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 »
Personalities
The Long (and Winding) Road to Whistling Straits
I’ve brazenly appropriated and amended the subtitle to Shane Ryan’s new book for my own above, since he does meander… Read more »
Jared Nelson Captures 2022 Vermont Amateur Title
[July 7, 2022]—There’s an old theatrical saw that goes, “A bad rehearsal means a good play.” If Jared Nelson made… Read more »
Halfway Home at the 116th Vermont Amateur
[July 6, 2022]—An expected afternoon rain arrived earlier than scheduled during the first round of the 116th Vermont Amateur Championship,… Read more »
The Last Man Standing
(June 19, 2022)–The skies remained cloudy but the winds had died down to a more manageable 10 mph as the… Read more »
The Sixth Man?
(June 18, 2022)–The cut line was at +3 when the day was done after the second round of the 122nd… Read more »
Strange Days at the U.S. Open
[June 16, 2022]–On the Wednesday practice day at Brookline’s The Country Club I easily surpassed walking the 7,254-yard setup for… Read more »
Hope Fuels Golf’s Longest Day
There may be eight million stories in the naked city, but there were 871 stories unfolding on Monday on what… Read more »
Getting Your Fill of Phil
The hullabaloo surrounding Tiger Woods will-he-or-won’t-he? appearance at this year’s Masters—ending with he would—managed to partially obscure the otherwise glaring… Read more »
Ghosts (and Quotes) of Golfers Past
“Baseball reveals character; golf exposes it.” – Ernie Banks I was about seven months old when Babe Ruth died, yet… Read more »
