Skins Game Finger Pointing Proves More Entertaining Than The Event Itself
/Larry Bohannan looks at the demise of the Skins Game and even though the event has been dead for years, the blame game floodgates are just now opening.
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.
"In my view it's going to do a lot of damage to our national Open which comes two weeks after this one in Melbourne"
/Count Peter Thomson among those not so wild about Tiger's $3 million appearance fee for the IMG Masters (Australian edition). James Corrigan reporting:
"In my view it's going to do a lot of damage to our national Open which comes two weeks after this one in Melbourne," he said. "The Australian Open is our national championship, it is the most important event that we have. He won't be playing in that but that [Masters appearance] sucks up all the potential sponsorship."
"Moving forward, the city of Phoenix has got something incredible here."
/John Davis highlights what looks like a great salvation job by the LPGA in Phoenix, not to mention a potential eye opener for them if Papago's public access nature
Read More"I tried to explain that my situation was a little different, but the USGA was having none of it."
/John Huggan catches up with Catriona Matthew and while I hadn't paid much attention to her denied request for a pregnancy-related extension of her U.S. Women's Open this year,
Read MoreNorman Calls Changes To Augusta "Phenomenal," And He Didn't Mean It In A Nice Way!
/I think by the time Greg Norman will have played his first Masters in seven years, Chrissy Evert is going to be begging Billy Payne to restore the course just so she doesn't have to hear Greg talk about the good old days.
Read MoreSo Nice To See Transitions Employing D-Lister Erik Estrada
/Many, many thanks to reader Rob for this nails-on-chalkboard local TV interview with "CHIP's" star Erik Estrada
Read More"But I don't think David Duval would understand another viewpoint."
/Alan Bastable did a super job interviewing Ben Crenshaw, revealing many things I didn't know about him and probing him on several topics
Read MoreGolf Economy Coverage, Good and Bad
/As reader Steven T. notes and I agree, the GolfDigest.com blog hosted by Peter Finch and Geoff Russell
Read MoreTake That Zinger: Monty Envisages Scenario Where He Will Have More Vice Captains Than Players
/Well, he could "envisage"
Read MoreTour Staff Manages Only One "Stanford" Mention In Release, GWAA Award Seems Inevitable
/There should be an award for craftiest press release given out by the Golf Writers. Oh wait, that's the Daily Column category.
Read MoreThe J.W. Marriott At The Greenbrier?
/Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue,
Read MoreNote To Golf Channel: Secure Us Some Australian Masters Coverage
/Now that Tiger is playing the Australian Masters, could we get some coverage so that we can watch Kingston Heath (and Tiger)?
Read MoreAnnika's Inevitable Return Delayed By Pregnancy
/She posts the news on her website...for those of you who bet "under" the 2010 Nabisco for her comeback, pay up.
"I've done this before"
/Doug Ferguson takes an enjoyable look at caddies and the things they hate hearing their player say, quoting Jim "Bones" MacKay extensively.
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"They get advertising across the platform, and on that platform, they are reaching the strongest fan base mix from an indexing standpoint in certain segments of the marketplace that are difficult to reach..."
/The Commish popped in the Transitions press room Wednesday and was asked some pretty good questions in between the really timely ones about his AT&T National Pro-Am appearance.
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