Callaway’s 2026 Chrome Tour golf balls debut the industry’s first velocity material

Callaway has found a way to make the fastest Chrome Tour golf ball ever, without taking the usual shortcut to making it sturdier. The company announced its new family of Chrome Tour, Chrome Tour “Over the past four years, we have been working closely with a material supplier to create something completely new for the […]

’10 times harder than when I came on’: experienced professional selflessly gives up a place in the season opener

Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey has seen it all during his long career in professional golf. The Tour veteran has won on the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. Thanks to a previous win at Korn Ferry, Gainey is eligible to play in the season-opening event next week in the Bahamas. But […]

Tour confidential: bold predictions, storylines and resolutions

Check-in every week for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors as they break down the hottest topics in sports and join the conversation by tweeting us at @golf_com. This week we discuss bold predictions for 2026, storylines to watch, resolutions and more. 1. Welcome to the first Tour Confidential of 2026, where we’re […]

Our 7 favorite courses we played in 2025

A US Open host. A course played backwards. And a hole in a prison. The writers of GOLF enjoyed golf in various locations in 2025. Recently, seven GOLF employees wrote about their favorite places, and below are excerpts from those stories. 2 greens on 1 hole?! Why this famous US Open site added a surprising […]

The Trump administration is considering taking over municipal golf courses in DC and ousting nonprofits

The Trump administration has taken the most consequential step yet in a growing dispute over Washington, D.C.’s municipal golf courses, revoking the lease of the nonprofit National Links Trust (NLT) and opening the door to federal control of the city’s public courses.On Wednesday, the Department of the Interior terminated NLT’s agreement to operate the Rock […]