One story that best encapsulates country club point-missing has circulated for years. The setting is an old, eastern golf club, with one of the best courses in the state. The club is notorious for its men-only policy. Forget about women joining as members or playing the golf course. Only a few days a year are Read more…
The Links at Spanish Bay opened in 1987, and it quickly garnered notoriety. It earned Golf Digest’s award for the Best New Course of 1988 and soon thereafter the course debuted on our ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Courses at No. 95 (1991-’92). The layout, designed by Robert Trent Jones. Jr., Tom Watson and former Read more…
The USGA announced on Tuesday that longtime college coach Chris Zambri has been named the first head coach of the U.S. National Development Program. The USGA said Zambri, who begins the job on Nov. 1, will lead the overall direction of the National Team program while also guiding elite golfers selected to represent themselves and Read more…
Everyone knows where their good shots are going, but knowing where your bad shots will go is critical to scoring, especially when you’re not hitting the ball well.
The shortest offseason in sports has concluded, and the PGA Tour kicks off its fall schedule in Napa, Calif., for the Fortinet Championship. The fields in the fall will look a bit different with the new schedule and ranking system, but Max Homa returns to defend his crown after winning this event each of the Read more…
Brian Mullin stiffed a short iron onto the digital version of the 12th green at Whistling Straits, and the intensely quiet gallery suddenly erupted with applause and high-fives. With that shot, the Havertown, Pennsylvania, golf instructor captured the Ryder Cup Sim Series powered by aboutGOLF and its grand prize, a trip for two to the Read more…
Ken Bakst, the founder and developer of Friar’s Head on Long Island, crouches into the driver’s seat of a two-man Gator utility vehicle and cranks the engine. We’re off to explore what will become The Ranch, his soon-to-be 36-hole golf club in Martin County, Florida. We drive for half a mile across barren pastureland and Read more…
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The Tour Edge Exotics Wingman wedges, which constitutes the broadest line of short-game clubs in the company’s history, combine game-improvement features like a distinctive increase in offset and a larger, multi-friction face and grooves with game-enhancing features like a high-toe weight shift to control trajectory and spin, and three distinct Read more…
Tour Edge Exotics Wingman wedges (2023): The broadest line of short-game clubs in the company’s history, these combine game-improvement features like a distinctive increase in offset and a larger, multi-friction face and grooves with game-enhancing features like a high-toe weight shift to control trajectory and spin and three sole grinds to improve each player’s impact Read more…
He takes it as well as one can once the jig is up, but Richard Mansell may be taking a break from pro-ams for the foreseeable future, and for good reason.
Australian Golf Digest
