It took just over a year, but what began as a definition of terms and followed with further input from the PGA of America, readers like you and lots of shoe-leather reporting from our editors, we’ve now picked four communities that we think represent the ideal of what golf should be. We dispatched Golf Digest Read more…
For golf course superintendents, late summer is one of the most stressful times of the year—both psychologically speaking and literally for the pressure the turf is under during intense heat and drought conditions. Those who care for our courses must walk the fine line between using enough water to keep the grass alive and healthy, Read more…
What are some less obvious things that we frequently do on the course that can have a negative impact on course conditions? We put that question to three golf course superintendents.
Welcome to Lie Detector, a Golf Digest+ series where we use an ultra-slow-motion camera to help you identify and properly execute shots from various lies. Different lies, whether they be in the fairway, rough or bunker, require different techniques, but first, you must get better at identifying the lie that you have. Have you ever Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO — Your eyes see the two U.S. Amateur finalists, Mason Howell and Jackson Herrington, quite differently. Howell is a long-armed 6-foot-4 18-year-old, while Herrington is country strong, his stalky build in part the result of his life on a farm in Dickson, Tenn. The ball doesn’t notice any difference, though, as both players Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO — This week in the U.S. Amateur, Niall Shiels Donegan is having the most fun he has ever had on the course. Well, of course he is. Playing in front of an energetic crowd of his closest friends and family just 30 minutes from his Mill Valley, Calif., home, Shiels Donegan won in Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO — The rankings say that there are 4,291 amateur golfers in the world who are better than Jimmy Abdo. Entering this week at The Olympic Club, there was little reason to disagree. Heck, less than four years ago, Abdo couldn’t even qualify for his Edina (Minn.) High School team’s traveling lineup. He had Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO — If Final Qualifying for the U.S. Open is annually dubbed “Golf’s Longest Day,” the U.S. Amateur (or any of the USGA’s amateur championships) can certainly be called Golf’s Longest Week. The players who advance all the way to Sunday’s championship match will have played nine competitive rounds in seven days at The Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO — What is your last thought before you hit the ball? “Nothing,” said Tennessee rising sophomore Jackson Herrington after his Round of 64 victory in the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club. A simple answer to a simple question, but don’t be mistaken—Herrington’s pre-shot quietness is the conscious result of a larger mental Read more…
Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest+ series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with golfers and robots. Sometimes definitive, other times less so, our findings aim to shed new light on topics that have consumed golfers for years. If you frequent a public driving range Read more…
If you spend time around tour players, you’ll notice that they often put a towel underneath their feet when practicing putting in one spot on the green. Why? You may not practice as much as a tour pro, but for the times you might want to work on your putting, we asked a golf course Read more…
Hitting the ball low is a skill all golfers need to excel in the wind, as a lower-flighted shot is less impacted by the wind. The issue is many players try to hit the ball low the wrong way.
Welcome to Lie Detector, a Golf Digest+ series where we use an ultra-slow-motion camera to help you properly identify and execute shots from various lies. Different lies, whether they be in the fairway, rough or bunker, require different techniques, but first, you must get better at identifying the lie that you have. Drawing a great Read more…
Welcome to Lie Detector, a Golf Digest+ series where we use an ultra-slow-motion camera to help you properly identify and execute shots from various lies. Different lies, whether they be in the fairway, rough or bunker, require different techniques, but first, you must get better at identifying the lie that you have. You hit a Read more…
Welcome to Lie Detector, a Golf Digest+ series where we use an ultra-slow-motion camera to help you identify and properly execute shots from various lies. Different lies, whether they be in the fairway, rough or bunker, require different techniques, but first, you must get better at identifying the lie that you have. There are many Read more…
Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest+ series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with golfers and robots. Sometimes definitive, other times less so, our findings aim to shed new light on topics that have consumed golfers for years. How much does long, thick rough affect Read more…
Of course, the U.S. Open is synonymous with long, thick, penalizing rough. But why? Does the USGA have a special tactic for growing especially brutal rough, or are they benefitting from the U.S. Open being held at an agronomically favorable time of year? Or is it both? To learn more about how the USGA is Read more…
Welcome to Lie Detector, a Golf Digest+ series where we use an ultra-slow-motion camera to help you identify and properly execute shots from various lies. Different lies, whether they be in the fairway, rough or bunker, require different techniques, but first, you must get better at identifying the lie that you have. The biggest challenge Read more…
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