Ballyneal Auction Update
/Pete Finch updates us on the financial affairs of bankrupt Ballyneal and it's awkward. The course goes to auction March 7 with $1.7 million in debt.
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.
DJ Adds Humana, First Top 10er To Commit To Clinton
/Larry Bohannan reports on Dustin Johnson's last minute change of heart, entering an improved Humana (RIP Bob Hope Classic) Challenge field.
Read MoreOgilvy: "The quality of the courses is so much more important than the powers-that-be seem to think."
/To accompany Golf World's PGA Tour course ranking project, contributor Geoff Ogilvy penned a column sharing his thoughts on the ranking, players as architecture critics and the important role good design plays in shaping our perception of tournament golf.
Read MoreAnd Now For The Bottom Ten Tour Courses...
/A new slideshow is up featuring the bottom ten from our PGA Tour player ranking of golf courses. Included are some highlights from the print presentation's Zagat-style capsules on each course.
Read MoreQ-School Replacement Concept Upgraded From Unfathomable To Merely Dreadful
/My friends at the PGA Tour have assured me that they would never consider exemptions into the minor league version of the FedExCup melding Nationwide Tour players and PGA Tour 126-and-beyond castaways. Instead, players earning money through exemptions on either tour could be eligible to the Q-School replacement event if they earned enough money.
Read More"Gore’s exemption proved the power of the people, or should we say Twee-ple."
/Brian Wacker talks to Jason Gore after his sponsor's exemption campaign via Twitter convinced Northern Trust Open officials to grant the Pepperdine great a spot into this year's event.
Read MoreFinchem Flashes The Reagan Card; Doesn't Rule Out Working Into His 70s!
/But at least he suggests a succession plan might be in the works. Or at least a possibility. Okay, he's never leaving!
USGA Investigates Possible Amateur Status Violation
/It's hard not to roll your eyes while reading Julie Williams' story about the USGA for investigating the Jutanugarn sisters' ties to a Thai cement company.
Read MoreGolf World: FedEx Close To Renewal
/Tim Finchem and the team are miracle workers if they can get them to pony up $40 million in this economy for the worst conceived playoff in sports. Dave Shedloski breaks the news.
Read MoreNutt: Tiger-Tebow Pairing Unlikely
/Brian Wacker gets confirmation from AT&T National Pro-Am tournament director Ollie Nutt that a spot is being held for Tim Tebow should he be available, but that a pairing with Tiger Woods is not in the cards.
Read MoreRomo, Schomo: Tiger-Tebow Pairing In The Works?
/Global Golf Post's Brian Hewitt says that's the word from a "highly placed source" at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Read MoreGolf World PGA Tour Course Ranking Goes Live...
/Golf World subscribers will get the full presentation--a whopping 9000 words worth--but until then GolfDigest.com will be sharing components of our PGA Tour Course Ranking Survey, starting with this slideshow of the top 10 along with some highlights of the player comments.
Read MoreSergio's Sweaty Palm Syndrome Subsides: Able To Double Up In PokerStars Caribbean Adventure!
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Thanks to reader Mike for this account of Sergio Garcia's poker playing prowess.
David Peters made it 20,000 to go on the button before Sergio Garcia pulled out his driver from the big blind and mashed all of his chips into the middle. He was all in for 114,000 and Peters made the call.
The flop kept Garcia in the lead when the fell. No ace or jack came on the turn when the landed, but even that card helped Peters a little bit as it added him some outs to a gutshot. Needing an ace, jack or deuce, Peters couldn't find what he needed when the fell and Garcia was able to double up.
This should settle any questions about the health of his right wrist heading into 2012. As you may recall, Garcia recently set a record for longest one or two-handed club toss into a lake by a non-winner of a major. I think it deserves another look, don't you?
