A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine got married at Duke Chapel. On the day before, obviously, we played golf. The Duke course is the first Robert Trent Jones design I’ve played, and my pre-trip research turned up barely anything in the way of golf course recon. I…

As it has in so many other industries and cultures, the hipster lifestyle has fully arrived in the world of golf. …

As of May 6, 2020, Massachusetts is now the only state in the country where golf courses are completely closed. The only tiny shred of a silver lining to MA Governor Charlie Baker’s colossal idiocy when it comes to golf is that it has forced Massachusetts golfers out of their…

Right now, Duke and America’s favorite Tigger impersonator Zion Williamson are taking on UCF and the world’s most mobile skyscraper Tacko Fall, with a berth in the Sweet 16 on the line. For my money, and with all due respect to the majors and the Ryder Cup, the NCAA Basketball…

Welcome to the twelfth installment of the Week Grip! Click here for the others, and follow along throughout 2019. This is not another argument in the “Is THE PLAYERS ® a major?” debate. That debate has gone belly-up, its carcass floating just a half-wedge from the 17th green at TPC…

Welcome to the eleventh installment of the Week Grip. Click here for earlier posts, and follow along throughout 2019. One of my great friends has a theory on the afterlife. It’s one I happen to subscribe to as well, and it states that your first stop when the great greenskeeper…

Welcome to the tenth installment of the Week Grip! Click here for earlier posts, and follow along throughout 2019. Fucking up your ankle absolutely stinks. I know from experience. I severely sprained my right ankle playing soccer my senior year of high school, when I hit a shot just about…

Welcome to the ninth installment of the Week Grip! Click here for the others, and follow along throughout 2019. The Shotgun Start podcast has quickly become one of my go-to audio choices. Hosted by Andy Johnson of The Fried Egg and Brendan Porath of SBNation, it’s a funny, informative, and…

Welcome to the eighth installment of the Week Grip! Click here for the others, and follow along throughout 2019. I think I speak for almost all male golf fans when I say that I don’t pay enough attention to the LPGA Tour. It’s understandable — everyone’s stretched so thin between…