Opinion
The Fall Swing Deserves Better Than the Insults It Gets
Every October brings the same refrain. The FedExCup Playoffs end, the stars who matter most to television schedules go quiet until January, and the stretch of …
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Opinion
Bring Back the Full Green-Reading Book
Since the first of January 2022, players on the main tours have not been allowed to carry a green-reading book built from laser or level data. The rule, adopted …
Opinion
The Two-Tee Start Is Quietly Costing Tournament Golf Its Best Trick
Turn on coverage of a Thursday or Friday round from most full-field tournaments and the leaderboard does something odd for the first two hours. Half the names …
Opinion
The Fall Schedule Isn't Filler Golf. It Might Be the Best of the Year.
Ask most golf fans what the FedExCup Fall is for, and the honest answer tends to be a shrug. It is the stretch of tournaments that runs after the Tour …
Opinion
Women's Golf Just Had Its Biggest Week of the Year. The Purses Still Tell a Different Story.
Europe’s win over the United States at Bernardus Golf a couple of weeks ago was, by any honest measure, one of the best weeks women’s golf has had …
Opinion
In Praise of the Solo Round
Ask most club golfers how they feel about a solo tee time and you will get a small wince, as if you had suggested something faintly embarrassing. Golf, the …
Opinion
The Handicap System's Real Flaw Isn't Sandbagging
Walk into any club bar after a Saturday medal and you will eventually hear it: someone accusing someone else, usually with a laugh that does not quite reach the …
Opinion
In Praise of Fall Golf
Every golfer has a favourite month, and most of them will tell you it is May or June, when the course is fully in, the light lasts until nine, and the whole …
Opinion
Strokes Gained Is a Tool for the Clubhouse, Not the Living Room
Turn on a PGA Tour broadcast on a Sunday afternoon and within the first few groups someone in the booth will mention that a player has gained 1.8 strokes on the …
Opinion
In Praise of the Course That Never Asks Who You Are
There is a nine-hole course a short drive from most towns of any size, the kind of place with a pro shop the size of a garden shed, a cart barn that has not …