Fellow Pros Exasperated at DeChambeau Repeat Performance in Vegas A lot of people dared to hope that the DeChambeau phenomenon would not become a “thing”…but it did. There was no getting around it. It was inevitably going to become a “thing,” and a big one. What is now called “smash and bash golf” is becoming …
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Jan 23
Climate Change Shows Golf No Respect
Climate Change is Endangering Golf Courses, both Pedigreed and Munis My opinions on the reality of climate change are immaterial to the discussion, because I don’t know the details of the science. However, we don’t need to be rocket scientists to know that something is happening, and that we are in the way. Whatever sort …
Aug 29
Pesticides Making Courses Look Great
Do We Need to Change our View of Landscape Beauty Because of Pesticides? There we were at the Canadian Pacific, finishing up Saturday’s round – and there was Michelle Wie – and suddenly, there she wasn’t. Lamentably, Wie missed the fourth round, and ended up in Ottawa having an emergency appendectomy. We wish her a …
Aug 19
Death on the Golf Course
Death is a Mystery, and Many Speak Wistfully of Dying on the Golf Course The anticipation of dying is, of course, something that has to be worked out by each human brain individually, according to his or her beliefs, ways of being and thinking. In terms of the game of golf, death is a strange …
Mar 05
Can You Bully Golf?
Type “A” Golf As most people who pay any attention to the modern course of human events know, it’s election year in the United States, and that the process tends to bring out some colorful personalities and unusual threads of logic…and/or the opposite. This time around, we’ve got some real doozies flooding the airwaves, and …
LPGA News
- First visit to Augusta National is 'absolute dream' for Masters runner-up Will ZalatorisAUGUSTA, Ga. — As Will Zalatoris sat in his press conference following the 85th Masters Tournament, he learned a very important (...)
- 'I never gave up:' Xander Schauffele can hold his head high after another close call at the MastersAUGUSTA, Ga. – Xander Schauffele experienced a full range of emotions on Sunday in the final round of the 85th Masters. He fell out (...)
- Masters: 5 Things We Learned in the final roundAUGUSTA, Ga. — Hideki Matsuyama made history Sunday in his 10th Masters appearance, claiming a one-shot victory in the 85th Masters (...)
Latest Golf News
- All the big lessons this Masters taught usFrom Rory McIlroy's game to Brooks Koepka's knee to Jordan Spieth's return, the Masters told us a lot about the state of golf.
- Led by PM, Japan celebrates Matsuyama's winLed by Japan's prime minister, the country celebrated golfer Hideki Matsuyama's victory in the Masters -- the first Japanese player to win at Augusta National and pull on the famous green jacket.
- Matsuyama makes history with Masters triumphHideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese man to win a major, as he all but cruised to a Masters victory on Sunday.