Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest+ series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with golfers and robots. Sometimes definitive, other times less so, our findings aim to shed new light on topics that have consumed golfers for years. If you want to play better golf, Read more…
Our MythBusters series was introduced to answer common-golfer questions: Does a higher tee really make the ball go farther? Do range balls really perform worse? Do layers of clothing affect swing speed and accuracy? For many of these questions, we’ve sought answers through tests with real golfers. Those results have admittedly fallen short of definitive, Read more…
Team competitions are covered under Rule 24 – and they’re a big thing in the competitive golf landscape with the Ryder and Walker Cups coming up later in the year, not to mention all the pennant matches staged across the country. If you’re involved in one of these events, there are a few important things to remember about “helping” other members of your squad during a big match.
It’s called The Grid, a ball-striking challenge that has amassed more than two million views on Golf Digest’s YouTube Channel. The task for The Grid’s competitors—which have included Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler—is to hit a ball into a 10-yard target area on command using whatever club they wish. The goal is to Read more…
Golf, for a lot of us, is our primary form of exercise. Our way of getting some steps in, getting our heart pumping and our muscles moving. And just as there are ways to get better at the game of golf, new technologies are emerging to help golfers improve their health along the way. To Read more…
Golf Games Explained is exactly what it sounds like. You want to mix it up and try something new for once? Well, someone has to do the thankless work of playing different golf formats and telling you if it’s worth it. You can thank me later. It is officially golf season basically everywhere right now, Read more…
Abdomen muscles such as the rectus and transverse abdominus are hugely responsible for keeping the body stable when you perform any athletic activity, that includes swinging a golf club 90 miles per hour or faster. Without those muscles firing, you’d have a heckuva time swinging in balance much less trying to get the clubhead squarely Read more…
There is no catch-all, perfect exercise for golfers, but there are several that have wide-ranging benefits to improve performance on the course and help ward off injuries. One such exercise you might consider for your workout right now—if you haven’t already—is the Romanian deadlift. Commonly known as RDLs, think of them as a reverse action Read more…
You’ve hit your ball into the rough, fescue, gorse, anywhere but the fairway and are anxious to go see just where it wound up. Can’t blame you; there’s only three minutes of search time before the ball is considered lost (Rule 18.2). That said, some golfers don’t even bother to look, presuming they’ll be better Read more…
Rory McIlroy completed the Grand Slam and answered a decade’s worth of questions, but it was a volatile trip around Augusta National on Sunday afternoon. In his post-round press conference, he was quick to admit: “I didn’t make it easy today. I certainly didn’t make it easy.” Two doubles, three bogeys, six birdies, a playoff. Read more…
The 2025 Masters was a war between Rory McIlroy and himself. On every possible level. A mental level. An emotional level. And at various points during the final round, a strategic level. “My battle today was with myself,” he said. “It wasn’t with anyone else.” Rory, in many ways, is simply too smart for his Read more…
Rory McIlroy was off to an inauspicious start in the final round of the 2025 Masters. He began Sunday with a two-shot lead over Bryson DeChambeau, shouldering the expectation and hope of completing the career Grand Slam. This is his 11th attempt. Those cheering for him couldn’t help but feel a twinge of fear that Read more…
The practice area before the final group plays its final round is a kind of strategy hotbed. Gamesmanship abounds. Who arrives on the tee first? Who walks in front of whom? And by how much? We saw Jon Rahm put on a gamesmanship masterclass a few years ago, and he ended up winning. Is it Read more…
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