Small Experiment Delivers a Big Dose of Praise for the Callaway HEX Black Tour Golf Ball
The always peace-loving Golf Road Warriors are heading to the green hills of central Georgia and stately Reynolds Plantation for a week of doing-whatever-it-is-we-do. As I prepare to join my mates by the shores of Lake Oconee, I am pulling pairs of shorts out of the blue storage tub with “Out of Season” Full Story
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Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn: Wine Country Wellness, Golden Age Golf
When a young journalist from a prominent city sets off on his first travel-writing assignments, the destinations are th -
A Couple Thousand Yards of Fun, in 12 Holes
The question: “Why 18 holes?” has kept golf historians engaged for decades. It even has a well-known witty answer, -
Ouimet Fund Already Prepping for 100th Anniversary of Namesake’s Open Upset
In 1913, a soft-spoken and raw-boned 20-year-old named Francis Ouimet won a playoff over two British titans to claim th
The question: “Why 18 holes?” has kept golf historians engaged for decades. It even has a well-known witty answer, based on how many swigs are in a whiskey bottle. But with leisure time and disposable income scarce, the why-18 question is no longer so benign. Golfers and course managers are starting to a Full Story
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Golf Scramble Groups: Leave All the Egos at No. 17 Tee
When the 100-plus senior staffers of Billy Casper Golf convene for their annual planning sessions, the conference table -
Back When, The Masters ‘Went Hollywood’ with Its Highlight Show
Call it a major coincidence—the 1986 Masters, which many consider the most dramatic of all time, was also the first o -
Ouimet Fund Already Prepping for 100th Anniversary of Namesake’s Open Upset
In 1913, a soft-spoken and raw-boned 20-year-old named Francis Ouimet won a playoff over two British titans to claim th
It’s time to tell you about Noel English. the Guru of Gear at Reynolds Plantation. A Liverpool native, Noel pursued a golf career far and wide until he ended up in the TaylorMade Performance Lab here at mighty Reynolds. Our Georgia platoon of Golf Road Warriors was in need of a volunteer from among the fo Full Story
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Furyk on Blister Patrol, Ball-Testing Ceaselessly Until Settling on Penta TP
Golf talent is spread throughout the population in heinously unfair proportions, leading to darkly lamentable results. -
The Backslapping Years
Our industry’s annual West Coast trade convention takes place in Las Vegas in a few weeks and I am taking a pass on i -
Weird Clubs We Loved, Part 2
Neither in the classified section nor in cyberspace chat rooms do we run across ads offering top dollar for old Stan Th