Start at Gare du Nord, the bustling train station just north of the center of Paris. Take the “H” train three stops—about 15 minutes—and hang a quick right. Strutting down Rue Charles de Gaulle, give yourself 10 more minutes. Once you reach the Casino supermarket, in the center of Deuil-la-Barre, you know you’ve made it. Read more…
Major golf developments are nothing new for Pinehurst, but the announcement that its brand-new #10 course will open in April 2024 is one of the most impressive in modern times. The Tom Doak design will be the North Carolina resort’s first original new 18-hole opening since #8 opened in 1996. Pinehurst’s goal was to have Read more…
During the 2023 Irish Open Pro-Am at the K Club, Gaelic football star David Clifford attempted a similar shot to this famed one struck by Rory McIlroy on his way to winning the title in 2016.
Karsten Solheim, the founder of Ping and the inventor of some of the most iconic golf clubs in the game’s history including the Anser putter and the perimeter-weighted Eye2 irons, has been named to the National Sporting Goods Association’s Hall of Fame. Solheim, whose son John A. followed in his footsteps and grandson John K. Read more…
The United States Senate will host another public hearing regarding the PGA Tour’s proposed deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The meeting, announced Wednesday and scheduled for Sept. 13, comes after PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan’s repeated evasions to testify before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The hearing is expected to focus on PIF’s Read more…
Wesley Hitt Nick Saban loves golf almost as much as he loves making the Auburn student section cry. Over the years we’ve retold countless Saban golf stories, like getting police escorts to tee times, scheduling a hip surgery around 18 holes and even purchasing a home down the street from Tiger Woods. Seven national championships Read more…
The golf world hasn’t seen much from Tiger Woods as he works his way back from his ankle surgery in April, but Rory McIlroy has still heard plenty from the 15-time major champ during that time. The friends and business partners have grown closer in recent years, but Rory revealed some interesting details in an Read more…
Novak Djokovic is in the midst of a campaign for yet another Grand Slam title—this would be his 24th to be exact—but later this month, the tennis star will swap the racket for clubs as part of an international Ryder Cup celebrity competition. On Wednesday, September 27, a who’s who of golf celebs will make Read more…
Yes, that was Collin Morikawa pushing a shopping cart piled up with rolls of yarn at Hobby Lobby the other day. No, it’s not because he finished last place in his fantasy football league. Instead, Morikawa was just being a dutiful husband helping his wife run some errands as Kat shared on Instagram. Aww. However, Read more…
On Wednesday at the Irish Horizon Open, Padraig Harrington tee’d it up with his two dogs instead, walking the fairways of The K Club with his pair of Bernese Mountain Dogs bounding alongside him. Fire up those feel-good engines and give it a watch.
Almost a year ago, one of Golf Digest’s most-watched videos hit YouTube, featuring Joel Dahmen and our boss, Sam Weinman, swapping drives to see what an extremely average player would shoot from where a tour player hits it off the tee. Dahmen is not exactly Ludvig Aberg-long, but he does still move it nearly 300 Read more…
A gravel parking lot, wedged between a Gaelic football pitch and a strip of farmland beside the ocean on Ireland’s rugged west coast, could hardly be considered “off the beaten track.” This isn’t hitchhiking along the Hippie Trail. But considering most golfers visiting Ireland stay in Dublin or stick to legacy courses like Royal County Read more…