Australian Golf Digest
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Your vibes-only guide to the 10 best golf moments of 2025
While the rest of the world in 2025 was busy ranking players on data and skill and other unreliable metrics, the Vibes-Only Guide was honing in on the instinctive stuff that really mattered. The franchise began at the Masters, where I successfully picked the winner (Rory, ranked No. 41), continued at the PGA Championship when Read more…
The top golf equipment stories of 2025
Each year there are hundreds of equipment nuggets we dole out to our readers. And every year there are some that stand out as being truly notable and worth revisiting. Certainly, the ongoing saga of the golf-ball rollback was chief among them in 2025, but others caught our attention as well. Two of the best Read more…
Paige Spiranac finally addresses Internet Invitational ‘cheating’ allegations: ‘The worst hate I’ve ever received’
Nearly two weeks after the Internet Invitational’s dramatic conclusion aired, one of its stars, Paige Spiranac, has addressed what happened in the final episode. The YouTube golf tournament put on by Barstool and Bob Does Sports had a first-place payout of $1 million (to a three-person team) and drew more than 20 million views over Read more…
PGA Tour pro’s great drive winds up in all-time nasty divot hole
There are divot holes, then there are divot holes like the one Ryan Palmer experienced in Bermuda.
Playlist: Min Woo Lee shares his 10 go-to songs to get pumped up for a TGL match
On the verge of his sophomore TGL season with The Bay Golf Club, we asked Lee to name the 10 songs he has on repeat as he preps for the SoFi Center’s bright lights and big needle drops. In typical Min Woo fashion, he delivered a list of pure party bangers.
The 75 Biggest Moments in Golf Digest History, Part V: 2007-2023
Nobody likes listening to a golfer go through his or her entire round shot by shot, but allow us some indulgence as we near the end of our 75th anniversary year. We were very selective. To choose the 75 moments that tell our story—from a naval officer named Bill Davis getting a taste for magazine publishing after writing an account of a kamikaze attack, to Read more…
The 75 Biggest Moments in Golf Digest History, Part IV: 1994-2006
Nobody likes listening to a golfer go through his or her entire round shot by shot, but allow us some indulgence as we near the end of our 75th anniversary year. We were very selective. To choose the 75 moments that tell our story—from a naval officer named Bill Davis getting a taste for magazine publishing after writing an account of a kamikaze attack, to Read more…
The 75 Biggest Moments in Golf Digest History, Part III: 1981-1992
Nobody likes listening to a golfer go through his or her entire round shot by shot, but allow us some indulgence as we near the end of our 75th anniversary year. We were very selective. To choose the 75 moments that tell our story—from a naval officer named Bill Davis getting a taste for magazine publishing after writing an account of a kamikaze attack, to Read more…
The 25 best trees in golf
In the early 1990s, Oakmont Country Club—host of the 2025 U.S. Open, its 15th men’s or women’s major championship and revered as one of the nation’s greatest courses—as covered in trees. Each hole was shrouded in a cloak of timber and leaf, the views of other holes almost non-existent. The members, at least most of Read more…
Happy Gilmore 2 Putter Challenge | Brad vs Beef at the Swing Factory
In this fun and fast-paced episode of Australian Golf Digest TV, Brad Clifton and Aussie Beef Golf put the limited-edition Odyssey Happy Gilmore 2 Putter to the test in a 30-second putting challenge. Modelled after the hockey stick-style putter from the Happy Gilmore movie, this novelty club combines playful nostalgia with genuine performance, featuring a Read more…
The 11 chippiest moments in Ryder Cup history
The Ryder Cup exhibition is a celebration of the sport of golf, a shining example of team camaraderie in an individual game, and a testament to the integrity and honor of this most rarefied and elevated … Oh, who am I kidding? The Ryder Cup is a lowdown, bare-knuckle fight, and like any good fight, Read more…
Opinion: The recipe for better golf tournaments is deceptively simple
Why the ‘recipe’ of executing exceptional golf tournaments is deceptively simple.
British pro in hot water after video surfaces showing his ball moving in event 2 weeks ago
A British pro finds himself in hot water with the DP World Tour and his fellow players after incriminating video has surfaced showing he failed to replace a ball after it moved two weeks ago at the Nexo Championship at Trump International in Scotland.
Scottie Scheffler says he had ‘weird’ experience watching himself on the big screen
Ask him about “Happy Gilmore 2”, and the world No.1 will sheepishly talk about the experience.
Would you ever call a penalty on someone for teeing in front of the markers?
Golf is a game of inches. But is it a game of inches before you even swing? Technically, of course! When push comes to shove … maybe? This debate centers on teeing off and whether it’s worth calling someone out for teeing it up in front of the markers. It’s something we’ve all noticed from Read more…
PGA Tour optimistic about findings from pace of play study, expects 2026 to improve significantly
A recently completed trial using distance measuring devices and an ongoing study implementing a revised pace of play policy constitute the basis for an optimistic outlook that pace of play on the PGA Tour should improve in the 2026 season.
US Open 2025: How Bryson DeChambeau barely avoided an all-time boneheaded penalty
If you weren’t paying close attention, you probably missed what exactly happened to Bryson DeChambeau on the fourth hole at Oakmont during his opening round. Luckily for the two-time US Open champ, a nearby rules official didn’t.
U.S. Open 2025: It’s not all doom and gloom at Oakmont, depending on who you ask
OAKMONT, Pa. — When asked which golf course is the hardest he’s ever played, Dustin Johnson, who won the U.S. Open here at Oakmont in 2016, answered in his typical, succint manner. “Probably this one,” Johnson said. Johnson, who normally doesn’t have much to add, did add this—Oakmont Country Club is hard in every single Read more…
A New York golfer broke this crazy golf world record just days after a new mark was set
No US Open competitor will come close to spending as much time playing over four days than one New Yorker recently did. And he did it without taking a break.
U.S. Open 2025: Our idiot prognosticator takes the easy way out of a difficult week
What is the most difficult thing you’ve ever had to do? I’m not talking real human tragedy, although to hear some of the commentary from those plying their wares at brutish Oakmont during this week’s U.S. Open, one might think tour types had been beset by the biblical trials of Job. When they see a Read more…
