For the first time since 2016, U.S. Open returns to Oakmont Country Club, one of the most iconic and historic championship venues in the game. In 2016, Dustin Johnson triumphed over Jim Furyk, Scott Piercy and Shane Lowry at four-under par, and in the nine U.S. Opens that Oakmont has hosted, the winning score has Read more…
Following his career-defining career grand slam victory at the Masters in April, the narrative surrounding Rory McIlroy was that his major floodgates had now re-opened. It has taken less than two months for that narrative to shift to … is Rory ever going to win again? OK, OK, that seems a bit harsh (he did Read more…
The 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club promises to be a brutal test of golf. Narrow fairways, thick rough and lightning-fast greens await the field. To win your U.S. Open pool, you need players who thrive under pressure and fit Oakmont’s demanding setup. This article highlights five golfers who I believe can boost your chances: Read more…
This is a first for our Golf Digest betting panel—which has been making picks on PGA Tour events since gambling was legalized in 2018. We’ve had consensus bets to win with three or more of our experts picking the same player to win. We’ve also had consensus fades of players that we’ve predicted would not Read more…
After a down week for Scottie Scheffler, the books have adjusted in a massive way. Just kidding. Coming off yet another top five at Colonial, Scheffler is still an enormous favorite at +280 to win the Memorial Tournament. Scheffler is the defending champion at Jack’s Place, and he seems primed to become the first player Read more…
After a thrilling week in Texas, the PGA Tour heads north to Dublin, Ohio for the Memorial Tournament, one of the longest-standing events on the schedule. The tournament will be hosted once again at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Jack Nicklaus’ ode to Augusta National, which also plays as one of the most challenging golf courses Read more…
And just like that, we’re (kind of) halfway to the calendar Grand Slam. OK, so it’s not that impressive to pick winners when the top two players in the Official World Golf Ranking win the first two majors of the year, but we at the “Best Bets” department did have Rory McIlroy No. 1 entering Read more…
Welp, Scottie Scheffler hasn’t withdrawn from the Charles Schwab Challenge yet and there’s no reason to indicate he might. So we might as well just pack it in now, nobody else is winning. Or, we can dream. We can dream that Scheffler expended so much mental and physical energy last week at Quail Hollow that Read more…
There’s nothing quite like getting to see some of the best players in the world tackle a brand new course on the PGA Tour, especially when the course is designed by a legendary architect like A.W. Tillinghast. That’s the fortunate situation we find ourselves in this week with the Truist Championship at Philly Cricket Club. Read more…
After a dominating performance from Scottie Scheffler at TPC Craig Ranch, the PGA Tour heads to the northeast for the Truist Championship. In previous years, Quail Hollow hosted this event, but with Charlotte hosting the PGA Championship next week, Philadelphia Cricket Club will be subbing in for this rare occasion. The A.W. Tillinghast design is Read more…
This week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson does not boast what we’d describe as a strong field, especially coming on the heels of the Masters, the RBC Heritage and yes, even the Zurich, where recent career grand slam winner Rory McIlroy graced New Orleans with his presence. That said, we will see the Texas duo of Read more…
After the lone team event on the schedule, the PGA Tour returns to a full-field stroke play event at the CJ Cup presented by Byron Nelson. For the fifth consecutive year, the tournament will be hosted at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, which was designed by Tom Weiskopf in 2004. Over the past four Read more…
Rory McIlroy made golf history with his long-awaited first Masters win, becoming only the sixth male to complete the career Grand Slam. And now the question is whether he can pull off the calendar Grand Slam—especially considering where the 2025 PGA Championship is being contested. RELATED: Why Rory gave Bryson the silent treatment on Masters Read more…
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