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KAPALUA, Hawaii—Xander Schauffele, like everyone else at this week’s sun-splashed Sentry Tournament of Champions, is happy to be teeing it up in paradise. But not for the reasons one might think. First, he’s one of 16 players in the field who failed to win an official event last season (though he did have the lowest …
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Thankfully at Golf Digest, we listen well. Three of the sharpest data scientists in golf, Brandon Gdula of numberFire/FanDuel; Rick Gehman of RickRunGood.com; and Pat Mayo of Mayo Media Network, DraftKings and Fade the Noise, contribute their picks every week to our Golf Digest weekly experts’ picks column. Routinely, they will point us to players …
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7:44 AM ET The year has changed, but golf on the PGA Tour will be largely as we saw it when 2020 came to a close: virtually no spectators, weekly COVID-19 testing and possible withdrawals, Dustin Johnson as a solid No. 1 in the world, Bryson DeChambeau bombing tee shots, and never-ending speculation about where …
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With the increase in popularity in golf gambling and betting, we know that there will be more interest in golf “One and Done” pools this season than ever before. For the uninitiated, “One and Done” is a season-long (or year-long) contest in which you pick one golfer per week, and you earn points based on …
It’s a good time to be a fan of the PGA Tour—or someone who bets on it. The 2020-’21 season resumes this week with the 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions, the first of 29 consecutive weeks of PGA Tour events through the Olympics in July. This stretch follows 24 straight weeks of golf—from the tour’s …
You can forgive Sarah Ingram if she feels like she’s experiencing some déjà vu in the coming weeks. In December 2019, the U.S. Curtis Cup captain hosted a group of top female American amateurs for a practice session in preparation for the scheduled June 2020 matches versus Great Britain & Ireland in Wales. But, like …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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9:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame golfer Greg Norman said on social media Sunday he’s in the hospital after a positive coronavirus test. Norman, 65, 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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, …