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Ben Wright: Cliffs Valley Days

Appeared in the January/February 2007 LINKS

Jim Anthony, the owner and developer of the Cliffs Communities, came into my life almost by accident. After completing a voice-over extolling the virtues of Jim’s first course, the Cliffs...

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Ben Wright: Tripped Up

Appeared in the November/December 2006 LINKS

As soon as I heard of the plot in August to blow several American passenger aircraft out of the skies, I offered my three traveling companions from Maryland the opportunity...

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Ben Wright: Uneasy Rider

Appeared in the September/October 2006 LINKS

A lot of golfers probably imagine that poor behavior at the Ryder Cup originated at The Country Club in 1999, when the infamous rush of Americans onto the 17th green...

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Ben Wright: Buttered and Bunkered

Appeared in the July/August 2006 LINKS

Of all the great golfers I have seen in more than half a century of covering the game, I believe the best never to win a major was the majestic...

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Ben Wright: Oddly Matched

Appeared in the May/June 2006 LINKS

British Captain Summoned before PGA Executive Committee, Fired for Lack of Effort in First-year Ryder Cup Debacle.” So screamed the fictitious tabloid headline I concocted at the conclusion of the...

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Ben Wright: Slithery Slope

Appeared in the April 2006 LINKS

Of all my memories from broadcasting the Masters at the 15th hole of Augusta National, some of the fondest originated, oddly enough, during bathroom breaks. Invariably, whenever I shimmied down...

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Ben Wright: Frankly Speaking

Appeared in the March 2006 LINKS

My debut with the CBS golf team came at the 1972 U.S. Professional Match Play Championship. Despite the torrid August conditions at the Country Club of North Carolina that year,...

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Ben Wright: Cart Blanch

Appeared in the January/February 2006 LINKS

The most regrettable day of my life in golf was the one I was first forced to use a cart. Until my inaugural trip to America in the mid-1960s, I...

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Footjoy XPS-1 BOA golf shoes

Featuring a reel-and-cable tightening system, this new model provides a real stable base, particularly for those with high swing speeds

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Ben Wright: Feeling Chipper

Appeared in the November/December 2005 LINKS

Christmas came early for me this year—on August 27, to be exact. Who would have thought an aging hacker, ailing with pneumonia and consigned to playing “game improvement” clubs, was...

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