Jack Nicklaus said what many were thinking after Rory McIlroy won the Masters: “It will take the world off his shoulders and you’re now going to see a lot more of really good golf out of Rory McIlroy,” Nicklaus said during the CBS broadcast. After 11 years of trying to complete the Grand Slam, McIlroy Read more…
Last year at Royal Troon, after the speeches were done and the crowds were gone, my dad and I finally had a moment to reflect and enjoy it all. I remember, he was scanning the names on the claret jug, then looked up at me and said, “You still suck.” We had a good laugh Read more…
Not all golf scores are created equally. That’s why, in 2020, the United States Golf Association adopted a handicap rule called Playing Condition Calculation (PCC). Depending on how golfers perform on a certain day, a PCC adjustment range of -1 to +3 can be applied. A negative adjustment to your score means the course played Read more…
Every new piece of technology reveals something new and interesting about the golf swing. When it comes to grip pressure—meaning, how hard you should squeeze the grip while you swing—we started with word of mouth. Sam Snead’s famous ‘hold the club like a baby bird’ quote, and Tiger Woods talking about the time he used Read more…
Welcome to Lie Detector, a Golf Digest+ series where we use an ultra-slow-motion camera to help you properly identify and execute shots from various lies. Different lies, whether they be in the fairway, rough or bunker, require different techniques, but first, you must get better at identifying the lie that you have. Drawing a great Read more…
It’s too hot to think of a creative lede for this story. Although a mere 94 degrees, it feels like 100 (at least on the East Coast), and the temperatures in this heat wave are only going up for the rest of the day. It’s too warm to think, let alone play 18 holes. But Read more…
The bogeys and double bogeys at the U.S. Open earlier this month were usually attributed to the same factors: Oakmont’s dense rough and slick greens, plus a little bit of major championship pressure. No one thought to consider if the golfer might have had a lame breakfast. It would be a stretch to say the Read more…
You probably know that if a ball is on you line of putt, you can not only ask the owner to mark the ball, you also can have the marker moved off your line. It happens all the time. The last thing you want is a poker chip deflecting your ball away from the only Read more…
Welcome to Lie Detector, a Golf Digest+ series where we use an ultra-slow-motion camera to help you identify and properly execute shots from various lies. Different lies, whether they be in the fairway, rough or bunker, require different techniques, but first, you must get better at identifying the lie that you have. There are many Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — Viktor Hovland followed a long, grueling U.S. Open round on one of the world’s most difficult golf courses with a high-intensity range session. While most of his peers were at home on the sofa, Hovland was slamming drives into the darkening sky. Hovland’s game over the past year or so has been Read more…
It just showed a clever bit of awareness and foresight. In the heat of the pressure and the pouring rain, Burns stopped himself from making a potentially very costly error.
OAKMONT, Pa. — If you’ve watched any of the U.S. Open so far, you’ve seen the contender Sam Burns. And if you’ve seen the contender Sam Burns, you’ve seen him do his pre-swing rehearsal move. It’s pretty simple: Seconds before he hits his shot, Burns simply lifts the club into his takeaway position, looks at Read more…
OAKMONT, Penn. — Greatness recognizes greatness, and on Saturday ahead of the third round at the 2025 U.S. Open, we got a masterclass from two legendary Oakmont champions: Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller. After sharing some advice to the field about what it will take to win at Oakmont—”patience,” Nicklaus said—they shifted their attention to Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — Oakmont is difficult enough without luck working against you, but the only way to avoid bad luck at a U.S. Open is to not hit anything resembling a below-average shot. Hovland got the bad side of that draw—but there’s a lot the rest of us can learn from how he responded. Here’s Read more…
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