‘What the #%@! was that?’ How Tiger Woods, in his rookie season, shocked this pro

Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Game Improvement Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen (who you can follow on Twitter right here). Putting on wickedly fast greens is a task that gives golfers of all levels sleepless nights. But navigating slow, slightly bumpier greens...

If you’ve set foot on a golf course over the past two years, you’ve likely noticed the obvious: The game is booming. That includes women, too, but the momentum is apparent in another realm: leadership roles. As you’ll see in this package — in which we’ll feature eight women in the game — many prestigious jobs in the sport are now occupied by females. From holding down national, front-facing gigs to excelling behind the scenes at golf’s biggest equipment companies, women are making their mark in fields traditionally dominated by men. At GOLF, we celebrate the essential role these women play in making the game better, and more inclusive, for all of us.

Charles Howell III has played in 10 Masters at Augusta National during his career, but he also apparently spent some time on the exclusive course long before he turned pro. Howell, the 42-year-old three-time winner on the PGA Tour, was the guest on this week’s GOLF Subpar Podcast with co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz. In the show they discussed Tiger Woods, what led Howell to turning pro and, of course, what it was like growing up in Augusta, Ga., with the world’s most famous course in your backyard.

Like most young pros, 27-year-old Chilean Mito Pereira — who recently grabbed headlines as the leader of the PGA Championship for 71 holes before a double-bogey on the 18th dropped him into T3 — grew up idolizing Tiger Woods. Even though he was too young to appreciate Woods’...

————— Thank’s to our official sponsor Dewar’s. Make sure to check out their Reserve Bar listings today: https://www.reservebar.com/collections/house-of-dewars. This episode was possible in part thanks to our partnership with TaylorMade. If you want to step into every shot you face and think, “I love it,” try the most complete ball in golf. Head to TaylorMadeGolf.com and use the promo code SUBPAR for free shipping.

The Rules of Golf, as Dylan Frittelli once accurately stated, remain undefeated, and that became obvious once again Wednesday, this time at the NCAA Tournament. What more could be at stake than the team NCAA title, during the final match on the course?. Not much. But that’s the situation Stanford’s...

If you’ve set foot on a golf course over the past two years, you’ve likely noticed the obvious: The game is booming. That includes women, too, but the momentum is apparent in another realm: leadership roles. As you’ll see in this package — in which we’ll feature eight women in the game — many prestigious jobs in the sport are now occupied by females. From holding down national, front-facing gigs to excelling behind the scenes at golf’s biggest equipment companies, women are making their mark in fields traditionally dominated by men. At GOLF, we celebrate the essential role these women play in making the game better, and more inclusive, for all of us.

Calling all golf course nerds and amateur golf aficionados, keep the summer of 2030 in the back of your mind. You’ll want to take a trip to Long Island. National Golf Links of America is set to host the 2030 Curtis Cup, a match between the best amateurs from the United States and their Great Britain and Ireland counterparts. NGLA, as you may know, is one of the best courses on the planet. No. 5, according to GOLF’s Top 100 Courses in the World.

On an exclusive tour of the Callaway golf ball plant in Chicopee, Mass., watch the step-by-step process of making a ball from rubber mixing to painting and packaging. GOLF’s Dylan Dethier and Claire Rogers find a new appreciation for every golf ball’s journey.

The tournament your grandma knew as the Colonial is now the Charles Schwab Challenge, and that’s not all that has changed since the birth of the event, in 1946, at Colonial Country Club, in Fort Worth. The course is longer. Drives fly farther. And there are many more ways...

The PGA Tour heads back to Texas this week for the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, and all the PGA Championship contenders are in the field. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament. Charles Schwab Challenge preview. To the victor go the spoils, but apparently...

————— Thank’s to our official sponsor Dewar’s. Make sure to check out their Reserve Bar listings today: https://www.reservebar.com/collections/house-of-dewars. This episode was possible in part thanks to our partnership with TaylorMade. If you want to step into every shot you face and think, “I love it,” try the most complete ball in golf. Head to TaylorMadeGolf.com and use the promo code SUBPAR for free shipping.

Welcome to Stuff Golfers Should Know, a GOLF.com series in which we reveal all kinds of useful golf (and life!) wisdom that is sure to make you the smartest, savviest and most prepared player in your foursome. ***. How’s your sand game? Not your shot-making skills but the technique and...

When Mito Pereira watched his PGA Championship title hopes drown in a creek to the right of the 18th fairway at Southern Hills, golf observers — as often happens in such cruel, indelible moments — looked for historical comps, or other instances of 72nd-hole major heartbreak. Dustin Johnson at Whistling Straits (grounded club). Van de Velde at Carnoustie (rolled-up pants). Mickelson at Winged Foot (fore left!).

We asked eight current stars or legends to share how golf has enriched their lives. (Don’t worry, there’s enlightenment here for you, too.) (2021 NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION; SIX COLLEGIATE WINS IN 2021) What’s the greatest lesson you’ve learned through golf?. “It’s a game of integrity, a...

Everything’s coming up … Rose right now, as in Rose Zhang, the best amateur in the world, who won the individual NCAA title Monday and, a day later, was announced the NCAA Player of the Year. Zhang’s world domination tour, which we are growing more and more accustomed...

Despite arriving days after the thrilling PGA Championship, the Charles Schwab Challenge features a stellar field that includes all the major players from Southern Hills, and according to the Charles Schwab Challenge betting odds via BetMGM, the PGA winner is the betting favorite. Here’s what you need to know.

Let’s face it — we could all use some extra distance, not only off the tee, but once we get to the fairway too. But many of us leave the longest club in our bag — the driver — on the sidelines when we’re faced with a long approach or a second shot on a par 5.

Welcome to our new series, golfer-to-golfer, where we try to learn from all different kinds of avid players out there, in hopes that the rest of us can take away something that might improve our own games. It certainly may look intimidating when you walk up to your golf ball...

TULSA, Okla. — The door to Southern Hills’ locker room swings shut behind Mito Pereira. At last, something separates him from the tens of thousands of golf-watchers outside. From the press conference questions. From the TV cameras. From the Netflix cameras, too. Even from the well-meaning friends and family who’d rallied to his side. Some 30 minutes after a devastating 72nd-hole double bogey cost him the PGA Championship, Pereira finally has a moment to himself.