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Inside The World Of Professional Golf Volunteering
Australian Golf Digest ventured inside the ropes and discovered why volunteers are the real tournament heroes.
Undercover Pro: When Players Sack Caddies
GOLF’S Mr X dishes the dirt on what it’s like when a tour player and a caddie part ways, and it can get ugly.
Zurich Classic DFS picks 2024: Why Will Zalatoris and Sahith Theegala will have a big week
The PGA Tour heads to New Orleans for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the lone team event on the PGA Tour. There is certainly a bit of a different vibe this week for this uniquely singular tournament, yet still an opportunity for DFS golf players to turn a profit. In terms of the format, Read more…
Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2024 Chevron Championship
There’s a broken record being played at LPGA Tour majors of late, but one that’s creating beautiful music to those competing in the events. As tour executives emphasize the goal of increasing the prize money payouts for each event, they’re making good on the promise. In 2023, all five of the tour’s biggest individual events Read more…
Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2024 RBC Heritage
There’s something different about the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C., primarily because there’s something different about the golf course compared to other venues that host PGA Tour events. It’s easily distinguishable as a Pete Dye design, with the railroad ties and the visual deception that comes into play off Read more…
Trio tapped to handle 2024 Olympic women’s golf broadcast from Paris
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — With less than 100 days until the first round of Olympic golf is played in Paris, the first three Olympic golf broadcasters have been selected. An NBC spokesperson confirmed to Golf Digest that Karen Stupples, Morgan Pressel and Tom Abbott will broadcast women’s golf for NBC Sports in August. Stupples and Read more…
What do disappointing Masters final-round TV ratings actually mean?
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — It has become a pressing, even annoying question: What do we make of the 20 percent decline year-over-year in CBS’ final-round ratings for the 2024 Masters? Sports Business Journal reported on Tuesday that the network drew 9.58 million viewers on Sunday. It was the lowest viewership since Hideki Matsuyama’s 2021 win Read more…
What Zach Johnson got wrong on reality TV
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Undercover Pro newsletter. Sign up here to become a Golf Digest+ member to receive it regularly. Here a former Ryder Cupper speaks with Contributing Editor Dave Shedloski. I’ve been a member of multiple U.S. Ryder Cup teams, both winning and losing. The other day I watched season Read more…
Masters 2024: The 13 most hilarious things we overheard in the gallery on Thursday at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. — As a colleague earlier this week put it, every time you come to Augusta National you have to approach it like it might be your last. Enjoy yourself and appreciate the experience. That seems to be how patrons approached Thursday at Augusta National. Wet weather in the early morning cleared way for Read more…
This practice session may explain Scottie Scheffler’s dominance – what you can learn
We’re revisiting this range session to uncover what we can learn from how Scheffler practises. We can study his golf swing all we want, but that swing was created here, on the range, with hours of practice alongside swing coach Randy Smith.
Is golf vulnerable to a gambling scandal?
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The Undercover Newsletter, where we grant anonymity to people in golf who’ve got something to say. Here a current PGA Tour player is interviewed by Senior Writer Joel Beall. As legalized sports gambling began to become prevalent, my former instructor asked me if I was worried it was Read more…
Full Swing Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Scenes from the Roman Massacre
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…
How much better are golfers today vs. 40 years ago? Not as much as you might think
At the center of the golf ball rollback expected for all golfers by the end of the decade is the belief that the best players are getting too good. More precisely, they are hitting the ball too far, causing courses to play too short and shot-making to be less of a priority. But really, the Read more…
Inside a Rickie Fowler-Butch Harmon practice session: A minute-by-minute guide
Rickie Fowler and Butch Harmon have had a long, successful career together. After a brief interlude, the pair re-joined forces last year, and the move catapulted Fowler back into the winners circle for the first time since 2019. In honor of longtime No. 1-ranked teacher Butch Harman being inducted onto Golf Digest’s Legends of Golf Read more…
Arnie Award winner Rory McIlroy carries a special burden Palmer knew all too well
The greatest golfers have always given back. Automatically through the permanence of their records. Proactively by sharing their stories and accumulated wisdom. Munificently through philanthropy that leaves the game and the world better. Historically, no group in golf has had more to give, or given more, than the players in its pantheon, from Harry Vardon Read more…
The American Express DFS picks 2024: Why I’m fading Scottie Scheffler again
The PGA Tour heads to the desert this week for the American Express, the first stop on the West Coast swing. This event has a storied history, as it was previously a five-round celebrity pro-am invitational hosted by Bob Hope, before switching to a more traditional 72-hole format with a 54-hole cut over three courses. Read more…
ZOZO Championship DFS picks 2023: I’m buying the Keegan Bradley snub angle
The PGA Tour continues its unique fall schedule as it heads to Japan for the ZOZO Championship, which is a no-cut event with only 78 golfers. TOUR heads to Japan for this week’s ZOZO Championship. The host course, Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, features a very different layout with five par 3s, five short par Read more…
The Retirement Issue: Marriage Of Convenience
Several proactive capital-city golf clubs are considering residential developments to secure their long-term future as well as modernise facilities. However, the urban fringe and regional Australia remains the future for ‘greenfield’ golf communities.
