To mark the 50th playing of the Players Championship, the founding of which in 1974 coincided with the dawn of what we might call golf’s modern era, we crunched some numbers. Our goal was singular: to rank the 50 best players of the past five decades by their best single season. Why, you say? Isn’t Read more…
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we wanted to take an in-depth look at the history of women’s golf and identify the moments that had the most consequence. To accomplish this, we polled several important stakeholders in the women’s game, from top-ranked teachers to the CEO of the USGA, major winners to award-winning journalists, asking Read more…
One unavoidable fact about a void: it affords opportunity. Someone is going to fill it. The only hope is that it’s someone cool or deserving. Or both. Say what you will about the strength of field, or lack thereof, at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, the outcome of year’s eighth PGA Tour event had a Read more…
The U.S. Open is returning to the sand hills of North Carolina, this summer with Pinehurst No. 2 hosting the 156-player field that will be competing in the 124th playing of the championship. The 2024 U.S. Open takes place at this USGA anchor site June 13-16, with all interest players required to sign up via Read more…
For every LIV golfer who has called for a direct pathway from the league into the four men’s major championships, there seems to be an equal number willing to travel to the corners of the globe in search of major-championship golf.
From our magazine’s founding in 1950 to our multiple-channel brand today, we’ve always celebrated the very best, from the astonishing feats of professionals to the altruistic acts of average golfers and vice versa. Golf is magical because the people who pay to play often do things that are just as compelling as the people who Read more…
This year, we launched the first edition of the Golf Digest Honors, which recognizes extraordinary on-course and off-course accomplishments. In weighing impressive feats by pros and amateurs alike, we’ve given honors for “Best Round,” “Best Putt,” “Best Par,” and many more. These honors are not simply reserved for tour pros; in fact, of our 10 Read more…
Like most golfers on the planet, Jake Knapp dreamed of one day playing the Pebble Beach Golf Links. He grew up in Southern California and competed in college at UCLA, but somehow never made it to the Monterey Peninsula to tour the likes of Pebble, Spyglass Hill and Spanish Bay. Finally, Knapp thought he was Read more…
With Ko on the doorstep of entering one of the most challenging Hall of Fames in all of sports, here are the 10 active players with at least 10 LPGA Hall of Fame points who have contended in recent years.
Arnold Palmer epitomized achievement and philanthropy in golf. “When you’ve reached the top, send the elevator back down for the others”—that’s the essence of the Arnie Award, given annually by Golf Digest in recognition of golfers who give back. This is the 12th-consecutive year we’ve celebrated the game’s benevolent spirit, partnering with the Arnold & Read more…
Australian Golf Digest
