I'm Not Really Sure What This Has To Do With Shaving...
/..but it's an improvement over their last campaign. Are those Footjoy Classics that Tiger is wearing?
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 fact is, we are coming off the most activist 10-year period in the history of golf ball and golf club regulation, and a bold and rigid line in the sand has been effectively drawn by the game's regulatory bodies."
/Thanks to Chuck Stogel at CBSSports.com for highlighting Wally Uihlein's latest essay on limits and sheer hopelessness of modern technology.
Read MorePink, Rested And Slimmer Thanks To The Lap Band: Daly Preps For Spanish Open With Caddyshack Appearance
/Garry Smits reports that the two time major champ is making an appearance in St. Augustine for the Murray Brothers' charity before heading to Spain.
"At the risk of sounding like a dinosaur -- I always believed (and continue to believe) that the bedrock of the LPGA tour was the communities where women's golf was the biggest show of the year."
/Geoff Russell, writing about the demise of the LPGA's Corning Classic and his days as an LPGA beat writer:
Read More"Doesn't exactly sound like a player who's ready to hang up the soft spikes while waxing poetic about the good ol' days, does it?"
/I like Jason Sobel's proposed fixes to the World Golf Hall of Fame's bizarre embrace
Read MoreEnvironmentall Friendly Golf Guide
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Earth Day led to a few interesting posts yesterday and sorry to say I'm only now getting to them"Whether it plays a yard longer than it did in 2002, I doubt it"
/Rex Hoggard's sneak preview of the changes to Bethpage tells us that Rees Jones extended the course and it sounds like Mike Davis has little intention of ever coming close to maxing the Black out (just like last year).
Read MoreAppearing On Peter Kessler's Show...
/I'm a guest today at 10:40 a.m. EST. That's Sirius Channel 209 / XM Channel 146 for subscribers.
Read MoreSales At The Cliffs
/Nice catch by Deeds and Weeds' Peter Finch who spotted this John Boyle and Mark Barrett story on real estate.
Read More"And this is going to be Buddy's Walker Cup. It's one of the really neat fits of all time."
/Thanks to Chema for this Mike Kern story on the Walker Cup at Merion.
Read MoreMonty's Tweeting!
/Okay, well not officially, but we can dream can't we?
Derek Lawrenson previews what Monty on Twitter would look like.
Read MoreDerek Lawrenson previews what Monty on Twitter would look like.
"'Patron' ruined Campbell's Masters run"
/I guess my mind is in the gutter, but when I saw that golf.com headline for a Curt Sampson item
Read MoreSpecial Request
/I see holes were punched in my baseball stadium metaphor on the post detailing the boasting of R&A changes to Turnberry in response to improved athleticism and technology.
Read More"There are a lot more hospitality visits going on"
/Billy Turner looks at the state of the PGA Tour and talks to the Commish, as well as David Toms about what players are doing.
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