MELBOURNE, Australia — The gallery cheered on the 15th tee at Royal Melbourne’s Composite course when Rory McIlroy put a long iron back in the bag and reached for the driver on the short but tricky par 4. The Crown Australian Open crowds had just witnessed a rare whiff from the Masters champion in some Read more…
CBS Sports is elevating former PGA Tour player Colt Knost into its booth for the network’s upcoming golf coverage. Knost, 40, has been working with the CBS golf team since 2019 as an on-course reporter, joining the network full-time in 2021. He is best known for winning the 2007 U.S. Amateur along with the 2007 Read more…
Golfpocalypse is a meandering collection of words about golf (professional and otherwise) that sometimes, but not always, has a point. Reach out with your questions or comments on absolutely anything at [email protected]. We’ll publish the best emails here. For me, there is almost nothing more fun in professional golf than obsessing over small details of Read more…
After getting the Thanksgiving break off (unless you wagered on the Skins Game), the PGA Tour returns to offer us one last shot at glory in 2025 with the Hero World Challenge. Tiger Woods is on site as host but won’t be teeing it up this year. And while the small field does leave a Read more…
A South African pro (and now PGA Tour winner), Aldrich Potgieter has quickly become one of the longest hitters in pro golf, not long after becoming the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history. Potgieter won the Rocket Classic back in June in a playoff, not long after losing in a playoff at the Mexico Open. He has Read more…
Last week, Paige Spiranac finally addressed the cheating allegations that had hounded her in the wake of the Internet Invitational. The OG golf influencer was at the center of the controversy during the YouTube event’s finale, bursting into tears when Francis Ellis raised concerns she had improved a lie midway through the round. In the Read more…
Scottie Scheffler will have yet another chance to make a bit of golf history this week, as he can become the first golfer to go back-to-back-to-back at the Hero World Challenge. After winning the previous two Bahamas events by a combined nine(!) strokes, Scheffler is the heavy favorite of the 20-player field to win the Read more…
Tiger Woods sightings are rare these days, making his annual appearance at his Hero World Challenge a de facto state-of-Tiger address. Historically, that means updates on his health and this year was no different, as the 15-time major winner didn’t seem remotely close to a competitive return from his latest surgery. Tuesday was also dominated Read more…
Competitive golf is not immediately on the horizon for Tiger Woods as he recovers slowly from October back surgery, bringing into question his prospects for the Masters next April or even his ability to compete in the next few months in the second season of TGL, the simulator golf league he helped found. Woods, who Read more…
I’m not a master criminal *wink wink*, but if I were, I probably wouldn’t walk down a busy street in a bright orange coat lugging stolen goods over my shoulder for the entire world to see. But that’s what a Scottish thief did this week when they made off with £3.5k worth of golf clubs—just Read more…
Australian Golf Digest
