Personalities

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 »

John K. Solheim named new Ping Golf president

Steve Pike

  John Karsten Solheim, the oldest son of John A. Solheim and the grandson of Ping Golf Founder Karsten Solheim,... Read more »

National Radio Hall of Fame Welcomes Latest Class

Michael Patrick Shiels

The lights and bells and whistles of the Windy City of Chicago beckon Michiganders during the holiday season. If only... Read more »