Lifestyle

USGA, R&A propose changes to rules

James McAfee

The recent announcement from the USGA and the R&A about 30 proposed rules changes certainly makes common sense and should... Read more »

Looking Good on the Course

Ed Travis

If you dress with style and comfort it may not cut strokes off your handicap but you’ll look good whatever... Read more »

Review: “Back On Course-A Return on Investment”

Ed Travis

The new book “Back On Course” has the subtitle “Drive Business Performance Through Golf” and it discusses some interesting points... Read more »

Wodehouse on Golf and Other Tales

Tom Bedell

It may be a function of growing older, or simply wading into the wrong streams of literature, that I find... Read more »

Major overhaul of rules expected

James McAfee

Hats off to the USGA and the R&A, the governing bodies of the game, for their decision to modernize the... Read more »

The Significance of the DJ Rule

Ed Travis

The “DJ Rule.” The modification of the Rules of Golf by the United States Golf Association that took effect January... Read more »

Tap Beer of the Week: Allagash Hoppy Table Beer

Tom Bedell

[Feb. 9, 2017]–Granted, with close to eight inches of fresh snow dumped on us today in southern Vermont, it might... Read more »

Rules Corner: No penalty if golf ball accidentally moved

James McAfee

Common sense has prevailed. The USGA and the R&A have changed one of golf’s most unjust rules that penalizes players... Read more »

PGA Show Attention Grabbers

Ed Travis

Each year at the PGA Merchandise Show with its 1,000 exhibitors and thousands of products we look for a few... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2016 Reprise

Tom Bedell

[Jan. 6, 2017]–For those not up on their religion, the actual 12 Days of Christmas begin on Christmas Day and... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2016 – 12: Scaldis Noël Premium

Tom Bedell

I had Scaldis Noël on my “likely” list before the Paste Magazine article appeared online on Dec. 14, with its... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2016 – 11: Kerstmutske Christmas Nightcap

Tom Bedell

“Slaapmutske” is Flemish for “Sleeping Cap” or, in our vernacular, nightcap, and Dany de Smet and his wife, Marleen Vercaigne... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2016 – 10: Allagash Hibernal Fluxus

Tom Bedell

Fluxus the condition is what the house is going to be in real soon when the grandkids arrive this evening.... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2016 – 9: Haandbryggeriet Nissefar

Tom Bedell

The selection process for the 12 Beers of Christmas is, to my mind, ingeniously haphazard, and largely dependent on what’s... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2016 – 8: Dieu du Ciel Solstice d’hiver

Tom Bedell

There was little doubt today about which beer I was going to choose from my current lot. On the winter... Read more »