Norton, MA - August 28: New LPGA commissioner Craig Kessler is interviewed during the first round of the LPGA FM Championship golf tournament at TPC Boston on August 28, 2025. (Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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How To

Rules of Golf Review: Understanding 'backstopping' and when it's a penalty

The physics lesson every golfer needs, explained simply

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Why fitness matters for your golf game even more than you think

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Rules of Golf Review: My ball ricochets off a new flagstick and never drops. Don't they have to be softer?

The two big improvements that helped Ben Griffin have a career year in 2025

One of the smartest golfers on tour has some good advice for you

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Swing Sequence: Tony Finau

Finau explains the key feelings that have helped him hone his power fade.

Lie Detector

Lie Detector: The simple downgrain chip

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Girls Gone Mild

How golf bachelorette parties became a thing

Where to Play

3 new, affordable public courses prove golf's building boom can expand beyond private clubs

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The award for Best Renovation of the Year has never been tighter. These were the best of 2025

Our new ranking of every PGA Tour course—from best to worst

Inside Tom Doak's transformation at his first-ever design, High Pointe

Work is underway at Old Shores, Michael Keiser’s new course in Florida, where Tom Doak is working with features ‘unlike anything I’ve seen on a golf course’

How David McLay Kidd doubled down on fun with new Scarecrow course at Gamble Sands—giving him another Best New winner

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Kevin Kisner jokes (?) that Tiger Woods threatened to kick him off the team before big TGL performance

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LIV Golf promotes new season with a video featuring ... a bunch of PGA Tour pros?

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Joel Dahmen confirms he sent the greatest sponsor's exemption letter ever to the WM Phoenix Open

Gamblers Rejoice

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