Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. If you know me at all, it’s no secret that my favorite week of the year is the HGGA Championship, AKA Read more…
When Stephan Jaeger’s driver started acting up mid-round at US Open qualifying, officials ruled he couldn’t swap it, the damage wasn’t obvious enough. Here’s what actually counts as “damaged” under the Rules of Golf, and what you can and can’t do about it mid-round.
It can be incredibly frustrating to spend hours each week stretching, foam rolling and strength training with a focus on the big muscles of the hips and low back—and you still have tightness and soreness there. You begin to think, What’s the point? Golf Digest Certified Fitness Trainer Courtney Weber feels your pain, and says Read more…
The worst question you could ask a golfer when hoping to have a short conversation is, “How did you play?” The answer is always more information than you need, and it tends to feature two consistent elements: 1. It could have been better. 2. But there was this one shot. There is always at least Read more…
It’s bad enough you missed the fairway by 50 yards, but now your ball is up against one of the course’s boundaries. You might know that, under Rule 8.1a, you cannot move a boundary object such as an out-of-bounds stake (white) if it interferes with your next shot in some way. If you do, it’s Read more…
Chronic slicers often blame their swing path, but the real culprit is usually an open clubface. Tour coach Mark Blackburn shares the simple cue to fix it for good.
Wyndham Clark was standing in the right rough of the 18th hole on Sunday, needing a par to win the U.S. Open, when microphones captured his caddie David Pelekoudas offer his final instructions. They were the same two words Pelekoudas said on the tee minutes earlier, and the same words he said to Clark dozens Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — “Viktor Hovland is on the range right now.” My colleague Jamie Kennedy turned to me and said that, looking mildly confused and pleasently surpirsed. The U.S. Open’s range tracker was on his computer screen in the media center and it was lit up with rows of pink. Each row represents one shot, Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Days at the U.S. Open are long and brutal. “I’m tired,” said 36-hole leader, Wyndham Clark. “I’m going to really be looking forward to a nap.” What did Wyndham do next? Walked straight to the driving range. It made me wonder: What motivates players to head back to the driving range after Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — I stood aghast when I saw what was happening. Wyndham Clark, the 36-hole leader of the 2026 U.S. Open, dropped his ball onto the ground on the tee box on the first hole, then hit his shot—without teeing up his ball. Clark did it again on the 10th and 15th holes; both Read more…
Scottie Scheffler wasn’t happy with his approach play in round one at Shinnecock Hills and he went straight to the range to fix it. Here’s what he and coach Randy Smith were working on and why it could be the key to his US Open campaign.
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