Rory: "I let it get to me a few times."
/As Brian Keogh noted the other day,
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.
So Long Redstone, Hello Golf Club Of Houston
/Yes, it's officially a slow news week, but a name change of the Shell Houston Open's
Read MoreQuick Roundup: Zach Johnson Edges Tiger In Sherwood Finale
/Doug Ferguson recounts a wild finish at the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge
Read MoreNight Owl's Rejoice: Golf Channel Inks 10-Year Asian Tour Deal
/From The Asian Tour, announcing a 10-year deal with Golf Channel
Read MoreThe Mechanic's Annuity: Claims Fourth Hong Kong Title
/From an unbylined AP story on Miguel Angel Jimenez's
Read MoreVideo: Zach Johnson's All-World Challenge Hole-Out
/Stellar stuff today at the final Northwestern Mutual Challenge a
Read MoreMadoff Knew End Was Near When His Caddy Was Flipping Houses
/Sitel Patel visits Ponzi schemer extraordinaire Bernie Madoff at Butner Federal CC
Read MoreSherwood's 15th Turns Into Amen Corner On Steroids
/Never a simple affair, Sherwood's par-3 15th turned into a monster as a cold front moved through and put a mid-iron into player hands.
Read MoreTiger (Temporarily) At A Loss For Words After Sherwood 62
/On chilly-by-southern-California standards December Friday, Tiger Woods posted a shockingly-effortless 62 over a Sherwood Country Club
Read MoreAlfredsson Yanked From Telecast Over Helicopter Wisecrack
/John Strege reports that former LPGA star Helen Alfredsson
Read MoreTiger Searching (And Finding?) Some Much-Needed Distance?
/While much of the focus was on
Read MoreThis Week In Golf Channel Ratings: Thanksgiving Is For Golf Films!
/Son of the Bronx makes his usual great contribution to charitable causes (like this blog) and to Tylenol sales in greater Ponte Vedra Beach, posting Golf Channel's ratings from November 24-December 1st 2013. 
And in another reminder for PGA Tour players who get chippy with courtesy car drivers all because they labor under the delusion that what they do is important and watched by millions, look no further than another week of steady Big Break ratings and even some healthy numbers for re-runs of October's World Long Drive Championship.
More eye-opening is the second place finish by a movie re-run on Thanksgiving morning when people were clearly so desperate to avoid talking to family that they watched a golf-themed film (.1, 156,000). The film drew a bigger number than all but one round of the PGA Tour's "wraparound" events this fall.
The Wednesday-Saturday night airings of the Australian Open (listed as "Misc. Tournament") also did well, with Saturday's finale drawing 122,000 viewers for the live final round telecast, with more via the subsequent re-airing. And all a smidgen of the rights fees Golf Channel pays for lesser performing PGA Tour events!
Timelapse Video: Philly Cricket Club Restoration
/Morning Drive's Architect Week showed timelapse footage of Keith Foster's restoration work at Philadelphia Cricket Club.
Read MoreVideo: Jack Nicklaus Talking Pete Dye
/Jack Nicklaus was on Morning Drive's Architect Week and I learned all sorts of new things about how he got his start with Pete Dye. He shares far more detail than I recall from his books and it's pretty interesting to hear how Dye approached him.
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