Video: Adam Scott On Pinehurst vs. Sandbelt Golf
/Good insights from Adam Scott talking to Alex Podlogar of
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.
Roundup: Latest Stories On Icahn-Mickelson-Walters Probe
/Some more thoughtful and provocative pieces have appeared now
Read MoreState Of The Game Podcast 40: Pinehurst & Chris Buie
/Two weeks ago Ran Morrissett of Southern Pines
Read MoreVideo: Rory McIlroy Really Likes Pinehurst No. 2
/And while that doesn't sound much, imagine players ten or fifteen years ago showing up to find
Read MorePatrick Rodgers' Plan To Get To The PGA Tour Worth Studying
/As longtime readers know I'm not a fan of the PGA Tour's decision to abolish Q-School
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Eleventh Hole
/I've fallen behind but I can catch up! Maybe the stall in USGA
Read MoreBay Hill & Memorial To Get 3-Year Exemptions For Wins
/Intriguing news from Doug Ferguson that Bay Hill and Memorial--aka Arnold and Jack's
Read MoreLandon Michelson: "I'm here because I'm a huge idiot."
/Great stuff from Morning Drive today as Landon Michelson, who was DQ'd for signing an incorrect card, shows that other than checking his card, he's a big, big adult, going on Morning Drive and his genuine, refreshing honesty makes you want to see him get a big break very soon. He also knows how to use Facetime! A+ for the lighting.
Kelly Tilghman, Damon Hack, and Phil Blackmar talk to Michelson, then debated the scorecard signing rule after.
It's A Wrap: Golf's Longest Day Actually Ends On Time!
/As of almost midnight, the full results page
Read MoreVideo: Mickelson's Take On The New Look Pinehurst No. 2
/Phil Mickelson teed it up at Pinehurst No. 2
Read MoreIrony Files: Leaked Investigation Story May Hurt Case
/We of course have no clue about any facts related to the Icahn-Walters-Mickelson
Read MorePinehurst Gets It's No. 9, Buys National Golf Club
/A short John Dell story
Read MoreSpieth's World & We're Just Living In It Files: Deere Hole-Out 2
/Get this man to the betting window or in a golf game where
Read More"It’s a Huck Finn-Forest Gump adventure, an incredible story."
/On the Monday when so man dreamers take their crack at the US Open, it’s worth checking out this Iain MacIntyre Vancouver Sun story on PGA Tour Canada Monday qualifier Ryan Cook, former oil patch worker, self taught golfer and part-time Darrell Survey taker. He's not in a sectional today, but maybe one of these days.
From MacIntyre's story, sent in by reader Joel:
The 28-year-old from Burnaby, who quit his job in the Alberta oil patch two years ago and moved to California to teach himself to be a golf pro, was in the field Thursday at Point Grey for the first round of the $150,000 PC Financial Open, the opening event in the PGA Tour Canada season.
Cook played junior golf competitively but claims his handicap would have been around 25 when he moved to Palm Desert in 2012.
When a reporter claims baloney, Cook says: “Twenty. I’m serious. It took me two months to break 80 when I first went down there. I quit golf for at least five years. But I’ve always known that I had talent. I just thought if I could down to the golf mecca and meet the right people I could start playing.
2014 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Day Is Here!
/One of golf’s great days is here, aka Golf’s Longest Day when a network was crazy enough to televise it at a big loss under the belief that the non-profit USGA appreciated their partners for things other than cold, hard cash.
Therefore, the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying returns to its dark place of page refreshes, late night articles and skimpy photo galleries for that always-gratifying day introducing us to the talented people who qualify for the most democratic major.
The USGA has a page devoted to the storylines, and there are some doozies. There are also preview stories for each sectional that will take you to a devotional page including a link to scoring pages as the numbers are posted.
There is also this page including all of the qualifiers. And this Road to the Sectionals primer.
