We can all remember how we first got into golf- probably through family, friends or perhaps a junior organizer at a local club. No matter how, it all boils down to the same thing: receiving...
I’m pleased that LINKS Magazine has given me the opportunity in this column to talk about golf course architecture and the lifestyle side of the game, which are big parts of my professional life now....
Some classic courses are steeped in history.The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass., is drenched in it. In historical significance, The Country Club takes a back seat to no other.Consider its very name....
In the immortal words of sportswriter Jimmy Cannon, “Nobody asked me, but…”
- If you can’t finish 18 holes in four hours or less, there’s something wrong with you, your golf course or both.
- Headcovers in the age...
It’s been an Olympics-centric year hereabouts, what with Great Britain finishing a surprising fourth in the medal totals at the recently completed Games in Beijing, with the city of London readying to play host in...
My next door neighbor Gordon is a proud if somewhat outspoken Scotsman who, after a pint or three, is fond of reminding me of all the wonderful things that have been invented by his countrymen—from...
Twenty years ago, at the moment of LINKS Magazine’s birth, I was with another publication, knee-deep in another celebration, an enormously successful one that was enjoyed by all but ended, in my case, with some...
Recently I played in a stroke-play club competition. My group of three happened to draw the first starting time on the Old Course: 7 a.m. None of us played particularly well, but when we walked...
In the mind of any clear-thinking golf aficionado, surely there is no longer a question of whether Tiger Woods is the greatest player of all time. All you Jones Junkies, Hogan Huggers and Nicklaus Nuts...
It was 25 years ago this month that my New York City roommate and I packed our bags for the guy trip of our lives, a boondoggle to the Masters. We were a couple of...



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