The Battle to Save Lions Muny in Austin, Texas
By Adam Schupak Ben Crenshaw is taking a break from renovating Kapalua’s Plantation Course on the island of Maui to talk about a project near and dear to his heart—the effort to Save Muny. He grew up a few blocks from Lions Municipal Golf Course, a historic gem that sits on golf’s endangered species list, […]
The Augusta National Women’s Amateur and Champion’s Retreat
By Adam Schupak When former Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne was asked his thoughts on the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur to be played ahead of the Masters in April, he made the boldest of predictions. “I think it will be the most-watched women’s golf event in history,” he said. With apologies to Babe […]
Characters: Golf Telecast Spotter Greg Parker
Greg Parker has walked more final rounds in the final group at PGA Tour events than Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Ernie Els combined. You may have noticed Parker in the background on your TV screen with his shock of blond hair, shades, and a look more suited to surfing. Who is this golf-junkie mainstay […]
Geoff Ogilvy’s Melbourne Sandbelt
By Geoff Ogilvy with Adam Schupak I was blessed to be born and raised in Australian golf’s spiritual home, with 600 acres of golf courses within two square miles of my house. The sandy soil is some of the best terrain for golf on earth: Course designers fall in love with the bunkering and […]
Q&A with Mark King on Honma Golf, TaylorMade’s Shortcomings, and More
Through relentless innovation and unrelenting product launches, Mark King guided TaylorMade-adidasGolf to more than 50 percent market share in the metalwoods category and $1.7 billion in annual sales in 2013. It was a remarkable run, but one that ultimately couldn’t last as customers grew confused by the rapid driver launches and left the market flooded […]
Every Top 100 Course in a Year: The Story of Jimmie James
As golf nuts go, Jimmie James qualifies as extra nutty. In candy bar terms, he’s somewhere between a Snickers and an Oh Henry! James, 59, accomplished a rare feat, playing the entire 2017–18 Golf Digest Top 100 U.S. course list in a single year. James spent 33 years at ExxonMobil, retiring May 31, 2017 as […]
A Long Golf Weekend in Orlando, Florida – A Local’s Guide
Golfers know Orlando for the Golf Channel and as the winter retreat of Arnold Palmer before he passed away, plus industry types make an annual pilgrimage to attend the city’s PGA Merchandise Show in January. And lest anyone forget, the upscale neighboring suburb of Windermere is the place where Tiger Woods hit a certain fire […]
5 Golf Bucket List Items From Adam Schupak
I’ve played rounds with countless major champions, attended all four majors, interviewed just about every prominent figure in the game, played Royal Melbourne’s composite course the day after the 2011 Presidents Cup and many of my dream 18. So what’s left on my “Bucket List” of golf experiences? Here’s my five (leave your five in […]
Maybe it is the Arrow: The Progression of Golf Equipment
Horace Hutchinson long ago bemoaned golf as “a game of putting little balls into little holes with instruments singularly ill-adapted for the purpose.” Poor Hutchinson. The two-time British Amateur champion (1896–97) missed out on over-sized titanium drivers, cavity-back game-improvement irons, perimeter-weighted putters, and solid-core, multilayer golf balls that hardly curve. Today’s equipment is designed by […]
The 5 Classic Public Courses Most in Need of Renovation Love
By Adam Schupak We are in the Age of Renovation in golf course architecture. So the title of this piece—choosing only five public courses in need of work—is highly subjective and ripe for debate. (Let the games begin in the comments section!) But we can all agree that many municipal and public courses would […]