Book review: The Sure Thing
At first glance, Eric Adelson’s retelling of Michelle Wie’s erratic young career looks like it will be a breezy two-hour read. But it quickly becomes apparent that the book will, in the immortal words of Donald Rumsfeld, become a “long, hard slog.”
Posted: 6/22/2009 |
Shiny sensation: Blingo Ballmarks
During four All-American seasons at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., Charlotte Campbell got in the habit of decorating her shoes, uniforms and hats with rhinestones. Little did she know that her idiosyncrasy would inspire a business.
Posted: 6/15/2009 |
Adventure of a lifetime
Who says there is nothing good on television? While the merits of television’s influence over children remain subject for debate, Thomas Bastis says lazing in front of the tube changed his life – for the better.
Posted: 6/8/2009 |
Golfweek’s Best Municipal Courses
You can bury those stereotypes under the range mat as Golfweek’s Best rounds up some marvelous munis. The top three courses – Bethpage Black (pictured), Chambers Bay and Torrey Pines South – are U.S. Open venues.
Posted: 5/25/2009 |
Tony George: Life in the fast lane
Tony George can be forgiven for being in a hurry. As CEO of family-run Indianapolis Motor Speedway, speed is in his blood. As it turns out, so is golf.
Posted: 5/18/2009 |
Golfweek’s Best Tour Courses
The verdict is in. Golfweek’s Best Tour Courses offer you a chance to replicate the winning shots. Pebble Beach, with its par-3 seventh (pictured), checks in at No. 1.
Posted: 4/27/2009 |
Book review: A Son of the Game
A town founded as a sanctuary for tuberculosis sufferers now serves as a haven for golfers facing a midlife crisis. Welcome to Pinehurst, N.C., created in 1895 by an undercapitalized visionary, James Tufts, and built to look like a small New England town.
Posted: 4/20/2009 |
Volunteer builds bridge for young fan
I’ve heard a lot of people who earn their paycheck in golf say “the industry” does not do enough to advocate on the game’s behalf. Well, I’ve never met “the industry,” but a recent experience at a PGA Tour event makes me wonder whether we’re asking the wrong people to be ambassadors for the game.
Posted: 4/16/2009 |
ESPN duo makes perfect double play
Before shooting ‘Baseball Tonight’ on a sunny day in late February, ESPN personalities John Kruk (left) and Karl Ravech hit the golf course with Golfweek’s Martin Kaufmann. As it turns out, the duo regularly squeezes in a few holes during the regular season, too.
Posted: 4/6/2009 |
Book review: Golf in America
At a moment in our history when it seems there are more golf books than golfers, someone finally has filled a yawning gap in the literature.
Posted: 3/31/2009 |
Kaufmann: Golf travelers pay the bills
During a recent trip, I talked with a hotel marketing executive who told me his property effectively has dropped the term “resort” from its official name. He reasoned that in the current political climate, it’s more palatable for business-meeting planners to say they’re scheduling off-site gatherings at an “inn” as opposed to a resort.
Posted: 3/23/2009 |
A round with a heavyweight champ
Thankfully, we’re not talking about a round in the ring. Wladimir Klitschko, the heavyweight world boxing champion, is intimidating everywhere else, but he couldn’t escape a persistent ribbing on the golf course. He joined Golfweek for 18 at PGA National.
Posted: 3/5/2009 |
Book review: Ancestral Links
There’s a recurring image in “Ancestral Links” of an aging, 6-foot-7-inch man trudging through the dunes at Ireland’s Carne Golf Links in worn FootJoys, stopping on the 17th tee, tugging on a green golf glove, teeing up three balls, playing out the hole with each ball, then plodding back to the tee to repeat the exercise. The image isn’t an apparition, though John Garrity seems to be chasing ghosts – specifically, his family’s elusive roots in Ireland and elsewhere. He’s an unlikely candidate for the job.
Posted: 3/2/2009 |
Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2009
Eric Soderstrom reviews the latest version of the popular Tiger Woods PGA Tour video game series on Nintendo Wii. Pros: Better graphics and new online play. Cons: Still no Augusta National and some awkward putting.
Posted: 9/3/2008 |
Book review: A course called Ireland
Forgive fellow golf writers their resentment of Tom Coyne. His well-reviewed first novel, A Gentleman’s Game, was adapted into a well-reviewed film, co-scripted by Coyne and starring Gary Sinise. (Player haters would note it went straight to DVD; more generous observers would admit they’d contract the yips for such success.)
Posted: 2/16/2009 |
TV review: ‘Uneven Fairways’
Charlie Sifford’s righteous anger is evident in that remark as he recalls the decades when he and other gifted black golfers were barred from playing in PGA tournaments because of a Caucasian-only clause. In response, these men traveled the country playing on hardscrabble munis in the United Golf Association – golf’s answer to baseball’s Negro League.
Posted: 2/9/2009 |
Feasting on Fazio at The Madison Club
Next door to PGA West and the Bob Hope Classic, where level par got leveled last month as Pat Perez staged a 33-under-par demolition in the desert, there is a place called The Madison Club. There, Perez prepped for the Hope on a golf course designed by Tom Fazio.
Posted: 2/9/2009 |
David Ramirez: A really sweet gig
David Ramirez spends much of his time at the Rosen Shingle Creek resort, where he has been preparing for an international competition. But you won’t find him beating balls on the practice range or shaping shots on the resort’s golf course.
Posted: 1/12/2009 |
Pavin picks best par 3s on Tour
Much has been made about Corey Pavin’s lack of distance off the tee. But the future Ryder Cup captain ranks first on the PGA Tour in putts per round and par-3 scoring average. We asked him to name his favorite par 3s on Tour.
Posted: 1/3/2009 |
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