12 Questions About 2024 PGA Championship Host Valhalla with Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus knows a thing or two about major championship golf. No one has won more majors than the Golden Bear (18). And during his storied career, he played every major championship course you can name. He’s also designed more courses than you can shake a mashie niblick at, including many that have hosted PGA […]
PGA Tour Q&A: One Golf Rule You’d Love to Change
The rules of golf are generally clear, straightforward, and—most importantly—agreeable. Every once in a while, however, golfers will come across a rule that seems antiquated or flat out unnecessary. Amateurs aren’t taking their rulebooks out for most casual rounds of golf, but the pros are well-versed in the statutes of the game. With that in […]
PGA Tour Q&A: The Sweetest Moment of Your Career
Most golfers have a favorite course or, at the very least, a favorite hole—someplace where they tend to always play well or a spot that holds a special place in their hearts for a notable round, shot, or achievement. We assumed that the same must be true for the best players in the world, so […]
Italian Job: Q&A with Golf Around Italy Founder Alessandro Dinon
There can’t be many Italians with a greater love of golf, and its potential, than Alessandro Dinon. He is the mastermind behind Italy’s leading inbound golf tour operator Golf Around Italy. Over the last decade, he has meticulously honed his knowledge of the Italian golf offering. So, if you’re swooning over Venice or assessing Sicily, […]
Q&A: Golf Course Architect David McLay Kidd
It’s almost 25 years since David McLay Kidd burst onto the scene with the design of Bandon Dunes’s original and eponymous course. Since then, the Scot, who now calls Bend, Ore., home, has established himself as one of the leading architects of his generation with a number of top-ranked designs both public and private. At […]
PGA Tour Q&A: Last Round of Your Life
As avid golfers, we’ve often asked ourselves—and our friends—this question: What course would you play if you knew your next round of golf was your last? We chatted with a bunch of PGA Tour players on the range at the Travelers Championship and asked them that same thing. A few, including 2016 PGA Championship winner […]
Q&A: Golf Course Architect Kyle Franz
He won’t qualify as early 40s for very much longer and has been a part of the golf design business for more than 20 years now. So, it’s fair to say Kyle Franz probably isn’t the new/young kid on the block anymore. Actually, thanks to an extensive resume that includes working for the world’s best […]
10 Questions with Billy Horschel
A few weeks after Team USA’s victory at the President’s Cup—Billy Horschel’s first international team event as a professional—I sat down with the seven-time PGA Tour winner to talk about significant courses that he’s played—or hopes to someday—as well as other aspects of life as a professional golfer. If you thought, for example, that TPC […]
Questions: Amanda Balionis Renner
CBS’s rising-star interviewer reveals her most memorable on-air moments, her devotion to yoga, and who she was most nervous to sit down with (guess who) How and where did you start playing golf? I started playing around seven or eight years old. As an only child I was alone a lot, so I gravitated more […]
Catching Up with Champion Golfer of the Year Shane Lowry
Champion Golfer of the Year. It’s one of the most prestigious titles in golf. For Irishman Shane Lowry, that title can now be rephrased as Champion Golfer of the YEARS, plural. With the 2020 Open Championship pushed back to 2021, the 2019 winner at Royal Portrush has been afforded the rare opportunity of enjoying two […]
