Ben Wright: Tripped Up
As soon as I heard of the plot in August to blow several American passenger aircraft out of the skies, I offered my three traveling companions from Maryland the opportunity to opt out of our Irish trip to begin the next day. Thankfully all three chose to go, like myself imagining we were probably flying […]
Ben Wright: Cart Blanch
The most regrettable day of my life in golf was the one I was first forced to use a cart. Until my inaugural trip to America in the mid-1960s, I had never even seen a golf cart. Now I was a guest at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, and my guide around the famed […]
Ben Wright: Southern-fried Seve
In all my years of covering tournament golf, I never heard galleries react with quite the same passion as those at the Masters. From my perch behind the 15th green it was possible to distinguish the various cheers as they echoed through the avenues of pines. For instance, whenever a player got home in two […]
Ben Wright: Heroes In Harmony
Of the four major champions crowned in 2004, clearly the most unlikely winner was Todd Hamilton at the British Open at Royal Troon. As Hamilton holed out on No. 18 to finish off Ernie Els in a four-hole playoff, my thoughts drifted back some three decades, to a celebration at that venerable Scottish links that […]
Ben Wright: A True Player
In a storied career that has netted nine major championships and more than 100 victories worldwide, Gary Player fashioned plenty of great golf shots under the fiercest pressure. With this year’s PGA Championship fast approaching, I can’t help recalling the greatest of these shots I ever witnessed—one that earned him the 1972 PGA title in […]
Ben Wright: Greeted at the Gate
Euphoria marked my first-ever golf assignment, covering the 1954 British Open for the Manchester Daily Dispatch. Time can’t obscure the tingle I felt when the cab dropped me off at Royal Birkdale’s front gate that day. I had no qualms with our press headquarters, a nissen hut left over from World War II and outfitted […]
Pinehurst Resort No. 2
At the heart of Pinehurst, Donald Ross’ masterpiece No. 2 course continues to enthrall and bedevil in equal measure while adding to the rich history of American’s first golf resort
The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee
Set along Lake Oconee, the Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation offers a rustic experience that is unique among the luxury chain’s properties
A Family Legacy at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
After a recent renovation of the Dubsdread course, owner Frank Jemsek is one step closer to fulfilling his father’s dream of bringing the U.S. Open to Cog Hill
Back Pain: Dealing With Golf’s Enemy Number One
Back pain affects 80 percent of all Americans and at least that many golfers. A new book offers information, and treatment, that has proven effective in dealing with chronic back ailments
