A Good Read by a Winter’s Fire
At least since Michael Murphy’s Golf in the Kingdom in 1972, the Yank-goes-to-Scotland-and-discovers-himself tale has been a flourishing sub-genre in… Read more »
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“King of Clubs”: A Forgotten Bit of Golf Lore
It would be remiss to use words like charm and innocence to describe 1938. After all, that was the year when… Read more »
Viniterra: Golf and Wine in Virginia
Playing in a shotgun start, my first hole at Viniterra was the benign looking, 137-yard par-three 3rd. I came up out… Read more »
“The Big Miss”: Essential Source Material for a Tiger Biography
Someday, someone is going to do a great biography of Tiger Woods. It will be a tragedy on a level… Read more »
How Augusta National Hurts Golf
With all the millions of words of pre-Masters coverage that will be written this week, you’re likely to read a lot about Tiger Woods,… Read more »
Blog: What A Handicap Really Means
(Geek Alert: This post will likely bore the hell out of all potential readers except the sub-category of golfers who… Read more »
The Swinger: Beach Reading for Golfers
I should dislike The Swinger. I don’t believe in kicking people when they’re down, and this book is a right… Read more »
How Much Longer Will Crowds Watch Golf?
Maybe it was when I couldn’t see Rory McIlroy hit the ball in the water—and he was 50-yards away from… Read more »
Willbrook: What Makes a Course Female-Friendly?
Some time ago, the now-defunct magazine Golf for Women published an article called “The 50 Top Golf Courses for… Read more »
Golf, Italian Style: Verona
Fair Verona, where we lay our scene, (I don’t know why, but those words just come to me), is an… Read more »
