Video: Richard Green Aces Par-4 In Victoria Open Pro-Am
/during the Victorian Open Pro-Am.
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.
Video: Torrey's 3rd, 4th, 5th UnShackeled
/Longtime readers may recall a while back various informal surveys of how the site could be better and high on the list was more video and in particular, more architecture.
I'm not sure this will satisfy that desire entirely, but this is a pilot for a series of web-friendly videos in that vein. With the Farmers Insurance Open soon to start, there is no better time to look at the underwhelming stretch of holes 3-5 at the overwhelmingly beautiful Torrey Pines South.
Play begins Thursday, but in the meantime, my quick take on what should be a stellar three hole stretch.
R.I.P. Charlie Sifford
/So soon after the World Golf Hall of Famer received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Read MoreR&A's Dawson To Membership: This'll Help Us Reach The Kids
/Below is R&A Chief Peter Dawson's letter to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews membership
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/Thanks to reader Mike Z. for Darren Heitner's
Read MoreHarmon Brother: Tiger In Denial About His Yips
/Former PGA President Ted Bishop tackles Tiger Woods and his yips
Read MoreHogan Tour Turns 25: "The first season"
/With the Web.com Tour season under way
Read MoreAs If Tiger Doesn't Have Enough On His Mind, Files...
/Jose Lambiet suggests that Tiger Woods
Read MoreAnother Take On R&A's Move To Sky From BBC
/The Scotsman's Martin Dempster explains why
Read MoreRory Offered Eight-Figure Settlement To The Suit He Brought
/The Guardian's Ewan Murray is camped out in Dublin for the courthouse fun
Read MoreRahm And Great Amateur Finishes In PGA Tour Events
/Nice note from GolfDigest.com's Alex Myers on
Read MoreFor Sale: Gleneagles 200 Million Pounds
/Matthew Boyle of Bloomberg, working off of a Times of London report
Read MoreRory McIlroy's Trial: The Only Primer You Need
/It's called £35million and six weeks, both of which threaten
Read More"The new trend--bundle the course in with the HOA"
/Mary Shanklin in an Orlando Sentinel front page story (thanks reader Steve) looks at Orlando's ChampionsGate finally finishing a third course after the real-estate collapse and the future of such home-driven developments for companies like Lennar Homes.
Punctuated with white-sand bunkers, Bermuda grass and rolling panoramas, the course will initially open to public play but is intended to become private under the ownership of the homeowner association. Homebuyers have no initiation fees, which can be as pricey as a luxury car at other country-club courses. Renters in the resort-style community can purchase annual passes for as much as $3,500. Upkeep will be part of the monthly association fees, which now run about $300 to $350.
And...
Standing at the 14th hole at the new ChampionsGate course, community manager Mick Toscano said other courses have failed because members have been able to opt out of their memberships, leaving a big upkeep tab and too few members to pay it.
"This is going to be the new trend — bundle the course in with the HOA," said Toscana, regional manager for ICON Management Services Inc.
Oh dear...
Haney On Tiger's Game: “There’s so many holes to patch up right now that you don’t have enough fingers for the dike.”
/Adam Schupak of Golfweek listened to Hank Haney's SiriusXM
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