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.
Nick Watney won according to Doug Ferguson, who mercifully is paid to cover this stuff while Steve Elling tells us about the laugh line luggage looper Chad Reynolds uses to help his man Watney get the win.Rex Hoggard sums up the highlights of George O'Grady and Tim Finchem's numbing Sunday Commissioner's press conference.
Thankfully, they may be dull but the ridiculous idea to further reward the world top 50 with a worldwide exemption appears to be going nowhere:
If Jeff Overton and Anthony Kim can whiz around in two hours and six minutes like they did Sunday, then by golly I will do my best to DVR through the commercials, plugs and needless coverage of Tiger's round in much less time. But for those of you opting to watch live...
Jeff Rude writes about the leaders even noticing the small crowds at Doral and asks...
Why the small crowd on such a perfect day? Well, part of the answer was in the question;
it was a perfect day in Miami, and there’s an ocean a few miles away. It’s a big weekend for NCAA basketball conference tournaments. Woods isn’t in contention.
Might ticket prices be a reason? Yes, tickets cost $50 at the gate Saturday. But daily tickets bought before March 1 were as low as $20 daily and $90 for the week.
$50 is of course ridiculous for a walk-up price in a town where there is plenty to do. That price point backfired dreadfully last year in Los Angeles, another town where there are plenty of cheaper alternatives.
Interesting use of some archival footage by Wayne Defranscesco, who takes issue with Johnny Miller and especially Brandel Chamblee's take on the evolution of Tiger's swing.
Yes, we know my bias. I am an Apple fanboy.
I'm trying to read between Carlos Monarrez's lines in two Detroit Free-Press stories about the likelihood of the PGA Tour returning to Detroit with Cadillac as the sponsor. So far, I'm not figuring out what is in play here but it does seem like the potential demise of the Heritage and this week's WGC event at Doral will be a part of any domino effect that ushers in a return to Detroit.I mentioned this to Westwood in the locker room after darkness cut short Thursday's play. Said that I was a little surprised about the small size of the Kaymer, Westwood and Donald galleries.
The top 3 players in the world -- Lee Westwood (No. 2), Luke Donald (No. 3) and Martin Kaymer (No. 1) -- were grouped together in the first round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship. The pairing was a combined 14 under par through 10 holes Thursday.
"Really?" he said, smiling.
"You're not?" I said.
"Not here."
"But it's still 1, 2 and 3 in the world."
"And it's still from Germany, England and England."
"So I'm being naive about this?"
"Yes."
Alex Miceli reports that notorious slow-poke Zach Johnson was patting himself on the back for helping to get his group to finish round one on time, even though he was playing with two of the tour's faster players.Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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