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May 9th, 2024

Nelly Korda reveals the celebrity she was most starstruck by at the Met Gala

Nelly Korda is having a year that dreams are made of. The women’s World No. 1 recently tied the LPGA’s all-time consecutive win record at The Chevron Championship, capturing 2024’s first major in the process. This weekend, she will vie for six straight at the Cognizant Founders Cup, but win or lose, Korda’s week has Read more…

May 9th, 2024

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

Architect Brian Schneider, a longtime associate of Tom Doak and partner at Renaissance Golf Design, has renovated clubs like Hollywood Golf Club in New Jersey (ranked No. 170 on America’s 100 Greatest Courses), Tamarack Country Club in Connecticut, Llanerch Country Club in Pennsylvania and is the co-designer (with Blake Conant) of Old Barnwell in South Read more…

May 9th, 2024

Wells Fargo Championship 2024 picks: Our PGA pro has hit 3 weeks in a row. Here’s how he’s betting Quail Hollow

If you love Golf Digest’s betting coverage, then wait until you hear this. Last week in our 10 Things narrative, we mentioned back-to-back winning weeks. It started with a Scottie + Nelly parlay three weeks ago (30-1) and then followed by a Hannah Green LPGA win in Los Angeles (35-1). RELATED: Wells Fargo Championship 2024 picks: Read more…

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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.

May 6th, 2024

Phil Mickelson deletes strongly worded tweet warning major championships over lack of LIV players

Phil Mickelson has no problem voicing his opinion on any golf topic, but on Sunday he wound up taking something back regarding the major championships.

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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 3rd, 2024

Try Si Woo Kim’s bold fix for eliminating hooks

What separates the South Korean from many golfers is that he’s able to swing aggressively through impact, letting the clubface close noticeably without fear of hooking the ball.

May 3rd, 2024

How to protect your wrists

Injuries such as sprains, tendinitis, carpal-tunnel syndrome – and even fractures of a delicate bone called the hook of hamate – are common wrist issues that golfers experience.

May 3rd, 2024

How this backswing ‘fault’ supercharged Jack Nicklaus’ golf swing

What looked like bad form to some was actually a key to Nicklaus’ huge tee shots.

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 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.

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May 7th, 2024

Why Sweetens Cove, one of America’s most beloved 9-hole courses, is closing for the northern summer

Sweetens Cove Golf Club, the nine-hole course in South Pittsburg, Tenn., beloved by a devoted group of golf adventurists, announced that it will be closing for three months at the end of May to repair turf damage suffered over the winter. A stretch of severe weather destroyed grass on the course’s fairways and greens. The Read more…

May 1st, 2024

The perfect location for a Scottish golf hideaway just came up for sale

If you have the means and the interest to build the ultimate Scottish golf Shangri La, the ideal property might have just come on the market.

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Golf Rules

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May 2nd, 2024

Opinion

April 28th, 2024

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Taylor Pendrith	-23	F	4
2	Ben Kohles	-22	F	4
3	Alex Noren	-21	F	4
T4	Byeong Hun An	-20	F	4
T4	S.H. Kim	-20	F	4
T4	Aaron Rai	-20	F	4
T4	Matt Wallace	-20	F	4
8	Jake Knapp	-19	F	4
T9	Rafael Campos	-18	F	4
T9	Troy Merritt	-18	F	4
T9	Taiga Semikawa	-18	F	4
T9	Kevin Tway	-18	F	4
T13	Daniel Berger	-17	F	4
T13	Ben Griffin	-17	F	4
T13	Ryo Hisatsune	-17	F	4
T13	S.W. Kim	-17	F	4
T13	Kelly Kraft	-17	F	4
T13	Adam Schenk	-17	F	4
T13	Alex Smalley	-17	F	4
T20	Austin Cook	-16	F	4
T20	Stephan Jaeger	-16	F	4
T20	Zach Johnson	-16	F	4
T20	Keith Mitchell	-16	F	4
T24	Jorge Campillo	-15	F	4
T24	Nico Echavarria	-15	F	4
T24	Chris Gotterup	-15	F	4
T24	Patton Kizzire	-15	F	4
T24	Min Woo Lee	-15	F	4
T24	Justin Lower	-15	F	4
T30	Kevin Chappell	-14	F	4
T30	Kevin Dougherty	-14	F	4
T30	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-14	F	4
T30	Nick Dunlap	-14	F	4
T30	Luke List	-14	F	4
T30	Max McGreevy	-14	F	4
T30	Andrew Novak	-14	F	4
T30	Davis Riley	-14	F	4
T30	Adam Scott	-14	F	4
T30	Dylan Wu	-14	F	4
T30	Car Young	-14	F	4
T41	Aaron Baddeley	-13	F	4
T41	Tom Hoge	-13	F	4
T41	Mackenzie Hughes	-13	F	4
T41	Sung Kang	-13	F	4
T41	Ryan McCormick	-13	F	4
T41	Maverick McNealy	-13	F	4
T41	Vince Whaley	-13	F	4
T48	Martin Laird	-12	F	4
T48	Ben Martin	-12	F	4
T48	David Skinns	-12	F	4
T48	Brandt Snedeker	-12	F	4
T52	Tyson Alexander	-10	F	4
T52	Hayden Buckley	-10	F	4
T52	Harrison Endycott	-10	F	4
T52	Beau Hossler	-10	F	4
T52	Mark Hubbard	-10	F	4
T52	Tom Kim	-10	F	4
T52	Scott Piercy	-10	F	4
T59	Jason Day	-9	F	4
T59	K.H. Lee	-9	F	4
T59	S.Y. Noh	-9	F	4
T62	Joel Dahmen	-8	F	4
T62	Sam Stevens	-8	F	4
64	Henrik Norlander	-7	F	4
65	Kris Kim	-6	F	4
66	Tom Whitney	-1	F	4
CUT	Jacob Bridgeman	-5	F	2
CUT	Quade Cummins	-5	F	2
CUT	Thomas Detry	-5	F	2
CUT	Doug Ghim	-5	F	2
CUT	Chesson Hadley	-5	F	2
CUT	Harry Hall	-5	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	-5	F	2
CUT	Rico Hoey	-5	F	2
CUT	Brad Hopfinger	-5	F	2
CUT	Nate Lashley	-5	F	2
CUT	Robert MacIntyre	-5	F	2
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	-5	F	2
CUT	Matti Schmid	-5	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	-5	F	2
CUT	Kevin Yu	-5	F	2
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	-4	F	2
CUT	Bronson Burgoon	-4	F	2
CUT	Zecheng Dou	-4	F	2
CUT	Wilson Furr	-4	F	2
CUT	Lanto Griffin	-4	F	2
CUT	Bill Haas	-4	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	-4	F	2
CUT	Chan Kim	-4	F	2
CUT	Michael Kim	-4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Kisner	-4	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	-4	F	2
CUT	Mac Meissner	-4	F	2
CUT	Sam Ryder	-4	F	2
CUT	Greyson Sigg	-4	F	2
CUT	Austin Smotherman	-4	F	2
CUT	Jordan Spieth	-4	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	-4	F	2
CUT	Justin Suh	-4	F	2
CUT	Callum Tarren	-4	F	2
CUT	Bud Cauley	-3	F	2
CUT	Cameron Champ	-3	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	-3	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	-3	F	2
CUT	Matt NeSmith	-3	F	2
CUT	Raul Pereda	-3	F	2
CUT	Chez Reavie	-3	F	2
CUT	Ben Silverman	-3	F	2
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	-3	F	2
CUT	Brandon Wu	-3	F	2
CUT	Carl Yuan	-3	F	2
CUT	Erik Barnes	-2	F	2
CUT	Alexander Björk	-2	F	2
CUT	Pa Coody	-2	F	2
CUT	Pi Coody	-2	F	2
CUT	Ryan Fox	-2	F	2
CUT	Nicholas Lindheim	-2	F	2
CUT	David Nyfjall	-2	F	2
CUT	Seamus Power	-2	F	2
CUT	J.J. Spaun	-2	F	2
CUT	Davis Thompson	-2	F	2
CUT	Sami Valimaki	-2	F	2
CUT	Zac Blair	-1	F	2
CUT	Stewart Cink	-1	F	2
CUT	Trace Crowe	-1	F	2
CUT	Max Greyserman	-1	F	2
CUT	Peter Kuest	-1	F	2
CUT	Ryan Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Chad Ramey	-1	F	2
CUT	Robby Shelton	-1	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Walker	-1	F	2
CUT	Richy Werenski	-1	F	2
CUT	Paul Barjon	E	F	2
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	E	F	2
CUT	Garrick Higgo	E	F	2
CUT	KK Limbhasut	E	F	2
CUT	Roger Sloan	E	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	E	F	2
CUT	Nick Watney	E	F	2
CUT	Ryan Brehm	+1	F	2
CUT	Cody Gribble	+1	F	2
CUT	Ryan Palmer	+1	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+1	F	2
CUT	Wesley Bryan	+2	F	2
CUT	Vincent Norrman	+2	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	+2	F	2
CUT	James Hahn	+3	F	2
CUT	Blaine Hale, Jr.	+3	F	2
CUT	Josh Teater	+3	F	2
CUT	Martin Trainer	+3	F	2
CUT	Scott Gutschewski	+4	F	2
CUT	Ben Taylor	+4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	+5	F	2
WD	Norman Xiong	–	–
WD	C.T. Pan	–	–
WD	Taylor Montgomery	–	–

Tot

Thru

Rnd

Taylor Pendrith

-23

Ben Kohles

-22

Alex Noren

-21

Byeong Hun An

-20

S.H. Kim

-20

Aaron Rai

-20

Matt Wallace

-20

Jake Knapp

-19

Rafael Campos

-18

Troy Merritt

-18

Taiga Semikawa

-18

Kevin Tway

-18

T13

Daniel Berger

-17

T13

Ben Griffin

-17

T13

Ryo Hisatsune

-17

T13

S.W. Kim

-17

T13

Kelly Kraft

-17

T13

Adam Schenk

-17

T13

Alex Smalley

-17

T20

Austin Cook

-16

T20

Stephan Jaeger

-16

T20

Zach Johnson

-16

T20

Keith Mitchell

-16

T24

Jorge Campillo

-15

T24

Nico Echavarria

-15

T24

Chris Gotterup

-15

T24

Patton Kizzire

-15

T24

Min Woo Lee

-15

T24

Justin Lower

-15

T30

Kevin Chappell

-14

T30

Kevin Dougherty

-14

T30

Adrien Dumont de Chassart

-14

T30

Nick Dunlap

-14

T30

Luke List

-14

T30

Max McGreevy

-14

T30

Andrew Novak

-14

T30

Davis Riley

-14

T30

Adam Scott

-14

T30

Dylan Wu

-14

T30

Car Young

-14

T41

Aaron Baddeley

-13

T41

Tom Hoge

-13

T41

Mackenzie Hughes

-13

T41

Sung Kang

-13

T41

Ryan McCormick

-13

T41

Maverick McNealy

-13

T41

Vince Whaley

-13

T48

Martin Laird

-12

T48

Ben Martin

-12

T48

David Skinns

-12

T48

Brandt Snedeker

-12

T52

Tyson Alexander

-10

T52

Hayden Buckley

-10

T52

Harrison Endycott

-10

T52

Beau Hossler

-10

T52

Mark Hubbard

-10

T52

Tom Kim

-10

T52

Scott Piercy

-10

T59

Jason Day

-9

T59

K.H. Lee

-9

T59

S.Y. Noh

-9

T62

Joel Dahmen

-8

T62

Sam Stevens

-8

Henrik Norlander

-7

Kris Kim

-6

Tom Whitney

-1

CUT

Jacob Bridgeman

-5

CUT

Quade Cummins

-5

CUT

Thomas Detry

-5

CUT

Doug Ghim

-5

CUT

Chesson Hadley

-5

CUT

Harry Hall

-5

CUT

Nick Hardy

-5

CUT

Rico Hoey

-5

CUT

Brad Hopfinger

-5

CUT

Nate Lashley

-5

CUT

Robert MacIntyre

-5

CUT

Thorbjørn Olesen

-5

CUT

Matti Schmid

-5

CUT

Alejandro Tosti

-5

CUT

Kevin Yu

-5

CUT

Joseph Bramlett

-4

CUT

Bronson Burgoon

-4

CUT

Zecheng Dou

-4

CUT

Wilson Furr

-4

CUT

Lanto Griffin

-4

CUT

Bill Haas

-4

CUT

Joe Highsmith

-4

CUT

Chan Kim

-4

CUT

Michael Kim

-4

CUT

Kevin Kisner

-4

CUT

Matt Kuchar

-4

CUT

Mac Meissner

-4

CUT

Sam Ryder

-4

CUT

Greyson Sigg

-4

CUT

Austin Smotherman

-4

CUT

Jordan Spieth

-4

CUT

Hayden Springer

-4

CUT

Justin Suh

-4

CUT

Callum Tarren

-4

CUT

Bud Cauley

-3

CUT

Cameron Champ

-3

CUT

Brice Garnett

-3

CUT

David Lipsky

-3

CUT

Matt NeSmith

-3

CUT

Raul Pereda

-3

CUT

Chez Reavie

-3

CUT

Ben Silverman

-3

CUT

Jhonattan Vegas

-3

CUT

Brandon Wu

-3

CUT

Carl Yuan

-3

CUT

Erik Barnes

-2

CUT

Alexander Björk

-2

CUT

Pa Coody

-2

CUT

Pi Coody

-2

CUT

Ryan Fox

-2

CUT

Nicholas Lindheim

-2

CUT

David Nyfjall

-2

CUT

Seamus Power

-2

CUT

J.J. Spaun

-2

CUT

Davis Thompson

-2

CUT

Sami Valimaki

-2

CUT

Zac Blair

-1

CUT

Stewart Cink

-1

CUT

Trace Crowe

-1

CUT

Max Greyserman

-1

CUT

Peter Kuest

-1

CUT

Ryan Moore

-1

CUT

Chad Ramey

-1

CUT

Robby Shelton

-1

CUT

Jimmy Walker

-1

CUT

Richy Werenski

-1

CUT

Paul Barjon

CUT

Patrick Fishburn

CUT

Garrick Higgo

CUT

KK Limbhasut

CUT

Roger Sloan

CUT

Jimmy Stanger

CUT

Nick Watney

CUT

Ryan Brehm

CUT

Cody Gribble

CUT

Ryan Palmer

CUT

Camilo Villegas

CUT

Wesley Bryan

CUT

Vincent Norrman

CUT

Chandler Phillips

CUT

James Hahn

CUT

Blaine Hale, Jr.

CUT

Josh Teater

CUT

Martin Trainer

CUT

Scott Gutschewski

CUT

Ben Taylor

CUT

Kevin Streelman

Norman Xiong

–

C.T. Pan

–

Taylor Montgomery

–

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

Player

Tot

Thru

Rnd

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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