A Close Call for Nick Faldo at the 1990 U.S. Open
A quarter century ago, Nick Faldo was the World’s best player on a major championship tear. Until Medinah.
John Derr, "Golf’s Voltaire"
John Derr didn’t just watch Jones, Hogan, and Snead; he played with them and was a good friend
The Youngest U.S. Open Winner: John McDermott
Giving a long-forgotten U.S. Open Champion his due
The Eden Course at St. Andrews
Overshadowed by the other courses in town, this St. Andrews sleeper provides one of Scotland’s most enjoyable rounds
Bad Manners at the 1999 Ryder Cup
No doubt one of the most exciting days in Cup history, it was also marked by one of the matches’ low points
Jack Nicklaus’s Five PGA Championship Victories
Jack Nicklaus has a handful of PGA Championship victories—and an arm’s length of records to go with them
The History of Royal Titles in Golf
In 1833, the Perth Golfing Society, located in the heart of Scotland not far from St. Andrews, became the Royal Perth Golfing Society. King William IV conferred the title and so began a new honor system for golf clubs.
More than 180 years later, 66 clubs bear the royal title as granted by the British Royal Family (eight clubs so dubbed no longer survive). Stretching from Royal Dornoch in the Northern Hemisphere to Tasmania’s Royal Hobart in the Southern, the royal title has been conferred on some of the game’s most prestigious bastions, but also on lesser-known clubs with modest facilities and small memberships. What all these clubs have in common is a distinct history, often a direct link to the growth or spread of golf, and always a veritable royal connection.
The Best Courses in the Original 13 Colonies
Because golf first took root in America in the 13 original colonies, there’s a preponderance of truly great courses on the Eastern Seaboard
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
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.