Let’s Get Personal
Shortly after a round of golf at the La Moraleja Club near Madrid in October, 1977, Bing Crosby dropped dead… Read more »
The Bookshelf
Put Me In, Coach
The master of sports participatory journalism, the late George Plimpton no doubt remains best known for Paper Lion, his 1966… Read more »
Where and How to Play
Tom Doak is back with the second installment of his planned five-volume compilation of “The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses,”… Read more »
Of Time and Tide
It’s a minor annoyance to me when traveling to distant courses that few of the hosts seem to know what… Read more »
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 »
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 »
