Where's Marty Hackel When You Need Him? Obama White Sox Edition **
/Okay, the White Sox jacket at the All-Star game was one thing, but white socks with dark slacks?
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.
PGA Tour Releases iphone App
/Just in time for us to follow the playoffs Playoffs PLAYOFFS!
Sponsored by Nike, it appears to be quite good i
"But once I realized what I now believe, that the Bible is the standard of truth, I am totally willing to lay aside anything that stands in the way"
/As U.S. Amateur play gets under way (scores here), Jimmie Tramel tells us about 24-year-old Louie Bishop, a Seventh-day Adventist
Read More"The time to gee up crowds is between holes, not while a competitive situation exists."
/Nancy Armour reports and Stina Sternberg files Birdies and Bogies following Sunday's exciting Solheim Cup finale, but alas, John Huggan brings up the inevitable European complaints about the U.S. team's behavior.
Read MoreMoore Makes History: First To Notch PGA Tour Win In A Castro Cap
/And check out the Al Capone shoes too...and the beard is definitely keeping the memory alive of the hat's namesake. Wait, he's still alive. He'll never die.
Read MoreNew Rule...
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Click to enlarge at your own risk...with apologies to Bill Maher--no course can host a major event or be eligible for a ranking if they have fake swans in their lakes.
Some of you may have noticed during Solheim Cup play that the lake swans at Rich Harvest Farms never moved.
Yes I know, they're more discreet than fountains, and I do appreciate a sense of humor sometimes, but if you have to put phony wildlife on your golf course to spruce things up, you are not a real golf course.
Solheim Tied 8-8; Singles Preview
/You can see all of the matches here, but I know which three matches I'm really interested in, starting with the two gruffsters in the opening match:
Read MoreJust Wondering...
/..is it a coincidence that Michelle Wie is playing so well and exuding incredible confidence, composure, passion and determination the week her parents are kept just a Wie bit more distant than normal?
Read More"You wanted to scream out, 'Where’s John Paramor when you need him?'"
/Here's a beautiful Jim McCabe rant on day one slow play at the "Slowheim Cup."
Read More"Amazing golf swing"
/I see a little Stack and Tilt here...(thanks to reader Kevin)
Read MoreWoods Golfing With Obama?
/Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa of the Boston Herald report that an Obama-Woods round at The Vineyard is rumored. Only one problem: the timing laid out in the story doesn't add up.
Read MoreThe TWeaks Work! The TWeaks Work!
/Bob Harig reporting on Tiger committing to the first of four "playoff" wins, all leading up to the rivetting mathematical possibilities at East Lake:
Read More"Not a single player I spoke with after the Olympic announcement was made thinks the limited-field, individual stroke play event was a very creative or inviting idea."
/Most of you know that I've written here and in Golf World's Bunker about the Olympic golf idea is failing to generate excitement because it essentially adds another World Golf Championship event to the schedule. Another bland, 72-hole stroke play event that a sport rich with alternative formats, does not need.
Read More"The coarse language and club acrobatics aren't anything we don't hear and see on courses every day."
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Jim Frank pens an excellent SI My Shot defense of Tiger Woods's on course antics.
But this was Tiger Woods, who is supposed to set an example, especially for children. And this is golf, the "gentleman's game," in which virtue is supposed to trump vitriol.
Well, I've got two words for you, and they're not "you're away." Get real! If Tiger wants to go ballistic and wax scatological, let him.
There is nothing golf needs more now than emotion, and Woods is one of the only players who ever shows any. (Lucas Glover, anyone?) The man is a pro with millions in the bank, and the fire in his belly — plus the steam coming out of his ears and the vulgarities from his mouth — show that he cares about more than cashing checks, which can't be said of everyone carrying a PGA Tour card.
