I recently celebrated my 64th birthday last month, well, celebrated may not be the optimum description for getting older so let’s say I tolerated another anniversary of my birth. I care little for BDAY celebrations but my children have a… Continue Reading
We should be celebrating a Masters Champion this week but our lives have changed in too many ways and so we are left to wonder ‘what if’ and maybe reminisce a bit. Alan Shipnuck of Golf Magazine chooses the latter… Continue Reading
The U.S. Open is on deck and with it once again visiting Pebble Beach. Most golfers that watch even a minute of it will most likely be daydreaming of playing that lovely course. And while the owners of Pebble Beach… Continue Reading
A pleasant surprise appeared in my mail this week, a belated Christmas gift from son number two: The Golfer’s Journal. I wasn’t really aware of such a publication but it’s another creation of the folks at Linksoul, the publisher of… Continue Reading
The Tournament of Champions started the year off with plenty of picturesque panoramas of the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. Continuing on that vein, Golf Magazine gives us plenty of eye candy with its February issue, The Style Issue. It is filled… Continue Reading
They say timing is everything. And sometimes they, whoever they are…are right. But for the good folks at Golf Magazine timing didn’t quite work out this month. I pulled my issue from the mailbox and gazed down upon their Ryder… Continue Reading
Earlier this month when I got my hard copy of Golf Magazine I was treated to a great article by Chris Nashawaty and now finally it has been posted on Golf.com. (See, buying actual magazines still pays off.) This year… Continue Reading
I am currently reading Mark Broadie’s “Every Shot Counts.” If the name doesn’t ring a bell, he’s the Columbia University business professor that revolutionized how the PGA Tour looks at scoring. That all important “strokes gained putting” statistic is Broadie’s… Continue Reading
If you read this website with any regularity you know that I am not just a fan of all the internet websites on golf but also favor the printed media that covers our great sport. Sometimes I wonder why I… Continue Reading
As Jason Day and Jordan Speith battled down the final holes of he PGA Championship Day seemed to top each shot that his pal and competitor made. He said he had a new calm about himself over those last few… Continue Reading