Michelle Wie liked how Lorena Ochoa said good-bye to competitive golf. After spending 158 consecutive weeks as the No. 1 player in the world, Ochoa decided to have a family, retired at age 28 and made a clean break from the game. “I definitely idolize her and look up to her, so when she did
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In his 10th lesson, Ayden Roberts-Jones shows us how a small thing such as the position of your hands on the club can make a big difference to your swing. Ayden demonstrates the best set up and highlights some points for you to look out for. If you have any questions about this lesson or
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In his native Scotland, Alastair Johnston is best known for his involvement with the Glasgow Rangers Football Club. A past chairman and now a non-executive director of the soccer team he has supported all of his 71 years, Johnston’s working life has, by way of contrast, been in the more gentle world of golf. A
11:57 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — The wind blew so hard that palm trees looked as though they were made of rubber. The Pacific looked angrier than usual. Some of the sights Thursday at the Sony Open made it clear that playing golf in Hawai’i was no vacation. Collin Morikawa managed better than everyone.
HONOLULU – James Hahn has returned from an elbow injury that sidelined him for nearly eight months, but it’s his head that hurts as he goes about trying to retain his PGA Tour card beyond this season. Playing in his fifth event since he withdrew from the Genesis Open last February with a sore elbow
5:59 PM ET Pete Dye, the World Golf Hall of Famer regarded as one of the game’s great course architects, died Thursday, Dye Designs, the company he founded, announced. He was 94. Dye designed more than 100 public and private golf courses worldwide, including some of the sport’s most well-known tracks — Harbour Town Golf
You might still be digesting (and detoxing) from your holiday celebrations, but while they were off your TV screens, tour players spent those weeks grinding away. After all, the stretch between the last “fall series” event, the RSM Classic in late November, and the next regular field event in Hawaii this week is the only
Editor’s Note: This story appeared in the November 2018 issue of Golf Digest. Pete Dye died on Jan. 9, 2020 at age 94. “Please don’t end your story on a sad note,” Alice Dye says to me as I close my notebook and reach over to shut off my voice recorder. “I won’t,” I say,
In This Video Mike documents the lesson ideas of the Legendary Golf Instructor Gregg “The Hat McHatton. Gregg shares his insights about the swing and his understanding of The Golf Machine and Ben Hogan.
EFFORTLESS POWER IN THE GOLF SWING – SIMPLE GOLF TIP Power in the golf swing is something that isn’t used or created in the best way. Sometimes it feels like a lot of effort can be put in for very little power gained. In this golf lesson Matt Fryer talks through a common flaw in
SUBSCRIBE to PGA TOUR now: http://pgat.us/vBxcZSh In Day 2 of the 2017 Presidents Cup, the young stars did not shy away from the spotlight as Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas won their match 3&2. The Presidents Cup, a team match play competition featuring 12 golfers from the United States and 12 from around the world,
Siyun Liu plans to turn professional after completing her senior season at Wake Forest this spring. Where she plays is turning into an interesting proposition. Liu, 19, is competing at the PGA Tour Series China qualifying tournament this week. At the halfway point, she is in position—thanks to consecutive 75s— to capture fully-exempt status on
9:22 AM ET The golf equipment industry is a tight-knit group of manufacturers that has grown into a billion-dollar industry, annually pumping out new and improved equipment for its eager consumers. Products that promise to improve the average golfer’s game are promoted by marketing campaigns and ad dollars across a multitude of media platforms. Although
PXG’s Gen2 irons came more than three years after the introduction of its first iteration. The follow up to Gen2, the Gen3—which encompasses the XP, P and T irons—took far less time. Unveiled less than two years after the Gen2 irons, the new Gen3 offering, while similar in look to the Gen2 series, is decidedly
5:40 PM ET Siyun Liu, a senior at Wake Forest, is in position to become the first woman to earn any kind of status on a PGA Tour-sanctioned golf circuit after two rounds of the PGA Tour Series China qualifying tournament. Liu, 19, who plans to turn professional after her senior season this spring, has
The new Srixon Q-Star Tour makes the case that golfers with average swing speeds shouldn’t play the same ball as tour players. It also makes the case that you can achieve some tour-like qualities in a golf ball that costs $10 to $15 less than most high-end golf balls. Like most tour-caliber golf balls, the
Before I explained why you always seem to hit fairway bunker shots fat and what to do about it, let me take you back to the turn of the century. If you’ve got your phone or laptop handy, search “Tiger Woods bunker shot, 2000 RBC Canadian Open.” When I think about the all-time greatest shots,
This may blow over. The jeers in Melbourne mere gamesmanship, the shout in Maui a lone wolf. It could wash away with a mea culpa or be replaced with another controversy in the never-ending news cycle. There is also a chance Augusta National dyes Rae’s Creek pink. In all likelihood, the past month for Patrick
On Course LESSON With SERGIO GARCIA – In this weeks Impact Show, we were invited down to Wentworth and given the opportunity to walk a hole with 2017 Masters Champion Sergio Garcia. While walking the hole, Sergio will give us an insight into his course management and the mental side of his game! COMMENT below
Struggling to keep up with your playing partners off the tee? Elite coach Dan Whittaker shares his simple set-up tweaks that will allow you to pick up some easy yards with the big stick. And if you’re looking for more permanent gains, Dan discusses the three main areas of the swing that can help you
Jin-Young Ko, the No. 1-ranked player on the LPGA Tour, swings the driver nearly 30 miles per hour slower than Brooks Koepka, the No. 1 male player in the world. Yet Ko uses a driver with 9 degrees of loft—1.5 degrees less than Koepka. What gives? Aren’t golfers with slower swing speeds supposed to use
Who doesn’t love Rory McIlroy’s golf swing, especially the way he can fire his hips on the way down and power through the ball. But if you’re trying to rotate your hips even half as well as Rory to hit the ball farther, you should know that his hips are actually slowing down as the
HONOLULU – Fresh off a solid performance in his first Presidents Cup, Abraham Ancer is ready to take the next step in his professional career. A very big, exciting step. Win a tournament? Yes. Of course. But that’s not a surprise. Play in the Masters? OK, sure. Undoubtedly, he is eager to compete at Augusta
HONOLULU — The sun was shining while the palm trees swayed in a steady breeze as a small squall blew through Waialae Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. Five thousand miles away, Australia could have used the rain as the country continued to burn. Since the wildfires Down Under began in Queensland and New South Wales
8:44 AM ET Give Patrick Reed credit for his resiliency. He has refused to cower in the wake of all the clamor surrounding him, and put himself right there again at the Sentry Tournament of Champions before losing in a playoff to Justin Thomas. But make no mistake, the noise is not going away. If
Wilson Golf has a long heritage of producing irons for better players, including U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland. It also has catered to the less skilled with a number of offerings, including its D7 iron. Its latest iron, the D7 Forged, is a creation geared towards both. The D7 utilizes a soft, forged 8620 carbon-steel
Nike has announced its newest golf shoe, the Air Max 97 G. The “Silver Bullet” colorway is reminiscent of the original Air Max 97s, which Nike released in 1997. They were the first of Nike’s shoes to have an air bubble that ran the length of the shoe. This golf iteration features the elongated air
Sometimes the best of intentions results in unintended consequences. That seems to be true in the case of the 2019 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards, the annual celebration of golf sustainability co-sponsored by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and Golf Digest. From its introduction in 1993 until 2017, the Environmental Leaders in Golf
January is the customary month for bold proclamations about a renewed commitment to fitness. More time in the gym, less added sugar, more steps climbed as opposed to elevator buttons pushed. As golfers, we do two sit-ups and inevitably want to know how that translates to more distance off the tee. And now, with the