Sam Weinman

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Sam Weinman

One day last June, a typical day at Golf Digest’s New York headquarters was interrupted by the announcement of an emergency Zoom meeting. A major strategy shift? No. Breaking golf news? Not exactly. Two staffers were going to a playoff in the season-long Golf Digest Match Play tournament, and a livestream was set up for the rest of us to watch.

3 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Sam Weinman

On the short list of things I don’t want to hear on the golf course, someone else’s phone call ranks pretty high. It’s an intrusion I resent when I’m trying to practice, which is different than saying it’s an intrusion I don’t need. Think about how often you play golf and something sets you off. A question during your backswing. The group in front of you plumb-bobbing over putts for 7. A husband and wife deciding over speaker phone who will pick up dinner.

1 month ago | samweinman.com | Sam Weinman

Below is my eulogy for my incredible father, who died on April 9, 2025, four days shy of his 90th birthday. A moment like this is when my dad would ask if I had a handkerchief, at which point I’d say, “Dad, no one under the age of 70 carries a handkerchief.”Fine, you win. I need one now. January 2025. We were in the kitchen, Dad in a chair, me squatting before him with a pair of scissors. “I suppose you’re going to want a tip for this,” he said.

1 month ago | golfdigest.com | Sam Weinman

Golf is not a game for fiery locker-room speeches, but imagine what it would look like if it was. Player gets riled up in the clubhouse, storms past the green jackets on his way to the first tee and then … what exactly? Lag putts the Masters field into submission? Motivation in golf is tricky. The problem with trying to summon the type of run-through-a-wall adrenaline that prevails in other sports is that adrenaline can put you in the next fairway over.

1 month ago | golfdigest.com | Sam Weinman

An additional perk of winning the media lottery to play Augusta National the Monday after the Masters is the permission to be reasonably obnoxious about it afterward. Usually, detailed descriptions of my golf rounds are the easiest way to clear a room. Here, people even ask questions.