Today’s approach to the game of golf has changed a lot compared to the past. Many professional players use very sophisticated techniques that involve a lot of physics and mathematics. A proof of that ...

Picture this: It's the 18th hole and the game's on the line. You line up your putt, take a breath, and roll the ball toward the hole. The pace is firm, the line looks good—until the ball dips in, then ...

What happens when a golf-loving researcher injures a shoulder and can't play for three months? Rod White, a metrologist (measurement scientist), used the spare time off the course to undertake an ...

Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. Late in ...

Rory McIlroy's recent PGA Championship win capped off a great day of golf that saw some amazingly accurate long-ball hitters. And, while hitting it long doesn't necessarily mean low scores, it's ...

I was sorry that my old bridge buddy John Friedman -- who died a few years ago, in his sixties, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis -- wasn’t around to see this year’s U.S. Amateur. Like Bryson ...

In the world of professional golf, this catchphrase means that a perfect drive down the middle of the fairway has little value if the golfer can’t complete the hole by sinking a sinuous 10-foot putt.

With golf being an outdoor sport, the natural elements come into play every round. Of the many things mother nature can throw at us on the golf course, wind might represent the most difficult ...