Brandel Chamblee: Golf’s Wise Guy

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Love him or hate him, give Brandel Chamblee credit for knowing what he talks about on television—and a whole lot more I can’t believe I get to play golf with Brandel Chamblee today,” Donald Trump said as he strode to his regular table at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. “You know,” […]

Tom Watson: A Never-Ending Passion for Golf

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There was room for criticism, if you studied the numbers. In 1973, for instance, Tom Watson had finished 35th on the PGA Tour money list. Thirty-fifth. Pretty stout. Then, over the first three months of the ’74 season, Watson made the cut in each of his 12 tournaments and was 16th in money earned as […]

12 Top Stand Bags for 2024

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By the time you’re done purchasing all the magical clubs that are going to help you shoot that career-low round this year—along with the rangefinder, weather gear, gloves, tees, and other gear destined to play a role in your 2024 golf journey—you’ll have invested a lot of time and money. It wouldn’t be right to […]

Characters: Troy Van Biezen

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Chiropractor Troy Van Biezen gets his PGA Tour clients aligned to win Troy Van Biezen has many claims to fame, but perhaps the best is being the chiropractor and trainer who helped the surgically repaired and seemingly broken body of Tiger Woods win a 15th major championship. “When we got together,” Van Biezen recalls, “I […]

Bernard Darwin: History’s Best Golf Writer

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The scion of a great English family wrote about golf better than he played it, which is saying a lot The life story of Bernard Darwin—arguably history’s first golf writer, inarguably its best—reads like a season of Masterpiece Theater. He was born in 1876 into a family of Victorian-era royalty: His grandfather was the naturalist […]