friday at Augusta National was not a day to thrive. The task during the second round was in some ways simpler. To survive. “It’s not a joy at all,” said Byeong Hun An, who comes into the weekend T-8, added. “It’s not fun playing Read more…
Masters 2024: Bryson DeChambeau tackling Augusta National with ‘one-of-a-kind’ 3D-printed irons
After posting a first-round 65 at Augusta National on Thursday to take the early lead at the 2024 Masters, Bryson DeChambeau noted, “I put new irons in this week. I think that’s a pretty big change. And been using this new driver, 3-wood and 5-wood. So pretty much my whole bag is different since [winning Read more…
2024 Masters: 3 make-or-break strategy decisions for players at Augusta National
This is a special free edition of the Golf IQ newsletter to celebrate Masters week.You can keep receiving this (and more!) in-depth newsletters by subscribing to Golf Digest+ right here. AUGUSTA, Ga.— I’m covering the Masters this week, where I’m reminded how the pressure always ticks up a few notches for players.This week, players don’t Read more…
Masters 2024: You won’t believe what Fred Couples has been doing to make sure he’s healthy enough to play at Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fred Couples refuses to go away. The Masters just means too much to him. And the lengths the 1992 champion will go to for another few tours of Augusta National Golf Club, the outright stubbornness, deserves respect. One of the most popular players in the annals of the Masters, Couples is preparing Read more…
Limited-Edition Mizuno Azalea Irons: What you need to know
To help us all get into the spirit of Masters Week, Mizuno has released 1,000 sets of special-edition “Azalea” irons – and we’re going to take a punt and say they’re not going to last long.
Our top betting expert’s unscientific ranking of the best players in the world
Just like much of the past two-plus years, a lot of the talk leading into the Masters this year is about golf’s inability to rank its best players. It’s not a new discussion, but the complaints are getting louder. The Official World Golf Rankings is used by majors to determine fields, but when discussing with Read more…
Masters 2024: What a subtle iron switch might say about Rory McIlroy’s mindset
McIlroy swapped his 4-iron, going from TaylorMade’s P760 model to a prototype with a muscle cavity after a visit to TaylorMade’s test centre in Carlsbad, California.
Masters 2024: 5 shots that players should never hit at Augusta National
Take a moment and visualize Augusta National Golf Club. How many holes come clearly into view? A lot, right? Aside from your home track and a handful of other famed layouts, there might be no course that you are more familiar with than Augusta—and chances are you’ve never even played it! That familiarity comes from Read more…
My 5 favorite public golf courses around New York City (and some advice for playing them)
You would think that living in the middle of Westchester County would make it easy to get to great public golf courses, but, sadly, that’s not the case. While I’m within a 20-minute drive from a few of the most famous private clubs in the country, the number of nearby munis is limited. And the Read more…
This video of Travis Kelce hitting a dime while Taylor Swift plays in the background will be well-received by all
Everything Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift do together is national news, as evidenced by the fact that two separate pictures of the couple—one of Swift speaking to Kelce at lunch in California, and another of Kelce showing off his “dad bod” as the two walk hand-in-hand in the ocean in the Bahamas—have gone mega-nuclear viral Read more…
Nelly Korda resumes playing 7 weeks later and wins again, moving to world No.1
Korda’s second playoff win of the year returned her to No.1 in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings and already secured her first multiple-victory season since 2021.
Rules Review: I’m hitting a 6-iron on a par 3. Can I use my driver to measure the teeing area?
You can play from up to 2.4 metres, give or take a centimetre, behind the markers and still be considered in the teeing area.
Six things I learned from tour pros at the 2024 Players Championship
It was a quick in-and-out for the author – Monday-through-Wednesday – but still enough time to glean a few tips from the top of the sport that the rest of us can use.
Callaway wrap: Xander Schauffele’s complete performance falls short in Players Championship runner-up
A hot week in every statistical category wasn’t enough for Callaway star Xander Schauffele to get over the line at the Players Championship, although a tie for second at TPC Sawgrass shows promise of the upcoming Masters.
Players 2024: Welcome to the age of Scottie Scheffler
The unerring style of his game and his stolid appearance can’t help but attach an aura of inescapable dominance to the Scheffler experience.
Players Championship: On the putt, and the man, that didn’t drop
PONTE VEDRA BEACH—Wyndham Clark began to chase, but something deep inside signaled doubt, his left foot defying physics by freezing the rest of his body in place to corroborate what he was about to do was not premature. Either momentum or conviction or being on the precipice of the sensational overruled because the chase for Read more…
Players 2024: The clubs Scottie Scheffler used to win at TPC Sawgrass
Although Scheffler putted well enough to post positive strokes gained/putting numbers, the entire body of work was more quintessential Scheffler as he ranked first in strokes gained/off the tee.
Players Championship: Buoyed by green pants on St. Paddy’s Day, Scottie Scheffler holes out from fairway for eagle
Scottie Scheffler has put in a gritty performance at TPC Sawgrass this week. He came out of blocks flying on Thursday but early Friday his neck seized up and he’s been playing injured since, clubbing up with his irons and struggling to hit draws off the tee. Yet somehow the World No. 1 has hung Read more…
Players 2024: This scary Max Homa fan video will keep you from standing too close to tour pros hitting shots
We can only imagine the panic that the fan with the camera had to be feeling at this moment (and for that matter, Homa).
Players Championship: ‘You got to pick’—Kevin Kisner explains how Xander hit one of the toughest shots in golf
Unlike the rest of us, tour pros aren’t worried about bunker shots—in fact, they often prefer them. Given that they can control the spin on short greenside bunker shots, they are often an easier shot than from the rough. The lone exception? When you get in that no man’s land, around 40 to 50 yards Read more…
