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Player Blog: Adam Scott
Twenty years ago, Adam Scott announced his arrival on golf’s biggest stage by winning the Players Championship at the Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the PGA Tour’s flagship, US$25 million tournament this week, Scott reflects on his famous victory and what it means in his illustrious career which includes 14 PGA Tour titles.
Full Swing Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: Rickie Fowler and the Merger
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is recapping and analyzing every episode of the second series of the Netflix golf series Full Swing. Last season’s recaps can be found here. Season 2 Recaps: Ep. 1: The Game Has Changed Part 1 | Ep. 2: The Game Has Changed Part 2 | Ep. 3: Mind Game | Ep. Read more…
This green-reading method really helped my putting. Here’s how to do it
I have always been a decent putter, but certainly not a great one. I feel comfortable starting the ball consistently online, but I have often struggled with reading greens. It’s a deflating feeling—to hit the putt on the exact line you want, with perfect speed, only to see it fall offline or be way too Read more…
Top coach explains the 20-20-20 range rule that golfers should use
Should golfers stick with what they have? Or revamp it all?
The Best Short Games On The LPGA Tour
Celine Boutier leads a group of talented players who know how to scramble.
Meet The First Tee Game Changers who helped golf grow in 2023
They number in the thousands around the country—an army of volunteers at golf courses who plant seeds of love for golf in children and then nuture that interest in the game and its life lessons. This year, we recognize and honor The First Tee Game Changers—the recipients of the highest awards given out by The Read more…
Jack Burke Jnr, a major champion and renowned teacher, has died at 100
There was so much more to Burke than his playing credentials. He was a link to the era of Snead and Hogan and Nelson. He was Bing Crosby’s friend, Jimmy Demaret’s partner, a businessman, a curmudgeon, a teacher (don’t call him a guru), a sage.
The American Express picks 2024: Why Wyndham Clark is the best bet in the field
Another week, another longshot gets it done on the PGA Tour. Sadly, we were not on Chris Kirk at Sentry nor Grayson Murray at Sony, but it’s good to see the mega bombs can still get it done. There are big tickets to be cashed in 2024. Shoutout to Brandon Gdula, who was on Keegan Read more…
Gary Woodland recounts his ‘horrible’ and harrowing experience with brain surgery
Meeting with the media at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Woodland appeared to be his old self. He was relaxed. He smiled easily. It’s time to play golf again. He’s as ready as can be.
Our favourite Golf Digest portraits of 2023
Any “Year in Review package” from Golf Digest would not be complete without a return to the images we shared with readers over the course of the previous 12 months. In looking back at 2023, we like to think we worked hard once again at telling a panoply of stories that covered golfers of all Read more…
The 7 best hockey cities for golf, according to former NHL players
It’s now the heart of the NHL season—with the upcoming Winter Classic on New Year’s Day leading into All-Star Weekend soon after. Puckheads will have hockey on their minds all throughout the winter and spring. If you’re planning a trip to a game in a warm-weather locale, you might be wondering if golf should be Read more…
How Scottsdale became the underworld of professional golf
It’s a desert town paved over the cracks of golf’s caste system. Only in Scottsdale can the wannabes compete against PGA Tour players on a public par-3 course—the only requisites for entry are a few bucks and an ability to run your mouth, preferably with a drink in hand. Away from the Papago Shootout, you Read more…
How Scottsdale became the underworld of professional golf
It’s a desert town paved over the cracks of golf’s caste system. Only in Scottsdale can the wannabes compete against PGA Tour players on a public par-3 course—the only requisites for entry are a few bucks and an ability to run your mouth, preferably with a drink in hand. Away from the Papago Shootout, you Read more…
‘I’ll Have What He’s Having’: The ice bucket list of golf libations
Every golfer has a bucket list of courses they want to play, but I prefer to ask friends for their Ice Bucket List: What’s the best drink you’ve had at the best courses? You haven’t completed the Grand Slam until you’ve tasted these four cocktails in situ: 1. Southside Traced back to Al Capone’s Chicago, Read more…
S.H. Kim’s three keys to take charge of your drives
Off the tee, South Korean S.H. Kim was a full 10 yards longer than his more famous countrymen, Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim, in 2022-’23. Yet the PGA Tour rookie doesn’t equate the top drivers by who hits the ball the longest or the straightest, but by who controls the shape and trajectory better Read more…
Mark Blackburn reveals some of the teaching insights that propelled him to the top
Mark Blackburn might not have the ubiquitous name recognition of Butch Harmon, his immediate predecessor as Golf Digest’s No. 1 teacher and headliner of the new class of Golf Digest Legends of Golf Instruction. But among his peers—and the PGA Tour’s best players—the Alabama-based Blackburn has built a formidable reputation. The 2020 PGA Teacher & 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…
What you can learn from the best short games on the LPGA Tour
From distance wedges to putting, from bunker play to touch, these are the LPGA’s elite scramblers and what you can learn from them.
