The PGA of America has committed $5 million in starting the Golf Emergency Relief Fund to assist club pros, course workers and others affected by the COVID-19 shutdowns

Rising PGA Tour star Collin Morikawa joined the Golf Digest Podcast to discuss his seamless transition to the PGA Tour and how he's staying busy during quarantine.

Doug Sanders, who died on Sunday at age 86, was the first pro golfer our writer, John Feinstein, ever interviewed. And what an interview it was

Golf pros are playing an online poker tournament for charity on Thursday, with proceeds going toward coronavirus relief

Tour players are relying on virtual instruction and video more than ever before, which is testing the communication of player and student

Harry HowTime has no meaning anymore. In the immortal words of Rust Cohle, it has become a flat circle—a veritable Groundhog's Day, minus Bill Murray to entertain us. If you have been marking the days down on an old piece of driftwood while talking to your volleyball named Wilson, however, then you are probably at least tangentially aware that it's April 13th, 2020, an unremarkable date, but for one fact: It is the anniversary of Kobe Bryant's final NBA game, arguably the single greatest send-off in professional sports history.
Back in 2016, the Lakers were 16-65 heading into final game of the season against the Utah Jazz. They were dead last in the Western Conference with nowhere to go and nothing to play for. ESPN had bumped Kobe's final game to air the Warrior's quest for 73 instead. In the build-up to his farewell, Shaq asked his former teammate if he could give them 50. “No!” Kobe laughed, “absolutely not.” And in a way he was right.
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Our series to help you brush up on your golf knowledge while you're stuck inside examines why the King of Scotland once outlawed golf.

A 21-year old Tiger Woods won the 1997 Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes, the first of his 15 major championship victories.

gbrundinIt’s no surprise that in the past month, in the midst of our national lockdown, online poker has boomed to the tune of a roughly 43% overall increase, with a 255% jump in first-time poker players. I’m one of the rookies, and my game is Texas hold ’em. For lack of my usual entertainment options, I began playing with a group of friends on Pokerstars (the group is about 30-strong, at this point), some of whom were newbies like me, and some of whom were very good, very experienced players that have played poker for a living in the past. I knew the game, and all its rules, so it wasn’t like hold ’em was completely foreign to me. Nevertheless, during the first few days of the quarantine, I lost early and often, to the point that even though the games were only five . . . um . . . fake dollars apiece, I found myself down almost 40 . . . fake . . . dollars. Granted, it was no more expensive over that time span than a dinner out, or a couple of movies, so it wasn’t like I was breaking t..

From the archive (July 2010): Shaken by brain cancer, a golf genius contemplates his place in history