The question nobody is asking about the ‘reinstated amateur’ debate

If you missed it, last week’s Golf Debate du jour revolved around former professional golfers looking to regain their amateur status. Mainly, the focus was on Colt Knost, whose bid for reinstatement into the amateur ranks was denied by the USGA, which said it was re-evaluating its reinstatement guidelines. This was cause for celebration for Read more…

This golf course’s hole-in-one gift is tough to top

The debate over who should buy hole-in-one drinks rages on, but at one golf course, it’s the lucky player who gets a drink. And an expensive one at that. We take you to Ardfin on the Isle of Jura in Scotland, where they give out special inscribed bottles of Jura whisky to those who make Read more…

U.S. Open 2026: Fans tee off on Brooks Koepka’s bacon / barbershop / Seinfeld shirt on Thursday at Shinnecock

It wouldn’t be a major without some sartorial controversy. Golf’s apparel outfitters save their best and brightest looks for the year’s biggest tournaments, and there’s always handful that miss the mark in humorous ways. On Thursday at Shinnecock, that ignominious honor went to Brooks Koepka, whose Nike shirt tickled golf fans pink throughout the opening Read more…