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.
Daly Tweets First Jab At Ex-Wives
/So if you took that bet on an ex-wife reference before 1000 Twitter followers for Long John, collect! The "tweet":
such fun when ex's & her friends want to play games & talk their smak on twitter & I'm here for my fans & friends--lord help me
President Obama Tees It Up; Changes Shoes In The Parking Lot!**
/Well, it wasn't a public outcry, but nearly one when sixty commenters chimed in on the all-vital question of appropriate shorts construction.
I must say it's a bit shocking that President Obama passed up the chance to watch day two of the NFL Draft coverage and its orgy of over analysis providing exhibit 1A that America is doomed when it's spending a spring weekend hanging on Mel Kiper Jr.'s analysis of a 7th round pick.
Anyway, the Prez answered one of the most pressing questions of his first 100 days, as posed by Leonard Shapiro: where would the first Obama round be played? Andrews Air Force Base GC. Wait, the high-paid branding experts have even managed to get their hands on a government golf course. Excuse me, The Courses at Andrews Air Force Base.
Note that in the photo gallery accompanying the AP story, the President is changing his shoes in the parking lot. Isn't that forbidden at courses titled The ___ at _____? I smell a new controversy!
**The pool report by Bartholomew Sullivan leaves out the mention of him changing his shoes in the lot. I smell a cover-up!
The presidential motorcade left the White House at 9:05 a.m. en route to The Courses at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on a hot, sunny morning. Along the uneventful, mostly highway route to the base, the president could have seen a road construction project displaying a sign reading, "Putting America to Work," and would have seen waving tourists on the grounds of the Washington Monument. The motorcade pulled up to the golf courses at 9:28. The president, in tan shirt and tan shorts and golf saddle shoes walked a short distance from his cart and greeted a group on a practice putting green that had been shooting him with their camera phones. Among the president's golfing guests were Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, trade representative Ron Kirk and White House staffer Marvin Nicholson. An entourage of 14 golf carts entered the South Course at about 9:45. The president's cart was driven by the general manager of the course, Mike Thomas, a civilian. Your pool held at the club house, receiving occasional updates from the Secret Service on progress. For example, at 2 p.m., the president was at the 14th tee. But there were no sightings and no readout details on how he performed. The presidential motorcade left the course on the return trip at 3:18 p.m., arriving at 3:52 p.m. The president posed for pictures with his guests near a stairway lined with flowering wisteria, then ducked into the White House at 3:55 p.m.
The Caddie Soccer Game?
/"Poor Phil doesn't really wear clothes well; he's just built a certain way"
/I'm not sure what I enjoyed more, John Paul Newport's look at the return of white belts and shoes, and the resulting attention drawn to the matter by Phil Mickelson's fashion choices, or the fact that John Daly responded to Newport's piece on Twitter:
@jpnewport you will see me sportin white belts & white shoes on tourabout
24 hours ago from web in reply to jpnewport
Tiger-Visits-Oval-Office-Photo Caption Fun
/"Any time you see where a Lowe's or Wal-Mart or Home Depot and Sam's Club [is being built], that means they know where the growth corridor is."
/I'm Not Really Sure What This Has To Do With Shaving...
/"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."
/Pink, 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."
/"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?"
/Environmentall 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

