AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jack Nicklaus, the man with more green jackets in his closet than any golfer in history, often spoke of eliminating one side of the golf course. Bryson DeChambeau, the man who is now the betting favorite to slip on the green jacket this year after opening rounds of 69 and 67 put Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga.— Practicing and warming up are distinctly different things. And the data Augusta National is collecting from the practice area this week proves it. You see all sorts of interesting things during pre-tournament practice sessions, some of which we wrote about here. Players alternating technical work with more artful stuff. Different driver-wedge splits, and Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — How high do you tee your driver up? If you’re like many golfers, you don’t give it much thought, but it’s something many pros constantly tinker with to suit the unique demands of each hole. That’s especially true at Augusta National, which requires a variety of trajectories and shot shapes off the Read more…
Augusta, Ga.—It was all going so well for Rory McIlroy during his first round of the 2025 Masters—until it wasn’t. Two double bogeys three holes apart tumbled him down the leaderboard into territory that, if recent history is to be believed, has effectively ended his chances of winning a green jacket. It’s easy to be Read more…
It’s been something of a slog on the golf swing front for most of the past years for Hovland. Hovland’s been unflinchingly honest about the struggles in his own golf swing. Perhaps to his own detriment. “It probably would benefit me to shut my mouth a little bit more,” he said on Tuesday. “But I Read more…
Golf is not a game for fiery locker-room speeches, but imagine what it would look like if it was. Player gets riled up in the clubhouse, storms past the green jackets on his way to the first tee and then … what exactly? Lag putts the Masters field into submission? Motivation in golf is tricky. Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Every shot players hit on Augusta National’s pristine $140 million practice area is on record this week via a new feature in the Masters app. “I think it’s really, really cool,” Nicolai Hojgaard said, “You can follow every shot and also see the numbers and how players prepare.” That’s right, Nicolai, we can. It’s Read more…
Ahead of the 2025 Masters, the tournament announced some truly delightful news for golf nerds: That every shot every player hits on Augusta National’s driving range over the course of the week would be logged on the Masters app. And even though Monday’s practice round was largely a washout, there were still enough shots clocked Read more…
Golf Digest’s No. 1-ranked teacher Mark Blackburn came on the Golf IQ podcast recently and dropped some serious knowledge. Knowledge about what many golfers consider the ugliest part of their golf swing: Early Extension According to stats from the AI-driven Mustard Golf App (which you can download right here), about 17 percent of all golfers Read more…
The greens are how Augusta National confuses the best golfers in the game, pushing them outside their comfort zones. Almost every hole forces players to make a binary choice: Option A or Option B.
Lottie Woad is the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world. The 21-year-old, who attends Florida State University, knows what it takes to separate herself from the throngs of talented golfers across the globe. Her most notable win to date came in 2024, when she won the Augusta National Women’s Amatuer in stunning fashion—by birdieing Read more…
Your lead shoulder (the left shoulder for right-handed golfers) should move almost double the amount across as it does down between the setup and the top of the backswing.
In Don Wade’s profile on Amy Alcott from the May 1984 issue of Golf Digest—”Life is Just the Berries for Amy Alcott”—he tells the story of the unabashedly confident player who became just as good as she promised she’d be. She came out on tour as a rookie saying she expected to win and went Read more…
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