January 3, 2008
THE 2008 HOT LIST page 113
Get a first look at the top clubs of 2008 as reviewed by some of golf’s top teachers, scientists, amateurs, retailers and the editors of Golf Digest. More than 550 products were evaluated to produce the industry’s most credible equipment recommendations. Whether you’re trying to make the jump to single digits or merely looking for an upgrade from your father’s clubs, the Hot List is the place to find what works best for you.
WHAT WOULD YOU SHOOT page 75
Introduced last month, the Golf Digest U.S. Open Contest is well under way, but there’s still plenty of time to get your essay in. Go online to www.gdopencontest.com today for the chance to try to break 100 at Torrey Pines, under U.S. Open conditions, with three celebrities on NBC next June.
THE TOP 50 MONEY MAKERS IN GOLF page 98
Thanks to the FedEx Cup and seven first–time major winners, financial opportunities on the men’s and women’s golf tours were at their highest last season. Senior Writer Ron Sirak takes a look at what was earned on and off the course in 2007 as he reveals the “Golf Digest 50,” the fifth annual ranking of the top money makers in golf.
2007 AWARDS AND YEAR IN REVIEW page 59
For 53 years Golf Digest has honored the best players in the game after each season. From “Most Improved” to “Rookie of the Year,” find out who took home the top awards for 2007 and why the “World Player of the Year” award was not a landslide (but you can probably guess who won).
FINAL EXAM — ANDY GARCIA page 202
A regular at celebrity golf tournaments, including the Golf Digest Celebrity Invitational, Andy Garcia has been playing the game for a long time (started around the time of Arnie’s Army, he says.) Long gone are the days of sneaking onto courses to avoid the 50 cents green fees. Now he tees it up with Jack Nicholson and Joe Pesci and has no idea what it costs to play Pebble Beach.
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