Month: April 2020

In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature we’ve ever published. Each entry includes an introduction that celebrates the author or puts in context the story. Catch up on earlier installments. A decade ago, if there had been a vote on which golf writer to send out to kill the terrorist
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9:37 AM ET Associated Press Susie Maxwell Berning, one of six women to capture the U.S. Women’s Open at least three times, has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame announced the election Wednesday morning, making Maxwell Berning the fourth and final member of the 2021 induction class that
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5:39 PM ET A Tiger Woods–Phil Mickelson golf match involving football legends Peyton Manning and Tom Brady is planned for May, according to Turner Sports. Sources confirmed to ESPN that “The Match: Champions for Charity” will benefit COVID-19 relief. The event will air live on TNT — possibly Memorial Day weekend — at an undisclosed
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5:52 AM ET World number one Rory McIlroy says he would prefer this year’s Ryder Cup to be postponed until 2021 rather than stage the event with no fans present due to the coronavirus pandemic. The golf calendar has been ravaged by the new coronavirus outbreak, with three of the sport’s four majors — the
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9:15 AM ET Associated Press Tim Finchem, who expanded the PGA Tour’s footprint around the world and negotiated TV contracts that more than tripled prize money during his two decades as commissioner, has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Finchem was elected through the contributor category and will become the ninth administrator
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Though some states are re-opening their courses this week, the safest place to work on your putting stroke is at home. And though your carpet or hardwood floor is a fine surface, those little indents in your floor don’t provide the best of putting surfaces. For a smoother roll, there are a lot of putting
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In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature we’ve ever published. Each entry includes an introduction that celebrates the author or puts in context the story. Catch up on earlier installments. They used to say, one of the dirty little secrets of sports is that more money was wagered at a
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2:32 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Sports around the world have only been on hiatus since mid-March, but when the numbers are crunched, the impact coronavirus has had on the industry will certainly leave an impact for years to come. Only 53% of the sports events originally scheduled for 2020 are likely to take place this
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4:16 PM ET The idea of staging the Ryder Cup in September without spectators is being discussed, according to PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh. In a radio interview on WFAN in New York, Waugh acknowledged that “fans are the Ryder Cup, to a certain degree,” and that it’s “hard to imagine one without fans,”
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