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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.

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Good for Your Game • 8AM Golf’s family of brands continues to innovate and make the game more fun for you and your favorite foursome. Here’s the latest.

Repair Mode

A Battle for the Ages • The PNC Championship December 21 to 22, 2024 Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Florida

Up Close with Dylan Dethier Lee Trevino • He was a very late bloomer. Didn’t pick up the game until he was 22. But maybe that’s why, at 85, the Merry Mex is still knocking it stiff.

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

Bryson DeChambeau • Big, bad BDC grabbed his second U.S. Open in 2024. Could this year be his best yet? All signs point to yes.

Prime Time • A classic dinnertime staple reimagined: Enjoy a savory spin on this traditional main course

Get Unplugged

A Striking Amenity • At historic Oak Hill Country Club, major champions—and a few spares—are made

If an encircled drop area is all chewed up with divots, is a player allowed to make his drop behind the designated area? It seems like a fair accommodation to me.

Check Why You Chunk • There are five reasons you lay sod over the ball when you chip. Here’s how to nix them all in a single practice session.

WISE GUYS • Callaway is back at it with A.I. technology- and highly intelligent iron design

STACK YOUR STATS

BASICS BUT ELEVATED

DRIVE FOR SHOW • Last year was dubbed the Year of the Driver. All indications are that 2025 could be even bigger. Here are the drivers that just might change the landscape.

Simply the best. • Scottie Scheffler is shockingly down-to-earth, an extraordinarily levelheaded, decent and accessible pro— at least as sports superstars with ruthless competitive streaks go. But if the man keeps his life deliberately uncomplicated, there’s still a mystery to unravel: How did Mr. Nice Guy become the game’s most indomitable player since Tiger? By Dylan Dethier

A SURE THING 2025 TOUR CALENDAR • Odds are we’re not only looking at a good season ahead in professional golf, we’re betting on a great one—even as big changes await on the horizon

THE ROAR • Entering the 2000 season, Tiger Woods, at age 24, had already made plenty of noise on the PGA Tour: 15 wins, two majors, the shattering intimidation. But what he did 25 years ago, in his astonishing turn-of-the-century campaign, redefined the game. Maybe forever.

WHY 2K? HERE'S WHY. • One way to measure Tiger’s dominance in 2000 is through the Tour’s myriad performance stats. In 2000, there were 51 categories in all. For the season, Woods ranked first, second or third in 29 of them.

THE POUNDING AT PEBBLE • Woods’ win at the 2000 U.S. Open was historic for lots of reasons—most memorably his record 15-stroke margin of victory in a major. But his other numbers that week were gaudy too.

TEAM OF RIVALS • Multiple golfers were multiple winners in 2000-successes that, in another circumstance, might have been called career years. Notah Begay won twice, as did Hal Sutton, Jesper Parnevik and Robert Allenby. But Tiger’s 2000 tear took the shine off one golfer more than any other. Phil Mickelson was on fire in 2000, ranking top three in 18 of the PGA Tour’s 51 performance categories and winning four times, including the year-end Tour Championship. But in golf’s greatest...