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TAP Beer of the Week: Pike XXXXX Extra Stout

Tom Bedell

[Aug. 18, 2011]  I came out to Seattle this week for the launch of SIP Northwest, a new magazine devoted... Read more »

Atlanta Athletic Club’s 15th Hole Makes the Players Crazy

David Barrett

The 260-yard par-three 15th hole at Atlanta Athletic Club is driving the pros crazy this week. So crazy that they... Read more »

Natural Beauty, Art and Fun Define San Diego – City or Cove!

Michael Patrick Shiels

San Diego, known as “America’s Finest City,” might well also be known as America’s most convenient city, too. A bayside... Read more »

Review of Yet Another Return to Action for Tiger Woods

David Barrett

We’ve been here before: Tiger Woods returns after an enforced absence from the Tour. It started at the 2008 U.S.... Read more »

Long Putter Has Been the Answer for Adam Scott

David Barrett

Let’s credit Adam Scott with the best decision of the year. No, I don’t mean asking Steve Williams to caddie... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week: Yorkshire Stingo

Tom Bedell

There’s not a lot of background on Stingo that I can add over my last entry on the beer, found... Read more »

Ireland – Nation Of Foodies?

Tom Harack

  Not just yet. But the first time this reporter wrote about dining options on a golf trip to Ireland,... Read more »

Yani Tseng Fast to Five Majors, but Comparisons Aren’t So Easy

David Barrett

Yani Tseng has won five majors at the age of 22, which is a wonderful accomplishment. It’s the youngest age... Read more »

Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, and . . . Gary Sowinski?

David Barrett

It was a strange day in the golf world on Thursday. First, Rory McIlroy got unto a Twitter spat. Then... Read more »

TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Belgian Beauties

Tom Bedell

[July 27, 2011]–The golf round planned for one of Belgium’s finest courses, Royal Zoute in Knokke-Heist, fell through. The reason?... Read more »

The Two Kinds of Golf Traditionalists

David Barrett

Golf has two kinds of traditionalists: the USGA traditionalist and the golf architecture traditionalist. Strangely enough, these traditionalists are miles... Read more »

Severe Rough Wasn’t Needed to Protect the Course at the Canadian Open

David Barrett

There was talk (notably here in Golf.com’s Tour Confidential) that the reason for the extreme rough at the RBC Canadian... Read more »

Just Being You – The Amazing Release!

Bob Fagan

      Did you ever realize that you are like a giant satellite dish receiving all the energy and... Read more »

The Swinger: Beach Reading for Golfers

Bob Cullen

I should dislike The Swinger. I don’t believe in kicking people when they’re down, and this book is a right... Read more »

Canadian Open Rough on Wild Drivers, But Not on Mediocre Putters

David Barrett

The PGA Tour’s strokes gained-putting stat shows that since 2004 only 17 players have won a tournament with a putting... Read more »