Off course

Monday After the Masters

Ed Travis

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Charles Dickens wrote those words over a century... Read more »

PGA Tour-LIV Controversy—An Adult in the Room

Ed Travis

It’s always refreshing when someone you respect agrees with you…or is it the other way around? In any event, when... Read more »

What a Difference a Year Makes

Ed Travis

What a difference a year makes. Registration of golf professionals and industry members for the 70th PGA Show Jan. 24-27,... Read more »

It’s the Fans Stupid

Ed Travis

The past two weeks have had their share of significant golf news starting with Lee Elder’s death followed by Tiger... Read more »

First 3D Printed Golf Club—Cobra King Supersport-35 Putter

Ed Travis

Cobra Golf again breaks new ground with introduction of the limited-edition King Supersport-35 putter, the first golf club manufactured by... Read more »

New Year – New Handicap System

Ed Travis

The calculation of golf handicaps is going global with some significant changes but for players in this country the revised... Read more »

ELY & GOLF Six Month Highlights

Ed Travis

Golf equipment makers are mostly either privately owned such as TaylorMade Golf, PING and Tour Edge Golf or part of... Read more »

PGA Tour Schedule – Is Everybody Happy?

Ed Travis

It is obvious professional golf cannot compete with football for the attention of sports fans not to mention the media.... Read more »

Getsemani – Cartagena’s Up & Coming Community

Bob Fagan

Colors, fun, and charm are on full display in the improving Getsemaní section of the Walled City in Cartagena. Once upon... Read more »

Cooking Tells A Story at Ohlala Bistrot, Cartagena, Colombia

Bob Fagan

Carolina Velez, the General Manager of the Ohlala Bistrot in the Walled City of Cartagena relates that cooking and the... Read more »

Satisfaction in the Sky? Delta Ranks Highly in J.D. Power Survey

Michael Patrick Shiels

J.D. Power released the findings of its 2019 North America Airline Satisfaction Survey and Delta Airlines, the predominant airline serving... Read more »

Air Force One Access Sealed the Deal for Presidential Photo Display in Grand Rapids

Michael Patrick Shiels

It may be cherry blossom season in Washington D.C. but one need only drive to Grand Rapids to get into... Read more »

Lansing Classico: From the Okemos Golf Range to Sarasota’s Sunshine

Michael Patrick Shiels

Lansing has a de-facto embassy in downtown Sarasota, Florida: it is a bar and restaurant called Clasico on the corner... Read more »

Super Bowl City Welcomes Michigan Game-Goers and More

Michael Patrick Shiels

Lansing lobbyist and businessman Gregory Eaton is one of very few people who have attended all 52 Super Bowls and he planned to be in Georgia for Sunday’s 53rd....

Dome in Detroit: Legislative Laughs and Insider Tales from the Legislative Leadership Conference

Michael Patrick Shiels

I met the most important man in the city of Detroit last week…and his name is Curtis. Curtis wasn’t elected... Read more »