Golf Magazine

Golf Magazine is the number one source for golf instruction, equipment and travel, including: exclusive instruction from our Top 100 Teachers in America, introspective interviews with the game’s rising stars and old masters, and short-game tips from guru David Pelz. Plus, you’ll get the latest in gear, including ClubTest equipment reviews, and private lessons, tips personalized for your game.

Golf Magazine

Welcome to the Machine

Feel the Noise

Spotlight • They may make you think of soccer, but these super-hot golf balls are trending in a major way

Kiawah Island

A Brief History of the What’s-It-Called Tour

Lower Digs Deep • PERSONAL TRAGEDY IRREVERSIBLY SHAKES SOME PEOPLE. FOR OTHERS, IT SHAPES THEIR CHARACTER. ASPIRING TOUR PRO JUSTIN LOWER USED GUTS (AND GOLF) TO RISE ABOVE.

ON THE NUMBER • There’s data behind every swing. We crunch it so you don’t have to.

Hey, got a good golf joke?

The Champ: Gary Woodland • ONE OF THE TOUR’S LONGEST DRIVERS LEANED ON HIS IRONS AND PUTTER—AND A NEW, STEELY RESOLVE—TO PULL OFF A U.S. OPEN WIN THAT HARDLY ANYONE SAW COMING

SubAir Systems • WHAT LIES BENEATH A PERFECT PUTTING SURFACE? IT’S A MYSTERY NO MORE.

Hail To the Chief

A Whole New Mall Game • THE FATE OF EAST POTOMAC BLUE, DC’S 106-YEAR-OLD MUNI, IS UP FOR A VOTE

Elevated Design • Our raters braved the highest peaks to find you the best mountain courses

SOGGY SAND SPLASH

Chambers Made • THE CLAM CHOWDER AT THE GRILL AT CHAMBERS BAY IS UTTERLY SPECTACULAR—SECOND ONLY TO THE EATERY’S BREATHTAKING AERIAL VIEWS OF PUGET SOUND

Om Sweet Om • THE LABYRINTH IS BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT’S PLACE FOR SUBLIME, OFF-COURSE CONTEMPLATION

Ask The Rules Guy

Golf’s Unwritten Rules: Heckling Edition

“Stack” Your Backswing • Learn the difference between swaying and stacking to increase your consistency and power with every club in the bag

It’s (Almost) Showtime • AFTER MONTHS OF FUNDAMENTALS AND STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTION, I’M ON THE BRINK OF MY FIRST FOR-REAL LOOP. AM I BRIMMING WITH CONFIDENCE? FEAR IS MORE LIKE IT.

Marshall Plan • THUGS WILL DO. EX-CONS, TOO. THE BEST COURSE CUSTODIANS ARE NOT WIMPS.

CPG’s Four Things to Look for When Vetting Golf-Course Marshal Candidates

Ray Romano • On TV, the AT&T Pro-Am regular never phones it in. On the course? Dialed in, too.

$pace Race • IN THE HIGH-STAKES GAME OF TOUR-PLAYER ENDORSEMENTS, ACCEPTABLE RATES OF RETURN HINGE ON THREE WORDS: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

The Look-Back • WITH @SUPER70SSPORTS

I’ll Take Manhattan • WITH APOLOGIES TO ELLA FITZGERALD, YOU CAN KEEP THE CITY, BUT PLEASE DO MIX US UP THE COCKTAIL, BARTENDER

Mixing it Up with the Manhattan • CREATIVE BARKEEPS ARE FREE TO CUSTOMIZE THIS CLASSIC COCKTAIL

Large & In Charge • JUMBOMAX OVERSIZED GRIPS PROVIDE MORE POP AND REDUCE WEAR-AND-TEAR

Man on The Green

THE NEW COOL • A handful of niche clothing companies are fusing streetwear and on-course apparel to create a fresh, compelling definition of what it means to dress and feel like a golfer. Whether it’s through fabrics and fits or styles and collaborations, their innovations within the space are attracting newcomers to the game and helping avid golfers feel more like themselves than ever before.

AN INNOVATIVE TWIST • EACH OF THESE FOUR BRANDS ARE CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF GOLF STYLE. HERE’S HOW.

CALLAWAY EPIC FORGED IRONS

NO SWEAT • Victor Hovland wasted little time altering his equipment setup on the eve of a major

COOL CUSTOMER • THIS STYLISH SACK CHILLS A ROUND’S WORTH OF DRINKS (AND THEN SOME!)

XANDER SCHAUFFELE • CALLAWAY, ODYSSEY AND A HEALTHY DOSE...