Na Slow, Na Heckled
/Interestingly, no one in the Arnold Palmer Invitational crowd was ejected
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.
The Kevin Na Playing Partner Penalty: .4 Strokes Per Round
/On Morning Drive this Sunday Charlie Rymer talked at length about the cruelty of a Kevin Na pairing because of the added burden it places on his playing partners. Robert Garrigus was too kind to go there, but his caddy Brent Henley concurred. 
Well now Luke Kerr-Dineen and the GolfDigest.com team have crunched the numbers and determined that players average nearly a half-shot higher than their normal round scoring average when getting paired with one of the world's slowest golfers.
How'd it turn out? From the start of 2012 through the 2014 Valspar Championship, Kevin Na has played with 220 PGA Tour golfers. On average, those 220 golfers shoot about 0.4 strokes higher when playing with Na. That's almost half a stroke, meaning that if someone plays with Na in all four rounds of a tournament, he'll be expected to shoot 1.6 strokes higher than if he played with someone else.
Snedeker: I Slow Down To Ensure Fines For Slowpokes
/There have been many times I thought the PGA Tour would get more proactive on slow play, only to be disappointed that the
Read MoreValspar Wrap And Video Of Na's Great Shot, Minus The Routine
/It was hard to tell from Sunday's telecast just how strange Kevin Na's antics were since in my viewing from a bar stool
Read More“It ain’t fair playing with Kevin Na, It ain’t fair.”
/Though playing partner Robert Garrigus downplayed the impact on his game,
Read MoreHahn: "If you’re going to allow measuring devices, you might as well allow carts because that speeds up play."
/Stephanie Wei talked to tour pros about distance measuring devices
Read MoreOur Prayers Answered: USGA Allows DMD's In Am Events
/The player experience?
Maintaining the challenge and spirit of the game while allowing distance measuring devices, as long as they don't measure that other stuff?
Bubba Gets His Super Bowl Viewing Wish: No Playoff!
/No doubt the Golf Gods caught
Read MoreBeman: “No evidence that bifurcation would hurt the game"
/Jim McCabe follows up on his coverage from the USGA Pace of Play summit
Read MoreUSGA's Pace Of Play Symposium Roundup
/Dan Hubbard offers a
Read MoreKeiser On How Slow Play Is "Almost The Ruination Of Golf"
/Lots to chew on in Mike Keiser's Q&A with Martin Kaufmann.
Read MoreGuan Wants To Thank Paramor For Masters Slow Play Penalty
/Putting conventionally and working out under the guidance of the Titleist Performance Institute,
Read MoreUSGA Hosting Pace Of Play Symposium, AJGA Not Invited?
/Great to see the USGA hosting a pace of play symposium in a few weeks and while it's closed to industry folks, golf association types and media, the public will get to see some of the discussions via USGA.org at some point.
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