5:13 PM ET With the postponement of the Olympic Games by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Golf Federation announced Wednesday that it was also pushing back the qualifying deadline by the same timeframe. Players will now earn Official Golf Ranking points through June 21, 2021 for men and June 28, 2021
With golfers forced to do most of their practicing from home, the demand of training aids and indoor equipment has skyrocketed. But, you don’t have to wait on backordered items to improve your game. Two of Golf Digest’s top state-ranked teachers have great drills you can do using items around the house. In the videos
The LPGA Tour announced its planned return to competition in mid-July, with a schedule of 21 events through Dec. 20—the only two off-weeks being November 12-15 (when the men play the Masters) and November 26-29 (Thanksgiving). Once the anticipation about seeing live golf again subsides, the question is: What exactly will the LPGA look like
The LPGA Tour has postponed the start of its season by another month and now plans to play its first event, the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, in mid-July. The team event, which was played for the first time in 2019, is held at Midland C.C. in Midland, Mich. The change has shifted move events
5:40 AM ET Staging this year’s Ryder Cup without fans is not in the event’s best interests but it might have to “take one for the team” and proceed that way amid the the coronavirus crisis, Team Europe captain Padraig Harrington has said. The golf calendar has been severely affected due to the coronavirus pandemic,
Adam Scott, who ticks 95 percent of the boxes when it comes to being a perfect human, has just reminded us once again that he’s one of the nicest guys in professional sports. According to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald, Scott got wind of the plight of fellow Aussie, Ross Campbell, a 76-year-old
7:00 PM ET Associated Press U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6 could be ready to get back to golf. At home, anyway. With exhibitions in the works involving Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, and a charity event for caddies at a private club in Texas, the Korean LPGA Tour is planning to resume in two
The PGA Tour’s Twitter King would rather be making golf swings than roasting them. Much rather. Max Homa, who has emerged as a fan favorite with his ruthless takedowns of average golfers below average moves—and his down-to-earth personality—said he’d go back to basics if it meant competing again on Tour. On a call with reporters
MIAMI — Before a pandemic set in, golfers at Crandon Park on Key Biscayne—the lush island hamlet across the bay from a shimmering downtown dubbed mini-Manhattan—would stop and stare as Axel Monssoh hit balls on the driving range. Five. Ten. Fifteen minutes. It didn’t matter if they were some of the top high school, college
12:51 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — In a phone-a-friend moment during the coronavirus pandemic, Adam Scott reached out to a fellow golfer who’d been waiting for his call. Under the headline “No cameras, no trophies, but Adam Scott just won the lockdown’s act of kindness award,” the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported Tuesday about
Golf fans are well aware of Tiger Woods’ fiercely competitive nature. In fact, Tiger told GOLFTV’s Henni Zuel last week he’d rank himself and Michael Jordan 1A and 1B when it comes to their will to win no matter the circumstance. But that doesn’t mean Woods is incapable of having a soft spot for his
7:06 PM ET Associated Press Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced that golf can resume in the state beginning May 5. The announcement on Monday was part of a partial resumption of outdoor activities that includes fishing, hunting and use of state parks and state lands for day trips. Inslee said that the Golf Alliance
It’s hard to believe that not even two months ago the most talked-about issue in golf was something as silly as an announcer’s comment. Granted, Paul Azinger had seemed a bit condescending when discussing Tommy Fleetwood’s European Tour exploits, but with all that’s happened in the world since—and all that hasn’t while many things including
So you’ve been grooving your quarantine game—or at least you think you have—hitting foam balls into a net or putting on that mat in your hallway. But the problem is, how do you really know if what you’ve been doing is actually improving your skills instead of just killing time? We asked two Golf Digest
No major professional golf tours? No problem for Alex Cejka. The longtime PGA Tour and European Tour pro has found a new place to play while much of the world is under quarantine—and he’s doing quite well for himself. Cejka won a second consecutive mini-tour event on Sunday, claiming the Outlaw Tour’s Parker Open. And
This hiatus of global activity is a great chance to reflect. These unique circumstances provide an opportunity. And opportunity is what golf course architect Jim Urbina and I discussed when we came up with the idea of a new podcast, The Salon. Urbina’s business of building and remodeling golf courses is one based on itinerant
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