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In any other year on the island of Maui, PGA Tour players would find their loyalties divided. Should they hit a few more balls on the range or join the kids in building sandcastles on the beach? Playing in the Sentry Tournament of Champions in the first week of January is the reward for extraordinary

The race for the 2021 FedEx Cup title is under way as the 2020-’21 tour season resumes with the Hawaii swing. The season-long FedEx Cup points standings will help determine who keeps their PGA Tour cards and who’ll be eligible for the FedEx Cup Playoffs come August. For all regular-season PGA Tour events, 500 FedEx

There are New Year’s proclamations touted on social media we all know are coming each January that are accompanied with a bit of a collective eye roll. Promising you’re going to get into better shape. Vowing to read more books. Pledging to lower your handicap by three strokes. But there is one traditional post that

The Sentry Tournament of Champions starts Thursday after just a few weeks off in the tour schedule, and though the event traditionally consists of only players who won a PGA Tour event in the previous year, the limited field has been expanded with COVID-19 canceling a sizable amount of tournaments in 2020. Seventeen players have

A new year brings the chance for tour pros to set new goals. Many will likely have subjective ones (stay in the process, improve mental outlook, etc.) that essentially are a means to an end (more cuts made, more top 10s, more wins, etc.). When pros like Justin Thomas list out their objective goals, you’ll find

If you read any issue of Golf Digest or spend any time on GolfDigest.com, it’s obvious that our articles are meticulously written, thoroughly edited, always fact checked and consistently held to a standard we are proud to put our name on. What you may not know is that every photo that accompanies these articles goes

We begin with our usual disclaimer about these types of year-end roundups, which is that Internet popularity is a mysterious science. Certainly the number of eyeballs drawn to a given story is one metric of its success, but you need to look deeper to get a sense of what truly made a mark. As such,

In July, after more than 300 episodes of a weekly podcast that featured topical discussion and interviews with golf personalities, Golf Digest launched Local Knowledge, a bi-weekly, deep-dive podcast that more closely aligned with our storytelling history. The idea for the new venture was simple: There are enough golf podcasts that seize on the golf

As was almost immediately apparent to all, European Tour Executive Director Keith Pelley’s hurriedly arranged Nov. 27 media conference lacked much in the way of detail. Announcing what Pelley called the Old World circuit’s newly formed “strategic partnership” with the PGA Tour, Pelley talked a lot but actually said very little of substance. The phrase

In 99 days, the first round of the 2021 Masters is scheduled to begin at Augusta National Golf Club. Whether spectators will be in attendance remains uncertain, however, after a report that officials have informed ticket holders that they are pushing back the ticketing process for this April’s tournament. According to a story from ESPN,

6:12 PM ET The Masters Tournament has delayed its ticketing process for the 2021 championship as it seeks a way to allow some spectators to return for the first major of the year. Dustin Johnson won the 2020 Masters, which was postponed from April to November because of the coronavirus pandemic, before just a smattering

When two seasons become one, as is the case on the Korn Ferry Tour after the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on a spectrum of sports schedules, a different mindset might be required for all the players vying for a berth on the PGA Tour. After all, the distinction of competing in the longest season in

The golf world lost some prominent figures in 2020, individuals who made lasting contributions to the game and its community. From tour pros to business leaders and international golf ambassadors, each could boast a unique and important impact on the sport. The deaths of two World Golf Hall of Fame members resonated loudest given the

Dustin Johnson won his long-sought second major at the Masters, Sophia Popov pulled off a Cinderella story for the ages at the Women’s British Open and Viktor Hovland broke the Puerto Rico Open curse. This you know. However, there are plenty of news, notes and numbers from 2020 that may have escaped your grasp. Let’s

The 2020 men’s professional golf season finally, thankfully, (mercifully) comes to an end this week. With it, those who oversee the Official World Golf Ranking released their year-end list for the most surreal year in golf in memory. Below are the top 50 golfers as 2020 wraps up. Augusta National uses this list to help

9:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame golfer Greg Norman said on social media on Sunday he’s in the hospital after a positive coronavirus test. Norman said he’s getting an antibody treatment in Florida and hopes to be released on Sunday. “I am fit and strong and have a high tolerance for pain

Amidst the U.K.-based network’s extensive coverage of the professional game, there lurks on Sky Sports something called the “Golf Vodcast.” In the recent year-ending episode, the host, Josh Antmann, part-time commentator and ex-tour pro Jamie Spence and former Ryder Cup player David Howell combined to light-heartedly dish out various “awards” for 2020. The last of

For aficionados of the Barney Adams brand of golf clubs that he remarkably built from scratch with infomercials back in the 1990s, it’s been a dry few years. TaylorMade acquired Adams Golf for $70 million in 2012, but that play wasn’t so much about furthering the Adams legacy, but rather acquiring some proprietary technology and

Norman, 65, took to Instagram Saturday to thank family, friends and fans for their well-wishes following his Friday hospital visit. Nomran said he was self-admitted to the ER due to “fever joint and muscle aches especially in my back and headaches.” “Still have most but on a lesser level,” Norman wrote. “These are what made

Unless the topic is mountain climbing, gymnastic routines or platform diving, we don’t usually attach prestige to things simply because they are difficult. But in this home-run-hitter era of men’s professional golf, when the power game seems capable of overwhelming almost every PGA Tour venue, a little architectural pushback—and an occasional comeuppance—can help restore faith

1:04 AM ET Associated Press Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman shared photos on social media Friday suggesting he has been hospitalized with COVID-19. The 65-year-old Australian posted a video on Instagram on Thursday night saying he was experiencing coronavirus symptoms, then posted photos Friday showing himself in a hospital bed. “This sums it all

Greg Norman announced on Instagram that he has been hospitalized with COVID-19. Norman, 65, shared the news Friday with a series of photos showing himself in a hospital bed, stating “This sums it all up. My Christmas Day.” “On behalf of millions, **** Covid,” Norman wrote. “Let’s get this [stuff] behind us never to experience

Former President and current middle-handicapper Barack Obama received a special golf gift this Christmas. Michelle gave her husband a drawing of the 12th hole at Augusta National that she purchased directly from the artist Valentino Dixon for $5,000. Dixon was both moved and surprised to get a phone call from Michelle’s assistant inquiring about an

Understandably, most of our memories from golf in 2020 involve social-distancing protocols, canceled tournaments and fanless majors. COVID-19 had an effect on all of our lives this year, and it had an unavoidable impact on golf. As our staff reflected on the year, it wasn’t always the gravity of the circumstances that drove our memories,

During a rare moment on the eve of the 2020 Masters in which the conversation shifted from Bryson DeChambeau, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee turned his attention to another big hitter. “Imagine Kyle Berkshire,” Chamblee said with Augusta National Golf Club as a backdrop. “Imagine him out here if he could chip and putt.” At that

From the transformation of Bryson DeChambeau as he bashed his way to his first major championship at the U.S. Open, to Dustin Johnson wiping away tears after slipping his arms into the green jacket at the Masters, 2020 provided many indelible moments in golf that won’t soon escape us. In a year unlike any other—global

The outcome was never in doubt on Wednesday at Bay Hill Club in Orlando. The only suspense left at the Arnold Palmer Cup, the annual Ryder Cup-style competition for college golf’s top male and female players, was how lopsided the final score would turn out. The 24-player International squad had a commanding 17-point lead over

When golfers look back on a year, they typically think first of their best rounds—either in quantity of strokes or quality of a course. Rarely is the first round of a year the most memorable, or, at least, the most defining. For me, though, such is the case. I played like crap on a crap

6:24 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim is in position to defend her title in the CME Group Tour Championship, take player of the year honors, win the money title and possibly even move to No. 1 in the world. Kim took a 1-stroke lead over top-ranked Jin Young Ko into

Not even a global pandemic and a three-month shutdown of professional golf could slow down equipment news in 2020. In an unusual year there were unusual moves—like a steel-shafted driver used on the PGA Tour—unusual protocols for players and PGA Tour reps upon pro golf’s re-start and the nearly impossible thought of Tiger Woods benching