Shane Ryan

1 week ago | australiangolfdigest.com.au | Shane Ryan

“May you get what you wish for.”—The third Chinese curseWhen Rory settled down in front of the media in the aftermath of his great, chaotic, cathartic victory at the Masters, he began his opening statement with a joke: “What are we all going to talk about next year?”It landed. Everyone laughed, and he laughed, too.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

"May you get what you wish for."—The third Chinese curse When Rory settled down in front of the media in the aftermath of his great, chaotic, cathartic victory at the Masters, he began his opening statement with a joke: "What are we all going to talk about next year?" It landed. Everyone laughed, and he laughed, too.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

When my editors had the idea of writing about the trend of men getting vasectomies around the Masters, there was an initial suggestion—I’m almost positive it was a joke—that it should be a first-person immersive piece. As in, "Hey Shane, go get a vasectomy for the story." "Ha, ha!" I replied. "What if, instead, I spoke with an expert and did not, personally, have my vas deferens cut and tied?" "You're fired if you don't get a vasectomy," they replied.

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

Have you failed to watch any golf this year, but can't resist the sweet siren song of the Masters, and need a quick catch-up? Have you watched literally every minute from Pebble to Puerto Rico, but you're sick of reading player guides that run the risk of giving you too much useful information? Are you a player's agent looking for a reason to yell at a journalist? Then you, my friend, are in the right place.

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

In the late 1960s, after Charlie Sifford integrated the PGA Tour but before the Masters had seen a black player in its field, there weren't many white voices antagonizing for integration inside the sport itself. Even more than today, it didn't pay to be on the wrong side of Augusta National, and golf has always been a traditional institution, one which lags behind outside cultural and social developments by as much as a decade or more. All of which makes what Jim Murray did so exceptional.