A Q&A with Herb Kohler
The 2015 PGA Championship was the sixth major played at The American Club in Wisconsin since 1998, and the third PGA since 2004. That’s a pretty good track record for a resort that didn’t have golf until 1988, when Herb Kohler, executive chairman of the Kohler Company—famous for sinks and faucets, but with other divisions […]
Rodman Wanamaker —Founding Father of the PGA
It’s hard to believe today, in this age of celebrity worship, that professional golfers were once second-class citizens. But in the early 1900s, as golf first took root in the U.S., making a living at the game was considered an unrespectable occupation. Amateur golf ruled the day; pros were on a par with caddies and […]
Which is Better? Whistling Straits vs. River Course
Of these two Pete Dye designs, I find that this lakeside links fits my eye better and is a lot
more fun to play
The American Club Resort
Okay, so this wasn’t EXACTLY the Navy SEALs taking down Osama bin Laden, but it was a covert ops assignment nonetheless. My mission: visit a major golf resort anonymously so we could find out what the experience was like without all the perks that come with representing a major golf magazine. The target: The American […]
Dogged Victim | Taking it Slow
The U.S. Open at Merion is the perfect venue for the USGA to get tough on the nagging issue of slow play. But their stance seems to be “Not so Fast…”
Balcomie Links, Crail Golfing Society
A short drive from St. Andrews is the World’s seventh oldest golf club, with two courses, one by Old Tom Morris, the other—a century younger—by Gil Hanse
Top 10 Courses You Can Play In the Midwest
With the PGA Tour at Firestone in Ohio this week for the WGC Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship returning to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin next week, all eyes are on the Midwest, which offers a versatile array of top-notch venues across seven states. Arcadia Bluffs Arcadia, Mich. This sprawling links-style layout, built on a […]
Highland Links, Cape Cod
At the northern tip of Cape Cod a 200-year-old lighthouse watches over America’s first true links
First Peek at St. Emilionnais Golf Club
In his first course on continental Europe, Tom Doak has unveiled a French twist or two
The Illustrious Career of A.W. Tillinghast
The talented terror from Philly was recently inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
