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Debate

August 29th, 2025

Golf Debate Answered: Can you count something as a career-low score if you’re playing from a forward tee?

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June 29th, 2025

What’s more impressive: A tour pro with five top-10s in a season but no wins or one win and no other top-10s?

One ‘lucky’ win or Tommy Fleetwood’s career on the PGA Tour? That’s the question.

keegan-bradley-is-an-ingenious-pick-for-us-ryder-cup-captain,-or-a-rash-act-of-desperation.-we-debate

July 9th, 2024

Keegan Bradley is an ingenious pick for US Ryder Cup captain, or a rash act of desperation. We debate

What do we make of the surprise announcement? Golf Digest writers Joel Beall (thumbs up) and Shane Ryan (thumbs down) give their opinions on Bradley’s captaincy.

bryson-dechambeau-offers-to-host-donald-trump-joe-biden-match-after-presidential-debate-turns-to…-golf-handicaps?

June 28th, 2024

Bryson DeChambeau offers to host Donald Trump–Joe Biden match after US presidential debate turns to golf handicaps

The most-heated part of yesterday’s debate between current president Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump may have revolved around the golf games of the two candidates.

brandel-chamblee-reignited-this-old-tiger-woods-sam-snead-debate-(and,-of-course,-he’s-right)

April 30th, 2024

Brandel Chamblee reignited this old Tiger Woods–Sam Snead debate (and, of course, he’s right)

How did we get to opening up an old Woods debate from what happened at the Zurich Classic?

golfer-destroys-club-on-range-(again),-gets-in-online-argument-about-whether-or-not-it-was-his-fault

October 14th, 2023

Golfer destroys club on range (again), gets in online argument about whether or not it was his fault

should-brooks-koepka-make-the-us.-ryder-cup-team?-a-ryder-cup-junkie-debates-himself

May 23rd, 2023

Should Brooks Koepka make the US Ryder Cup team? A Ryder Cup junkie debates himself

In a Ryder Cup year, it’s never too early to ask the big questions about what’s coming in the northern autumn. And this year, after Brooks Koepka’s win at the PGA Championship, we have a really big question: should he make the US Ryder Cup team?

phil-mickelson,-colt-knost-get-into-liv-golf-twitter-debate-that-ends-rather-awkwardly

May 2nd, 2023

Phil Mickelson, Colt Knost get into LIV Golf Twitter debate that ends rather awkwardly

The debate over whether LIV Golf events should receive Official World Golf Ranking Points has been raging on Golf Twitter for about a year now, so why do we care about the latest installment on Monday? Because it involved Phil Mickelson and Colt Knost.

May 20th, 2020

OPINION: Should professional golfers be allowed to wear shorts?

In our latest installment of the “Great Golf Debates” writers Mike Johnson and Daniel Rapaport tackle the pressing question: Should professional golfers be allowed to wear shorts?

April 30th, 2020

Nick Faldo suggests “banning tees” as a way to reduce distance on tour

Golf’s distance debate continues to be one of the hottest topics in our game.

FIGHTING WORDS: Breaking down the 7 most disputed terms in golf

Which was the better Masters: 1986 or 2019?

Heated golf debate: Is it a bigger deal to break 80 or get down to a single-digit handicap?

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1Trace Crowe-13162
2Kevin Yu-12F2
T3Brian Harman-11F2
T3Kristoffer Ventura-11F2
T5Jordan Smith-10F2
T5Erik van Rooyen-10F2
T5Sami Valimaki-10F2
T5Neal Shipley-1016*2
T9Zach Bauchou-9F2
T9Max Greyserman-9F2
T9Ben Kohles-9F2
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T9Rafael Campos-9F2
T9Blades Brown-9F2
T9Jeffrey Kang-9152
T9Miles Russell-915*2
T17Tommy Morrison-8F2
T17Chad Ramey-8F2
T17Mac Meissner-8F2
T17John VanDerLaan-8152
T17Zecheng Dou-814*2
T22Max McGreevy-7F2
T22Mark Hubbard-7F2
T22Rasmus Højgaard-7F2
T22Aaron Wise-7F2
T22Haotong Li-7152
T22Christiaan Maas-715*2
T28Austin Smotherman-6F2
T28Ben Martin-6F2
T28A.J. Ewart-6F2
T28Gordon Sargent-6F2
T28Nicholas Lindheim-6F2
T28Hayden Springer-6F2
T28Vince Whaley-6F2
T28Zac Blair-6F2
T28Jesper Svensson-6162
T28Marcelo Rozo-6162
T28Chandler Blanchet-6152
T39David Lipsky-5F2
T39Justin Lower-5F2
T39Pi Coody-5F2
T39Sam Stevens-5F2
T39Marco Penge-5F2
T39Davis Chatfield-5F2
T39Will Gordon-5F2
T39Isaiah Salinda-5F2
T39Chandler Phillips-5F2
T39Brendon Todd-5F2
T39Brice Garnett-5F2
T39Lee Hodges-5F2
T39Kevin Streelman-5F2
T39Doug Ghim-5F2
T39Emiliano Grillo-5F2
T39Sudarshan Yellamaraju-5F2
T55Dylan Wu-4F2
T55Patton Kizzire-4F2
T55Austin Eckroat-4F2
T55Joel Dahmen-4F2
T55Matt McCarty-4F2
T55William Mouw-4F2
T55Johnny Keefer-4F2
T55John Parry-4F2
T55Tyler Duncan-4F2
T55Max Homa-4F2
T55Billy Horschel-4F2
T55Hank Lebioda-417*2
T55Emilio Gonzalez-4142
T68Christiaan Bezuidenhout-3F2
T68Adam Svensson-3F2
T68Peter Malnati-3F2
T68Ricky Castillo-3F2
T68Cole Sherwood-3F2
T68Rikuya Hoshino-3F2
T68Paul Peterson-3F2
T68Andrew Putnam-3F2
T68Davis Thompson-3F2
T68Patrick Fishburn-315*2
T68Alejandro Tosti-3152
T79Taylor Pendrith-2F2
T79Rico Hoey-2F2
T79David Ford-2F2
T79Adam Schenk-2F2
T79Mackenzie Hughes-2F2
T79Luke Clanton-2F2
T85Nick Dunlap-1F2
T85Jackson Suber-1F2
T85Daniel Berger-1F2
T85Stephan Jaeger-1F2
T85Taylor Moore-1F2
T90Patrick RodgersEF2
T90Nick TaylorEF2
T90Jackson KoivunEF2
T90Eric ColeEF2
T90Jimmy StangerEF2
T90Kensei HirataEF2
T90Thomas RosenmuellerEF2
T90Nick HardyEF2
T90Matthieu PavonEF2
T90Joe HighsmithEF2
T100Danny Walker+1F2
T100Kevin Roy+1F2
T100William Sides+1F2
T100Takumi Kanaya+1F2
T100Andrew Novak+1F2
T100Lucas Glover+1F2
T100Alvaro Ortiz+1F2
T107Matt Kuchar+2F2
T107Chris Kirk+2F2
T109David Skinns+3F2
T109Adrien Dumont de Chassart+3F2
T111Frankie Harris+4F2
T111Pontus Nyholm+4F2
T111Cam Davis+4F2
T111Davis Riley+4F2
T111Adrien Saddier+415*2
116Michael Thompson+8F2
117Casey Russell+24F2
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