Golf World March 5, 2012: Golf Digest

COVER

Putting a shovel to a painfully memorable chip in Wales, Hunter Mahan outduels Rory McIlroy to win the WGC-Accenture Match Play.

By Jim Moriarty

EQUIPMENT ISSUE

Hungry for extra yards, today's elite players are more savvy than ever about what yields distance. Higher, straighter, longer is a recipe for success.

By Mike Stachura

Powering his way from obscurity to a breakout season on the Nationwide Tour, Jason Kokrak looks to wow fans, peers on the game's big stage.

By E. Michael Johnson

How Alvaro Quiros, John Huston and Michelle Wie get the most out of their drivers.

Responding to golfers' yearning for yards, equipment makers have gone to great lengths to deliver distance throughout the bag.

By E. Michael Johnson

A spirited debate on the pros and cons of distance.

By E. Michael Johnson and Bill Fields

Bunker

A new USGA exhibit honors a trio of athletes who broke barriers.

By Bill Fields

The PGA Tour gets a special delivery as FedEx re-ups for five more years.

Rory McIlroy's girlfriend is the driving force behind his new workout regimen.

Mahan wins the Match Play; Huh reigns in Mexico and Stanford is victorious in Singapore.

Our coaches' polls rank the top college teams (men and women).

By Ryan Herrington

Putter alignment aids are a personal, but necessary, choice.

By E. Michael Johnson

Joe Steranka's Palm Beach is for all levels of golf enthusiasts.

By Ryan Herrington

VOICES

• The work of Honda's tournament director, Ken Kennerly, pays off as Tiger commits -- Tim Rosaforte
• Phil Mickelson is off to a fast start, but his style of play still isn't U.S. Open worthy -- Chris Millard
• For 50 years a little cold hasn't stopped New Jersey's Shore Winter Golf League -- Bill Fields
• The tour's twentysomethings are better prepared to achieve early success -- Jill Painter
• Has golf ever had a Jeremy Lin-type story? Try John Daly in 1991 -- John Feinstein