"Firm and fast might mean big stats and low scores, but soft and slow fairways mean challenging and fair golf."
/I think you know how I feel about this, so I'm throwing this Mike Purkey Global Golf Post column out to you wolves readers:
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.
San Diego Open (Name): RIP
/Has there ever been a sponsor added so close to a tournament starting date?
Read MoreiSwing App Reviewed
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I was kindly given a code to download this new app and haven't had the chance to try it out, but A True Golfer has posted a nice review and I have to say, it looks pretty darn amazing. Imagine if the Apple tablet includes a camera and golf instructors could use something like this on the lesson tee? Pretty wild."I'm keeping OUR dogs - you can have YOUR dogs!"
/James Desborough in News of the World files a highly entertaining and highly unlikely account of Elin telling friends how she's rating all of Tiger's mistresses and issuing tabloid-ready quotes like the above line. Desborough also spells out how Tiger is offering Elin a deal to stand by him so that he can rebuild his image ala Kobe.
Read MoreLetter From Saugerties, PING Edition
/Former USGA Executive Director Frank Hannigan writes in to share some background on the PING-USGA feud that became news this week after John Daly and Dean Wilson used 20-year-old "grandfathered" PING wedges in competition.
"Ping did not make a club that conformed that I felt comfortable with, and I wanted to practice and play with a club that I knew I was going to be able to use."
/Cameron Morfit reports on Bob Estes speaking out about John Daly and Dean Wilson using old Ping wedges:
Bob Es
Tiger Finally Makes An Appearance In Hattiesburg**
/Unfortunately for the former tour stop, it's not to play golf but to decompress in rehab. Radaronline first reported it and now local television station WJTV is suggesting they have a confirmation along with a pre-denial non-denial (that's when you ask a question like,
Read MorePGA Tour Names The 16 Players Most Capable Of Forming A Cogent Thought
/I was too busy this week to notice that the 2010 Player Advisory Council was named. Here they are, the PGA Tour players most likely to be labeled "Subversive" on some PGA Tour VP's office whiteboard:
Read MoreThe Walkability Ratings
/If you haven't checked out The Walking Golfer website, have a look at their Walkability ratings for golf courses. Pretty impressive database even if Rustic Canyon gets downgraded for "Several Long G/Ts". That's what happens when use amateur architects.
Read More"Four of the golf courses bidding to win the 2018 Ryder Cup aren’t built yet."
/I apologize if you've already showered today, but Alistair Tait's look at the potential 2018 Ryder Cup venue--you know, the one that will benefit the children--could be about as tacky and sleazy as it gets.
European Golf Design, a joint venture between the European Tour and IMG, are involved in three of the four courses yet to be completed/constructed. European Tour chief executive George O’Grady has previously said privately he would prefer the match to go to a European Golf Design course. So the three EGD candidates would seem to be in pole position.
Is This Really Smart Golf?
/Reader Pete Blaisdell confessed that he was the rules official who pointed out the Ping-loophole which Jim McCabe noted today. And like many of you, he takes issue with my view that John Daly and Dean Wilson violate the spirit of the rules by adding otherwise-illegal clubs to their bags.
Read MoreRussell Simmons Moves To The Top Of Tiger's List
/You can just imagine the joy that Tiger and his foundation felt upon hearing that Russell Simmons had volunteered a $3 million donation from Tiger for Haiti relief.
Read MoreFriday Afternoon News Dump Files: The 2010 Masters Field!?
/This Tiger saga and all of its Friday afternoon news dumping has made me a bit more cynical, but I don't see anything untoward with the 2010 Masters field...other than the timing of the announcement.
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