Courses and Travel

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Making the Case for Macdonald, Raynor and Banks Having a Fifth Ideal Par-3 Design

By Anthony Pioppi  The universal thought among those even slightly knowledgeable in the work of golf architects Charles Blair Macdonald,… Read more »

• The U.S. Women’s Open is Coming to Country Club of Charleston, Here’s How to Play It
• The Needler Proves Par is Unnecessary
• The Mystery of Faux-Seth Raynor Photo Unravelled By Crack Researcher

Equipment

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Green Not With Envy, but Concentration

My head moves when I putt. I know it does. I can feel it. On video, I can watch it…. Read more »

• I’m a Fan of the Volvik Crystal White
• Odyssey Counters Ban With Metal-X Arm Lock Putter
• Report: R&A, USGA to Discuss Putter Ban with Players This Week

Personalities

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The Brief, Bright Career of Charles Banks, and the Burning Questions He Left Behind

By Anthony Pioppi In the annals of golf course architecture, few careers were as brief and memorable as Charles Banks’s, while… Read more »

• Tim Guiliano Never Set Out to Be a Caddie on the PGA Tour, But That Is Exactly What He Is
• Rare Photographs of a Young Seth Raynor Shed More Light on the Enigmatic Architect
• George Brown, popular and influential former Turnberry course manager dies at 77