December 16, 2008

Based on performance against their peers, here are the 10 most accomplished players of 2008, ranked in order of supremacy

To find the most improved PGA Tour players of 2008, as well as those who fell the furthest in a year's time, we calculated a Plus/Minus number by totaling the number of places a pro moved up or...

A textile executive who was awarded the Silver Star while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Battle was president of the USGA in 1988 and '89. .

by Richard Diedrich Finally, a coffee-table book that shifts focus off the course and into the sanctums: the locker rooms, libraries, grill rooms and parlors of some of the game's most storied...

They didn't make huge headlines, but these four under-the-radar developments helped define '08

Over the last 12 months 14 SI photographers have covered 42 tournaments on three different tours. Here are some of our favorite shots, along with a few thoughts about their creation—and what makes...

Having endured one banking collapse and a bare-knuckle brawl with the U.S. government, developer is bringing back his own vision of luxury golf and saving a few others along the way

After years of crashing LPGA events, Michelle Wie is finally a member of the tour, and she's bringing an old swing and a new outlook to the party

What's ahead in 2009? We convened a meeting of SI senior writers Michael Bamberger, John Garrity, Alan Shipnuck and Gary Van Sickle, plus a PGA Tour player (who participated on the condition that...

After years of back pain and journeyman status, rode his everyman persona to the cusp of a U.S. Open championship and won the hearts of golf fans everywhere, all because he met a person who...

What do the kids think? SI recently asked 70 teenage boys and girls, all serious golfers, for their opinions on everything from dating to churchgoing and Facebook to Barack Obama

Brace yourself, guys, but a return to the white belts of the '70s is probably in your interest

Big brassy belt buckles were all the rage in '08. Match the tour pro with the buckle.

Echoing our resident medium conjures Golf Future: a world of truly bloodcurdling water hazards, but also one with par-4 1/2's, no tees and boomerang five-irons

From a cloister in the Time & Life Building, we foresee next year's top stories in golf and foretell the headlines of 2009. Behold our fearless forecast!

Here's what more than 2,600 readers surveyed by GOLF.com say were the biggest stories of 2008

returns to competition five months after a second heart transplant; is suspended for saying that the only way to beat Tiger Woods would be to lynch him, and editor is fired for putting a noose...