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 »
The Bookshelf
Heed Your Elders, You Whippersnappers!
As Phil Mickelson remarkably demonstrated at this year’s PGA Championship, age and experience make a potent combination. Dottie Pepper confirms… Read more »
One Year, Many Courses; One Course, Many Years
Tom Coyne’s latest golfapalooza, A Course Called America (Avid Reader Press $28), comes on the soft-spiked heels of his popular… Read more »
On the Road and in the Stands
We’re roaming a bit—to Scotland, and into the spectators’ seats for a couple of books that aren’t strictly about golf… Read more »
On the Ground With Math and Memory
Jonathan Cummings doesn’t beat around the bush in introducing his treatise on the ranking of golf courses, The Rating Game (Post… Read more »
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 »
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 »
