Courses and Travel

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Odds and Ends From the Vermont Amateur

I doubt if the recent VGA Vermont Amateur Championship on July 5-7 could have gone much better. Except for some… Read more »

• The Long (and Winding) Road to Whistling Straits
• Brattleboro Country Club’s Championship Seasons
• Big changes (if shorter length) coming to the International Golf Club, Bolton, MA

Lifestyle

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12 Beers of Christmas 2022- 9: Smuttynose Ice Dam(n)

I’ve written about Smuttynose and its history numerous times, and its Smistletoe made the 2014 12 Beers list. At the… Read more »

• 12 Beers of Christmas 2022 – 8: Woodstock Inn Brewery Wassail
• 12 Beers of Christmas 2022 – 7: Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig
• 12 Beers of Christmas 2022 – 6: Lone Pine Winter Carnival

Personalities

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Links to the Past and Future

The Nature of the Game: Links Golf at Bandon Dunes and Far Beyond (Knopf, $40) by Mike Keiser with Stephen… Read more »

• Jared Nelson Captures 2022 Vermont Amateur Title
• Halfway Home at the 116th Vermont Amateur
• The Last Man Standing

Equipment

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On Finding a New Putter

I was halfway through the golf season this year before I buckled down to finding a new putter. I’d been… Read more »

• Loomings
• Let There Be Callaway
• The Long Haul: Luggage Matters

Instruction

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A Reason to Get Up in the Morning

My Bob Rotella story took place in Europe on a Kalos Golf cruise up the Rhine River about 17 years… Read more »

• Heed Your Elders, You Whippersnappers!
• Seek and You May Find
• Going With the Flow