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TGJ No. 22 Might As Well Jump Tiger Woods

Might As Well

The heights may not be soaring, but the triumph is in the effort

The New Ghost of Brookline

Fitzpatrick joins Ouimet, Stewart and Strange in a week where The Country Club reminded the golf world what matters most

“I Am Such An Idiot”

Reliving Mickelson's U.S. Open nightmare at Winged Foot

Tournament Golf

Brookline

The Legendary Hole No One Will Play at the 2022 U.S. Open

“Hospital” helped shape Brookline's legend. Now it's hidden behind grandstands.

Masters Bridge

Re-Teed: 2011 Masters

A historic collapse, a classic finish, and the Adele effect

2017 Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

The DNA of TPC

A trip down Roscoe Road shows the contrasting forces that contribute to the evolving identity of The Players Championship

Why I Hate the Ryder Cup

A take like this requires further explanation

Tiger, Phil, Me and You

A foursome match has the power to bring any player to their knees

How America won the 2016 Ryder Cup

A key member of USA’s Ryder Cup victory at Hazeltine gives up the blueprint

Teachable Moments

Teachable Moments

Phil Rodgers had to learn the game's harshest lessons before he could impart his wisdom to students from Jack Nicklaus to an especially curious amateur

Re-Teed: The 2015 Players Championship

An off-the-railroad-ties retrospective on an instant classic in Ponte Vedra

The People’s Open

Stephen Denton’s photography gets up close and a little too personal at the Waste Management Phoenix Open

Life in the Front Row

The shock wasn’t in solving this Masters mystery; it was in discovering the remarkable golf life it unearthed.

Payne Stewart

Before the Flight

Traveling with Payne Stewart in his contented, but still contentious, final days

Photo by: Stephen Denton

The Program

Riding with the Cowboys, college golf’s most unlikely dynasty

My God, What a Show

The four shots that immortalized Seve Ballesteros

Photo by: Underwood Archives/ Getty

Chasing Jenny

How an Open run for the ages forever changed its protagonist and one impressionable fan

Photo by Taku Miyamoto

A Felicitous Farewell

After four U.S. Opens, at least three miracles and a notebook full of memories, a scribe bids Pebble Beach goodbye

Papwa

Papwa

How a poor Indian caddie from a South African shantytown took on Gary Player during the apartheid era and turned into an unlikely civil-rights hero

Paul Boehme's Equipment Trailer. Photo by Kohjiro Kinno

More Than Clubs

Paul Boehmer’s equipment trailer is an LPGA institution

MSOF Arena

Present at the Creation

Only in Vegas: An old idea and the possible birth of a new sport

Alexa Pano

They Grow Up So Fast

Practice rounds and life lessons at the Sally

Arnie’s Iron Man

A final farewell for Palmer’s legendary Masters caddie

The years of indignities that Charlie Sifford suffered on and off the course forced him to develop thick skin and an instinct to fight for what he thought was his. “The things he went through did not go down well with him,” Sifford’s friend and fellow pro Larry Mowry told Golf Digest. “Let’s be honest: Charlie could be difficult.” So when he did smile, as in this photo the week after his first PGA Tour victory at the Greater Hartford Open, it was a genuine event. Photo: Old Golf Images/SBM

A Rare Smile

In 1967, after years of racist abuse, Charlie Sifford broke through for a victory. Twice