Ancestral Links by John Garrity: An Appreciation
Ancestral Links, by John Garrity. Published in 2009 by New American Library. An occasional series available at http://theaposition.com/johnstrawn/: The Best… Read more »
Personalities
Demo Day at the PGA Show: The Hope Springs Eternal Exhibition
Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Orlando, FL The Wednesday during PGA Show week in Orlando every year is Demo Day, the gigantic… Read more »
Rory Confirms His Greatness, Winning the PGA Championship by a Record Eight Shots.
In April, 2011, right after Rory McIlroy’s meltdown in the final round of that year’s Masters, I predicted that Rory’s… Read more »
The PGA Championship’s Elimination of Bunkers –What’s Next?
The PGA’s decision to treat all those deep sandy pits that look exactly like bunkers at Kiawah’s Ocean Course during… Read more »
The PGA Championship, the Ocean Course, and the Menacing Geography of Pete Dye
[Aug. 7, 2012]– Jim Furyk’s meltdown on the 72nd hole at Firestone last week foreshadowed what we’re likely to see… Read more »
A Grown-up Wins the Open Championship
Ernie Els’ unlikely victory in the Open Championship at Royal Lytham pumps a large dose of decency and grace into… Read more »
Tiger’s Swoon at Pebble Beach
Three years ago, the prospect of Tiger Woods melting down during a final round when he was in the hunt… Read more »
Geoffrey Cornish, 1914-2012
I just learned that Geoffrey Cornish, one of the most influential golf course architects of the last one hundred years,… Read more »
Weighing In on the 2012 Presidential Campaign: A View from the Links
As the 2012 presidential campaign gets underway, providing the electorate plenty of… Read more »
How Rory McIlroy’s Practice Ground Helped Him Win the US Open.
When Rory McIlroy was still an amateur, he visited Padraig Harrington’s house in suburban Dublin, where he eyed the Claret… Read more »
