On the Road and in Your Head
As a journalist frequently reporting on golf travel I’ve stocked up on my share of frequent flier miles. But I… Read more »
The Bookshelf
Good Old Days, Brand New Swing
Sit by yourself in a restaurant, start doodling on the paper tablecloth, and you never know where it might take… Read more »
Read the Books, See the Movie
It should have been no great surprise that one of the positive pre-release blurbs for “The Squeeze” was from Phil… Read more »
Tom Doak’s Five-Year Plan
I played a memorable round at Crystal Downs with Tom Doak a couple of years back. Two other golf journalists… Read more »
History Lessons, and Lessons
Maybe the hour has arrived to call a timeout on golf books that put a particular tournament under the microscope…. Read more »
The Pros Speak
“The 40-yard wedge shot puts fear into a lot of players,” said Tom Watson in a recent interview, “because they… Read more »
The Compelling Drama of Golf
Greg Norman didn’t play in the U.S. Senior Open at Oak Tree National this year. But he’ll certainly be present… Read more »
Books Their Ownselves
His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir (Doubleday, $26.95) plays on the titles of two of Dan Jenkins’ best-selling football novels, Semi-Tough and… Read more »
Life in the Book Lane
My original plan was to play a round with the usual foursome, better known as the MOTO Research Team. (Long… Read more »
Mental, and Elemental, Golf
I’m writing this piece with a broken finger, no way to start a golf season. But at least I have… Read more »
