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8:18 AM ET Rory McIlroy posted a video of himself hitting golf balls on Instagram with the caption that said it was the first time in seven weeks he had practiced since the coronavirus pandemic shut down golf. Shane Lowry posted a video chunking a short shot into a bunker exclaiming that’s what happens when

In preparing for the rescheduled Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, in mid-July, Executive Director Dan Sullivan and his staff just might be providing a blueprint for future PGA Tour events in this era of social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. That blueprint includes the high-tech use of an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip in tournament

It is March 10, two days after the conclusion of the Qatar Masters, the last tournament played on the European Tour before the coronavirus changed the world forever. Brian Nilsson has arrived back in Bangkok, Thailand, his home for the last 17 years. The Australian, universally known as “Aussie Bri” on the Old World circuit,

2:02 PM ET A $10-million donation to coronavirus relief efforts is part of the plan unveiled Thursday for the “The Match: Champions for Charity,” to be played May 24 at the Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida. Turner Sports made the announcement of the donation that will accompany the previously announced extension of the

On Thursday, the eyebrows of Golf Twitter collectively raised when Ryan French, author of the popular Monday Q Info Twitter account, pointed out that Vijay Singh entered the Korn Ferry Challenge, June 11-14—the scheduled re-start event on the Korn Ferry Tour. French obtained a copy of the field list from a player who will also

6:10 PM ET Augusta National has made a sizable donation to a local food bank that includes 50,000 bags of potato chips that would have been sold at the postponed Masters Tournament. According to the Augusta Chronicle, the club donated approximately 2,000 pounds of produce, bread and dairy items along with the potato chips to

Editor’s note: In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature and journalism we’ve ever published. Each entry includes an introduction that celebrates the author or puts in context the story. Catch up on earlier installments. The first full week in April 1995, when Arkansas investment banker Jackson T. Stephens was in

In our latest installment of “Great Golf Debates,” writers Daniel Rapaport and Joel Beall tackle the question: Is Vijay Singh wrong for playing in a Korn Ferry Tour event? Rapaport: It started with a tweet. It always starts with a tweet. Brady Schnell, a Korn Ferry Tour player who has missed 13 of his last