A Couple Thousand Yards of Fun, in 12 Holes
The question: “Why 18 holes?” has kept golf historians engaged for decades. It even has a well-known witty answer, based… Read more »
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Golf Scramble Groups: Leave All the Egos at No. 17 Tee
When the 100-plus senior staffers of Billy Casper Golf convene for their annual planning sessions, the conference tables are loaded… Read more »
Back When, The Masters ‘Went Hollywood’ with Its Highlight Show
Call it a major coincidence—the 1986 Masters, which many consider the most dramatic of all time, was also the first… Read more »
Ouimet Fund Already Prepping for 100th Anniversary of Namesake’s Open Upset
In 1913, a soft-spoken and raw-boned 20-year-old named Francis Ouimet won a playoff over two British titans to claim the… Read more »
Early Golf Communities Pre-empted Rights, Provided New Aesthetic Order
American communities have a look and layout that can range from Vermont village to Midwestern river town to the low,… Read more »
The Harmon Club is a 90-Minute Miracle of Fitness & Golf
Like any private golf facility with an avid membership, the Harmon Golf and Fitness Club in Rockland, Mass., receives phone… Read more »
Who Tends the Flag?
At 80-plus pages, and consisting of 32 separate subdivisions, the Rules of Golf are not easy to throw a mental… Read more »
Communities Use Tough-Course, Easy-Course Tandem
Gerald Barton, developer of PGA West, hired architect Pete Dye to build him “the hardest golf course in the world.”… Read more »
Clubhouse Renovations Cause Some Soul-Searching
At the prestigious Main Line Philadelphia club Aronomink, a $12.5 million project was undertaken and completed some five years ago…. Read more »
Clubhouse Angst at Gardiner’s Bay
His design of the recently built clubhouse at Gardiner’s Bay Country Club, according to architect Dennis Wedlick, “involves a tension… Read more »
