Personalities

Learn More About President Bush Off the Course in Latest Book

Michael Patrick Shiels

You cannot schedule a weekend getaway to Camp David – the Presidential Retreat in the mountains of Maryland – or book airfare... Read more »

New rules decision saves penalty for Rahm

James McAfee

Can a golf ball be replaced on the exact position where it was before it was moved? I don’t really... Read more »

BUSHES “LAUNCH” KENNEBUNKPORT’S SUMMER SEASON IN PRESIDENTIAL FASHION

Michael Patrick Shiels

“Any time you’re in Maine with your family it’s a prescription for joy,” former President George W. Bush told me as I... Read more »

Q & A with Tom Werkmeister, Michigan Amateur Champion

Terry Moore

Last Saturday, Kentwood’s Tom Werkmeister, 49, won his second Michigan Amateur title at Egypt Valley CC in Ada in a... Read more »

Can You Name the Five Amateurs Who Won the U.S. Open?

Tom Bedell

[This post has been updated for the 2022 U.S. Open, here.] The cut line was at +1 when the day... Read more »

Arnie, and Other Life Stories

Tom Bedell

[May 26, 2017]–The 2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational ended in an exciting and sweetly sentimental fashion. The nostalgic mood surrounding the... Read more »

“Tommy’s Honour” Goes Far and Sure

Tom Bedell

[May 22, 2017]–Add “Tommy’s Honour” to that minuscule cinematic niche—golf movies that aren’t goofy comedies. Based on Kevin Cook’s book... Read more »

McIlroy officially joins TaylorMade stable with club and ball deal

Steve Pike

Irish star Rory McIlroy has officially signed an equipment deal with TaylorMade-adidas Golf, giving the equipment company the top three... Read more »

An Old-Fashioned Attaboy

Ed Travis

In the past there have been a number of times I have been critical of golf’s rules givers, the United... Read more »

Morris Saga Covers Lots Of Sod

Tom Harack

Such is the ongoing harangue in the golf industry about boosting the game’s popularity that the press material for Tommy’s... Read more »

Masters Favorites

Ed Travis

Next week for many is the opening of the golf season, the Masters. An arm chair pastime has always been... Read more »

I Watched the WGC – Dell Technologies Match Play Bracket Special

Matthew Van Fossen

  I was flipping around the dial last week trying to decide between Property Brothers and Chopped and came across... Read more »

Come Back Tiger

Ed Travis

For a lot of reasons besides the thrill of watching him play this madding game we need a healthy Tiger... Read more »

Why Isn’t Gil Hodges in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Tom Bedell

[Updated Dec.6, 2021]–I guess I can retire this piece now, as it appears to have done its work! Gil Hodges made... Read more »

Eight Years On

Tom Bedell

[Jan. 16, 2017]–On this day of observing Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, something jiggled my memory, and I went into... Read more »