After my brother passed in May, we drove back to his house from the hospital. In the driveway, where his truck still sat, his wife, Callie, said, “Would you like his golf clubs?” I had been there two weeks prior, when he’d gone into the hospital for the last time, and after visiting with him,
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Although he’s been an equipment free agent for several years, Patrick Reed appears to have found a new home. If the logo on the front of his cap during a practice round at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapaula, Hawaii, is any indication, expect to hear of an agreement sometime this week that Reed
8:35 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Viktor Hovland spent a few weeks at home in Norway and figured he would get to the warmth of Hawaii early to start knocking some rust off his game before starting the new year. That went according to plan. He arrived on Maui a week ago. His
Predictions are a popular exercise this time of year. They are low-lift, fun, serve as a nice table setter of what’s to come and, just as importantly, no one really keeps tabs that your “Is this the year Rory wins the Masters?” proclamation didn’t pan out as the calendar rolls on. But we also adhere
8:22 AM ET The first event on the PGA Tour schedule in 2022 is a small one. Only 38 players will tee it up at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. The reason? You have to win to get in. Only tournament champions from the previous 12 months are invited to the Plantation Course at Kapalua
The 2021 season was certainly one to remember for Jon Rahm as he captured his first major at the U.S. Open and finished the year as World No. 1. But there’s still another tournament that he can’t seem to forget for less pleasant reasons. Of course, we’re talking about the Memorial, where Rahm held a
8:16 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Max Homa was sitting on a plane, flying back to Arizona from the RSM Classic in Sea Island, Georgia, on Nov. 19, when he started to think about how to get better. It was his 31st birthday, and earlier in the day, he missed the cut by 3 strokes.
It’s somehow 2022, which means two things: Everyone accidentally writing 2021 for the next month and the return of the PGA Tour. After its six-week hiatus, the tour will start the new year off with the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which will boast hot temperatures and a loaded field consisting of 38 of the 39
We’ve all been there—after a particularly hectic stretch at work, you feel completely devoid of energy and motivation. The only thing that’ll refiill the energy reserves is some good ol’ fashioned rest and relaxation. Not everyone, however, can simply take two months off work. Because not everyone is the world’s best golfer. World No. 1
7:24 PM ET Cameron Champ has withdrawn from this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions event after testing positive for COVID-19, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday. The tournament in Hawaii is the tour’s first of 2022 and features only winners from the previous season. Access 4,300+ hours of live coverage from 35 PGA TOUR tournaments each
Don’t let the scenery and relaxed vibe fool you: The 2022 golf year is starting off with a BANG! The Sentry Tournament of Champions will feature every golfer who won on the PGA Tour last season (except Rory McIlroy, who declined an invite), making it an absolutely stacked field of 39 players converging on Maui.
8:04 AM ET If 2022 has the same drama, excitement and confused chaos as 2021, I’m going to need to book an AirBnB in the mountains of Tibet to decompress. OOOOOOHHHHMMMMMM. The 12 months that was 2021 was the wildest of golf cart rides. But before I save my Tibetan trip SuperHost search preferences and
It is a virtual certainty that golf’s pool of elite players get deeper every year. Young talent seems never-ending. And even older golfers are finding a way to compete. When attempting to handicap a full schedule of PGA Tour events, it might seem daunting to differentiate one amazing tour player from another. But keep in
The point on the calendar at which a fan decides to get SERIOUS about professional golf is a personal choice. Some never stop, some pick it up in March as the Masters approaches and many others are gearing up now, at the start of the new year, when the Hawaiian swing begins. Among that last
And just like that, PGA Tour golf is back with the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions, held annually on the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii. The tournament that serves as the official turning of the page to a new season once again has a star-studded field of PGA Tour winners from 2021. Most
How did the PGA Tour’s best players spend their “winter breaks?” Relaxing? Working on their games? A little of both? These are the question we’ll be asking beginning at this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions, as the tour resumes the 2021-22 season in Maui. Ahead of that, our Golf Digest staff spent its winter break
Dustin Johnson is uncharacteristically missing from this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions, having failed to win a PGA Tour event in the 2021 calendar year. It’s the first time he hasn’t qualified to play at Kapalua’s Plantation Course since 2015 and just the third time in the last 13 years he won’t be starting in
After two seasons of Local Knowledge, Golf Digest’s deep-dive narrative podcast, our audience has come to expect stories that open their eyes to undiscovered elements of the golf world. Although each episode endeavors to shine light on a worthy topic, these five were the biggest hits in 2021. 5. The inside story of how “Tin
The PGA of America announced Tuesday that it has settled a dispute with the Trump Organization regarding the PGA’s decision to cancel its contract with Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., to host the 2022 PGA Championship. The PGA of America awarded its flagship event to Trump Bedminster in May 2014, prior to Donald
In a restaurant at an upscale San Diego outdoor mall bustling with post-Christmas shoppers at lunch time, Marty Gorsich considers his good fortune between bites of his salmon and salad. Gorsich is the executive director of the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open, and just a few miles up the road in La Jolla, he’s got
Grace Summerhays is no stranger to tournament golf. In fact, she has tested herself at almost every level of competitive play there is: junior golf, amateur championships, women’s professional events, even men’s Korn Ferry Tour qualifiers. But there’s one stage she has yet to step on: college golf. Next month, Summerhays will take care of
Phil Mickelson said on Twitter on Wednesday that he has won the $8 million grand prize for the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program. A well-placed source confirmed Mickelson’s likely victory to Golf Digest, though the results don’t become official until Dec. 31 and won’t be revealed until February, when the tour will distribute a list
A review of Golf Digest’s 10 most popular longform stories from 2021 does not necessarily reveal the most “important” stories of the year. Sure, there were accounts of Brooks vs. Bryson, takeouts on Tiger Woods’ long road to recovery, as well as a profile of one of the game’s most inscrutable figures. But great golf
Pierceson and Parker Coody might be taking this identical twins thing a bit too far. The 21-year-old star senior golfers at the University of Texas are both expected to miss the start of the spring college season after each broke a bone in his right arm in a fluke non-golf accident. First reported by GolfChannel.com,
In the golf betting game, there are quite literally no days off. However, the Christmas season does serve as a nice little respite from sweating your outrights, top 10s and matchup bets for 40-plus weeks of the year. This downtime can be used wisely, though. With no golf on, prospective golf bettors always have their
For the third straight year, U.S. Curtis Cup captain Sarah LeBrun Ingram is making a winter trip to Florida to help scout American players for the upcoming match. The USGA announced on Tuesday the 12 invitees who will be to participating in a practice session ahead of the 2022 Curtis Cup at Merion Golf Club
The golf world lost some prominent figures in 2021, individuals who made lasting contributions to the game and its community. From tour pros to business leaders and international golf ambassadors, each could boast a unique and important impact on the sport. Among the passings that has resonated the loudest from the sport over the last
You remember the major champions, the major beefs and the major breakouts from this year in golf. But what about all the other details that made this season in the game such a rich pageant? This brief quiz on “The Year in Golf, 2021” will touch on and test your knowledge of some of the
Ed Ibarguen is easy to talk to, that much is immediately apparent during a phone call after he’d been inducted into the PGA of America Hall of Fame in November. He has a lot of stories to tell, and a humble, optimistic outlook that makes conversation flow. You can imagine what a lesson with him
Beauty, it’s said, is in the eye of the beholder. The same, perhaps, with beautiful memories. When we asked our writers to think back over the past year and reflect on their favorite golf moments of 2021, many recalled events witnessed by the entire golf world. Others captured more personal vignettes with the game—from trying to find time to