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 »
The Bookshelf
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 »
Youth Will Be Served
Take two golf-obsessed high school seniors wondering what to do after graduation, set them out on the road with their… Read more »
It’s a Big World Out There, So Start Drinking
It may have been more than twenty years ago at some Midwest outpost we’d journeyed to that Stephen Beaumont and… Read more »
Grappling With Golf
The opening ceremonies for the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club in Illinois begin the evening of September 27…. Read more »
