Here at Golf Digest, we’re big believers that golf makes people’s lives better. It happens in the simplest ways, like the joy that comes from a good shot. And it happens in ways much more complex. Any story from our series Golf Saved My Life demonstrate golf’s capacity to improve seemingly impossible situations. In light
As the saying goes, “The House always wins.” But that assumes sporting events will always go on. Of course, that’s not the case right now with the Coronavirus pandemic causing cancelations and postponements of most athletic contests. For Las Vegas sports books, the timing couldn’t have been worse. According to the Los Angeles Times, Nevada
7:54 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy is fine with PGA Tour’s decision to continue playing golf without spectators, but called for all players and caddies to be tested for the coronavirus and said that if any one tests positive “we need to shut it down.” McIlroy, the No. 1-ranked player in
Chris Marchini is the general manager of the Golf Galaxy in Pittsburgh, and like a lot of us, golf is his passion and his escape from the stresses of everyday life, stresses that no doubt are at a new level in the wake of fears brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Nothing can make him
9:37 PM ET ESPN News Services PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Fans scattered around the ninth green saw Hideki Matsuyama finish with a 25-foot eagle putt to tie the course record and take the lead at The Players Championship. Spectators filled the theater around the dynamic 16th and 17th holes at the TPC Sawgrass to
In the dizzying string of press conferences, announcements and cancellations in golf this week as the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency by President Donald Trump, there were many questions surrounding the game still to be answered. Not the least of which: When might it be safe enough for the pro tours to start
Professional golf has joined the rest of the sports world in suspending or canceling operations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Though these decisions are imperative in mitigating the outbreak, they are moves that are conversely jarring to fans who have come to build their schedules and routine around the game. This especially rings true to Augusta
9:43 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Rory McIlroy awoke early Friday morning ready to go through his routine to prepare for the second round of the Players Championship. With a scheduled 8:46 a.m. tee time, he had gone to bed early Thursday evening – and missed the text from the PGA Tour that
On the day the sports world stopped, golf walked on. Less than 10 hours after the NBA halted its season and 12 hours following the NCAA’s announcement to host its March Madness fan-free due to coronavirus concerns, players went off the first and 10th tees Thursday morning at TPC Sawgrass. The PGA Tour decided, a
1:12 PM ET Augusta National announced on Friday that it is postponing the Masters because of the coronavirus pandemic, likely meaning the tournament will be played outside of its traditional April time slot for the first time since before World War II. The announcement came a day after the PGA Tour announced The Players Championship
Concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 virus have caused the cancellation or postponement of sporting events throughout the world. Domestic sports leagues such as the NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS and ATP Tour, along with the NCAA, have all shut down competition for the foreseeable future in an effort to help slow down the spread
The 2020 edition of the Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s flagship event, had seemingly everything going for it. A fantastic weather forecast in the Jacksonville area, a record-breaking purse and even a ground-breaking media effort to show every shot from every golfer live. Instead, golf fans wound up seeing more of the tour’s commissioner, Jay
10:04 AM ET The Masters, golf’s first major tournament of the year, has been postponed due to fears of the coronavirus. The Masters was scheduled to be played April 9-12 and becomes the fifth straight tournament on the PGA Tour schedule to be put off due to the global pandemic. Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The PGA Tour announced on Thursday night that it has canceled the remainder of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass and that it has also canceled all tour events through the Valero Texas Open in three weeks due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made after Commissioner Jay Monahan
10:17 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The PGA Tour decided Thursday night to scrap the rest of The Players Championship and shut down its other tournaments for the next three weeks. Commissioner Jay Monahan had said earlier Thursday there would be no fans at the TPC Sawgrass for the final three
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Jason Day said on Thursday that he received an epidural shot and underwent a rhizotomy over the weekend for his ailing back. The latter is a non-invasive procedure in which a large needle is used to burn nerve endings to relieve pressure on his low back. The 32-year-old Aussie, who shot
Finding the right pair of women’s golf pants is a constant struggle. It can be tough to find a pair of pants that are comfortable, boast enough stretch for a round of golf and actually look good in the process. We polled our growing contingent of avid golfers in the Golf Digest office, for their
In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we went back through our archives to find a collection of interesting—and sometimes controversial—golf-instruction images and asked today’s top teachers to give their contemporary interpretation of the advice from decades past. In this story from 1951, club pro Buck White shows off what golf instruction of the day
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