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Rogue donkey interrupts golfers’ round, becomes TikTok famous
You can prepare and prepare, but Butch Harmon and David Leadbetter don’t have any swing tips for when a donkey is next to the green on the sixth hole.
How golf came together to rescue a 15-year-old Ukrainian
Mykhailo “Misha” Golod and his mother, Vita, were greeted at Orlando International Airport by David Leadbetter on Friday night after making their way over four days from the Ukraine to the US.
How To Stop Popping Up Your Tee Shots
Sick of tee shots going more air than distance? David Leadbetter can help your driving.
Hitting The Open Face Wedge Shot
Hit one of golf’s most dreaded shots with these tips from renowned instructor David Leadbetter.
The Bunker Slide Rule
Renowned instructor David Leadbetter shows you how to play with a purpose from the bunkers, and save more pars.
Michelle Wie West was driving it 250 metres as a 13-year old – this was her power key
One of her coaches at the time, Gary Gilchrist, said one of the keys to Wie’s distance was the amount of width she was able to create.
Sandra Gal courageously fought long list of medical issues to make her return to LPGA
Sandra Gal says there were many times when she thought she’d never play professional golf again. Over the past six years, the 38-year-old LPGA veteran and two-time Solheim Cup player has suffered through myriad health issues, including extreme fatigue, a medical misdiagnosis, hip surgery, back pain and an unexpectedly long and arduous healing process that Read more…
Improve your release with these fascinating parent-child swing similarities from the PNC
A golf nerd’s version of the nature vs. nurture debate was on display last weekend at the PNC Championship, where legends played alongside their sons and daughters. Each year, NBC does a great job in producing a video segment highlighting the unique mannerisms that the pros share with their children. Their golf swings often have Read more…
The Golfzon Experience: How one company aims to make simulator leagues the next American golf craze
Anthony Taylor was the biggest personality in the room, and it was fitting that the tournament’s competitive drama peaked with his bunker shot on the 18th hole. He badly wanted to make eagle on the par 5 at PGA National’s Champion course, and when his second shot flew over the green and into the sand, Read more…
Butch Harmon shares lessons from an incomparable career
Editor’s note: Starting in 2001, Butch Harmon was voted by his peers No. 1 on Golf Digest’s 50 Best Teachers in America for more than two decades. In a sport obsessed with records, it’s hard to imagine that one ever being broken. Harmon’s historic run as a coach, from Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros to Read more…
The 50 Best Teachers in America (2024-’25)
More than 3,000 voters have spoken in the most comprehensive peer review of teachers in the game. This new edition of Golf Digest’s biennial 50 Best Teachers ranking is the first without a veritable Mt. Rushmore of instructors—Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, Jim McLean and 17 other fixtures who have been named to our new Legends Read more…
Mark Blackburn takes over for a legend by claiming the top spot in our latest teacher ranking
There’s a new face at the top of Golf Digest’s biennial 50 Best Teachers rankings, but if you’ve been watching any PGA Tour golf the last few years, it’s probably one you recognize. Mark Blackburn is the new No. 1 and recipient of the first-ever Butch Harmon Award, named for the longtime No. 1 who Read more…
Butch Harmon, golf’s iconic coach, leads our first class of legends
Sports fans love a good debate on who’s the greatest of all-time. Is it Jack or Tiger? LeBron or Jordan? Federer or Djokovic? But when it comes to evaluating golf instructors—a small but highly influential niche in our game—there is no debate. Butch Harmon has coached more tour players to more wins, more major championships Read more…
Swing Sequence: Tiger Woods
At the conclusion of this year’s Wells Fargo Championship, having competed in seven PGA Tour events, Tiger Woods ranked 206th on tour in fairway accuracy (51 percent). Early-season performances like at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he hit only 17 fairways in four rounds, contributed a lot to his ranking and aren’t indicative of what Read more…
