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 »
Rummaging Around in the Bag
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
It was the late, great P.G. Wodehouse who said, “To find a man’s true character, play golf with him,” and… 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 »
Icons Redux
With a lot of pre-publication publicity behind it, I knew I was going to have to read the new biography,… Read more »
Always Time for Nine
I have witnesses, so I know I didn’t dream up one of the most unique golf shots I’ve ever hit,… Read more »
Taking Dead Aim at Harvey Penick
One useful result of reading Kevin Robbins’ biography, Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the… Read more »
Teeing It Up With 41
There’s always a bit of serendipity at the annual PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, late each January. One is sure… Read more »
