50 Things That Changed Golf

A look at the start of an all-new, team match play event ... the Presidents Cup

Revisiting the 1983 rebellion that nearly tore professional golf apart

"If Karsten Solheim isn’t on your Mount Rushmore of the Most Influential People in Golf History, then I suggest you reevaluate your list."

A look at golf's first celebrity and the start of the touring professional

Dissecting the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and Tiger's domination

Breaking down the controversial 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills

An in-depth look at the 1991 PGA Championship and its unlikely victor ... John Daly.

How did the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) start? And why has it become so controversial?

Reliving the drama (and details) of Tiger Woods' 2019 Masters victory.

A deep dive into the 1996 Masters, from Greg Norman's collapse to Nick Faldo's historic win.

How we almost lost the Ryder Cup, and the few individuals who saved it.

Three incredible Ryder Cup stories that you may have never heard before.

Is the Tour Championship working? Or does the PGA Tour need to make some drastic changes?

A deep dive into 2009 PGA Champion Y.E. Yang, and how he got his iconic nickname.

Is there an Open Championship curse for the English? And if so ... what's happening?

How Paul Azinger saved the U.S. Ryder Cup squad and changed the event forever

A deep dive into the worst stretch of the Ryder Cup for the Americans

A look at the supernatural(?) influence on this brutal, glorious track

A look at Rory at the PGA, plus some of the more infamous equipment violations in golf.

Some wild stories from the PGA Championship's unbelievable history

A deep dive into Rory McIlroy's tragic family history.

A look at the Pulitzer Prize winner's quiet activism on the 50th anniversary of Lee Elder's pioneering first trip to Augusta

Why tour pros and the media don't have to be enemies

How did the four majors become what they are? We dive into the history.

Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia and the fried chicken incident

Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia and where it all went wrong

Part Three of the 75th-anniversary podcast "Revolutions: A re-examined history of golf, Golf Digest, and Tiger" explores everything in the post-Tiger era that has led to this state of crisis.

Part Two of the 75th-anniversary podcast "Revolutions: A re-examined history of golf, Golf Digest, and Tiger" looks at the impact of Tiger Woods, centered around the height of his achievement—the Tiger Slam of 2000 and 2001.

Part One of the 75th-anniversary podcast "Revolutions: A re-examined history of golf, Golf Digest, and Tiger" takes a thorough look at the pre-Tiger era and everything in professional golf that made him possible.

How did Q School become Q School?

A look at the incredible life of Chi Chi Rodriguez

The incredibly strange story of Olympic golf in 1900 and 1904

Let's look at the development of the game in Scotland in the pre-club days, the rise of the clubs themselves, and the ascendancy of St. Andrews.

An investigation into the true history of the sport we know and love

A deep dive into one of the most notorious collapses in major championship history

Cyril Walker defeated Bobby Jones at the 1924 U.S. Open. What happened after?

A look at Payne Stewart's incredible and tragic life

We take a look back at one of the craziest majors in recent golf history.

While Sam Snead's 82 is full of cheap wins, Tiger Woods doesn't have a single illegitimate win on his resume.

An inside look at one of the major mistakes at Augusta National

An inside look at one of the strangest controversies in golf history

What is the Official World Golf Ranking? Will it stick around?

An inside look at one of the great American golf course designers

The story of Charlie Sifford, one of the most important people in golf history.

Who is Anthony Kim? And why did he vanish off the map at such a young age?

The idea that's changing golf may not have started where you expect.

The wild true story of a murder in the parking lot of Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma

An escaped criminal or one of the most interesting golfers in the world?

The story of a controversial day involving Tom Watson, Gary Player and potential cheating.

It's time for the first-ever session of Golf Court! Let the Ryder Cup arguing commence.

The Ryder Cup Radicals break down the European Team’s heroics, the Home Team Dominance problem, and all the drama around ‘Hat Gate’.

The time has almost come, tensions are at a peak, and as the band Europe once said, this is the final countdown.

The Ryder Cup is imminent. Let's discuss.

Course set-up, underdog mentality and Team Europe's chances at the Ryder Cup

The boys talk about European snubs and how the team sizes up to the Americans.

Team USA is now fully formed. Let's talk about it.

Some last-minute analysis on the potential U.S. Ryder Cup team's captain's picks

The boys are back, and their important job of handicapping the Ryder Cup bubble is now more critical than ever as we approach D-Day. The U.S. automatic picks are set, but there’s so much drama in the race for captain’s picks that only the brightest minds can sort the data, and over in Europe, the situation is even more tenuous as the last four picks remain very much for grabs. On a good week for both Zach Johnson and Luke Donald, and a wild one for their picks, we’re here to set you up for the homestretch. Plus, dramatic eulogies for the players who came into the week with a chance to dance, but left with diddily re: Italy.

A look back at one of the greatest turnaround stories in the history of sport

Is Lucas Glover bludgeoning his way onto the team one win at a time? Has JT's stock gone down as he watches from the sidelines?

We're here to talk JT's surge, Bryson's 58, and where they (and everyone else) sit as the bubble watch heats up.

Dive deep with us in this examination of everything Paul McGinley did right, and how the web he wove ensnared the Americans ... but perhaps woke them up, too.

As July changes to August, Ryder Cup momentum becomes real, and the lads are here to guide you through the start of the endgame.

We examine the singular career of Davie Strath, the tragedy of his life's end, and that wild day when he had his best, and last, chance to etch his name in the history books.

The story of Young Tom Morris, the greatest golfing talent of the 20th century.

First ep of Ryder Cup Radicals features LIV Golf talk, what Zach Johnson needs to do and the beauty of the word "Madon!"

We look at golf's most notorious amateur scandal, and the aftershocks that transformed the amateur game.

Why and how the USGA turned the 1974 U.S. Open at Winged Foot into a monster

This is the story of the six women in history who teed it up with the men on the PGA Tour.

How Jon Rahm's Basque background defines his cultural heritage and his strength as an elite competitor

A look at the tense standoff between the PGA of America and Shoal Creek

How Seve Ballesteros became not just a guiding light for Spanish and European golf, but a kind of saint

Let's dive into the nightmarish 1996 Masters and what happened to Greg Norman.

This is the story of a desperate man, a hostage crisis, and a president trying to defuse a dangerous situation at Augusta National.

An in-depth breakdown of the first challenge to the PGA Tour's existence, featuring Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson.

In this bonus episode, Chad Mumm, the show’s executive producer, discusses what went behind "Full Swing" and one gem of a scene that ended up on the cutting room floor.

It's the final episode of "Full Swing," and there's a lot to discuss. It's the Rory McIlroy show this week. It delivers.

Were rookies Sahith Theegala and Mito Pereira compelling enough to carry an entire show? Let's break down episode 7.

There is much to like about the Tony Finau portion of episode 6, but less so when it comes to Collin Morikawa. We break it all down.

Let's look at the overachieving Matt Fitzpatrick and the naturally gifted Dustin Johnson, and the former's U.S. Open triumph at the Country Club.

The show’s fourth episode on journeyman Joel Dahmen was the best yet. This was our favorite episode, and as such, we loved diving into every part of it.

We break down Ian Poulter’s struggle to remain relevant and his decision to jump to LIV Golf.

We discuss a much-improved second episode that focuses on Brooks Koepka and Scottie Scheffler, and the contrast between a player in a slump and another one winning majors.

Our first episode of "Full Swing Thoughts" looks at Justin Spieth, Jordan Thomas, the concept of frenemies and Netflix's first swing at the PGA Tour.

We made it through the months of hype. Netflix's "Full Swing" is here, and we're here to recap every minute of it.

Keely Levins, Alex Myers, Shane Ryan, and Sam Weinman discuss what resonated with them most in a wild 2022, from the high-profile dramatic episodes to moments of personal poignance.

How much easier would golf be if a tour player hit all your drives for you?

What are NFTs? And what could they possibly have to do with golf?

Alex Myers talks with Golf Digest's Keely Levins and Joel Beall and others about a handful of golf courses that got creative in their efforts to remain afloat.

From how golfers practice, to the time they spend away from home, to even their choice to pursue an individual over a team sport, Shane Ryan explains why even the best-intentioned golfers need to be selfish to succeed.

In the aftermath of an incident in a qualifier tournament, Alex Myers looks at the particulars of the case, but also the wider world of cheating in golf—how often it happens, why it happens, and why it's so counter to golf's core principles.

Sam Weinman and Shane Ryan discuss their respective quests to break 80. They consult with pros, sports psychologists, and some of the golfers they play with, to understand what’s been holding them back, what they need to make it happen, and what it will signify to them if it does.

A look into the career and life of Marion Miley which came to a tragic end in the middle of the night in the Lexington Country Club apartments.

Let's explore the origins of the PGA Tour-LIV Golf rivalry, as well as the turbulent present to help understand how the situation could resolve, and why it might not anytime soon.

Can a 40-year-old golfer really overhaul his golf game in just 12 weeks? That's what we set out to learn.

We look at everything that makes the Old Course so vital to the game's identity, and why the Open Championship there this week comes at a fractious but opportune moment.

Golf's major championships are when the stakes are highest, but the downside of putting so much emphasis on four weeks a year is it risks undermining the rest of the golf calendar.

Dan Rapaport examines the U.S. Open qualifying process, explains why it remains one of golf’s most intriguing opportunities, and dives into some of the incredible tales that arise out of it every year.

On the eve of the U.S. Women's Open, Keely Levins examines what the golf landscape was like for women before Title IX, and the myriad ways it's been reshaped in the decades since.