“One of the courses (in City Park) are going to be designed as a championship venue."
/Rex Hoggard
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.
"Gawker used the most substantial, important, and commercially profitable portion of PGA TOUR's content."
/Deadspin is in a legal spat with the PGA Tour over a
Read MoreFour Congressmen Vote Against Nicklaus Medal Of Honor
/Nice job by Deadspin's Patrick Burns
Read MoreLexi Has A Thing For Older Military Men...
/Look, I just copy and paste this stuff, so spare me the emails about her being 17 and this being none of our business. Her PR reps sent an email and, well, it's on Facebook and YouTube: Lexi Thompson wants to take a military guy to her May 18 prom.
Not sure about the sustainability-friendliness of the paper props here...
YouTube, The Masters And The Kids Today
/My Golf World Voices item on the absurdity of today's kids (and adults) who want to take inspiration from Bubba or Louis at this year's Masters having to watch bad kinescope-inspired clips because of copyright claims by CBS.
Rio, Politics And Other Complicated Details
/Brad Klein has some
Read MoreGeorge O'Grady Caught In Revealing Photograph: First Time Seen Smiling...Ever?
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Now we know what makes the somber European Tour head perk up: really expensive rare hooch!
European Tour Chief Executive George O’Grady received a special a bottle of Ballantine’s 40 Year Old from Chivas Brothers Chairman and CEO Christian Porta to mark the Tour’s 40th anniversary, which was celebrated earlier this month.
The presentation of the ultra-rare blend was made in Seoul, Korea prior to the start of the fifth anniversary edition of the €2.2 million Ballantine’s Championship, which takes place at Blackstone Golf Club this week.
Only 100 bottles of the 40 year old blend, which was launched in Korea earlier this year, will be made available annually, and O’Grady was presented with one in recognition of The European Tour’s milestone anniversary.
Imagine what he'll look like when he's actually had a wee nip?
The Donald Under Oath: I've Built "What many are already considering to be the greatest golf course in the world."
/The Donald was called to testify against the wind turbines Scotland threatens to build just off the coast of the greatest course ever built...so says Mr. Trump
Read MoreFeherty, Connoisseur Of Gastro Humor, Questions Haney's Class!
/David Feherty, EA Sports
Read MoreR&A Price Tag For Changing Courses So They Wouldn't Have To Do Their Job: $16 Million!
/An unbylined AP story with more comments from R&A chief
Read MoreBubba's Media Bias
/Answering a question about the streak of eight-straight first-time major winners
Read More"I take some pride that we are the only three working writers in there."
/That's Dan Jenkins on being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame next month after Herbert Warren Wind and Bernard Darwin.
Read More“Rio 2016 is not aware of any changes to the ownership of the land"
/AroundTheRings.com follows up with Rio 2016 spokesman Carlos Villanova who doesn't seem to feel anything has changed with the golf course property selected for the first Olympic golf course.
“Rio 2016 is not aware of any changes to the ownership of the land where the City Hall intends to build the golf course,” Villanova said in an email to Around the Rings.
“We fully trust that City Hall will meet the deadlines for the planning, construction, and operation of the course.”
AP reported last Friday about a land ownership dispute that threatens the course's creation and construction.
