Explore the rich history and fascinating facts of golf. From the origins of the game in Scotland to iconic moments in major championship history, legendary courses, player profiles, and the evolution of equipment and rules.
The buildup to the 154th Open Championship just got a headline act. The R&A has confirmed that reigning Champion Golfer of the Year Scottie Scheffler will headline a brand-new exhibition event — the inaugural Heroes Classic — at Royal Birkdale on Tuesday, July 14, just two days before the year’s final major gets underway on … Read more
LIV Golf postponed its New Orleans event amid a reported $400 million funding shortfall from Saudi Arabia’s PIF, putting two more 2026 tournaments in doubt.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp unveiled a sweeping new model: fewer events, two tiers with promotion and relegation, and a match-play Tour Championship.
The Island Green at TPC Sawgrass is golf’s most photographed par-3. Here’s how to play hole 17 like a pro — club, wind, target, and nerve all in one.
Pebble Beach’s 8th — the hole Jack Nicklaus called “the greatest second shot in golf.” A strategy guide to the tee shot, the chasm carry, and the green.
Amen Corner — holes 11, 12, and 13 at Augusta National — decides more Masters tournaments than anywhere else. Here is how the three holes work together strategically, and the wind, plan, and shot habits that hold up under pressure.
Payne Stewart’s 15-foot putt on Pinehurst No. 2’s 72nd hole won the 1999 US Open by a stroke. Inside one of the most poignant majors in golf history.
A complete guide to Augusta National’s 11th — the 520-yard White Dogwood that opens Amen Corner — covering tee strategy, approach angles, and the moments that defined it.
At 50 years and 11 months old, Phil Mickelson became the oldest major champion in history when he held off Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen at the 2021 PGA Championship on the Kiawah Ocean Course.
How Y.E. Yang erased a two-shot deficit at Hazeltine, ended Tiger Woods’s 14-0 record with a Sunday major lead, and became the first Asian-born man to win a men’s major championship.
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