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May 4th, 2024

Your handicap is not a scoring average

This article first appeared in Low Net, a Golf Digest+ exclusive newsletter written for the average golfer, by an average golfer. Have a topic you want me to explore? Send me an email at [email protected]. My favorite example of people not understanding handicaps is from the golf tournament I organized on my wedding day. Working Read more…

May 4th, 2024

Phil Mickelson smokes 300-yard driver off the deck at LIV Singapore, is still hitting bombs at 53

Phil Mickelson turned pro in 1992. Let that sink in for a minute. Nirvana was a new band. George Bush (senior!) was president. The Dallas Cowboys were winning Super Bowls. It was a very different world, both on and off the golf course. Mickelson has experienced a lot of incredible highs and low lows since Read more…

May 4th, 2024

16-year-old (!) Kris Kim pitches in for eagle on final hole during impressive PGA Tour debut

Kris Kim became the latest teen to make his PGA Tour debut at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Thursday. And his solid start included a dream finish that has him thinking about a weekend tee time. Kim, a 16-year-old amateur from England, was one under par when he reached his final hole of the Read more…

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Adam Scott Highlights From The Players Round 4

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May 3rd, 2024

WATCH: Fake TikTok ‘tradies’ sneak into LIV Golf Adelaide, approve of party hole

A couple of Adelaide locals have gone viral after recording themselves sneaking into Grange Golf Club during the second edition of LIV Golf Adelaide and, well, living it up on the tournament’s famous party hole.

May 2nd, 2024

WATCH: Lucas Herbert is the latest loser of Ripper GC’s ‘bad shirt’ prank

WARNING: Some viewers may find the following footage offensive.

May 1st, 2024

LIV Golf announces Chicago venue for individual finale

The Chicago competition will see players compete for final positions in the individual standings and the title of 2024 LIV Golf individual champion.

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April 24th, 2024

Editor’s Letter: And The Winner Is… Australian Golf

SPOILER ALERT! Royal Melbourne West is not the No.1 golf course in Australia.

April 24th, 2024

News You May Have Missed: May 2024

Aussie of the month: Jesse Linden The 12-year-old from Campbelltown in Sydney travels regularly to the US to compete against the best junior golfers in the world. His parents’ investment, and Jesse’s hard work on his game, paid off in April when he became the first Australian to compete in the 10-year history of Augusta Read more…

April 24th, 2024

Journeys: ‘I Am Such A Nobody So It’s Pretty Much A Free Crack At The Open’

Crowned the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner in his rookie season, Kiwi Kazuma Kobori now has the world’s best in his sights

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How to play

May 3rd, 2024

How this backswing ‘fault’ supercharged Jack Nicklaus’ golf swing

What looked like bad form to some was actually a key to Nicklaus’ huge tee shots.

May 1st, 2024

Why Lee Trevino trusts this go-to power move for older golfers

With your trail foot dropped back, you’re so far away from the ball on the backswing that the only way to get back to the ball is to shift aggressively into your lead foot on the downswing.

May 1st, 2024

What tour players are looking at when using a launch monitor on the range

On the practice range during tournament weeks, it’s more about informed decisions than refinement.

What to play

May 2nd, 2024

Why Tiger Woods wants to ‘ruin the logo’ of his new Sun Day Red apparel line

Classic Tiger. And we’re guessing whoever is in charge of Sun Day Red’s marketing has sketched out tweaked logos using 16-plus stripes.

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April 30th, 2024

Which is more important for maximising driver distance, the club or the ball?

In order of importance, especially with the driver, the club plays a more important role than the ball. Here’s why.

April 29th, 2024

The clubs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry used to win the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Experience paid off for the Irish duo in capturing the PGA Tour’s lone official teams event.

Where to play

May 1st, 2024

The perfect location for a Scottish golf hideaway just came up for sale

If you have the means and the interest to build the ultimate Scottish golf Shangri La, the ideal property might have just come on the market.

April 26th, 2024

An exclusive look at Ohoopee Match Club: Gil Hanse narrated our new hole-by-hole video

Ohoopee Match Club is in rare air among modern courses. Only five new designs have debuted higher on our America’s 100 Greatest Courses ranking over the past 30 years, putting the Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner design in the same conversation as some of the highest-ranking courses of the modern era, such as Sand Hills Read more…

April 24th, 2024

Top 100: The King Rises

A new No.1 is indicative of an ongoing tight tussle at the top in our
19th biennial ranking of Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses.

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May 2nd, 2024

Golf Rules

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May 2nd, 2024

Opinion

April 28th, 2024

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Jake Knapp	-11	10*	2
2	Kelly Kraft	-10	8	2
T3	Beau Hossler	-8	12*	2
T3	Stephan Jaeger	-8	9*	2
T3	Zach Johnson	-8	9	2
T3	Kevin Dougherty	-8	5	2
T3	Matt Wallace	-8	–	2
T8	Alex Smalley	-7	13*	2
T8	K.H. Lee	-7	9*	2
T8	Austin Cook	-7	8	2
T8	Aaron Rai	-7	7	2
T8	Harrison Endycott	-7	6	2
T8	Taiga Semikawa	-7	5*	2
T8	Taylor Pendrith	-7	–	2
T8	Alex Noren	-7	–	2
T8	Chesson Hadley	-7	–	2
T17	Sung Kang	-6	11	2
T17	Hayden Buckley	-6	10*	2
T17	Joel Dahmen	-6	11	2
T17	Luke List	-6	10*	2
T17	Adam Schenk	-6	10*	2
T17	Nick Hardy	-6	10	2
T17	Byeong Hun An	-6	9*	2
T17	Davis Riley	-6	9	2
T17	Min Woo Lee	-6	8*	2
T17	Martin Laird	-6	8	2
T17	Troy Merritt	-6	8*	2
T17	Tom Whitney	-6	4	2
T17	David Skinns	-6	4*	2
T17	Ben Kohles	-6	–	2
T17	Brad Hopfinger	-6	–	2
T32	Dylan Wu	-5	12*	2
T32	Kevin Tway	-5	8*	2
T32	Rafael Campos	-5	6*	2
T32	Justin Lower	-5	–	2
T32	Keith Mitchell	-5	–	2
T32	Jason Day	-5	–	2
T32	Nate Lashley	-5	–	2
T32	Max Greyserman	-5	–	2
T40	Car Young	-4	12	2
T40	Sam Stevens	-4	11	2
T40	Brandt Snedeker	-4	10	2
T40	Nick Dunlap	-4	9*	2
T40	Vince Whaley	-4	8*	2
T40	Andrew Novak	-4	8*	2
T40	Henrik Norlander	-4	7	2
T40	S.H. Kim	-4	6*	2
T40	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-4	6*	2
T40	Cameron Champ	-4	–	2
T40	Daniel Berger	-4	–	2
T40	Nico Echavarria	-4	–	2
T40	Ben Martin	-4	–	2
T40	Maverick McNealy	-4	–	2
T40	Joseph Bramlett	-4	–	2
T40	Chris Gotterup	-4	–	2
T40	Ryan McCormick	-4	–	2
T40	Max McGreevy	-4	–	2
T58	Lanto Griffin	-3	12	2
T58	David Lipsky	-3	11	2
T58	Justin Suh	-3	11*	2
T58	J.J. Spaun	-3	10	2
T58	Chad Ramey	-3	9	2
T58	Adam Scott	-3	9*	2
T58	Ryan Moore	-3	8	2
T58	Tyson Alexander	-3	7*	2
T58	Chan Kim	-3	6	2
T58	Alexander Björk	-3	5	2
T58	Ben Silverman	-3	5	2
T58	Kevin Chappell	-3	–	2
T58	Kevin Yu	-3	–	2
T58	Scott Piercy	-3	–	2
T58	Tom Hoge	-3	–	2
T58	Jordan Spieth	-3	–	2
T58	Aaron Baddeley	-3	–	2
T58	Matti Schmid	-3	–	2
T58	Doug Ghim	-3	–	2
T58	Callum Tarren	-3	–	2
T58	Zecheng Dou	-3	–	2
T58	Raul Pereda	-3	–	2
T58	Bill Haas	-3	–	2
T58	Austin Smotherman	-3	–	2
T58	Norman Xiong	-3	–	2
T58	Kris Kim	-3	–	2
T84	Richy Werenski	-2	12	2
T84	Davis Thompson	-2	12	2
T84	Harry Hall	-2	10*	2
T84	S.W. Kim	-2	9*	2
T84	Bud Cauley	-2	8	2
T84	Thomas Detry	-2	8*	2
T84	Sam Ryder	-2	7	2
T84	Carl Yuan	-2	7*	2
T84	Ryan Fox	-2	6*	2
T84	Jorge Campillo	-2	5*	2
T84	Ben Griffin	-2	–	2
T84	Ryan Palmer	-2	–	2
T84	Patton Kizzire	-2	–	2
T84	Matt Kuchar	-2	–	2
T84	Tom Kim	-2	–	2
T84	S.Y. Noh	-2	–	2
T84	Robert MacIntyre	-2	–	2
T84	Jimmy Stanger	-2	–	2
T84	Rico Hoey	-2	–	2
T84	Thorbjørn Olesen	-2	–	2
T104	Roger Sloan	-1	12	2
T104	Garrick Higgo	-1	12	2
T104	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	12*	2
T104	Seamus Power	-1	11	2
T104	Nicholas Lindheim	-1	5	2
T104	Alejandro Tosti	-1	6*	2
T104	Pi Coody	-1	6*	2
T104	Pa Coody	-1	4*	2
T104	Quade Cummins	-1	4*	2
T104	Michael Kim	-1	–	2
T104	Cody Gribble	-1	–	2
T104	Greyson Sigg	-1	–	2
T104	Kevin Kisner	-1	–	2
T104	Vincent Norrman	-1	–	2
T104	Chez Reavie	-1	–	2
T104	Matt NeSmith	-1	–	2
T104	Brandon Wu	-1	–	2
T104	Robby Shelton	-1	–	2
T104	Jacob Bridgeman	-1	–	2
T104	Ryo Hisatsune	-1	–	2
T124	Jimmy Walker	E	13*	2
T124	Bronson Burgoon	E	8	2
T124	Joe Highsmith	E	6	2
T124	Hayden Springer	E	6*	2
T124	Erik Barnes	E	5*	2
T124	KK Limbhasut	E	4	2
T124	Nick Watney	E	–	2
T124	Stewart Cink	E	–	2
T124	Mackenzie Hughes	E	–	2
T124	Mark Hubbard	E	–	2
T124	Zac Blair	E	–	2
T124	Trace Crowe	E	–	2
T124	Patrick Fishburn	E	–	2
T124	Mac Meissner	E	–	2
T124	Wilson Furr	E	–	2
T124	Peter Kuest	E	–	2
T140	David Nyfjall	+1	5	2
T140	C.T. Pan	+1	–	2
T140	Martin Trainer	+1	–	2
T140	James Hahn	+1	–	2
T140	Sami Valimaki	+1	–	2
T145	Ryan Brehm	+2	11	2
T145	Chandler Phillips	+2	5	2
T145	Josh Teater	+2	–	2
T145	Camilo Villegas	+2	–	2
T149	Paul Barjon	+3	4	2
T149	Wesley Bryan	+3	–	2
T149	Ben Taylor	+3	–	2
T149	Brice Garnett	+3	–	2
T153	Scott Gutschewski	+4	13*	2
T153	Blaine Hale, Jr.	+4	–	2
155	Kevin Streelman	+6	–	2
WD	Taylor Montgomery	–	–

Tot

Thru

Rnd

Jake Knapp

-11

10*

Kelly Kraft

-10

Beau Hossler

-8

12*

Stephan Jaeger

-8

Zach Johnson

-8

Kevin Dougherty

-8

Matt Wallace

-8

–

Alex Smalley

-7

13*

K.H. Lee

-7

Austin Cook

-7

Aaron Rai

-7

Harrison Endycott

-7

Taiga Semikawa

-7

Taylor Pendrith

-7

–

Alex Noren

-7

–

Chesson Hadley

-7

–

T17

Sung Kang

-6

T17

Hayden Buckley

-6

10*

T17

Joel Dahmen

-6

T17

Luke List

-6

10*

T17

Adam Schenk

-6

10*

T17

Nick Hardy

-6

T17

Byeong Hun An

-6

T17

Davis Riley

-6

T17

Min Woo Lee

-6

T17

Martin Laird

-6

T17

Troy Merritt

-6

T17

Tom Whitney

-6

T17

David Skinns

-6

T17

Ben Kohles

-6

–

T17

Brad Hopfinger

-6

–

T32

Dylan Wu

-5

12*

T32

Kevin Tway

-5

T32

Rafael Campos

-5

T32

Justin Lower

-5

–

T32

Keith Mitchell

-5

–

T32

Jason Day

-5

–

T32

Nate Lashley

-5

–

T32

Max Greyserman

-5

–

T40

Car Young

-4

T40

Sam Stevens

-4

T40

Brandt Snedeker

-4

T40

Nick Dunlap

-4

T40

Vince Whaley

-4

T40

Andrew Novak

-4

T40

Henrik Norlander

-4

T40

S.H. Kim

-4

T40

Adrien Dumont de Chassart

-4

T40

Cameron Champ

-4

–

T40

Daniel Berger

-4

–

T40

Nico Echavarria

-4

–

T40

Ben Martin

-4

–

T40

Maverick McNealy

-4

–

T40

Joseph Bramlett

-4

–

T40

Chris Gotterup

-4

–

T40

Ryan McCormick

-4

–

T40

Max McGreevy

-4

–

T58

Lanto Griffin

-3

T58

David Lipsky

-3

T58

Justin Suh

-3

11*

T58

J.J. Spaun

-3

T58

Chad Ramey

-3

T58

Adam Scott

-3

T58

Ryan Moore

-3

T58

Tyson Alexander

-3

T58

Chan Kim

-3

T58

Alexander Björk

-3

T58

Ben Silverman

-3

T58

Kevin Chappell

-3

–

T58

Kevin Yu

-3

–

T58

Scott Piercy

-3

–

T58

Tom Hoge

-3

–

T58

Jordan Spieth

-3

–

T58

Aaron Baddeley

-3

–

T58

Matti Schmid

-3

–

T58

Doug Ghim

-3

–

T58

Callum Tarren

-3

–

T58

Zecheng Dou

-3

–

T58

Raul Pereda

-3

–

T58

Bill Haas

-3

–

T58

Austin Smotherman

-3

–

T58

Norman Xiong

-3

–

T58

Kris Kim

-3

–

T84

Richy Werenski

-2

T84

Davis Thompson

-2

T84

Harry Hall

-2

10*

T84

S.W. Kim

-2

T84

Bud Cauley

-2

T84

Thomas Detry

-2

T84

Sam Ryder

-2

T84

Carl Yuan

-2

T84

Ryan Fox

-2

T84

Jorge Campillo

-2

T84

Ben Griffin

-2

–

T84

Ryan Palmer

-2

–

T84

Patton Kizzire

-2

–

T84

Matt Kuchar

-2

–

T84

Tom Kim

-2

–

T84

S.Y. Noh

-2

–

T84

Robert MacIntyre

-2

–

T84

Jimmy Stanger

-2

–

T84

Rico Hoey

-2

–

T84

Thorbjørn Olesen

-2

–

T104

Roger Sloan

-1

T104

Garrick Higgo

-1

T104

Jhonattan Vegas

-1

12*

T104

Seamus Power

-1

T104

Nicholas Lindheim

-1

T104

Alejandro Tosti

-1

T104

Pi Coody

-1

T104

Pa Coody

-1

T104

Quade Cummins

-1

T104

Michael Kim

-1

–

T104

Cody Gribble

-1

–

T104

Greyson Sigg

-1

–

T104

Kevin Kisner

-1

–

T104

Vincent Norrman

-1

–

T104

Chez Reavie

-1

–

T104

Matt NeSmith

-1

–

T104

Brandon Wu

-1

–

T104

Robby Shelton

-1

–

T104

Jacob Bridgeman

-1

–

T104

Ryo Hisatsune

-1

–

T124

Jimmy Walker

13*

T124

Bronson Burgoon

T124

Joe Highsmith

T124

Hayden Springer

T124

Erik Barnes

T124

KK Limbhasut

T124

Nick Watney

–

T124

Stewart Cink

–

T124

Mackenzie Hughes

–

T124

Mark Hubbard

–

T124

Zac Blair

–

T124

Trace Crowe

–

T124

Patrick Fishburn

–

T124

Mac Meissner

–

T124

Wilson Furr

–

T124

Peter Kuest

–

T140

David Nyfjall

T140

C.T. Pan

–

T140

Martin Trainer

–

T140

James Hahn

–

T140

Sami Valimaki

–

T145

Ryan Brehm

T145

Chandler Phillips

T145

Josh Teater

–

T145

Camilo Villegas

–

T149

Paul Barjon

T149

Wesley Bryan

–

T149

Ben Taylor

–

T149

Brice Garnett

–

T153

Scott Gutschewski

13*

T153

Blaine Hale, Jr.

–

155

Kevin Streelman

–

Taylor Montgomery

–

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Sebastian Muñoz	-6	18	1
T2	Thomas Pieters	-5	18	1
T2	Brooks Koepka	-5	18	1
T2	Cameron Tringale	-5	18	1
T2	Abraham Ancer	-5	18	1
T2	Martin Kaymer	-5	18	1
T2	Kevin Na	-5	18	1
T8	Dean Burmester	-4	18	1
T8	Joaquin Niemann	-4	18	1
T8	Lucas Herbert	-4	18	1
T8	Louis Oosthuizen	-4	18	1
T8	Eugenio Chacarra	-4	18	1
T8	Dustin Johnson	-4	18	1
T8	Marc Leishman	-4	18	1
T8	Adrian Meronk	-4	18	1
T16	Graeme McDowell	-3	18	1
T16	Brendan Steele	-3	18	1
T16	Talor Gooch	-3	18	1
T16	Tyrrell Hatton	-3	18	1
T16	Kieran Vincent	-3	18	1
T16	Matthew Wolff	-3	18	1
T22	Peter Uihlein	-2	18	1
T22	Jon Rahm	-2	18	1
T22	Anthony Kim	-2	18	1
T22	Sergio Garcia	-2	18	1
T22	Branden Grace	-2	18	1
T22	Paul Casey	-2	18	1
T22	Jason Kokrak	-2	18	1
T29	Richard Bland	-1	18	1
T29	David Puig	-1	18	1
T29	Scott Vincent	-1	18	1
T29	Anirban Lahiri	-1	18	1
T29	Charl Schwartzel	-1	18	1
T29	Ian Poulter	-1	18	1
T35	Cameron Smith	E	18	1
T35	Harold Varner III	E	18	1
T35	Bubba Watson	E	18	1
T35	Lee Westwood	E	18	1
T35	Sam Horsfield	E	18	1
T35	Patrick Reed	E	18	1
T41	Danny Lee	+1	18	1
T41	Pat Perez	+1	18	1
T41	Caleb Surratt	+1	18	1
T41	Kalle Samooja	+1	18	1
T41	Phil Mickelson	+1	18	1
T41	Carlos Ortiz	+1	18	1
T47	Bryson DeChambeau	+2	18	1
T47	Hudson Swafford	+2	18	1
T47	Henrik Stenson	+2	18	1
T47	Jinichiro Kozuma	+2	18	1
51	Matt Jones	+3	18	1
T52	Mito Pereira	+5	18	1
T52	Charles Howell III	+5	18	1
54	Andy Ogletree	+6	18	1

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Player

Tot

Thru

Rnd

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
T1	FIREBALLS GC	-11	18	1
T1	SMASH GC	-11	18	1
T3	RANGEGOATS GC	-10	18	1
T3	CLEEKS GC	-10	18	1
T3	STINGER GC	-10	18	1
6	TORQUE GC	-9	18	1
T7	RIPPER GC	-8	18	1
T7	LEGION XIII	-8	18	1
9	HYFLYERS GC	-7	18	1
10	IRON HEADS GC	-5	18	1
11	4ACES GC	-4	18	1
T12	CRUSHERS GC	-1	18	1
T12	MAJESTICKS GC	-1	18	1

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