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50 years from Oakmont

Ed Travis

  Fifty years ago golf changed. The exact moment was the conclusion of the 1962 United States Open which had... Read more »

New York City: Its Park Is Worse Than Its Bite

James A. Frank

Or: Tow Hell And Back! Having lived around New York my entire life and in the city the last seven... Read more »

A FEW MORE COURSES AT PEBBLE BEACH: FOOD + WINE 2012

Michael Patrick Shiels

Celebrity chef Todd English had a luxury tent full of food-o-files eating out of his hand during an intimate cooking... Read more »

A New World For Bubba

David Barrett

Bubba is back. But now Bubba Watson is more than just Bubba. He’s a major champion, the top-ranked American, the... Read more »

What Golf Ball Through Yonder Window Breaks?

Tom Bedell

I belong to a Shakespeare group. Not a troupe, a group, which meets now and again to read through the... Read more »

Get Golf Weather online

Ed Travis

New service for US Golfers  Golfweather.com, an online weather forecast service for golf courses and golf destinations, is now tracking... Read more »

TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Newcastle Founders’ Ale vs. Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Pale Ale

Tom Bedell

For once in this recent “versus” series we actually have two beers in the same style, pales ales from some... Read more »

“The Classic Palmer”

Ed Travis

 John Feinstein is one of my favorite authors. His book “A Good Walk Spoiled” is maybe the best book ever... Read more »

“The Big Miss”: Essential Source Material for a Tiger Biography

Bob Cullen

Someday, someone is going to do a great biography of Tiger Woods. It will be a tragedy on a level... Read more »

Going Home

Tom Bedell

Here at The A Position we’re given a topic to address (or not) each month for The A List feature,... Read more »

Bubba Watson, Louis Oosthuizen Shots Conjure Up Masters Past

David Barrett

Louis Oosthuizen’s double eagle at Augusta National on Sunday conjured memories of Gene Sarazen’s “Shot Heard Round the World” in... Read more »

Sophie Speaks: I Hope You’ll All Listen

James A. Frank

No matter what else happens in golf this year, one of the game’s greatest acts of heroism has already occurred.... Read more »

The A List: The A Position—Along with Course Architect Perry Dye—Stake a Claim for their Favorite Golf Islands

James A. Frank

[A greatest hit from The A Position vaults, this one from April of 2012]: Golf as we know it began on an... Read more »

April Fool’s Cruel Heartbreak

Janina Jacobs

On Sunday, April 1, there was incredible drama at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, though I.K. Kim wished the outcome... Read more »

For Now, Woods Has Eliminated “The Big Miss” (the Shot, not the Book)

David Barrett

Tiger Woods may no longer be bothered by “the big miss.” Oh, he’s no doubt still plenty bothered by his... Read more »