R&A Promotional Film Or Golf Channel Old Course Update?
/You be the judge, but boy does it seem like Golf Channel Senior British Correspondent Tom Abbott
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.
Keegan Says He Continues To Be Called A Cheater
/Steve DiMeglio has a rundown of the player comments from
Read More"Finchem...opened the door to various forms of rebuttal."
/With nearly 800 votes cast,
Read MoreIs The European Tour About To Back The Governing Bodies?
/James Corrigan seems to think so
Read MoreSpectators, Video And YouTube Rights
/This is not a golf story but
Read MoreFlashback: Accenture Has Been Upstaged Before
/Granted, Tiger Woods surrounded by the dreaded blue curtains and seat-filling PGA Tour SVP's in the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse
Read MoreWhile Tim Finchem Was Distracting Us Sunday...
/NBC used this new graphic to show where various driving distances finished on the 7th hole at Dove Mountain. I only saw it by watching the re-broadcast after reader Steve asked if I had seen it. Not coincidentally, this aired at the time Tim Finchem was live on Golf Channel talking about the tour's opposition to the anchoring ban.
It's not often we get good visual innovations in golf broadcasting that help put architectural features into context, but this one certainly does.
Also kind of amazing that Ian Poulter had the long drive.
Rory Effect? 2013 WGC Match Play Ratings Down
/The Nielsen overnights show a 17% decline Saturday and 24% slide Sunday.
2013 2012
Sat 1.4/3 1.7/4
Sun 1.9/4 2.5/5
2012 included Rory McIlroy beating Lee Westwood in one Sunday semi, and Hunter Mahan besting Mark Wilson in the other semi.
Hank's Already Got Michael Phelps Saying It's A Process!
/While it was fun to see what Hank Haney could do with Charles Barkley's
Read MoreTurns Out, Tiger & Rory Met In Sunday Match Play Showdown!
/Unfortunately for NBC, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy
Read MoreVideo: Morning Drive Anchoring Ban Segment
/I know, ten minutes of your life you aren't getting back, but
Read MoreFirst Reactions To PGA Tour's Anchoring Opposition
/Doug Ferguson's
Read MoreEls 1-Year Flashback: Ban It
/I was going through some past stories as well as this week's coverage and saw
Read MoreInstant Poll: PGA Tour's Case For Opposing The Anchoring Ban
/You have plenty of
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