One story that best encapsulates country club point-missing has circulated for years. The setting is an old, eastern golf club, with one of the best courses in the state. The club is notorious for its men-only policy. Forget about women joining as members or playing the golf course. Only a few days a year are Read more…
It’s like the PGA Tour never left! We’re back with the Fortinet Championship as a final event before the Ryder Cup in two weeks. Most sports bettors have moved onto football, but if you’re reading this column, you’re one of us—looking for a nice fall golf sweat for some extra bucks in the sportsbook account. Read more…
The Links at Spanish Bay opened in 1987, and it quickly garnered notoriety. It earned Golf Digest’s award for the Best New Course of 1988 and soon thereafter the course debuted on our ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Courses at No. 95 (1991-’92). The layout, designed by Robert Trent Jones. Jr., Tom Watson and former Read more…
Everyone knows where their good shots are going, but knowing where your bad shots will go is critical to scoring, especially when you’re not hitting the ball well.
Asked about the No.1 tip he would give amateur golfers hoping to one day make the leap to the pro ranks, Woods, without even looking from his putting stroke, delivered this NSFW Big Cat classic.
While a selection case could certainly be made for the inclusion of former Open champion Shane Lowry, the presence of the Irishman ahead of Poland’s Adrian Meronk was a shock for many observers.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The Tour Edge Exotics Wingman wedges, which constitutes the broadest line of short-game clubs in the company’s history, combine game-improvement features like a distinctive increase in offset and a larger, multi-friction face and grooves with game-enhancing features like a high-toe weight shift to control trajectory and spin, and three distinct Read more…
Tour Edge Exotics Wingman wedges (2023): The broadest line of short-game clubs in the company’s history, these combine game-improvement features like a distinctive increase in offset and a larger, multi-friction face and grooves with game-enhancing features like a high-toe weight shift to control trajectory and spin and three sole grinds to improve each player’s impact Read more…
He takes it as well as one can once the jig is up, but Richard Mansell may be taking a break from pro-ams for the foreseeable future, and for good reason.
Editor’s Note:Â In honor of National Golf Course Superintendents Day, Golf Digest is republishing this important piece from 2019 by Ron Whitten that chronicled the effects of the high-stress profession of greenskeeping. Whitten’s award-winning piece highlighted the pressures facing these men and women. Make sure to send your appreciation to the grounds crew at your golf Read more…
It’s been a little over a year since World Golf Hall of Fame player Tom Weiskopf passed away at age 79 (he’ll be inducted in 2024). If there was a golf design hall of fame, he’d be in that one too. The last course Weiskopf was actively involved in building is Black Desert Resort in Read more…
Predictably, the course plays a big part in Horschel’s enthusiasm for an event that has (under various sponsorships) been a permanent fixture at DP World Tour headquarters since 1984.
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