There are fewer than 2,200 souls in Shiner, Texas, roughly halfway between Houston and San Antonio. The town was founded… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Texas
BBQ and the Masters, Too
To the surprise of absolutely no one 2015 Masters winner Jordan Spieth, charged with the menu choice for the Tuesday-before-the-Masters… Read more »
An Omni Top Five
[Oct. 22, 2015]–An announcement rolled in a couple of days ago that anyone staying at any one of the eleven*… Read more »
Pete Dye and the Mighty Oak Tree
[July 12. 2014]–Last October Champions Tour player Jay Don Blake was warming up for the AT&T Championship at TPC San… Read more »
Not Feeling Lonesome Down in San Antone
According to the invitation I received, I’m among the top echelon of golf’s social media stars, and hence the request… Read more »
The Session #72: How We Love Beer
A man and his wife are sitting on their deck, having drinks, watching the sun go down. The man suddenly… Read more »
Glory Days
Yes, Virginia, there was golf before Tiger Woods, even before Arnold Palmer. And in both Jim Dodson’s American Triumvirate (Knopf,… Read more »
Hogan Lives!
No extended piece about Ben Hogan can go on for long without mentioning the car wreck in February of 1949… Read more »
Child-Friendly Fairways
The family that plays together stays together, although maybe not all the time if Mom and Dad figure it out… Read more »
TAP Beer of the Week: Brew Free or Die IPA
Nov. 2, 2010–If there are any liberals in Texas, they may be muttering the line I heard a lefty Phillies… Read more »