Kostis Taking On The Guardian!
/Peter Kostis is shocked, shocked the UK papers would feast on Captain Pavin's enlisting of Major Dan Rooney to rev up the troops...err...American Ryder Cup team.
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.
"This time of year people are not thinking about golf."
/Don Markus is already branding The Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship's free ticket concept dead on arrival after day one, but considering that the PGA event looked just as poorly attended and you have empty seats at MLB playoff games, it'd be a shame to write the idea off just yet.
Read More"If Gallacher has popped off like this to Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods, what would have happened next?"
/Steve Elling gets a statement out of BBC on Bernard Gallacher injecting himself into Jeff Overton's Ryder Cup match, and pretty much picks it apart.
Read MorePasatiempo Is A Goat Track
/I wonder why more courses with invasive grasses gone wild don't do what Pasatiempo is doing? Kimbery White explains how they've brought in goats to gobble up weeds in sensitive and hard to reach locations. Thanks to reader Robert for this.
Read More"It's disgusting, and I'm pissed off."
/It's hard to imagine that all of the animosity directed at golf in San Francisco is not somehow to blame for the recent vandalism incidents at sweet, harmless Golden Gate Park, a gem of a par-3 course that should not be blamed for whatever ills the extremist environmentalists think Sharp Park brings to our planet.
Read MoreImagine The Odds...
/...of the PGA Tour's pairing computer lumping three Sea Island residents and arguably the biggest draws at the McGladrey Classic this week?
Read More“I definitely want to be a captain."
/A few readers forwarded Michael Buteau's story on Davis Love lobbying for the Ryder Cup captaincy in 2012 and initially I didn't pay much attention, but on further reflection, it is a bit odd that the man who seemed to be a lock for the job is making sure to keep his name out there. Could the PGA be flirting with a certain former captain who really wanted the job again in 2010?
Read MorePGA Tour Lighter One C-Level Salary; And One Less Finchem Heir
/Garry Smits reports on Rick George, PGA Tour operations chief and the best Tim Finchem suit bag carrier I've ever seen, leaving to take the COO job with the Texas Rangers.
Read MoreSun Mountain CEO Exonerates The Captainness In Rain SuitGate
/E. Michael Johnson with the exclusive interview of Rick Reimers.
Read More"If he's a former Ryder Cup captain, he ought know better, right?"
/Steve Elling fleshes out the Bernard Gallacher-Jeff Overton incident. Gallacher really comes off poorly in this one.
Read MoreG-Mac Takes PGA Tour Card; Euro Hero Status To Plunge?
/But we will welcome the U.S. Open Champion with open arms!
Read MoreUh Oh, Lee Westwood Caught Talking About Lee Westwood
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The dreaded third person self references reared as he discussed sticking with the European Tour.
"I don't want to be dictated to by having to go to America to play FedEx Cup when it doesn't really mean that much to me," said the 37-year-old. "It doesn't mean enough to me anyway.
"I think they (the PGA Tour) would like me to go and be a member there, but as of Monday evening I became an individual again and I do what's right for Lee Westwood now."
Jumbo Into The Hall Of Fame; World Didn't See That One Coming Either
/Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki Elected into World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Read MoreFinchem Predicts Global, FIFA-type Platform Integration Of Tours To Capitalize On Multinational Corporate Movements
/Doug Ferguson reports that Commissioner Finchem, still drying out from his Ryder Cup first tee duties, is predicting that a "world tour" is in golf's future.
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