Golf
Golf tournaments
The majors and the tour events around them.
How golf is organised, and which parts of it Arena already runs a page for. Anything without a link is architecture we have built but not yet filled — we do not publish a page until there is something on it.
Competitions
PGA Tour
Covered through the tour's official channel and approved desks.
DP World Tour
Europe's leading tour. Followed through official video and approved desks.
The four majors
Arena's guide to what each major asks. A page each is next.
The Masters
Architecture ready for a page of its own.
PGA Championship
Architecture ready for a page of its own.
U.S. Open
Architecture ready for a page of its own.
The Open Championship
Architecture ready for a page of its own.
LPGA Tour
Architecture ready. Not covered yet.
Ryder Cup
Team match play. Architecture ready, not covered yet.
Solheim Cup
Team match play. Architecture ready, not covered yet.
Presidents Cup
Team match play. Architecture ready, not covered yet.
Korn Ferry Tour
The main route onto the PGA Tour. Not covered yet.
Golf rules and scoring
How stroke play, penalties and the cut actually work.
World ranking
Why golf ranks players instead of tabling teams.
Golf reading
Arena original · Analysis
What strokes gained actually measures
Strokes gained replaced simple averages with a comparison against a baseline, and that shift changed how good golf is described.
Arena original · Analysis
How the cut shapes strategy long before it happens
A cut on Friday evening changes decisions made on Thursday morning, because a score that never gets banked cannot be defended later.
Arena original · Feature
Course setup, not distance, is golf's real difficulty lever
Two courses of identical length can play nothing alike, because difficulty in golf is manufactured on the ground, not measured on a scorecard.
Arena original · Feature
Links golf is really a wind problem in disguise
Firm ground and coastal exposure make wind the dominant variable in links golf, and that changes what skill actually looks like there.
Arena original · Analysis
Green speed changes more than putting alone
A faster green does not just make putts roll further, it narrows the margin for error on every shot played toward it.
Arena original · Blog
Why golf's distance numbers keep climbing
Equipment, fitness and technique have each pushed distance upward, and no single cause explains the trend on its own.
Arena original · Analysis
Wedge distance control is where scoring is actually won
Full-swing power gets the attention, but the ability to control a wedge to a precise number decides far more rounds.
Arena original · Feature
Why line and speed cannot be read separately on the green
A correct read at the wrong speed still misses, because the line a putt takes changes with how hard it is struck.
Arena original · Analysis
Match play and stroke play reward different golfers
Counting holes instead of shots changes what risk means, and that single difference produces two genuinely different games.