In 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.
Not A Late April Fools Video: The Bubbacraft Is Here And It's Every Superintendent's Worst Nightmare
/Thanks to Pete the Luddite for sending Shane Bacon's post and the accompanying video for Bubba Watson's Oakley sponsored hovercraft golf cart designed to revolutionize the golf cart. It bears an uncanny resemblance to Luke Skywalker's Tatooine landspeeder.
Warning golf course supers, you'll want to cover your eyes watching this video.
And speaking of Bubba, Scott Michaux's annual and always in-depth profile of the defending Masters champion has been posted by the Augusta Chronicle.
Hayes: World Cup May Be Coming To The Sandbelt
/Currently listed as date TBD, the World Cup was to debut a mirror image of the 2016 Olympic golf format this year at Mission Hills.
But without a sponsor Mark Hayes says the PGA Tour has approached its Australian counterpart about hosting the week after the Australian Masters at Royal Melbourne. Thanks to the Aussie Golfer for the tip.
"This is Tiger's 'I'm back and I never changed and you have to like me anyway.'"
/Here I thought Nike was to blame for the "Winning takes care of everything" messaging after Tiger's Bay Hill win.
Rick Reilly says no way and that Tiger controls everything. More important though, with this column Reilly moves ahead of John Feinstein in the permanent-scowl-from-Steiny race, well-paid writer's division.
My son writes for a big Chicago ad firm. He says every sentence, every word, every syllable is stared at, considered, rewritten, discussed and torn apart. For months. Every conceivable message that one phrase could send to the public is pored over, analyzed and tested. It has to be. If they put out an inadvertent message the client didn't intend, everybody's fired. Don't you watch "Mad Men"?
Oh, they knew what they were doing. And they meant every level you can read into it. Tiger and the creatives and the suits must've looked at all the options, ignored the pesky moral implications and said, "Just do it."
This is Tiger's "I'm back and I never changed and you have to like me anyway." This is his deodorant and he's quite sure we'll all shrug and agree.
Can you imagine how little he thinks of us?
Holly Sonders Admits: She Has Trouble Saying Rory McIlroy
/This news, which most had not noticed but will now, along with revelations can be seen in promo video set to rejected-reality show music for the Morning Drive star's Golf Digest photo shoot.
Sonders appears on the cover of the May fitness-themed issue which I've already seen on the newstand in my neighborhood.
Johnny: New Sticks Will Cost Rory In 2013 Majors
/Not An April Fools Joke: EZee Golf!
/Thanks to the reader who sent in this non-April Fools link to a new club that pretty much does all the work for you.
Al Czervik would be thrilled:
Sources: Dufner Facing Fine, Possible Suspension Over #Dufnering
/Shark Shootout Noted For "Vastly Inefficient" Charitable Giving
/D.A. Points Channeled His Inner Bill Murray Down The Stretch
/Video: Andreas Harto Goes Pantless For Water Shot
/"It would be relatively simple to turn down the distance on a driver by 25 yards."
/Shock: Rory Feels Rusty!
/Masters Fan With Cancer Gets His Wish
/Dufner: I Was Doing Relaxation & Concentration...For The Kids
/Doug Ferguson drills down on the details of the Jason Dufner photo and slouch, revealing that Dufner was engaged in the increasingly dying art of defending champions duties in Dallas, something most players phone in these days. Literally.
There is also the claim of Dufner at the topic at the time was relaxation and concentration, not that he denies the body language was anything but his normal look.
"They were talking about focusing and relaxation," Dufner said, a master at the latter. "They have some big test coming up for the class on ways to relax and concentrate. And I guess I took it to another level."
Deadspin has posted the winners of their Photoshop contest and once again, as with Tiger and Lindsey, the bin Laden raid inset made me laugh hardest.

Meanwhile Jason Gore offered his best Dufnering shot on Twitter. Jason is looking svelt these days though I don't remember such dental issues.


