Welcome to a fresh chapter in the venerable, tradition-rich story of Omni La Costa Resort. The iconic California venue that for years played host to the PGA Tour’s Tournament of Champions is experiencing a rebirth, linking its glorious past to an exciting future. La Costa’s “new” North Course (formerly Champions) has been redesigned by Gil Read more…
The first time the term might have been used was at Royal St. George’s in 1999 when golf’s boulevardier Jimmy Dunne was playing a casual match with his friend Frank Brennan while attending Wimbledon. On the long par-3 11th hole, Brennan hit a slight hook into the right side of the green and appeared satisfied Read more…
Hitting and holding greens at Pinehurst #2 is one of the most befuddling challenges in the game of golf. Whether it’s a resort guest or a professional tour player, finding a way to get second and often third or fourth shots to settle on the putting surface will determine success. The elevated greens have sloping shoulders Read more…
Alister MacKenzie has been departed for 100 years, but his architectural concepts and design philosophies live on. In fact, you could say they’ve taken on a life of their own. Each year since 1998, except for 2004 and 2020, hundreds of aspiring architects and dreamy designers have conjured the spirit of MacKenzie when putting pen Read more…
As golfers, we often let the colors we see on a course dictate whether we think it’s in good shape or not. Green, good. Brown, bad. It’s not that simple, though. Aside from a compelling argument that browner, firmer turf is ideal for playability, courses in certain climates may turn almost completely brown for several Read more…
Golf course superintendents have perhaps the most thankless job in golf. Early wake-up calls, 16-hour days and should their course not meet a high standard, they are Golf Club Enemy No. 1. The stressors of the job have become so intense that a few years ago, Golf Digest’s Ron Whitten wrote about the mental-health crisis Read more…
It should be no surprise that our 2024 ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Holes, the first of its kind since 1999, is heavily populated with representatives from the America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses ranking. These holes are why those courses are considered great. To formulate this ranking, Golf Digest compiled a list of more Read more…
Respect it or not, Valhalla delivers reliably great stories. There’s magic in the air in Kentucky, a strange kind of gothic voodoo, and it settles like the hot air in this specific patch of the Ohio River Valley.
Leading up to the 1953 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, the USGA and club officials clashed over Oakmont’s use of its heavy, wide-tined bunker rakes. The governing body, as well as many U.S. Open participants, complained that the deep furrows the rakes made were overly penal and inconsistent—one player’s ball, for example, might sit Read more…
Sweetens Cove Golf Club, the nine-hole course in South Pittsburg, Tenn., beloved by a devoted group of golf adventurists, announced that it will be closing for three months at the end of May to repair turf damage suffered over the winter. A stretch of severe weather destroyed grass on the course’s fairways and greens. The Read more…
Jimmie James could be the best hang in golf. The guy has played literally everywhere, teeing it at every one of Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses in 2018, a completist feat maybe only a dozen people have accomplished in a lifetime, let alone a calendar year. He’s not obnoxious about it, though. The Read more…
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