18BIRDIES BLOG

Course Insight: Sony Open The PGA Tour bids aloha to Hawaii this week as the first full-field event of the year gets underway in Honolulu for the Sony Open. Defending champion Justin Thomas returns to Waialae Country Club to defend his title after posting the lowest 72-hole score in Tour history…

Josh Hayes sits down with PGA Tour rookie Lanto Griffin to talk about getting involved in golf at an early age, Using 11 different caddies last season on the Web.com Tour, dating as a pro golfer, dining with Billy Horschel, and lots more! The 18Birdies app is now available…

Getting to know Stephan Jaeger: 18Birdies Player Profile This much you likely know: PGA Tour rookie Stephan Jaeger shot the first 58 in a Tour-sanctioned event during the opening round of the 2016 Ellie Mae Classic. He followed that up with sizzling rounds of 65, 64, and 63. The result was a…

It only takes one afternoon on the golf course or a few hours at the bar to learn that golfers have a terminology all to their own. From common golf terms like, “par,” ‘birdie” and “mulligan,” to uncommon golf terms like “line,” “break” and “dogleg” having a diverse golf vocabulary might not make…

How many times have you heard one of your golf buddies utter a golf term that brought a smile to your face or busted everyone up right there on the tee?

Say what you want about the other sports, none of them hold a candle to golf when it comes to inspirational and downright funny quotes. From the best players to ever pick up a club to past presidents of the United States, the game of golf is the great equalizer. We’ve all been humbled by this game…

Match play is a golf tournament format at its most basic. Scoring is as simple as apple pie. Players compete hole-by-hole, and the golfer getting the lowest score gets one point, so there are 18 points up for grabs during the match. The golfer winning the most holes, wins the match. It’s…

Spending a day on the beach sounds like fun this summer, that is, unless you’re on the golf course. For many golfers, sand traps (aka bunkers) can be downright intimidating. From navigating a shifty playing surface to swinging the golf club a bit differently, there’s a lot that goes into…

Did you know that most amateur golfers admit to spending less than five percent of their practice time on their short game but that more than half the shots in a round of golf are taken within 10 yards of the green? We aren’t mathematicians, but something isn’t adding up here. Your score might be…

Get 18Birdies: the #1 rated free golf app

Fantasy Golf on DraftKings - Sentry Tournament of Champions Lock of the week: Embed from Getty…

Course Insight: Sentry Tournament of Champions Is this the year Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Phil Mickelson capture the exalted career grand slam? Can Tiger Woods avoid injury and contend in a major championship this season, or (gulp) – even win number 15? Will the hotbed of young talent…

[caption id="attachment_130497" align="alignnone" width="600"] 8th par 4 Royal Dornoch,Championship Course,Dornoch,Sutherland,Scotland.[/caption] 18Birdies is kicking the New Year off right with some incredible prizes for DreamGames! Whether you're working on your short or long game, this…

18Birdies Team Pro Profile: Lanto Griffin Everyone loves an underdog, and PGA Tour rookie Lanto Griffin is as underdog as it gets. At just 12 years-old Griffin’s life was shattered when he lost his dad to brain cancer. Griffin got kicked in the stomach again when he wasn’t offered a college…