Joel Beall

Cincinnati

Senior Writer at Golf Digest

Senior Writer @GolfDigest | email: [email protected]

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PGA Tour player suspended for participating in LIV Golf influencer event

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Joel Beall

The PGA Tour has suspended Wesley Bryan for participating in a LIV Golf influencer event. Ryan French of Monday Q was the first to report the story. Bryan, 35, has made 134 starts on the PGA Tour, and won the 2017 RBC Heritage. However, since his rookie season, Bryan has not finished better than 156th in the FedEx Cup as he’s battled injury and the yips with his driver. He has played in three events in 2025, his last event coming in March’s Puerto Rico Classic, but does not have a tour card.
Playing Dirty Q&A: Inside the new book about the PGA Tour-LIV Golf battle and Scottish golf

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Joel Beall

Golf Digest senior writer Joel Beall’s debut book, "Playing Dirty: Rediscovering Golf's Soul in Scotland in an Age of Sportswashing and Civil War” hits bookshelves this week. The book is an examination on professional golf’s civil war between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the collateral damage of that battle and how the game can survive this conflict.
PGA Tour to allow rangefinders starting this week to speed up play

1 week ago | golfdigestme.com | Joel Beall

The PGA Tour will begin testing the use of distance measuring devices during competition this week. The move, which was announced during the Players Championship in March, kicks off a six-tournament trial period over the next month. The tour has two events this week, the signature event RBC Heritage and an alternate competition, the Corales Puntacana Championship. The testing period ends with the Truist Championship and Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic.
PGA Tour to allow rangefinders starting this week to speed up play

1 week ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Joel Beall

The PGA Tour will begin testing the use of distance measuring devices during competition this week. The move, which was announced during the Players Championship in March, kicks off a six-tournament trial period over the next month. The tour has two events this week, the signature event RBC Heritage and an alternate competition, the Corales Puntacana Championship. The testing period ends with the Truist Championship and Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic.
PGA Tour to allow rangefinders starting this week to speed up play

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Joel Beall

The PGA Tour will begin testing the use of distance measuring devices during competition this week. The move, which was announced during the Players Championship in March, kicks off a six-tournament trial period over the next month. The tour has two events this week, the signature event RBC Heritage and an alternate competition, the Corales Puntacana Championship. The testing period ends with the Truist Championship and Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic.
Masters 2025: Rory McIlroy, finally, is a Masters champ, now and forever

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Joel Beall

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy knew there was no stopping the tears that had waited 10 years to fall. The demon he had chased for so long was finally caught, the relief buckling his knees and driving him to the ground. He grabbed his head, running his hands through his salt-and-peppered curls, a man utterly exhausted and completely humbled by a pursuit whose toll we will never know. Tears, as he embraced his caddie Harry Diamond before they left the green, arms draped over each other's shoulders.
Masters 2025: The reckoning of Rory McIlroy, facing the best and worst moment of his career

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Joel Beall

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The roars reverberated through the towering loblollies, awakening the echoes that define this course and tournament, capable of immortalizing or condemning players for eternity, sending shivers through bone and memory. These weren’t cheers; they were primal, authoritative declarations. And while they celebrated Rory McIlroy's performance, they also heralded the inevitable: We've reached the precipice.
Masters 2025: Why this three-hole stretch at Augusta will be key on Saturday

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Joel Beall

AUGUSTA, Ga.—"Saturday is moving day" at the Masters isn't just about birdie opportunities—it's about separating true contenders from pretenders through Augusta National's challenging stretches. Today's pin positions will put that reputation to the test right from the start. While players might find scoring chances at the par-5 second and short third, Augusta's teeth will be fully bared during the three-hole gauntlet that follows.
Masters 2025: Oh boy, we're about to do this again with Rory McIlroy

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Joel Beall

AUGUSTA, Ga. — We’re doing this again, aren’t we? We thought we had the weekend off from Rory McIlroy and his forever war, his clash between the legend he once embodied and the ghost of greatness he still chases, a battle that eclipses everything beyond those four major weeks that outweigh all others. A war that would march on to Quail Hollow after two careless doubles on Thursday at Augusta National shattered any hope of armistice this week.
Masters 2025: Bubba Watson did some Bubba Golf things at Augusta

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Joel Beall

AUGUSTA, Ga. — It wasn't a decision for Evan Beck and Matthieu Pavon, merely an acknowledgment of reality. With the par-5 15th playing directly into a punishing headwind and 270 yards of carry over trouble, attacking the green defied common sense … if not, looking impossible. Beck and Pavon instinctively reached for irons, crafting low, controlled shots the situation demanded. Their playing partner, however, saw a different challenge entirely.