If you have ever examined a scorecard or posted a score for handicap purposes, you have probably seen the terms Course Rating™ and Slope Rating®. While most golfers know they pertain to course ...

When you play a course ranked on the Golf Digest America’s 100 Greatest and Second 100 Greatest Courses lists, you are not only playing one of the most architecturally refined layouts in the country, ...

Golf is hard, though some rounds come easier than others. Why the variance? Well, golf is fickle. But that’s not all. The skill and experience of the player matters. So does the difficulty of the ...

For a golf-obsessed man of middle age, it was the perfect boondoggle: Travel for months at a time playing the world’s best ...

Golf Digest has published America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses since 1966, making it the oldest and most respected ranking in golf. Our 2025-2026 ranking is based on nearly 88,000 evaluations over our ...

Welcome to A Beginner’s Guide to Golf Course Design, where we’ll dig into the history, design and meaning of golf course architecture terms you’ve probably heard before but might not fully understand.

For many swimmers, spring means more than just sunny weather and outdoor workouts. It’s the beginning of the infamous long course season. Short course season runs for the majority of the year, from ...