Personalities

Even Jenkins Needs An Editor

Tom Harack

As typically happens in our 24-hour-news-cycle world, word of the kerfuffle between Tiger Woods and Dan Jenkins arrived before the... Read more »

Man Out of Time: The Life of Alvin Dark

Jeff Neuman

The life and career of Alvin Dark, who passed away yesterday at age 92, provides an object lesson in the... Read more »

Review: “A Difficult Par,” James R. Hansen’s Biography of Robert Trent Jones

Anthony Pioppi

In no uncertain terms, , James R. Hansen’s A Difficult Par,  the biography of Robert Trent Jones, is a must... Read more »

Nike Golf names Daric Ashford as new president

Steve Pike

  Nike Golf has a new boss. He’s Daric Ashford, a 21-year Nike Inc., veteran who had been vice president/general... Read more »

Ted Bishop didn’t understand role of PGA of America president

Steve Pike

Ted Bishop never got the memo. The one that reads ‘‘PGA of America presidents are supposed to be seen and... Read more »

Note to Ryder Cup Panel: Give It A Rest

Tom Harack

In a way, it’s funny: Issues currently confronting other sports include spousal abuse, aggravated assault, rape, child endangerment, performance-enhancing drugs,... Read more »

Cubs, Ryder Cup can learn from each other, not task forces

Herb Gould

A Ryder Cup task force to explore ways a team that’s losing can find a better way to win? Brilliant.... Read more »

Lefty’s Leadership

Ed Travis

The American’s Ryder Cup loss to a top notch European team was obviously due to two reasons. First they could... Read more »

Ryder Cup ’69 Recap A Dark-Horse Pick

Tom Harack

The story of “The Concession” is justly known to most golfers as the classy, uber-sportsmanlike gesture it was: Jack Nicklaus... Read more »

Watson: “Luck has something to do with it, but there’s more to it than that.”

A Q&A with Ryder Cup Captain Tom Watson is part of our features-packed 2014 Ryder Cup issue of The Grain,... Read more »

Q & A with Tom Watson, Ryder Cup Captain

Terry Moore

With five British Open Championship victories, Tom Watson knows a thing or two about winning overseas. Maybe that’s why the... Read more »

Rory McIlroy’s a Peyton Manning fan but Tom Brady’s okay, too

Emily Kay

NORTON, Mass. — Rory McIlroy may walk tall on the PGA Tour, but when he’s at the Deutsche Bank Championship... Read more »

Revealing a Little More of Seth Raynor

Anthony Pioppi

While many of his contemporaries were writing books, newspaper stories, magazine articles or being quoted about their work, Seth J.... Read more »

Peter Coyote’s Wisdom Regarding Robin Williams’ Suicide

Bob Fagan

I am still trying to get my arms around ROBIN WILLIAMS taking his own life. Though I never knew or met him,... Read more »

Remember…The Haig’s First Open Win

Ed Travis

A cocky young professional begged a few days off from his club job so he could play in the U.S.... Read more »