A links golf course is a course built on sandy coastal land between the sea and farmland, with firm turf, few or no trees, deep pot bunkers, and constant exposure to wind. Links golf originated in Scotland, and it’s the oldest form of the game. The Old Course at St Andrews, Royal County Down, and…
As the sweltering summer heat begins to fade, golfers everywhere eagerly anticipate the arrival of fall. Why? Because autumn brings with it the perfect conditions for a golf getaway. That early morning mist, the crunch of leaves underfoot. There’s nothing quite like it. So, keep those heavy sweaters and hand warmers tucked away a little…
Good luck to Wyndham Clark and Team USA this week at Medinah! Wyndham didn’t need a captain’s pick to make this team. He earned his spot outright by winning the BMW Championship, which made him an automatic qualifier, and he arrives as one of the most in-form players on either side. His 2026 season includes…
What do you get for the guy who already has it all? Start where he’s happiest: on the course. From sleek shoes and cutting-edge tech to a whiskey decanter built for every man cave, we’ve rounded up the best golf gifts for men that’ll make even the “I don’t need anything” guy crack a smile….
It’s (almost) the most wonderful time of the year – aka, the season of “what on earth do I get her?” To make your holiday shopping a little bit easier, we’ve hand-picked some of the best golf gifts for women. From stylish polos to high-tech rangefinders, finding the perfect gift for the special lady in…
Every group has a Kevin. If you’re a fan of The Office, you know exactly what that means on a golf course. All it takes is the mention of a round for Kevin Malone—accountant, sandwich enthusiast, chili connoisseur, man of otherwise very few words—to reveal he’s secretly fluent in the entire language of golf gambling….
The wild, wild west has never given anything away for free. Cowboys, outlaws, and scorching desert heat once made this frontier a place you survived, not celebrated. But the West has always rewarded those willing to make the journey, and today, the payoff is sweeter than ever. Barren deserts now cradle luxurious resorts. Rugged mountains…
PGA TOUR, Omaha Productions and ShipSticks have teamed up to bring fans Alter Ego, a new unscripted comedy series starring Wyndham Clark in its first episode. As Variety shared in its announcement of the series, Alter Ego takes professional golfers out of their familiar competitive environment and gives fans a different look at the personalities…
Labor Day was practically made for a golf trip. The days are still long, the weather’s just right, and the summer crowds are mostly gone. Add a built-in long weekend, and you’ve got the perfect excuse to pack your bags, ship your sticks, flip on that out-of-office, and chase one last great round before fall…
Every August, the best players in the world spend three weeks fighting their way to the FedEx Cup, and in 2026 that road runs through three great golf cities: Memphis, St. Louis, and Atlanta. The 20th edition of the playoffs tees off August 13 and crowns a champion on August 30, hopscotching from TPC Southwind…
Created in partnership with Golfbreaks If you only take one golf trip a year, make it a fall one. As summer’s heat fades, courses across the country hit their stride, with punishing midday temperatures that define a July round giving way to blue-sky afternoons that beg for 36 holes. The scenery isn’t bad either, whether…
Golfers have a strange relationship with suffering. We shoot 94, lose seven balls, mutter “never again” in the parking lot, and book the same tee time for next month. The ten courses below understand this about us perfectly, and they’re happy to oblige. A quick word on what “hard” means here, because it’s not just…
The Open Championship is one of the most revered tournaments in golf. It’s steeped in tradition, in history, and in truly magical moments. With the 154th edition of the tournament teeing off at Royal Birkdale July 16–19, we’ve gathered a few fun facts about the Open Championship you may not know. Fun Facts About the…
Baseball has the perfect game. Tennis has the Grand Slam. Horse racing has the Triple Crown. In golf, it’s the Grand Slam, and it’s so difficult that no professional golfer has ever completed the calendar-year Grand Slam, while only six men have won all four modern majors over the course of their careers. So, what…
No architect has shaped American golf quite like Donald Ross. The Scotsman learned the game in Dornoch, apprenticed under Old Tom Morris at St. Andrews, and arrived in the United States at the turn of the 20th century with a vision that would define golf-course design for generations. Over a career that spanned hundreds of…
Golf architecture has a short list of names that make serious players stop and pay attention. Right now, David McLay Kidd is at the top of it. In the last two years alone, Kidd opened GrayBull Club in the Nebraska Sandhills—ranked in Golf Digest’s Best New Courses of 2024—and Loraloma outside Austin, which Golf Digest…
Look, we’re not judging. Golf’s rulebook is 200+ pages long and gets updated every four years. If you’re still playing by the rules you learned from your dad in 1994, you’re not alone. But some of those rules have changed. A lot, actually. Before your next round, do yourself (and your playing partners) a favor…
Most golfers think of the pre-round warm-up as a chance to find their swing. It isn’t. By the time you reach the range, your swing is already what it is, and no amount of range balls in the 30 minutes before your tee time is going to change that. What a good warm-up actually…
It’s dew-sweeping at sunrise. Shades on by the back nine. Golden hour rounds that stretch until you’re squinting to see the flagstick. It’s a cold drink, a warm breeze, and maybe—just maybe—a career-low on the scorecard. That’s summer golf. And it’s pure magic. From the sparkling shores of Lake Michigan to the rolling Nebraskan Sandhills,…
At some point, every golfer with kids starts doing the math. The solo buddies trips are great, but they’re getting harder to justify. The family beach vacation is fun, but you’re sneaking looks at nearby courses the whole time. What if there was a trip that didn’t require you to choose? Turns out, there is….
