Ireland’s Contribution to Chambers Bay: The Role of Turfgrass Consultancy
When the golf course architectural firm Robert Trent Jones II was commissioned to design a new golf course on the… Read more »
Golf
Rory Plays the White Tees: A Fantasy in 18 Holes
Heron Lakes is a 36-hole golf complex located in the flood plain near where the Columbia River flows into the… Read more »
Frederick Law Olmsted and American Golf
Bill Hawkins of Portland, Oregon has combined a distinguished career as a practicing architect with a parallel life as a writer… Read more »
Donald Ross and Jack Nicklaus: Unexpected Kinsmen in Design
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw deserve kudos for their restoration of Pinehurst #2. Their exertions amount to an extended homage… Read more »
Review of “Faldo/Norman” by Andy Farrell.
Andy Farrell, Faldo/Norman. The 1996 Masters: A duel that defined an era. Elliott & Thompson, March, 2014 in the UK,… Read more »
A Look Back at the USGA’s First One Hundred Years
One Hundred Years of the USGA. An Essay Written for Golf, The Greatest… Read more »
Carne Golf Links’ New Nine
Carne Golf Links in County Mayo, by general acclaim an exhilarating and formidable addition to the world’s roster of great… Read more »
Carne: A Muscular Links Masterpiece in Ireland’s County Mayo
The very existence of the Carne Golf Links in County Mayo, Ireland, came as a surprise to John Garrity when… Read more »
What Makes Oak Hill Great? An Architectural Assessment
[A look at Oak Hill from John Strawn, from when the PGA Championship was played there in 2013.] Oak Hill… Read more »
Reflections on Jack Nicklaus’s Literary Life
This review of Jack Nicklaus’s autobiography and Mark Shaw’s biography of Nicklaus first appeared in the June 28, 1997 issue… Read more »
