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.
Tiger Appears At Hoylake, Press Is Ready!
/Azinger: Tiger Made Himself Worse Trying To Get Better
/Flashback: "Please give the kid a break.”
/New Book: Tiger Paid Dr. Galea $76K for 14 Visits
/Hank: "I saw Tiger's drive diminish as early as 2006."
/"It's hard to imagine the old Tiger embracing excuses or mediocrity."
/Roundup: Tiger Is Back With A 74
/Tiger's Back At 8:12 ET Thursday...
/"Technology, progress, call it what you will, has made it harder for the creatives to separate themselves."
/Tiger Roundup: Protocols, Playing For The Foundation
/That Was Quick! Tiger To Return At The Quicken Loans
/Phil & Tiger Roundup: Fortune's Highest Paid List Shuffle, Pinehurst & Tiger Hitting Drivers
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Landing 6th at $37.2 million on Fortune's best guess at income earned in 2013, Phil Mickelson passed Tiger Woods who fell to 7th with $35.5 million last year.
Floyd Mayweather finished atop the list with $105 million in earnings.
Speaking of Mickelson, I followed him quite a bit at Pinehurst and filed this story for Golf World suggesting that there was an odd sameness to his rounds and body language, but that his game is ultimately not that far off.
As for Tiger, he hit balls last weekend, including drivers after starting work on the range last Tuesday, first reported by Tim Rosaforte on Morning Drive and more extensively later on Golf Central. Agent Mark Steinberg confirmed but the timetable for a competitive return remains unsettled.

