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Ricky Castillo wanted to be in Florida, but he went to Puerto Rico and won his first tour title instead
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Zach Johnson cruises to victory in first Champions Tour start

Just Released: Hot List 2026

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Players 2026: Chris Gotterup hasn't stumbled into stardom. Every sign pointed to his current place among world's best

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Four-time PGA Tour winner who suffered heartbreaking U.S. Open loss has died

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Ranking The Field

Players 2026: Power rankings for the entire field at TPC Sawgrass

Hot List 2026: The most forgiving drivers

Akshay Bhatia rallies from 5 back at Bay Hill with a charge that surely would’ve made Arnie proud

Introducing Stress Tests

The tour pro windows test

Ladder Landing Chipping Test

The smarter iron-play test

The short-sided up-and-down test

Stress Test: The three-tee speed putting test

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Course Strategy

Players 2026: 3 weird spots you see players miss at TPC Sawgrass

Exercises to make a bigger backswing and flush it

Exercises to improve your shoulder mobility to swing faster—safely

Exercises to improve hip rotation in your swing

Want to swing faster? First, see if you can with these mobility tests

The easy equipment upgrade most golfers overlook

Relieve your back pain in less than 10 minutes with this simple workout

How good at golf could you get if you really practiced?

Rules of Golf Review: He pumped two OB, picked up and wants a 6 for the hole. What should his real score be?

10 training aids I trust enough to actually use myself

Rickie Fowler is really good at something the rest of us are bad at

HOW TO HIT THIS SHOT

For more power off the tee, let the club ‘cross the line’ at the top

The best player in the world proves you don’t have to feel good about your swing to commit to each shot

Golfers make this very basic strategy mistake 40% of the time

Make this one small tweak to flush more putts (Yes, putts)

Inside the fight between the president and D.C. public golf

Swing Sequence: Tony Finau

Finau explains the key feelings that have helped him hone his power fade.

Lie Detector

Lie Detector: The simple downgrain chip

Lie Detector: The 'teed up' in rough chip

Lie Detector: The unpredictable mudball

Lie Detector: Buried in nasty rough

Lie Detector: The flyer lie

The 50 greatest courses built since 2000

Our new ranking assesses the best courses built this century

Where to Play

How these four superintendents are leading the charge in golf course sustainability

How you can play Bandon Dunes with the original course designer David McLay Kidd

Course Strategy

Players 2026: The 8 most underrated shots at TPC Sawgrass

The 40 best public courses in Florida

Course maintenance

How snowy winters affect your course’s conditions

Lido Contest 2026

How course nerds can win a chance to head to Crystal Downs

Genesis Invitational

Riviera's Kikuyu grass, explained

The best George Thomas courses, ranked

Course Construction

Spanish Bay is set to undergo a transformation by Gil Hanse—here's what will change

The 50 greatest courses built since 2000

Will Pebble Beach ever return the seventh hole to its old look? Our deep dive into the great short par 3

3 new, affordable public courses prove golf's building boom can expand beyond private clubs

Teeing off in front of monkeys in Barbados was surprisingly intimidating

The award for Best Renovation of the Year has never been tighter. These were the best of 2025

Our new ranking of every PGA Tour course—from best to worst

Inside Tom Doak's transformation at his first-ever design, High Pointe

Work is underway at Old Shores, Michael Keiser’s new course in Florida, where Tom Doak is working with features ‘unlike anything I’ve seen on a golf course’

How David McLay Kidd doubled down on fun with new Scarecrow course at Gamble Sands—giving him another Best New winner

The Fall Line is golf's next great exclusive club—and our experts got a first look

Best New Courses of 2025: Thousands of ratings from our experts determined the latest winners

Hot List

A skeptic's guide to new golf equipment

What to Play

Hot List 2026: The most forgiving drivers

Every driver used by a winner on the PGA Tour in the 2026 season

Every putter used by a winner on the PGA Tour in the 2026 season

Hot List 2026: The most forgiving irons

Hot List 2026: Find the best clubs for you with our new Compare Clubs tool

Range Results: How We Processed nearly 20,000 Shots for the Hot List

Inside the Hot List

Hot List 2026: What does our 'MOI Rating' mean?

Editor's Letter: Reckoning with hard truths from our equipment editors

The one piece of equipment you forget. The right shoes are more about substance than style

For Hot List consistency and accuracy, it’s not only the clubs that matter

Golf Digest Videos

The latest videos on how to play, what to play, and where to play, along with analysis of what's happening in the game.

59 Questions, 59 Answers from Tour Pros

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Scottie Scheffler Proves Phil Mickelson Wrong

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Going for the Screen

The Loop

The Feed: A Golf Digest writer runs afoul of YouTube golf's faithful

What-If History

11 ways golf would be different if the Players Championship was a major all along

Celebrity Golfers

San Francisco 49ers players forced by wives to 'pose like Vogue models' in order to play golf

Haotong Li has TESTY exchange with caddie following 18th hole double bogey at Bay Hill

Grip It And Rip It

John Daly II channels his dad with legendary answer to post-round interview question

Phil Being Phil

Phil Mickelson recalls the 'best speech I've ever heard' from Lou Holtz at 2008 Ryder Cup

Players Championship picks 2026: Our 13 best bets to win at TPC Sawgrass

Joel Dahmen asked Twitter for a place to stay, and Twitter delivered

Watch a LIV Golf pro completely whiff a one-inch (!) putt

Lethal par-3s, Scottie's even-year blessing, and rogue Luke Donald thoughts: 10 things for Bay Hill

Boys Will Be Boys

Scottie Scheffler reveals why he doesn’t ask to sit next to Jordan Spieth at the Masters Champions Dinner

Stupid Golf Problems

Stupid Golf Problems: Should you always travel with your golf clubs?

'I don't think I was ready': Rory McIlroy opens up in trailer for upcoming Masters documentary

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Delta Air Lines releases exclusive in-flight Masters programming ahead of 2026 tournament

Arnold Palmer Invitational picks 2026: Why Matt Fitzpatrick will finally get it done at Bay Hill