Publishing a story often feels like the end of a long journey—reporting, writing, editing, fact-checking, designing—but occasionally we’re pleased to find out it was only a beginning. Though separated by 23 years and 150 yards off the tee, James and Allen became fast friends. So when the two recently came to New York on a
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In this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year, many golfers find themselves feeling a tremendous sense of guilt. You know what I mean. In the worst of times, for the lucky ones it’s been the best of times. We’ve all talked about the quality hours and days we’ve spent with our families. Hanging out
To get an early glimpse of who likely will be competing for the United States at the Walker Cup in May at Seminole Golf Club, look no further than the 16 players the USGA just invited to participate in next month’s three-day practice session. Seven of the 10 members of the winning U.S. team in
10:56 AM ET Associated Press JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Joachim B. Hansen of Denmark overturned a three-shot deficit with nine holes remaining to win his first European Tour title at the Joburg Open on Sunday. Wilco Nienaber of South Africa took a one-stroke lead into the final round at Randpark Golf Club and extended his
John Augenstein, a two-time All-American at Vanderbilt and the reigning SEC Player of the Year, has decided to turn professional. It’s just coming five months later than he originally thought it would. After finishing runner-up to Andy Ogletree in the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst, Augenstein earned entry into the 2020 Masters and U.S. Open.
5:32 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Robert Streb made an 8-foot par putt to stay alive in a playoff and ended it on the second extra hole Sunday with a pitching wedge that came an inch from going in, giving him a victory over Kevin Kisner in the RSM Classic. Streb
Having been out of the broadcasting game for more than a year, Gary McCord can be excused for not knowing some of the finer details of his latest assignment as an on-course reporter for “Capital One’s The Match: Champions for Change” this Friday on TNT. For instance, he wasn’t quite sure if the third iteration
Our latest issue of Golf Digest is a very special one for many reasons. Most of all, it marks an overdue but important milestone for our brand: a female photographer (Mackenzie Stroh) teamed with a female writer (Keely Levins) to capture female subjects. We had a chance to go even deeper with our Issue 11
6:49 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Sei Young Kim won the Pelican Women’s Championship on Sunday for her second straight victory, closing with an even-par 70 for a 3-stroke victory over Ally McDonald. The KPMG Women’s PGA winner on Oct. 11 in her last start, the second-ranked Kim won for the 12th time
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Fourteen feet, one inch was the length of Robert Streb’s birdie putt that would have won him the RSM Classic the first of the three times he played the 18th hole on Sunday, and his miss won’t be particularly remembered. It was a medium-weak effort, short and fading off to
1:07 PM ET Another celebrity golf match is set this week, though for the first time in this series it will be without Tiger Woods. Worried it will lack drama? Insert Charles Barkley, whose golf swing is, uh, interesting. (That’s being nice.) On Friday, he will team up with Phil Mickelson against three-time NBA champion
Who could forget Charles Barkley’s brutal assessment of the quality of golf Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson displayed in the first rendition of “The Match” two years ago in Las Vegas? “This is crappy golf. Y’all know that,” the NBA Hall of Famer-turned-broadcaster drawled with his typical honesty to a pay-per-view television audience. “I could
Ironically, both of what proved to be the decisive moments in the final round of the Joburg Open on Sunday were shots that flew too far. Three days after hitting the drive that echoed around the world of golf—a 439-yard bomb off the tee at the 597-yard par-5 fourth hole on the Randpark course during
5:46 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Robert Streb kept his game from coming undone over the first hour Saturday, and then pieced together enough birdies for a 3-under 67 to build a three-shot lead going into the final round of the RSM Classic. Streb came from five shots behind when he
When Robert Streb won his first PGA Tour event at the RSM Classic (then the McGladery Classic) in 2014, he checked off an important bucket-list box: earning an invitation to the Masters. The only other thing the Chickasha, Okla., native said he needed to check off? Attend an Oklahoma-Texas game, otherwise known as the Red
6:09 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Sei Young Kim answered Ally McDonald’s ace with a late birdie run to open a five-stroke lead Saturday in the Pelican Women’s Championship, the South Korean’s first event since winning the KPMG Women’s PGA a month and half ago. The second-ranked Kim shot a 6-under 64, birdieing
The notice came through my editor: Joaquin Niemann, the 22-year-old Chilean rising star, was on a mission to raise money for his one-month-old cousin, Rafita Calderon, who was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a rare neuromuscular disease that leads to muscle wasting, respiratory failure, and frequently, death. Most infants diagnosed with the disease do not
Outside of a few stealth swing videos and some eye-popping scorecards from the South Florida junior circuit, we really don’t know that much about Charlie Woods’ game. And yet, oddsmakers have seen enough to price he and his 15-time major champion father among the favorites for December’s PNC Championship. Of course, Tiger being one half