Personalities

Late golf course architect Pete Dye left Lansing connections

Michael Patrick Shiels

French Canadian Gilles Gagnon, who played hockey at Michigan State University from 1969-73, mourns the recent loss of his mentor and dear friend Pete Dye.

Giving Young Tom His Due

Tom Bedell

At least on social media these days most GOAT discussions—who’s the Greatest of All Time?–assume it’s a two-man race in... Read more »

Top 10 Golf Stories in 2019

Ed Travis

Tiger’s Season At 43 with a much-repaired body Tiger Woods won his fifth Masters and 15th major championship leaving the... Read more »

The Biggest Injustice in the History of Sports

Matthew Van Fossen

Okay, that headline was intended to be clickbait, but Rory McIlroy winning player of the year over Brooks Koepka was... Read more »

In Praise of USGA Qualifiers, v. 2019

Terry Moore

As someone who admires players with enough game to qualify for USGA national championships, let me pay them homage by... Read more »

Payne Stewart’s Path to Redemption

Tom Bedell

In a professional golf career that began in Asia in 1980, Payne Stewart had 24 wins, 11 on the PGA... Read more »

The Brief, Bright Career of Charles Banks, and the Burning Questions He Left Behind

Anthony Pioppi

By Anthony Pioppi In the annals of golf course architecture, few careers were as brief and memorable as Charles Banks’s, while... Read more »

In the Thrall of the Golfing King

Tom Bedell

[Sept 10, 2019]–Arnold Palmer died on September 25, 2016, shortly after his 87th birthday. As the many tributes streaming forth... Read more »

Slow Play – “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us”

Ed Travis

The topic of slow play leapt into focus on social media when the number one and number three ranked players... Read more »

Sir Francis Drake’s Role In Cartagena, Colombia

Bob Fagan

I take a special interest in the doings of Sir Francis Drake for he was a distant, but direct relative... Read more »

Taking the Measure of a Golfing Man

Tom Bedell

[July 29, 2025: In light of the latest Donald Trump golf cheating scandal, it seemed worth pulling this review out... Read more »

Thoughts on the Bethpage PGA

Ed Travis

There were a several questions needing answers going in to the 101st PGA Championship played over Bethpage State Park (Black... Read more »

Ten Years Ago at Bethpage Black

Tom Bedell

[Ten years ago the U.S. Open came to Bethpage Black, and that seemed close enough for me to cover it,... Read more »

Thoughts on the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Terry Moore

This isn’t rant or a political statement but I do want to get something off my chest. As much as... Read more »

Ted Nugent Still Plays and Performs in Michigan’s Outdoors

Michael Patrick Shiels

Ted Nugent, known as the “Motor City Madman,” is mad at Michigan. The Redford-born rock star lived in Jackson for... Read more »