Scorecard DQ Files: Wrong Line Edition, Spirit International
/The Spirit International is a biennial stroke play for emerging young amateurs
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.
South Africa Balks At $29 Million Presidents Cup Price?
/In his Golf World I Think, I Saw, I Heard notes, Tim Rosaforte says the PGA Tour blew a chance to return the Presidents Cup to South Africa in 2019 where Ernie Els would be perfectly aligned to captain. 
Rosaforte says the PGA Tour asking price was $29 million to hold the cup, South Africa balked, and Australia will be ponying up $25 million to host the Cup as well as next year's World Cup.
Tape-Delayed Presidents Cup Ratings Way Down
/Not surprisingly, Paulsen at Sports Media Watch
Read MorePresident Obama Plays Torrey Pines South, Crashes Wedding
/Tod Leonard with no shortage
Read MoreForward Press: Next Wave Of New Media Golf Content?
/With music mogul Irving Azoff capping off an impressive first season of Callaway Live Tuesday at 9 pm ET, I explore the ambitious first season as well as the possibility of other manufacturers getting into the content business.
Taylor Made is rumored to be looking at doing a similar show, while Titleist, PING and Cobra are already doing quality video content for their websites. Considering how much of Golf Channel's inventory is now devoted to live tournament action and with Back9 network long gone, viewers may have their appetite for talk, equipment design insights and lifestyle entertainment fed by the people who sell them clubs.
Also this week: Golf Channel's Jordan Spieth special and woohoo, opening day for the PGA Tour.
A Final Word About Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
/We were given little reason to want to watch Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
Read MoreNBC To Take Over Open Championship Coverage In 2016
/Multiple sources confirm that ESPN will be stepping away from its R&A broadcast arrangement a year early
Read More2015 Presidents Cup Wrap: So Many Winners
/Yes there was some fantastic choking down the stretch, but other than Sangmoon Bae
Read MoreFitzpatrick Win Will Make Him Youngest Top 100 Player
/While most of the golfing world was paying attention to the
Read MoreBrandel: Tiger And Phil Don't Deserve To Be Cup Captains
/Look, I know Tiger's driving record has a blemish but that was an
Read MoreTiger Ready And Willing To Be A '16 Ryder Cup Cart Driver
/Nice catch by Dave Shedloski over in Korea
Read MoreSpoiler Alert: Presidents Cup An Instant Classic
/With most of the country asleep after seeing what looked on paper
Read MoreVideo Surfaces (Sort Of) From Mid-Amateur's Historic Par-4 Ace!
/The Fox crew's man on site, Abraham Zapruder Jr.
Read MorePresidents Cup Actually Close! Note Viewing Window Change
/It's turned out to be a bit of a shame that this Presidents Cup
Read More2019 Presidents Cup Headed To The Sandbelt!
/Royal Melbourne is the presumed course, but a Kingston Heath
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