Category: Golf

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Scottie Scheffler is taking all of the fun out of golf betting! That’s a common refrain I’ve heard the past few months. That’s not true. Sure, Scheffler is great, and his outright numbers around 4-1 to win against 68 other signature golfers are not bettable for sharper golf bettors. My PGA...

Reigning Australian PGA champion Min Woo Lee has locked in the defence of his title at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane from November 21-24. One of the emerging stars in world golf whose style of play and charisma on and off the course has attracted a vast global fan base, Lee will have his...

Australia will have its strongest representation in tournament history with nine Aussies to tee it up at the Chevron Championship in Texas starting tonight (Australian time). Led by major champions Minjee Lee and Hannah Green, the nine Aussies in the field betters the previous mark by two, achieved in 2003, 2004 and 2019. Six Aussies...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — It has become a pressing, even annoying question: What do we make of the 20 percent decline year-over-year in CBS’ final-round ratings for the 2024 Masters? Sports Business Journal reported on Tuesday that the network drew 9.58 million viewers on Sunday. It was the lowest viewership since Hideki Matsuyama’s 2021 win...

Reigning champion and Paris Olympics hopeful Min Woo Lee will return to Royal Queensland in November to defend his Australian PGA title. Lee will be a part of a strong Australian PGA field that could also attract a host of LIV players following comments made last week by Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley....

No. 12 at Augusta National gets a lot of credit for creating drama and dashing dreams at the Masters. But on Sunday of the 2024 Masters, it was No. 11 that saw two crucial shots end up in the water. Both Collin Morikawa and Ludvig Aberg were in the fairway off the tee, but saw...

One of the classic features of Augusta National, and hundreds of other courses across the Southeastern United States, is pine straw. Those long thing pine needles cover large swaths of ground bordering fairways and often come into play on wayward shots. If you want to know how to hit off of this surface, Eric Alpenfels,...

Malbon Golf has nearly perfected the art of collaborations. The buzz-worthy brand has teamed up with brands across golf, fashion, and even with beverage companies like Budweiser and Coca-Cola. Each collab pushes the boundaries of what golf fashion can be and expands offerings for golfers to express their personality both on and off the course....

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — In South Korea, the generation has been called “Seri Pak’s Kids,” because it’s a group of young women who became inspired by the golf star’s ascendance with her watershed 1998 U.S. Women’s Open victory. In the decade that followed, huge amounts of girls took up the game, and the repercussions would...

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Undercover Pro newsletter. Sign up here to become a Golf Digest+ member to receive it regularly. Here a former Ryder Cupper speaks with Contributing Editor Dave Shedloski. I’ve been a member of multiple U.S. Ryder Cup teams, both winning and losing. The other day I watched season...

Two days after the conclusion of another splendid Masters, some not-so-splendid news involving a former Augusta National Golf Club worker emerged. The Chicago Tribune reported an ex-employee was charged in federal court in Chicago with stealing millions of dollars in Masters merchandise and memorabilia over a 13-year span. A one-page ciminal information was filed on...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Now that a few days have passed, it’s been enough to validate that the sensation was real—yes, that was a feel-good Masters. The biggest reason being that Scottie Scheffler was in such command he finally convinced even the most stubborn doubters just how good he is. But it was also welcome to...