"Patrick Reed's never been the kind of player who's going to go anywhere quietly."
/Ian O'Connor files an excellent
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.
Masters: The All Important First Merchandise Center Report
/One group of items stood out in the Masters merchandise pavillion and
Read MoreA First Look Around Augusta National
/It's pouring, so I neglected to get into how dry and immaculate the course appears (Nick Masuda on the 10 am closure).
Instead, reports of shredding and other dire descriptions (Jim McCabe talked to past champs Sunday) had me expecting the worst when taking a Monday morning tour of Augusta National. It turns out that yes, a lot of trees suffered damage but in general, the place still looks beautiful and dare I say the damage did some good on the 7th and 17th holes?
I did.
Here's the full report (including flora and fauna), with images of the 17th and the 12th.
Spoofed Already: The Paulina Cover
/Photographer Cy Cyr of Orlando idolizes Walter Iooss and lets us know it before
Read MoreIt's Come To This: Your Comprehensive Masters TV Guide
/Remember the old days when the Masters consisted of a few hours on USA and the weekend back nine on CBS?
Read MoreMasters Attention To Detail Files: DCP Player Sheet
/With the Drive, Chip and Putt kicking off Masters week, the annual deep analysis of all things
Read MoreVideos: Matt Jones Holes Out Twice In Stellar Fashion To Win
/I was just about to moan that the PGA Tour's finest
Read More2014 Drive, Chip & Putt Wrap-Up And Photos
/Here's my take on the day
Read MoreDream Kraft Scenario: Lexi And Michelle In Final Pairing
/Randall Mell, fueled by the raging international controversy that is the Paulina Gretzky Golf Digest
Read MoreKuchar Has Chance To Move To Top Of Masters Favorites List
/Ryan Lavner on Shell Houston Open third round leader Matt Kuchar
Read MoreIt's Alive! Masters Twitter Account Tweets Last Ike's Tree Pic
/Long dormant (and missing past Tweets now), The Masters
Read MoreWhy I’m Excited For The Drive, Chip And Putt
/I haven’t sensed much interest in Sunday’s Drive, Chip and Putt Championship
Read MoreVideo: Jimmy Fallon Thanks Golf Gods For His Bunker Hole-Out
/Big tip of the cap to Cassie Stein for staying up late
Read MoreVideo: CNN Retracing Alister MacKenzie's Footsteps
/One of the segments from this weekend's CNN International's Living Golf. Great scenes of Alwoodley with historian Nick Leefe in this, and more with host Shane O'Donoghue.
Thanks to reader Mark for this:
The segment following features Ben Crenshaw talking on the 30th anniversary of his first Masters win, but it's the stuff on 1995 that's really good. If not, you can view it here.
