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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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3:42 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawai’i — Phil Mickelson is headed back to Hawai’i for golf, not a vacation, committing to play the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua for the first time in 21 years. Mickelson won the winners-only tournament at La Costa Resort in 1998, then has played only twice since it
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Bryson DeChambeau has never been one for subtlety. So when it comes to the question of his physical transformation over the last two years—and whether steroids potentially played a part in that process—DeChambeau not surprisingly attempted to quell that notion in dramatic fashion. On Monday, DeChambeau announced on Twitter “I am releasing my medical information
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Players switched companies, changed gear, ran low on gear, had too much gear. Yes, it was an insanely crazy—and entertaining—year to be an equipment writer covering the world of clubs, balls and contracts on the professional tours. Here’s eight equipment stories from the past 12 months that are worth repeating. Jon Rahm leaves TaylorMade, joins
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5:04 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods accomplished both of his goals this weekend at the PNC Championship — having fun with his son, Charlie, and managing to play the scramble format of the event without making a bogey. But along the way, the old competitive fire burned bright as Woods not only played
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