Greg Gottfried

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Web Producer and Podcast Guy at Golf Digest

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Articles

Josh Hart fires back at Nets fan who trolled him for playing the Old Course during the NBA Finals

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

The New York Knicks didn’t make the NBA Finals. (My apologies to 3/4 of the Golf Digest staff.) And yet, they had a superb season featuring an Eastern Conference Finals appearance and multiple All-NBA recipients.
2025 Travelers Championship tee times, TV coverage, viewer's guide

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

The PGA Tour moves quickly, no matter how much rain comes down the weekend before. After a wet, wild Sunday at U.S. Open, we’re all set for a signature event with this week’s Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. Recent major champ J.J. Spaun will be teeing off, even with his busy schedule, as will 45 of the top 50 golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Why this golf ball just became the most expensive one EVER sold

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

Harry Vardon made $200 after winning the 1900 U.S. Open. And just this week, a golf ball he played to win at Chicago Golf Club was sold for $194,259.20. Yes, there’s inflation and 125 years to account for, but that’s quite the monetary leap for a Spalding “Vardon” Flyer. Starting with a minimum bid of $15,000, the U.S. Open-winning ball received 21 bids, culminating in a final six-figure price point at auction’s end at 10 p.m. on Sunday.
'The luckiest man in St Andrews': This golfer may be the only person who had as good a week as J.J. Spaun

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

Sometimes you just need a break. For example, J.J. Spaun got a perfectly timed weather delay to get his major chances back on track, and then he took advantage of the opportunity. Similarly, Redditor TeezyGolf got, well … another golfer’s broken wrist. All love to the wounded “Brian,” but an inopportune injury was what allowed TeezyGolf to get a crack at the Old Course during a four-day St Andrew’s golf trip after a London work conference.
U.S. Open 2025: Watch a smile break through on Tyrrell Hatton’s face after J.J. Spaun’s walk-off putt

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

Tyrrell Hatton is a golfer known for his … volatile temperament. Over the years, the LIV Golf pro has become renowned for his fiery attitude, steely demeanor and course insults after bad rounds. And it’s not like this is speaking out of school. Hatton would say the same thing and admitted on Saturday that he has “a head off” whenever he plays. Which is what makes J.J. Spaun’s 64-foot walk-off putt so magical. It didn’t just win the U.S. Open and change the 34-year-old’s life forever.
U.S. Open 2025: Adam Scott had a surprise visitor on Oakmont's range before final round

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

When one door closes, another door opens. Or, in golf terms, when one golfer collapses, another one sneaks out with a win. In this case, those golfers were Adam Scott and Ernie Els, respectively, at least when it comes to the 2012 Open Championship. Four shots ahead with four holes to play, Scott lost all of his momentum (and then some), bogeying Nos. 15-18 at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Els ended up winning due to a pressureless 15-foot birdie putt some time earlier.
U.S. Open 2025: Scottie Scheffler and company play opening three holes at Oakmont in 71 minutes

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa finished up Oakmont’s par-4 11th hole this morning at 8:07 a.m. EDT. Forty-four minutes later, at precisely 8:51 a.m., the trio got through the brutal par-5 12th. It’s not as if there were any rules shenanigans or lost balls; three of the world’s best golfers took three quarters of an hour for three pars.
U.S. Open 2025: Dustin Johnson announces retirement in 2031, for some reason

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

Six years is both a long time and a short time. Yes, 2031 may sound like a fake year, but it’ll be here before you know it. And Dustin Johnson is already planning ahead in a way that few would expect. While speaking to the AP’s Doug Ferguson, DJ admitted that he’s already thinking about how much golf he’s got left in him. He’s been a professional since 2007 (almost 20 years) and is letting his mind begin to wander and ponder what’s next.
U.S. Open 2025: Rory McIlroy reveals ‘impossible’ Oakmont practice-round score

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

Rory McIlroy’s worst PGA Tour round this year is a 78 at last week’s RBC Canadian Open. Other than that, he has two 74s—plus many, many more rounds in the 60s. So, when he admitted to struggling at Oakmont during a practice round, one could reasonably assume that it was in the mid-70s, or at the worst, high-70s. Well, he somehow shot an 81, featuring a triple bogey on the second hole and not much better.
U.S. Open 2025: Major winner takes on ‘ridiculous’ Oakmont par-3 with driver … and he’s not alone

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Greg Gottfried

Every day leading up to this week’s U.S. Open brings us new details about Oakmont’s brutal setup. At this point, we’re a news cycle or two away from discovering that the vaunted course is hiring a handful of golf fanatics to reflect light into unsuspecting golfers’ faces. There’s the much-talked-about brutal rough, soggy weather with mud balls on the way and even one hole with “five bunkers made into one,” because why not?