Charlie Sifford To Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom
/The highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States will be give
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.
While We Were Sleeping Files: 76 World Class Players Took A Really Long Time To Play Golf Saturday
/Reduced field sizes are always declared the only cure for PGA Tour slow play, which, according to Daniel Hicks of APF, hit a new low for Saturday's third round of the WGC-HSBC Champions when the 76-player field featuring a sizeable portion of the world top 100 golfers, took 5 1/2 hours to play.
There were complicating factors: high, wet rough, split tee threesomes and reachable fours and fives for everyone because the ball goes too far. Still, just 76 players. 76! And they aren't looking for lost balls.
The leader at the time, Graeme McDowell, called the situation "ridiculous."
"We've got threeballs, a lot of people out there and a couple of driveable par fours and a couple of two-shot par fives. Just a slow golf course. A long day," said McDowell, the 2010 US Open champion.
Ryder Cup star Poulter was less diplomatic in his assessment of the day after a level-par 72 left him four behind McDowell.
"There's no excuses. We need to be pressing and making sure people are keeping up to pace," Poulter told AFP.
"Five and a half hours is too long to play golf. End of story."
Bubba Watson suggested what he always does: penalizing players. Silly him!
"You have to penalise people," he told reporters after the first three rounds at the Phoenix Open earlier this year took well in excess of five hours.
"Give them a stroke (penalty). It could cause you to win or lose. I think strokes is the only way to do it."
Neither McDowell or Poulter took to Twitter to gripe, perhaps knowing they'd be fined for pointing out the obvious.
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Read MoreBollards! No More Wrong Turns Down Magnolia Lane
/John Boyette with resounding evidence that any plots to make a wrong turn down Magnolia Lane may be foiled by the installation of bollards, those terrorist (and tourist) stopping posts.
The installation was hidden from view even though the entrance sits on busy Washington Road.
A large, green screen was put up at the entrance while the work was completed.
The installation is just the latest upgrade Augusta National has made to club security in recent years, which has included enhancements at all of the major entrances and new routes for pedestrians and vehicles.
Last month a South Dakota couple was banned from club grounds after an attempted trespassing. The report from the Chronicle.
