Olazabal Doing 97 In A 65 Zone, Gets A Mug Shot For His Trouble
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Deadspin's Barry Petchetsky with the details. Thanks to reader Tim for this.
In 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.
"The first round of chemotherapy, I guess I handled it pretty well."
/Matt Windley with an update on Jarrod Lyle,
Read MoreMeet Pine Valley's Newest Dues-Payer: Darren Clarke
/From Doug Ferguson's AP notes column:
Clarke said he was waiting for official word, though "it would be a huge honor and privilege."
"I've been going since 1993," he said. "I know a lot of the members, and it's always a treat."
The golf course? The turtle soup? The Par 3 course?
"It's everything to do with Pine Valley," he said.
"He's of good country stock and he's pretty resilient."
/Ben Everill (who broke the news on Twitter) and Melissa Woods
Read MoreLyle's Leukemia Returns
/Terrible news for one golf's best men, Jarrod Lyle.
Read MorePaul Lawrie's Extra Special Customs Greeting
/Thanks to reader
Read MorePalm Beach Overtakes Orlando As The New De Facto Tax Friendly Home Of PGA Tour Elite
/Michael Bamberger in this week's SI Golf Plus
Read MoreKlauk On Seizures: "In a way I was lucky."
/PGA Tour pro and son of longtime TPC Sawgrass superintendent Jeff Klauk with a revealing and emotional contribution to this week's SI Golf Plus about his grand mal seizures. He's got a remarkably optmistic tone considering how health problems have sidetracked his promising career.
Read MoreAzinger's Increasingly Strange Tweeting Habits
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Deadspin compiled Paul Azinger's increasingly bizarre Twitter ranting following the sudden passing of Andrew Breitbart Thursday and it's becoming clear why the best television commentator in golf is not getting work.
NASCAR Says No To Bubba's Confederate Flag Car
/Let me repeat that...NASCAR, aka Neckcar, found the image of Bubba Watson's Confederate flag-adorned General Lee car in appropriate for an appearance at the Sprint Cup Series race in Phoenix.
Read MorePGA Tour YouTube Exclusive: "Aaron Baddeley Goes to Church"
/Good to see Bubba questioning Aaron about "taking a hit."
Mum To Wee Lee: Wash Your Mouth Out!
/Thanks to reader Chris for the unbylined Golf365 report on Lee Westwood coping with having been caught uttering a profanity on television last weekend.
Read MoreThese Guys Are So Sponsor Friendly They'll Even Don Lederhosen
/Thanks to reader Tim for monitoring SI's Tumblr feed and catching this mildly disturbing Stuart Franklin Getty image posted today of Dustin Johnson at the player party during the 2011 BMW International Open. I'm thinking his lower leg injury issues could date to trying to slip those pants on over his knee?
Read MoreAiken Billing Rhino Saving Campaign, Needs To Start With His Golfing Countryman!
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An unbylined IOL Sapa report reveals that South African Thomas Aiken, second in this week's Volvo Golf Champions event at the Links at Fancourt, is wearing a rhino on his hat as part of his effort to prevent rhinos in his country from being hunted into extinction."The unanimity of their voice was powerful and absolutely worthy of mass scrutiny."
/Steve Elling takes a closer look at the Golf World PGA Tour Player Course Ranking project, talks to yours truly, and offers his thoughts after reading all 9000 words in his issue of the magazine.
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