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Russell Henley can take big career jump with win and other takeways from Day 3 at Shadow Creek

This CJ Cup boasted a world-class field, with 14 of the top 20 players in the world teeing it up at pristine Shadow Creek. And, yet, it’s a player well outside the top 100 who sits atop the leader board heading into Sunday.

October 18, 2020

The Masters

Why Rory, Rickie think Shadow Creek is a good test run for Augusta National

Aesthetically pleasing as its confines may be, Shadow Creek will never be confused for Augusta National.

October 15, 2020

Going the Distance

Rory McIlroy hints—again—that he’s tinkering with the Bryson DeChambeau approach to distance

We wrote over the weekend about how the latest tour pro to be experimenting with the Bryson DeChambeau/swing-out-of-your-shoes method of driving was a pretty big surprise: Rory McIlroy.

October 6, 2020

Going The Distance

Rory McIlroy hints that he’s tinkering with the Bryson DeChambeau approach to distance

The inevitable fallout on the PGA Tour of Bryson DeChambeau winning the U.S. Open with his bombs-away...

October 5, 2020

PGA Tour

11 tour pros most likely to emerge as the fall’s breakthrough performers

Two years ago, I looked at whether playing well in the fall was “important” for a PGA Tour golfer.

October 1, 2020

News

Our 5 favourite takeaways from the Payne’s Valley Cup

The Payne’s Valley Cup was the anti-U.S. Open in so many ways.

September 23, 2020

Pro Takeaways

Rory McIlroy says Bryson DeChambeau is ‘taking advantage’ of where the game is right now

The praise for Bryson DeChambeau flowed freely on Sunday night in the wake of his dominant six-stroke...

September 22, 2020

2020 U.S. Open

Will Winged Foot fight back? Plus other takeaways from Day 1

Fourteen years (and a few months) after one of the most brutal U.S. Opens in the championship’s history, the golf world was expecting Winged Foot to beat down the 2020 field from the opening tee shot.

September 18, 2020

One for the Hacks

It was Chunk City for Rory McIlroy with awful dunk into water at East Lake

We’ve all been there. Ball in the rough, water to carry to reach the green. No problem. Then, splash. Of course.

September 5, 2020

2020 Tour Championship

Leader Dustin Johnson goes on a different kind of clock, and other takeaways from Day 2 of Tour Championship

While Friday saw the pre-tournament leaders mostly hold their spots atop the leaderboard, a number of players elbowed their way into contention during Saturday’s second round.

September 5, 2020

News

Rory McIlroy announces birth of daughter Poppy Kennedy, set to play in the Tour Championship

Rory McIlroy announced via social media that he and wife, Erica, are parents to a new baby girl, born Aug. 31.

September 3, 2020

2020 U.S. Open

Who is in field for the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot

The 2020 U.S. Open is scheduled for Sept. 17-20 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., three months later than originally planned.

September 1, 2020

Golf Digest Podcast

‘The money out here is comical’: Latest podcast looks at the lucrative life of a PGA Tour pro

This week at the Tour Championship, the winner will take home the FedEx Cup and its $15 million grand prize.

September 1, 2020

Happy News

Rory McIlroy confirms wife is pregnant and he’d bolt tournament if she goes into labour

Last week, after his seventh consecutive finish outside the top 10, Rory McIlroy spoke about struggling...

August 30, 2020

PGA Tour

Olympia Fields is playing like a beast, and the scores are showing it

Rory McIlroy said it’s playing six shots harder per round than last week.

August 29, 2020

BMW Championship

Yes, Rory McIlroy mentioned the YIPS in explaining his most recent putter switch

It's been a rarity to find Rory McIlroy near the top of the leader board since the PGA Tour restart. But the four-time major champion owns a share of the 36-hole lead at the 2020 BMW Championship.

August 29, 2020