We Shall Overcome
On July 2 the PGA of America managed its equivalent of toppling a Confederate general statue by renaming the Horton… Read more »
Rummaging Around in the Bag
Seek and You May Find
“Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.” –Tommy Armour The title may be… Read more »
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
What, another book about Tiger? No? Two new books about Tiger? Oy! Well, book reviewers gotta do what book reviewers… Read more »
Sometimes I Feel Like a Fatherless Child
[As a Library Thing Early Reviewer I’m in the running to be sent books in exchange for a review. It’s… Read more »
Giving Young Tom His Due
At least on social media these days most GOAT discussions—who’s the Greatest of All Time?–assume it’s a two-man race in… Read more »
Payne Stewart’s Path to Redemption
In a professional golf career that began in Asia in 1980, Payne Stewart had 24 wins, 11 on the PGA… Read more »
Companions on the Couch or on the Course
Where better to have a literary discussion than at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, where the lettered ghosts… Read more »
Taking the Measure of a Golfing Man
[July 29, 2025: In light of the latest Donald Trump golf cheating scandal, it seemed worth pulling this review out… Read more »
Rules of the Game and Other Perplexities
When Father’s Day was past and Christmas still a long way off*, it made for a season of longueur as… Read more »
The Scottish Game
Though I’ve had a copy of Tom Coyne’s popular A Course Called Ireland on my bookshelf for years I’ve never gotten… Read more »
