Should Golf Have a Worldwide Handicap System?
Would a global handicap system make the game better? I think not.
Blind Holes: A Test of Golfing Character
Some golfers can’t see the thrill, the pleasure, and the all-around goodness of a blind hole. Maybe this will open their eyes.
Letter from St. Andrews: Lost Treasure
The author makes a plea for the return of a special book that was misplaced 20 years ago at another milestone celebration
Dogged Victim | My Course You’ll Likely Never Play
But next time you’re near Siberia, please do stop by
Tom Doak’s Most Underrated Courses
Tom Doak—famous for knocking down golf courses that get too much praise—names 14 that deserve more
Q&A with Arccos Golf CEO Sal Syed
Do you know the best and worst parts of your game? Not what you think they are, but the numbers that support your suspicions? While the pros get the hard facts—distances for each club, greens in regulation, putting tendencies—thanks to ShotLink, most amateurs are clueless as to how they really play. Being able to accurately […]
George Peper: Putter Fitting Video
Review: Brainstorm Golf Happy Putter
Having accepted adjustable drivers, it makes sense that the next club we’d want to fiddle with is the putter. After all, those are the clubs that most define how we play, and adjustability makes perfect sense for a putter, which has to handle changing conditions round to round. The Happy Putter offers a wide range […]
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 […]