The Prestigious Ryder Cup Task Force Still Hasn’t Met
/Gary Williams asked new PGA of America President Derek Sprague on Morning Drive
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.
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/This aligns the Connecticut golf instructor to be the first female president
Read MoreCatching Up With Ted Bishop...
/As the PGA of America holds its annual meeting in Indianapolis near former
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/John Strege summarizes former PGA of America president Ted Bishop's
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/After the entire Ted Bishop episode related to his presidency,
Read MorePGA President Letter To Members Insists Ted Had To Go
/Incoming PGA of America President Derek Sprague has written to his membership
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/Zach Buchanan reports from Desert Mountain and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship
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/Given that no major women's organizations ever denounced the
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/GolfChannel.com's Will Gray sums up the timeline
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/Golf World's Jaime Diaz does a super job in tracking down the
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/Rex Hoggard talks to Davis Love about the upcoming PGA of America Ryder Cup
Read MoreClarifying The Terms Of Ted Bishop's PGA Death Sentence
/(Expedited) outgoing PGA President Ted Bishop's term ends a month or so early and with the PGA of America's decision to remove the president over social media playground talk gone awry, Bishop suggested that he will be essentially expunged from the record books.
Clarification requested by yours truly from the PGA of America spokesman Julius Mason:
Ted will enjoy the same rights and privileges of all PGA members, including the ability to attend PGA of America events. He will continue to be recognized as the 38th President of the PGA, and his record of service during the time period which he served will remain intact. Due to his removal from office, he will not serve on the Board of Directors in the role of Honorary President, nor will he be granted the rights and privileges of a Past President in our governance structure.
Life without the possibility of parole.
Technically Ted is not expunged from the record books.
And Ted can use his PGA card for free admittance to the PGA Championship, though discounts at Dick's Sporting Goods likely aren't on the radar. But he will not be the immediate past president and board member, nor will he be invited as part of those PGA of America entourages so beloved by Phil Mickelson that the former PGA champ flies separately to overseas Ryder Cups.
Bishop will have his name on the various listings in PGA programs or at headquarters, but he is persona non-grata going forward.
I'm sticking with overkill.
Meanwhile a few of you have asked who the PGA Board of Directors were that made this decision.
The group (click to enlarge):
Ted Bishop Removalgate Roundup 2: "By any reasonable measure, the punishment didn’t fit the crime."
/As far as brouhahas go, the PGA of America board's
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/I'm going to sleep on the reaction to Ted Bishop's removal as PGA of America
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