How different is tournament golf? These are the 7 mistakes I made

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. Ben Hogan famously said, “Golf and tournament golf are about as different as tennis and ice hockey.” And after playing in Read more…

What does it mean to be a scratch golfer? Probably not what you think

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. The moment I set my sights on becoming a scratch golfer, I had to first clarify what that precisely means. This Read more…

How to limit your “I’m such an idiot” moments

If there is a golf stat I’m uniquely qualified to speak to, it’s one I’ve made up called “I’m such an idiot”s (ISAIs). I am good for about three or four of these every round, sometimes even more, and if you analyzed them closely, you’d notice a consistent element of avoidability. Because lSAIs are not Read more…