Opinion
In Defence of the Short Golf Course
A confession up front. The best round of tournament golf I have watched in years was the 2024 Open at Royal Troon, which measured 7,385 yards on the card, which …
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Opinion
In Praise of the 7-Iron
There is a club in your bag that you do not write home about. It is not the driver, with its crown the size of a soup bowl and its capacity to ruin a Saturday …
PGA Tour
Justin Thomas Returns to Defend at Harbour Town, and the Plaid Jacket Suddenly Means Something Different
There is a particular kind of pressure that attaches to a defending champion who has not had a great year. It is quieter than the pressure of being the …
PGA Tour
Justin Thomas Returns to Harbour Town With a Title to Defend
Justin Thomas walked onto the range at Harbour Town on Wednesday afternoon in the plaid jacket he earned one year ago. It is not a garment you wear ironically. …
Events
Chevron Championship 2026 Preview: The LPGA's First Major Arrives in Houston
The Chevron Championship arrives next week with all the quiet anticipation a first major of the year is supposed to carry and very little of the usual scenery. …
Courses
Harbour Town Golf Links: The Short Course That Still Sorts the Best Players Out
Harbour Town Golf Links was built in 1969 on a piece of low, tree-laced marshland on the south end of Hilton Head Island, and it has quietly been one of the …
Equipment
2026 Hybrids Buyer's Guide: The Clubs That Fix the Middle of Your Bag
Hybrids are the least glamorous club in the bag, and also, for most of us, the most useful. They live in the gap between fairway woods and long irons, and they …
Events
RBC Heritage 2026 Preview: A Harbour Town Reset After Augusta
The week after the Masters is a curious thing on the PGA Tour. The sport’s focal point shifts from Georgia pines and glass-smooth greens to the tidal …
Events
Rory McIlroy Holds On to Win Second Consecutive Masters in Dramatic Sunday at Augusta
The final round of the 2026 Masters will be remembered not for the commanding procession that seemed inevitable after thirty-six holes, nor for the collapse …
Courses
The Old Course at St Andrews: Golf's Most Important Eighteen Holes
There is no course in the world that divides opinion on first sight quite like the Old Course at St Andrews. Players who arrive expecting the manicured …