Butler National Eyes 21st Century Membership Stance
/Teddy Greenstein reports that all-male Butler National is so desperate to return to the tournament stage, they might welcome Women-Americans. Strange times indeed!
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.
Tiger Runner-Up To Vick; Earns Fewer "Dislike A Lot" Nods From People Who Haven't Discovered Caller I.D. Yet
/Forbes.com's Tom Van Riper explains the trends in the latest Nielsen and E-Poll surveys of least-liked pro athletes, where Tiger Woods tied Michael Vick at 60%, but as the Forbes slideshow notes, the brilliant folks who actually gave away 20 minutes of their life to answer these questions just do not quite dislike Tiger "a lot." Enough. Got that?
Read MoreJacksonville Golf Course Salepalooza
/Garry Smits on the multiple listings in the Jacksonville/Ponte Vedra area, some for prices that won't even buy you a lot at some upscale golf communities. And good news for potential buyers, they're still raking the bunkers. Lord knows that'd be a deterrent!
Read More"The Irish don't dance, we hold each other up."
/The PGA Tour Shot Of The Day at Pebble Beach was Ken Duke's hole-out on 16 en route to a back nine record 28. But as reader Tom noted, it was Feherty's call of Duke's hideous post-shot dance that made the whole thing a lot more fun.
Read MoreConway Farms To Land 2013 BMW Championship
/Teddy Greenstein reports on the finalization of a long rumored move for the "playoff" event. The Glen Club was also in the running. This caught my eye:
Read MoreOnly In Golf Files: "Excuse me!"
/A must read unbylined story from The Age on Karrie Webb being saved from a two-shot penalty just before pulling the trigger on a putt.
Read MoreFirst Reviews In For Tiger's Anchoring Solution
/Bomb and Gouge are back and they aren't too keen on Tiger's concept for the long putter/anchoring situation, instead making the point that instead of getting bogged down in specific club lengths in relation to others in a player's bag (as Tiger proposes), just ban anchoring altogether.
Read MoreGeorge Lopez: "It's the slobs versus the snobs."
/Class warfare by the shore!
Jerry Stewart
Furious Row Breaks Out Over Mike Weir!
/Here's something you don't read everyday: a tournament director criticizing another tournament director. This brotherhood is golf's version of the BCS bowl director, working tirelessly for a month out of the year and patting their brothers on the back.
Read MoreEA Allows Us To Relive Tiger's Teenage Years And The Strange Things Golfers Used To Wear
/The forthcoming next generation of the EA Sports game...a world with which I'm not familiar. But it sure looks cool. The YouTube comments are nice too.
Freddie: Maybe I'll Get A Shot At Ryder Cup Captaincy?
/Asked about his prospects, Fred Couples sounds like he wants the job after Davis Love.
Your Primer For The LPGA At Royal Melbourne
/No offense to the ladies, but the real star of the LPGA Tour's first 2012 event is the glorious Royal Melbourne composite course hosting this week's Australian Women's Open.
Read MoreClint Eastwood Signs On With Back9Network
/Lacey Rose reports for The Hollywood Reporter (thanks reader Tobin) on the legend being named as creative board chairman and founding shareholder for the new golf television network.
Read More"So despite mortar shelling elsewhere, golf goes on."
/Edward Wong files a positive NYT piece about the state of golf, it just happens to be in the Kachin war zone where the senior officers of the Kachin Independence Army defending northern Myanmar use the game to relax. Thanks to all the readers who sent this one in.
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