Gentle Ben On How Pinehurst Is Going To Play
/Mark Williams interviews Ben Crenshaw about the Pinehurst
Read MoreIn golf construction art and utility meet; both are absolutely vital; one is utterly ruined without the other. GEORGE THOMAS
It’s back!
Twenty years later Tatra Press has kindly allowed me to bring back Grounds For Golf now that golf architecture is of more interest to the masses. A new Introduction looks at what’s driven the interest growth and two new chapters I had a blast adding (plus a few edits to keep things up-to-date).
The Amazon purchase page for the book arriving June 15, 2026.
Pinehurst: The Women Will Be Watching!
/Randall Mell talked to various LPGAer's and while they admit to not watching much golf,
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Finishing Holes
/Pinehurst finishes beautifully with the par-5 16th converted to a par-4
Read MoreSectional Qualifier Imposes Penalty, Gets DQ'd From U.S. Open
/A show of integrity from Memphis qualifier Jason Millard,
Read MoreVideo: Jason Dufner Gets Haircut, Talks Pinehurst
/Pretty much unrecognizable, Jason Dufner was grabbed
Read MoreLet The Deep Analysis Begin: '14 U.S. Open Groupings
/They say the days of %$&^* pairings are gone,
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Fourteenth And Fifteenth Holes
/We're on the home stretch now and Pinehurst picks up steam again,
Read MoreR.I.P.: NBC, ESPN And Johnny At The U.S. Open
/The obits are rolling in on NBC and ESPN televising their last U.S. Open
Read MoreHere We Go! Pinehurst Gets A New 250-Yard Par-3 Tee Just Weeks Before The U.S. Open(s)
/Maybe the women will pay No. 6 on Pinehurst No. 2 as a driveable par-4?
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Twelfth & Thirteenth Holes
/At 484 yards for the men and 417 for the women, the par-4 twelfth
Read MoreVideo: Adam Scott On Pinehurst vs. Sandbelt Golf
/Good insights from Adam Scott talking to Alex Podlogar of
Read MoreVideo: Rory McIlroy Really Likes Pinehurst No. 2
/And while that doesn't sound much, imagine players ten or fifteen years ago showing up to find
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Eleventh Hole
/I've fallen behind but I can catch up! Maybe the stall in USGA
Read MoreLandon Michelson: "I'm here because I'm a huge idiot."
/Great stuff from Morning Drive today as Landon Michelson, who was DQ'd for signing an incorrect card, shows that other than checking his card, he's a big, big adult, going on Morning Drive and his genuine, refreshing honesty makes you want to see him get a big break very soon. He also knows how to use Facetime! A+ for the lighting.
Kelly Tilghman, Damon Hack, and Phil Blackmar talk to Michelson, then debated the scorecard signing rule after.
It's A Wrap: Golf's Longest Day Actually Ends On Time!
/As of almost midnight, the full results page
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