Ahead of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, which demands golfers navigate their ball on and around the baked-out slopes, we’re launching a daily Ground Game series. A slate of daily articles to help you better understand how to use the ground to your advantage. When playing courses with undulating fairways, like Pinehurst No. 2, Read more…
The famous turtle-back greens at Pinehurst No. 2 are already generating some buzz. In a press conference during Monday’s practice round, 2023 U.S. Open Champion Wyndham Clark talked about the challenge they’ll present as the week continues. “Yeah, I mean, they are extremely fast. If they get any firmer and faster, the greens, I mean, Read more…
PINEHURST, N.C.—Pinehurst greens are scary. They’re firm, fast, and they slope severely in every direction, which makes the greens play smaller than they appear. Here’s an example of a scary Pinehurst green; the 5th hole, courtesy of StrackaLine: It’s why defending champion Wyndham Clark called them “borderline” four days before the tournament even starts. With Read more…
Ahead of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, which demands golfers navigate their ball on and around the baked-out slopes, we’re launching a daily Ground Game series. A slate of daily articles to help you better understand how to use the ground to your advantage. Pinehurst Golf Club is famously built on the sand hills Read more…
To hit a high, spinny greenside bunker shot, you need a fair amount of clubhead speed. However, the way you generate that speed is critical to being able to stop the ball close to the hole. Many golfers, based on past experiences with taking too much sand, use their bodies to try to create more Read more…
It is a tired phrase bordering on cliché to reference competitive golf as the “ultimate meritocracy,” yet the USGA’s 15 national championships so thoroughly deliver on this ideal that its truth is inescapable. Lower your Handicap Index under the required threshold, sign up for a qualifier and be among the top finishers, and you’ll secure Read more…
Recently, I’ve found my game trapped in an annoying cycle. I ended rounds feeling like I played well, but didn’t score well. It’s something most golfers can relate to. It wasn’t even that my rounds had one or two big blow-up holes. It’s more than if my rounds would have a few too many holes Read more…
What’s the purpose of a handicap in golf? It’s not to measure your scoring average—that’s a common misconception–it’s to level the playing field against your fellow golfers. That handicap exists is one of golf’s wonderful uniquenesses. Except in navigating the system, golfers often fall into one mistake. Myself included. And it’s something we explore in Read more…
Back in 2008, Golf Digest featured a list of teachers to watch that were under 40, in years following the list grew in popularity and size and morphed into Golf Digest’s top 40 under 40. As we expanded our search, we realized it was hard to contain the list to 40 as there are so Read more…
If you feel uncomfortable putting from off the green—maybe there’s too much distance to cover or it’s a steep climb up to the putting surface from a collection area—your best bet is the bump-and-run. Think of it as a low chip that lands short of the green but has enough momentum to propel the ball Read more…
Setting aside any annoying aspects of hearing music on a golf course, especially when it’s a genre of music you don’t like, you might be wondering if it’s ever in violation of the Rules of Golf to listen while playing a round.
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