What’s Ahead for Tiger Woods?
Tiger Woods has won, some would say, enough—61 times on the PGA Tour, and each of the four majors more than once, a feat only Jack Nicklaus has equaled. He took some of those majors by record margins: by 12 strokes at the 1997 Masters 10 years ago, opening the Tiger Epoch with a roar; by 15 at the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, breaking a mark set by Old Tom Morris in the 1862 British Open. Seeing Tiger lap the field is sweet; but also sweet, for his enormous couch-potato gallery, are his eked-out victories, as in the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah or the 2006 British Open at Royal Liverpool.
I fondly remember, from a few years back, a Sunday round in some tournament, maybe the Bay Hill Invitational, where, on an hour’s sleep and with a stomach bug that kept sending him into the bushes, he managed to win.
How to Play Out of the Deep Rough
Mike Adams and T.J. Tomasi 2000 When you find your ball in deep rough you have to make two critical evaluations: “What score do I need to make?” and “How will the grass affect my swing?” If you’re playing match play and your opponent is next to the pin with a sure par, the shot […]
A History of Donald Ross in America
Pinehurst No. 2 is just one of the dozens of outstanding resort courses the great Scotsman designed—and anyone can play
The Greatest Golf Architect of All Time: Harry Colt
In LINKS’s Silver Anniversary issue last fall, readers may recall the surprise atop the leaderboard of the 25 greatest architects of all time. The winner of that survey was Harry S. Colt (1869–1951), a lawyer and former Cambridge University golf captain who left his position as club secretary of England’s Sunningdale Golf Club to become the pivotal figure in golf’s first truly global design firm, Colt, Alison, & Morrison. In this partnership, C.H. Alison took on projects in far-flung locales like Japan and New Zealand, while Colt worked primarily in the British Isles and Continental Europe.
The Top 10 Summer Golf Resorts in the U.S.
Summer officially starts tomorrow and, as the saying goes, the living gets easy. It can be even easier if you find yourself at a great golf resort by the beach or in the mountains with a host of other activities to get the most out of these magical months.
Portland Golf Club
Great golf in the state of Oregon is nothing new, as this frequent tournament—and Ryder Cup—host attests
Payne Stewart’s Final U.S. Open Win
Payne Stewart and Phil Mickelson staged one of the greatest Open finishes ever. But Payne’s victory was no one-day wonder.
Omni La Costa Resort
New owners, big investment, and a golf overhaul put this Southern California stalwart back on track to greatness
Palouse Ridge: The Best College Course You’ve Never Heard Of
Washington State might not be a golf power, but its golf course is one of the best
Which is Better? Golf in North vs. South Carolina
North and South Carolina share a name, a border, even a golf hole (Farmstead Golf Links’s 767-yard, par-six 18th, where you tee off in the South and putt out in the North). Many people lump the two states into one geographic region, as in “the Carolinas.” Even James Taylor didn’t bother to differentiate when he sang “Carolina In My Mind.”
Sure, it’s easy to get the two states confused. Both have gorgeous coastlines, sweet tea, and citizens who say “y’all.” But the states are different in a number of ways: The North has more than double the population (9.8 million to 4.7), all the pro sports teams, and a major technology sector; the South has the most charming and historic city (Charleston), better college football, and alligators.