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.
AP: Tiger To Not Return Before Masters
/Doug Ferguson reports. Maybe thoes bookies shouldn't have stopped taking bets on a Tiger appearance prior to the Masters.
Read MoreESPN Audio To Broadcast U.S. Open
/I'm always impressed with how exciting golf play-by-play actually sounds on XM and I suspect this will add quite a bit to the U.S. Open fan experience unless...Chris Berman handles some play-by-play.
Read MoreStep 14 Of Tiger's Rehab Revealed: Grilling By Ari Fleischer**
/Mark Cannizzaro has the details of Tiger's enhanced interrogation sessions in the comfort of his Orlando living room.
Update on 2010-03-11 22:03 by Geoff
**A Deadspin reader suggests that this marks a shift in Tiger's strategy from leaning on Glenn Greenspan to coordinate media relations and image rebuilding. But as Deadspin notes:
Think of what Fleischer did for some of his other publicly pilloried clients: Mark McGwire and the BCS. Everybody loves them again, right?
"A Simpler Game"
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Now posted is my winter Links Magazine look at how golf got to the mess it's in and ways in which costs can be cut. Included are quotes from architects like Bruce Hepner, developer Jim Taylor of Clear Creek and superintendent Rusty Mercer of Cuscowilla. As always, thoughts welcomed
Meanwhile Ryan Ballengee plays Coore and Crenshaw's Sugarloaf Mountain, part of a failing central Florida real estate development, and comes away wondering if people would ever buy a home on a minimalist design.
"He's either living testimony to the wonders of rehab or, alternatively, just the same old Tiger"
/Lawrence Donegan is amazed at Tiger's miraculous rehab recovery.
Read More"You know, obviously if you're -- by asking that question, you haven't shown very much insight into anything"
/I like Padraig Harrington even more after the normally media-tolerant-beyond-belief star just couldn't take a question from the worst rally killer/point misser in ages.
Read MoreOf All The Places The R&A Could Take The Walker Cup...
/...they takes the 2015 event to...Lytham and St. Annes? Zzzzzzz...
Read More"We've not indicated that we have inside knowledge"
/According to Doug Ferguson's notes column, the tour is prepping tournaments for Tiger's return, which we may find out about sooner than the Friday entry deadline.
Read MoreReally? “The Story of Golf at The Country Club” Wins 2009 USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award**
/According to the USGA Museum website, The Herbert Warren Wind Book Award...
recognizes and honors outstanding contributions to golf literature. Named in honor of the famed 20th-century American golf writer, the award acknowledges and encourages outstanding research, writing, and publishing about golf. The award attempts to broaden the public’s interest and knowledge in the game of golf.
"Are athletes now going to use social media as a form of retaliation?"
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Garry Smits files an SI My Shot this week about the John Daly cell phone posting saga.
At first I was mostly amused and then a bit annoyed when the call count surpassed my usual golf score. But my main concern was the precedent. Are athletes now going to use social media as a form of retaliation? Daly posted my office cell number — in reality, no big deal. But many athletes have reporters' home numbers. Will that be the next line crossed? I would not have wanted my daughter to hear some of what her father heard. I can take it, but my child or my wife shouldn't have to.
"You can never have too much interaction of information amongst stakeholders in any endeavor"
/I see I missed a barnburner of a teleconference when Commissioner Finchem and John Solheim congratulated themselves for having addressed the PING Eye 2 situation. Maybe it was just that post-Oscars buzz, but boy did the Commish sound extra jovial. For him anyway.
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