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.
Following his tax evasion conviction, the Champions Tour suspended Jim Thorpe by email even though he was eligible to play four events before checking in to Montgomery, Alabama's Maxwell Air Force Base, Golf Course And Minimum Security Slammer where aerial photos do reveal a golf course but alas, I could it in Golf Digest's Best Places To Play. 
VanityFair.com's Jim Windolf has a grand old time with the end of Tiger's Golf Digest column.
The Herald's David Ross reports that the Machrie, which has been teetering has been closed.
By all accounts it's a splendid links. Hopefully they'll find a way to make it work.
Thanks to reader Rick for this disappointing report on the recommendation of a University of New Mexico advisory committee to shut down their renowned golf course, which is an astonishing $4.6 million in debt.
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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