Are 9-Hole Rounds Seeing a Comeback?
I’ll admit, there was a time I was always an 18-or-nothing guy when it came to golf. Not anymore. I’ve discovered, or maybe rediscovered, the joy of 9-hole rounds—and I’m not alone. The National Golf Foundation recently shared data that showed the percentage of 9-hole rounds is up 15 percent over last year. The pandemic […]
10 Courses That Should Host the Ryder Cup
In theory, you could play the Ryder Cup at your local muni and it’d still be exciting. But the venues do contribute to the magic. The “War by the Shore” wouldn’t have been the same if it hadn’t taken place at Kiawah. Nor would the “Battle of Brookline” have been as dramatic if it had […]
5 Myths About Tour Pros
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ahh yes, the lavish life of a tour professional. How many times have you watched a golf tournament on television and thought, “These guys get paid to play golf for a living…How cool is that?” Yes, being a tour pro certainly has its perks. Playing a game you love in vacation-like settings for large sums […]
Winged Foot’s Championship Pedigree
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year’s U.S. Open marks the sixth time the championship has been contested on the West Course at Winged Foot. As players continue to tee off on this A. W. Tillinghast brute (updated in 2017 by Gil Hanse), viewers should expect to see Winged Foot be every bit as difficult as in past championships there. […]
The Ultimate U.S. Open Course
We asked a panel of players, architects, officials, and media to look at the USGA’s five favorite Open venues and rank them, hole by hole. Here are the results. Not long ago, the USGA expressed publicly its devotion to an elite quartet of U.S. Open venues—Oakmont, Pebble Beach, Pinehurst No. 2, and Shinnecock Hills—with the […]
5 Myths About Golf Instruction
“The list is endless!” says Jason Birnbaum. As the Director of Instruction at Manhattan Woods Golf Club in West Nyack, N.Y., Birnbaum has heard it all, especially when it comes to swing instruction. Whether it’s a professional player looking for a quick tune up, or a recreational golfer trying to lower their handicap, there are […]
The Best Tee-Markers in Professional Golf
When you’re on a golf course, there’s something you can’t help but notice on every single hole: the tee-markers. From the most ragged of munis to Augusta National, golf courses have their own unique identifiers signifying where one needs to tee off—part of the universal language of the game. It’s a little thing, but a […]
Why OnCore’s Reach Now Extends Far Beyond Golf Balls
Golf balls have always been the core of OnCore Golf’s business—pun intended—but diversification was a fait accompli with Keith Blakely’s involvement. Blakely is the Chairman and CEO of OnCore, having started (and initially funded) the company about a decade ago along with his son, Bret, and his son’s friend, Steve Coulton. A serial entrepreneur and […]
What Makes a Putter-Maker?
In 1896, a General Electric engineer from New York named A. F. Knight excitedly took up the game of golf. He determined soon after—like many of us—that he wasn’t a very good putter. So, he took to his workshop and designed a center-shafted mallet club, a replica of which eventually made its way into hands […]
Golf Gone Viral
The pandemic has taken 10 things from our game—and made it better Golf, like every other aspect of life, has been forced to make some changes recently, with the result that several elements of the game that existed at the start of this year now are either gone or severely reduced—and that’s not all bad. […]
