Francesco Molinari says he may not play in Europe until he defends his British Open title in July

Golf notes: Sampling of players' favorite shots of the year; Rory Sabbatini now playing for Slovakia

Column: Tales from the PGA Tour: Golf this year from inside and outside the ropes

Europe captain Thomas Bjorn has lived up to his promise to tattoo the winning Ryder Cup score on his bottom

We culled through a year's worth of amazing photos taken for Golf Digest stories in 2018 and picked some of our favorites to remember

Thomas Bjorn captained one of the most impressive Ryder Cup victories of the modern era this year in France, with the Europeans earning a dominant victory over the ultra-talented American squad. And now it's a guarantee that Bjorn, nor his girlfriend Grace Barber, will ever forget the margin by which the Europeans won.
It's likely not many golf fans recalled Bjorn's comments in the Europeans' winning post-match press conference, in which the European captain promised that he'd make good on getting a tattoo “somewhere only Grace could see.” Now, fortunately to the folks on the European Ryder Cup social media team, we all have an idea of what Bjorn's tattoo looks like. And we have more of a visual of parts of Thomas Bjorn we never needed to see.
Nonetheless, a job well done by Bjorn and all involved for following through on this promise:
https://twitter.com/RyderCupEurope/status/1077217336581476352
The question we must ask now: Will this become a tradition n..

From controversy to triumph, the best read stories of the year.

From the distance debate continuing, to major champions going without club contracts, to Tiger Woods' putter journey, the year was full of equipment stories

John Updike's essay on December golf resonates still today the way it did when it first appeared in Golf Digest in December 1989.

The New Jersey Devils and Ottawa Senators have each had pretty disappointing starts to the NHL season. Ottawa's was to be expected, as their GM said as much by saying very little during the preseason. The Devils, on the other hand, were poised to get back to the playoffs for a second straight year, something the franchise hasn't done since 2008 and 2009.
RELATED: Devils goalie in danger of going full-calendar year without a regular season win
Instead, New Jersey is dead last in their division, and they welcomed the second-to-last in their divison Senators to the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Friday night. It was a must-win for both teams, a chance to get two huge points against lesser competition, at least according to record. While that sounds like a boring matchup, it provided by far the most electric electric 15-second sequence in the NHL all year.
Early in the second period, with the Devils already leading 3-1, Ottawa was applying a ton of pressure in the New Jersey ..