AUGUSTA, Ga. — Youth was served once more on Sunday with Augusta National hosting the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals. Each year, 80 girls and boys have the spotlight all to themselves as they make memories friends and sometimes a little history. Will one of the youngsters who competed this Sunday one day play Read more…
Merchandise is somewhere in the neighbourhood of a $US70 million ($101m) operation during Masters week, and while you can’t learn everything from my vantage inside the tent, you can learn a lot, and there’s plenty to tell.
The lasting image of his win is the aftermath. Danny Willett stands front and center, smiling, draped in the spoils of his victory, but the eye keeps drifting to who’s behind him, the man who just hours before was so far ahead of everyone else. This Masters was supposed to be Jordan Spieth’s coronation. A Read more…
Take a glance around the Internet, and you’ll find various rankings of best Masters tournaments, best Masters events, best Masters shots, etc. etc. All of them are strictly opinion-based, and while we here at Golf Digest value the noble opinion, we also say: Why resort to it when you’ve got the pistol of objective science Read more…
There’s a moment in every Masters. You know when you see it. It’s replayed in the closing montage and in highlights for years to come. It’s the turning point. The moment a player gets “one arm in the jacket.” It’s the moment fans will remember as the most important in their round. Perhaps, in their Read more…
After four years of lawsuits and a $50 million judgment, Jack Nicklaus has reclaimed control of the Nicklaus Companies, bringing the business back into family hands and closing one of golf’s most dramatic legal battles.
The golf novel is a rare breed. There are obviously a near-infinite number of historical deep dives, oral histories and unauthorized biographies of Tiger Woods. But the golf bookshelf shrinks dramatically when it comes to the world of fiction. Former ESPN writer/reporter and now full-time University of Tennessee professor Gene Wojciechowski knows this, which is Read more…
Whether there should be more to winning the PGA Tour’s flagship event – whether or not they are playing in a “major” championship – has been revived as a topic of debate, initiated by the tour and its tournament promotional campaign proclaiming “March is going to be Major”.
Whether the Players Championship is considered a major is irrelevant. The flagship event of the PGA Tour is a true bucket-list venture for every golf fan. From the most exciting three-hole finish in all of tournament golf to the most volatile cut line on tour, the Players never lets us down from a competitive and Read more…
Akshay Bhatia produced a stunning back-nine comeback at Bay Hill, erasing a five-shot deficit before defeating Daniel Berger in a playoff to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational and claim his third PGA Tour title.
ORLANDO — As he ambled down the first fairway at Bay Hill Club during Wednesday’s Arnold Palmer Invitational pro-am after launching one of his standard guided missiles, Chris Gotterup casually flipped a gold ball marker in the air. The shiny metal token sported the familiar logo of Augusta National Golf Club, one of the several Read more…
Have you watched Jon Rahm complain about the DP World Tour over the last few days, felt vaguely interested, but then subsequently overwhelmed by endless backstory? Do you have the first inklings of an opinion, but need some facts to back it up before you go public? Are you sitting at your computer or phone, Read more…
He’s turned 37, married with two kids, but Rickie Fowler retains plenty of flash. The hair and fashion choices remain topical, and the ageless face still recalls the California kid who grew up jumping dirt bikes and reaching high camp with “The Golf Boys.” Fowler’s enduring appeal rests in something more subtle: the self-possessed calm Read more…
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