Tod Leonard

San Diego

Senior Editor at Golf Digest

West Coast-based editor and writer for https://t.co/Pb3MAw4JcA

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Greg Norman involved in frightening emergency on private jet

4 days ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

Tragic, disturbing incidents have been happening in the skies over the U.S. this year, and no one is immune. Greg Norman, a 40-year flier on private aircraft, can attest to that.
Xander Schauffele will include this very 'on brand' gift at his PGA champions dinner

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

We will maintain for all time that some of the best and funniest photos ever taken of Xander Schauffele don’t involve a golf club or ball. If you’ve looked at the main photo of the two-time major winner that accompanies this story, we dare you not to smile—the puff of smoke captured perfect, Schauffele feigning some sort of seriousness amid the U.S. team celebrating their win in the 2024 Presidents Cup.
Jim Dent, the Augusta caddie who became prolific senior winner, dies at 85 | Golf News and Tour Information | GolfDigest.com

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

Jim Dent started in golf as a caddie at Augusta National and rose to play on the PGA Tour and win 12 times on the senior circuit
Jim Dent, the Augusta caddie who became prolific senior winner, has died at 85

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

Just over two months ago, Jim Dent did an interview with NBC BLK in which he said he would never have become a pro golfer if he hadn’t first been among the Black caddie corps at Augusta National Golf Club. “It gave me everything I own,” Dent said in the interview of his introduction to the game.
Rangefinder mistake cost PGA Tour winner with penalty he called on himself

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

The experimental use of rangefinders has seen its first admitted violator in terms of a penalty, with Davis Riley calling a two-stroke penalty on himself on Saturday in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas. MORE: The fascinating tale of how a caddie brought rangefinders to the PGA Tour While finishing the weather-delayed second round at TPC Craig Ranch, Riley pulled out his measuring device to shoot the flag at the par-3 17th hole—his eighth of the day after starting on 10.
Rory McIlroy's delayed eagle completes scoring feast to keep Irish in Zurich hunt

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

Would it be Gautreau’s or Arnaud’s or somewhere else for dinner on the town in New Orleans on Saturday night? With all of the fabulous gastronomical choices for Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry to consider, it kept their minds off of golf during a 90-minute weather delay in the third round of the two-man team Zurich Classic of New Orleans. It kept McIlroy about thinking of one stroke of his putter, actually.
LPGA player pulls off one of the rarest feats in golf

2 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

China’s Yan Liu joined a very exclusive golf club Friday in the second round of the LPGA Tour’s first major of the season, the Chevron Championship. MORE: Semi-retired Lexi Thompson shows she's still got game In the midst of a round that had the 27-year-old vying to stay at the top of the leaderboard, Liu arrived at the par-5 eighth hole at The Club at Carlton Woods having made two bogeys over her first seven holes.
The fascinating and true tale of the caddie who brought the rangefinder revolution to pro golf

3 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, future pro-caddie-to-the-stars Cayce Kerr could have been like most kids, worshipping athletes or lead singers in rock bands. But Kerr showed at a young age that his mind worked quite a bit differently. It’s pretty much guaranteed that he was the only teen in his native Maryland who idolized Benjamin Franklin. “The reason is, if you Google how many inventions he had, the number will blow your mind,” Kerr said recently in a phone conversation.
Mr. & Mrs. Porter

3 weeks ago | foremagazine.com | Tod Leonard

Community leaders Glen and Mary Porter are dedicated to their volunteer effortsIt is endearing, truly, that when you speak to Glen and Mary Porter, they often refer to each other as Mr. and Mrs. “Mr. Porter believes …” Mary will begin, and her husband will recognize her similarly. They’ll laugh when admitting that they’ve got their own pet names within the family, but in their public life, the salutations of love and respect come naturally.
There were identical twins following identical twins at LPGA event in L.A., and their meet-up could not have been more adorable

3 weeks ago | golfdigest.com | Tod Leonard

TARZANA, Calif. — There were double takes after double takes on Saturday when the Japanese identical twins who are rookies on the LPGA Tour finished the round they’d played together in the JM Eagle LA Championship. Akie and Chisato Iwai were among the afternoon’s biggest attractions at El Caballero Country Club, and at one point they looked over and saw a pair of young girls outside the ropes. They couldn’t quite believe it.

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5 Apr 25

Watching the end of ANWA brought back this conviction: There is nothing better for women's golf than this. Not even close.

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12 Feb 25

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8 Feb 25

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Articles

Greg Norman involved in frightening emergency on private jet

Xander Schauffele will include this very 'on brand' gift at his PGA champions dinner

Jim Dent, the Augusta caddie who became prolific senior winner, dies at 85 | Golf News and Tour Information | GolfDigest.com

Jim Dent, the Augusta caddie who became prolific senior winner, has died at 85

Rangefinder mistake cost PGA Tour winner with penalty he called on himself

Rory McIlroy's delayed eagle completes scoring feast to keep Irish in Zurich hunt

LPGA player pulls off one of the rarest feats in golf

The fascinating and true tale of the caddie who brought the rangefinder revolution to pro golf

Mr. & Mrs. Porter

There were identical twins following identical twins at LPGA event in L.A., and their meet-up could not have been more adorable

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