Most of the great championship courses in the world are private, gated affairs where the closest an ordinary golfer gets is a television screen. Bethpage Black …
There is a version of the US Open that the USGA seems to have finally stopped chasing. For years the championship sold itself on the idea that the best players …
Stand on any par four on a Saturday morning and watch where club golfers aim their approach shots. Almost without exception, they aim at the flag. It does not …
There is a particular kind of press conference that happens on the Tuesday of a major, where the questions are meant to be about the golf course and the answers …
There is a particular sound that tells you a round has gone wrong, and it is not the splash of a ball finding water. It is the silence of a group standing on a …
The 126th US Open begins on Thursday at Shinnecock Hills, and by the time Scottie Scheffler walks to the first tee with the career grand slam sitting one good …
There is a particular kind of golfer the Tour keeps around the edges of its leaderboards for years without ever quite letting through. Talented enough to keep a …
Watch the US Open this week and you will see the best players in the world treat thick rough with a respect that most amateurs never quite manage. When a Tour …
The first round of the RBC Canadian Open produced the sort of leaderboard that takes a moment to read out loud. Six players share the top of it at six under …
The training aid industry runs on the same fuel as the diet industry: the gap between who we are and who we would like to be, plus a credit card. Every golfer …
