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May 11th, 2024

There’s no such thing as too much golf

This article first appeared in Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. To get Low Net straight to your inbox, subscribe here. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. As complaints go, “I played too much on a recent Read more…

May 11th, 2024

This stat reveals Scottie Scheffler might be one of the LEAST efficient drivers in golf (we’ll explain)

Scottie Scheffler is absolutely smashing the ball this year. Or is he? Although Scheffler averages a healthy 300 yards per measured tee shot, he ranks 176th (out of 186 players) for the year on tour in smash factor, a stat generated with the ratio of ball speed divided by clubhead speed. In layman’s terms, smash Read more…

May 11th, 2024

Nelly Korda heads to weekend contending for 6th straight win, but she’s got Rose Zhang to overcome

Nelly Korda’s chase to become the first player in LPGA history to win six consecutive events remains alive and well as the weekend arrives at the Cognizant Founders Cup. After Rose Zhang, who shot four-under-par 68 early on Friday, Madelene Sagstrom notched a 66 in the afternoon, and both sat tied for first after 36 Read more…

PGA Tour

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Min Woo Lee Highlights From The CJ Cup Round 4

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Adam Scott Highlights From The CJ Cup Round 4

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Jason Day Highlights From The CJ Cup Round 4

LIV Golf

May 9th, 2024

Tour wrap: This week, last week, PGA Tour and LIV Golf

A round up of the tours, both last week and this week, on the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, including bets and tee-times.

May 8th, 2024

PGA Championship 2024: Numerous LIV Golf players – including a Ripper GC star – receive last-minute invites into field

Receiving invites were Australia’s Lucas Herbert, Dean Burmester, Adrian Meronk and David Puig. Two of those players – Herbert and Meronk – are also inside the top 100 of the OWGR.

May 7th, 2024

PGA Championship 2024: LIV’s Talor Gooch gets his wish – a spot to prove himself again in a major

The 2023 LIV player of the year announced on social media that he received an invitation from the PGA of America to compete in next week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

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April 24th, 2024

Editor’s Letter: And The Winner Is… Australian Golf

SPOILER ALERT! Royal Melbourne West is not the No.1 golf course in Australia.

April 24th, 2024

News You May Have Missed: May 2024

Aussie of the month: Jesse Linden The 12-year-old from Campbelltown in Sydney travels regularly to the US to compete against the best junior golfers in the world. His parents’ investment, and Jesse’s hard work on his game, paid off in April when he became the first Australian to compete in the 10-year history of Augusta Read more…

April 24th, 2024

Journeys: ‘I Am Such A Nobody So It’s Pretty Much A Free Crack At The Open’

Crowned the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner in his rookie season, Kiwi Kazuma Kobori now has the world’s best in his sights

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How to play

May 11th, 2024

How a rising star gets up and down from two tricky spots

One of the reasons why Chinese LPGA star Ruoning Yin has improved so quickly is that she learned how to routinely recover from bad shots.

May 10th, 2024

Feeling banged up? Here’s a handy guide to pain relief

Here’s a guide to potential treatments for damage to the body’s soft tissue – everything from self-massage to Star Wars-like laser blasts to radio waves and the time-honoured tub of ice.

May 10th, 2024

Trying to break 80? Brooke Henderson says to work on this part of your game

We asked two-time major winner Brooke Henderson what she thinks amateurs wanting to break 80 should work on. And the answer might surprise you.

What to play

May 7th, 2024

SPOIL MUM: Great Mother’s Day gift ideas, big and small

We’ve rounded up the best gift ideas for every kind of golf mum to make it a little easier to show your appreciation this year.

May 7th, 2024

Should better golfers consider a more forgiving driver like Nelly Korda and Scottie Scheffler?

Dig into the weekly driver usage on the professional tours and you find that drivers designed for maximum forgiveness are gaining popularity.

May 6th, 2024

The clubs Taylor Pendrith used to win the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Pendrith ranked fourth in driving distance at 291.4 metres (318.5 yards) off the tee while finding more than enough fairways, ranking T-27 in that category at 64.29 percent. He also ranked first in putts per green in regulation at 1.57.

Where to play

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May 11th, 2024

A closer look at the interesting line-up of courses set to host future PGA Championships

In the next decade, the PGA will continue to return to familiar host sites – notably Quail Hollow in 2025, Baltusrol in 2029 and Kiawah Island’s Ocean course in 2031 – but also will visit courses last seen on the men’s side when they hosted the US Open, including San Francisco’s Olympic Club and Congressional, located just outside Washington, DC.

May 9th, 2024

Many golfers like fast greens, but do they ruin good architecture?

Why firm and smooth should be the goal with greens.

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May 8th, 2024

Why Quail Hollow’s 14th hole stands out among other driveable par 4s on the PGA Tour

The lakeside 14th is a hole that has quietly become one of the most exciting short par 4s on the PGA Tour.

Women in Golf

May 11th, 2024

Golf Rules

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May 11th, 2024

Opinion

April 28th, 2024

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Xander Schauffele	-11	F	2
T2	Rory McIlroy	-7	F	2
T2	Jason Day	-7	F	2
T4	Taylor Moore	-6	F	2
T4	Sungjae Im	-6	F	2
6	Collin Morikawa	-5	F	2
T7	Sahith Theegala	-4	F	2
T7	Stephan Jaeger	-4	F	2
T7	Corey Conners	-4	F	2
T7	Taylor Pendrith	-4	F	2
T7	Lee Hodges	-4	F	2
T7	Byeong Hun An	-4	F	2
T13	Cam Davis	-3	F	2
T13	Sam Burns	-3	F	2
T13	Max Homa	-3	F	2
T13	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	F	2
T13	Justin Thomas	-3	F	2
T13	Sepp Straka	-3	F	2
T13	Grayson Murray	-3	F	2
T20	Will Zalatoris	-2	F	2
T20	Nick Taylor	-2	F	2
T20	Jordan Spieth	-2	F	2
T20	Keegan Bradley	-2	F	2
T20	Cam Young	-2	F	2
T20	Patrick Rodgers	-2	F	2
T26	Lucas Glover	-1	F	2
T26	Tommy Fleetwood	-1	F	2
T26	Matt Kuchar	-1	F	2
T26	Nick Dunlap	-1	F	2
T26	Denny McCarthy	-1	F	2
T26	Andrew Putnam	-1	F	2
T26	Russell Henley	-1	F	2
T33	Adam Scott	E	F	2
T33	Ben Kohles	E	F	2
T33	Alex Noren	E	F	2
T33	Adam Hadwin	E	F	2
T33	Tom Kim	E	F	2
T33	Adam Svensson	E	F	2
T33	Justin Rose	E	F	2
T40	Brendon Todd	+1	F	2
T40	Tom Hoge	+1	F	2
T40	Webb Simpson	+1	F	2
T40	S.W. Kim	+1	F	2
T40	Seamus Power	+1	F	2
T45	Harris English	+2	F	2
T45	Viktor Hovland	+2	F	2
T45	Akshay Bhatia	+2	F	2
T45	Kevin Tway	+2	F	2
T45	Mackenzie Hughes	+2	F	2
T50	Chris Kirk	+3	F	2
T50	Tony Finau	+3	F	2
T50	Brian Harman	+3	F	2
T50	Patrick Cantlay	+3	F	2
T50	Peter Malnati	+3	F	2
T50	Adam Schenk	+3	F	2
T50	Kurt Kitayama	+3	F	2
T50	Eric Cole	+3	F	2
T58	Jake Knapp	+4	F	2
T58	Gary Woodland	+4	F	2
T58	Shane Lowry	+4	F	2
T58	Wyndham Clark	+4	F	2
T58	Rickie Fowler	+4	F	2
63	Matt Fitzpatrick	+5	F	2
T64	Austin Eckroat	+6	F	2
T64	Billy Horschel	+6	F	2
T66	J.T. Poston	+8	F	2
T66	Emiliano Grillo	+8	F	2
T66	Matthieu Pavon	+8	F	2

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Brooks Koepka	-15	18	3
T2	Cameron Smith	-13	18	3
T2	Marc Leishman	-13	18	3
4	Talor Gooch	-12	18	3
T5	Tyrrell Hatton	-11	18	3
T5	Thomas Pieters	-11	18	3
T7	Dustin Johnson	-10	18	3
T7	Joaquin Niemann	-10	18	3
T7	Kevin Na	-10	18	3
T10	Jon Rahm	-9	18	3
T10	Eugenio Chacarra	-9	18	3
T10	Abraham Ancer	-9	18	3
T10	Adrian Meronk	-9	18	3
T14	Kalle Samooja	-8	18	3
T14	Patrick Reed	-8	18	3
T14	Sergio Garcia	-8	18	3
T14	Dean Burmester	-8	18	3
T14	Cameron Tringale	-8	18	3
T19	Carlos Ortiz	-7	18	3
T19	Martin Kaymer	-7	18	3
T19	Sebastian Muñoz	-7	18	3
T22	Phil Mickelson	-6	18	3
T22	Peter Uihlein	-6	18	3
T22	Richard Bland	-6	18	3
T22	Louis Oosthuizen	-6	18	3
T22	Kieran Vincent	-6	18	3
T27	David Puig	-5	18	3
T27	Bryson DeChambeau	-5	18	3
T27	Lucas Herbert	-5	18	3
T30	Anirban Lahiri	-4	18	3
T30	Matthew Wolff	-4	18	3
T32	Branden Grace	-3	18	3
T32	Paul Casey	-3	18	3
T32	Harold Varner III	-3	18	3
T35	Charl Schwartzel	-2	18	3
T35	Ian Poulter	-2	18	3
T37	Matt Jones	-1	18	3
T37	Graeme McDowell	-1	18	3
T37	Scott Vincent	-1	18	3
T40	Brendan Steele	E	18	3
T40	Charles Howell III	E	18	3
T40	Caleb Surratt	E	18	3
T40	Jason Kokrak	E	18	3
44	Henrik Stenson	+1	18	3
T45	Andy Ogletree	+2	18	3
T45	Bubba Watson	+2	18	3
T47	Sam Horsfield	+3	18	3
T47	Mito Pereira	+3	18	3
T49	Danny Lee	+4	18	3
T49	Hudson Swafford	+4	18	3
T49	Lee Westwood	+4	18	3
T52	Pat Perez	+6	18	3
T52	Anthony Kim	+6	18	3
54	Jinichiro Kozuma	+8	18	3

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	RIPPER GC	-32	18	3
T2	FIREBALLS GC	-29	18	3
T2	CLEEKS GC	-29	18	3
4	SMASH GC	-28	18	3
5	LEGION XIII	-26	18	3
T6	TORQUE GC	-25	18	3
T6	RANGEGOATS GC	-25	18	3
T8	4ACES GC	-21	18	3
T8	HYFLYERS GC	-21	18	3
10	STINGER GC	-19	18	3
11	CRUSHERS GC	-17	18	3
12	IRON HEADS GC	-6	18	3
13	MAJESTICKS GC	E	18	3

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