A Golf Trip to Switzerland
It’s a small country, about the size of Maryland. How do you know when golf season starts in Switzerland? Just follow the cows.
Seve Golf Trail: A Travel Route Commemorating the Spanish Legend
As bucket-list golf trips across the pond are concerned, Spain deserves your attention as a superlative destination, one that can rival the United Kingdom and Ireland in terms of quality courses (though it can’t quite compete with the British Isles on the sheer number of exceptional courses to play). That said, what Spain lacks in […]
Perfect Provence
France’s famed southeastern corner offers great golf—and beaucoup more There are many places where emerging from baggage claim with an overstuffed golf travel bag won’t earn you a second glance. L’Aéroport de Marseille Provence is not one of them. This corner of la France is known for many things, but not for attracting legions of […]
I Was There: 1984 Open Championship
I will never forget the last time I had the good fortune to meet the great Severiano Ballesteros. Back in the fall of 2007, I was standing on the first tee of the Old Course at St. Andrews, waiting to start a round, when he arrived unannounced to do some filming and somewhat to my […]
Who’s Your Favorite Golfer? And Why Even Have One?
By James A. Frank We’re doing a survey. Two questions, very easy. First question: Who is your favorite golfer? Second question: Why? Okay, maybe it isn’t so easy after all. Because while I’m pretty sure you have a favorite golfer, explaining your rationale can be difficult. Fandom is a curious thing. Why do average […]
“My Daddy Beat Seve” – A Story From The 1993 Ryder Cup
As I got off the Concorde in England with the rest of the 1993 Ryder Cup team, our captain, Tom Watson, looked at each one of us and said, “They may have invented the game on this side of the pond, but we have perfected it.” I thought to myself, “Game on, boys.” Earlier that […]
Seve Ballesteros, the Greatest Ryder Cupper of All Time
When Jack Nicklaus proposed in 1977 that the Ryder Cup squad of Great Britain and Ireland also include continental Europe to make the matches more competitive, he probably had no idea he was inviting in the most intimidating and charismatic opponent Team USA had ever faced: Seve Ballesteros. On eight teams from 1979–1995, the dashing Spaniard […]
Who are the Best Golfers of All Time?
Ah, the oft-debated question: Is it possible to compare great golfers from different eras? Typically, the answer is no; all that can be said is that a given titan was the best of his/her generation. But heck, that’s no fun, and doesn’t stimulate any dissension or discussion. So, we’ve taken the bold and brazen path […]
Ben Wright: Southern-fried Seve
In all my years of covering tournament golf, I never heard galleries react with quite the same passion as those at the Masters. From my perch behind the 15th green it was possible to distinguish the various cheers as they echoed through the avenues of pines. For instance, whenever a player got home in two […]
